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It may be interesting to find differences in modern and old places. Use the Internet to do it.

3. Do you know any Russian or Soviet ghost towns? Have you ever heard about Chernobyl? Look at the picture and say, what comes to your mind first? What do you think happened? Who is the monument to?

4. Read the short text about Chernobyl. Mark with “+” what you know, “?” what is new for you and “!” what surprises you.

Chernobyl was a city in northern Ukraine, in the Kyiv Oblast near the border with Belarus. The government evacuated the city in 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is located 14.5 kilometers (9 miles) north-northwest. The power plant was named after the city, and located within Chernobyl Raion (district), but Power Plant workers lived in Pripyat, a city, which was larger and closer to the power plant.

Though the city today is mostly uninhabited, a small number of inhabitants live in houses marked with signs stating that the "Owner of this house lives here".

Before the government evacuated the people, there lived about 15,000 residents.

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Ask several questions to your deskmate to check the understanding of the text. What questions would you like to ask to learn more about that disaster? Write them down. Use the internet to find the answers. Tell your classmates about your findings.

Учебник стр. 68 текст) Find English equivalents to the following Russian word combinations. Use them in sentences of your own. Make scary but funny sentences. Decide whose sentences are the best ones.