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Co" based in Khabarovsk. It is extracting and processing not only gold but platinum, manufactures building materials and foodstuffs, and is engaged in construction. Iron deposits within the territory gave rise to the local metallurgical industry. The only ferrous metallurgical (iron and steel) factory in the RFE is situated in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Brucite is one of the most important discoveries. It is used in the electrotehnical industry as well as in the pulp and paper and chemical industries. The Khabarovsk Krai is also wellknown for its building materials like marble and granite.

The territory is rich in coal. Verkhne-Bureinsky coal basin and Urgal coal field meet the requirements of the territorial industries.

Geological prospects for the future look even more promising. That is why the extractive industries are the leading ones. Forestry and fishing are no less important. Nikolaevskiy District can be proud for its fishing and fish-processing industries. The largest ship-repairing company of the Amur fleet is based in Nikolaevsk. The Vanino seaport is the largest in the Krai and the third in the RFE. Annually, the Vanino port handles over 10 million tons of cargoes.

Economic cooperation with the Pacific Rim countries is an important factor for an economic growth. There are over 200 different joint-ventures within the Khabarovsk Krai now; many of them are engaged in timber and fish industries, in the sphere of service and catering.

Along with the development of economic cooperation we try to promote friendly relations with foreign countries. Khabarovsk signed agreements on establishing sister-city relations with the city of Niigata and Portland, Oregon.

We hope that the expanding contacts will promote to further friendship and mutual understanding between our countries.

Ex. 2. Find English equivalents in the text:

cовместное предприятие, соответствовать требованиям, открытие, месторождение, груз, обеспечивать, плодородный, соглашение, добывать (зд. минералы), города-побратимы, создавать, способствовать, расширять.

Ex. 3. Make up word-combinations with the following words:

engineering, to manufacture, to produce, to provide, valuable, to extract, jointventures, cooperation, growth, economic, to establish.

Ex.4. Use the following words and phrases from the text in sentences of your own:

due to the lack of, to be extremely rich in, to meet the requirements, to be used in, to be engaged in, to promote

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Ex. 5. Match these English words with the Russian equivalents:

Ex. 6. Complete the sentences, using modal verbs or their equivalents in correct tense-forms:

1.Today, the vessels, built by the Amur shipping yards … seen in various ports of the Pacific Rim countries.

2.The Khabarovsky Krai … be called a great centre of farming.

3.Many varieties of fruits and vegetables … to be brought from other areas.

4.We … to attract foreign investors.

5.We… expand contacts with foreign countries.

Ex. 7. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets:

1.The Khabarovsky Krai (to be) more industrial than agriculturally oriented.

2.Gold (to be extracted) for more than 100 years.

3.Now "Amur" (to process) not only gold but platinum.

4.Khabarovsk (to sign) agreements on establishing sister-city relations with the Japanese city of Niigata and Portland, Oregon.

5.KnAAPO (to manufacture) thousands of machines of various classes since 1936.

Ex. 8. Fill in correct preposition where necessary:

1.The Amur shipbuilding yards manufactured … foundations … sea oil platforms, to be used … the development … the Sakhalin oil and gas shelf.

2.Providing farmers … the lands suitable … agriculture and … the necessary equipment is problematic now due … the lack … finances.

3.… present new gold deposits are being found … the Khabarovsky Krai … geologists.

4.Iron deposits … the territory gave rise … the local metallurgical industry.

5.Geological prospects … the future look more promising.

6.We promote … further cooperation … foreign countries.

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Ex. 9. Translate into English:

1.На территории Хабаровского края большее развитие получила промышленность, чем сельское хозяйство.

2.На территории Дальнего Востока добываются такие полезные ископаемые, как золото, уголь, цветные металлы.

3.Фармацевты края активно используют местные лекарственные травы при изготовлении различных медикаментов.

4.Продукция местных предприятий хорошо известна во многих регионах этой страны и за рубежом.

5.Много совместных предприятий создается в Хабаровске крае для дальнейшего развития этого региона.

Vocabulary:

engineering – инженерное дело, производство, строительство to meet the requirements – соответствовать требованиям fertile soils – плодородные земли

non-ferrous metals – цветные металлы deposits – местонахождения, (зд.) залежи

pulp and paper industry – целлюлозно-бумажная промышленность marble – мрамор

prospects – перспективы

mutual understanding – взаимное понимание diesel-engine – дизельный двигатель

civil engineering – гражданское строительство fuel – топливо

lime-stone – известняк

joint-venture – совместное предприятие catering – общественное питание timber – древесина, лес

oil-refining – нефтеперерабатывающий affiliate – дочерняя компания

iron and steel industry, or ferrous metallurgy – черная металлургия processing – обработка

foodstuffs – продукты питания cargo – груз

to be in demand – пользоваться спросом machinery – детали, оборудование aircraft – авиация