What Belarusian sights would you advise a foreigner to visit?

The most famous Belarusian sights are Mir Castle, Brest Fortress,  Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Architectural and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family, Lida Castle, etc.

I’d advise to visit Mir Castle. It’s located in the town of Mir in the Karelichy District of the Hrodna region, which is home to a few UNESCO World Heritage sites that attract visitors. It’s a unique monument of Belarusian architecture, it was built in the Gothic-style by duke Ilinich in early 16th century. This is a square-planned building with towers at the corners. Some people consider Mir Castle to be the main landmark of Belarus.

5. You are to write a short article about Belarusian people for a foreign newspaper. How would you describe our people?

Belarusians are intelligent, tactful, kind, friendly, hard-working, soft, hospitable and merry. They are easy to be ruled; they are hard-working, reserved, they are rather pessimistic, stubborn and peaceful...

The citizens of Belarus love their families, respect the elderly generation and bring up the young to be grateful to their ancestors and history for happy childhood, freedom and peaceful sky over their heads.

CARD № 5 

I.  1. Read the magazine article and say in 2—3 sentences what it is about.

Be kind and stay safe

Everybody knows that we should be polite and kind to people in real life and online. Unfortunately this doesn’t always happen. Where can you report online abuse1 or unkind messages to yourself or your friends? Do you know how to report and complain about harmful information online? For example, if you see an inappropriate tweet on Twitter you can click on ‘more’ and then choose ‘Report tweet’. You can then block all further tweets from that user.

Even celebrities can be cyberbullied2. Tom Daley, the British Olympic diver, was abused online. His father died during the 2012 Olympic Games and Tom received some very cruel tweets about his indifference towards his father’s health.

Here are our top tips for staying safe online:

1. Be nice! Treat people online as you do in real life.

2. Don’t post anything online that you wouldn’t want people in real life to see.

3. Check your privacy and security settings on social media sites and keep them as private as possible. Make sure you know exactly who can see your posts.

4. Don’t ever post personal information like your home address, your email or your phone number.

5. If you see something online that worries or upsets you, tell an adult about it straight away.       6. Take part in Safer Internet Day.

Safer Internet Day, or SID for short, tries to help people to use the Internet correctly. SID started in 2004 and is organised in February every year in 74 countries around the world to promote safe and responsible use of online technology and mobile phones. Each year there is a different topic such as cyberbullying or social networking. The focus for SID’s next campaign is “Let’s create a better internet together”. SID organisers want children and young people, parents and teachers, as well as industry and politicians to work together to build a better internet for all of us, but particularly for children.

There are special lessons prepared for schoolchildren on Safer Internet Day in Britain. You can find out about SID on this website: ttp: //www.saferinternet.org.uk/.

 

1 abuse [ə ˈ bjuː s] оскорбление

2 to be cyberbullied [ˈ saɪ bə bʊ lɪ d] быть преследуемым в киберпространстве

 

2. The journalist writes how to stop bad messages on Twitter. Find this extract and read it aloud.

3. What can we do to stay safe online?  

4. Why is SID a good way to stop abuse on the Internet?

 

II. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions below.

    1. Where does the conversation take place?

    2. What is the man interested in?

    3. How much do you need to pay monthly?

 

 

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