Modern Russian spoken language

Author: Wu Hanying
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Publication Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The book consists of 20 years of thematic discussions and 681 situational dialogues. The content covers various aspects of the daily lives of Soviet people, such as communicative expressions, study, work, resumes, food and drink, transportation, living services, postal and telephone, travel and hotels, cities, shops, health, as well as culture and art. The subjects are comprehensive and diverse, with extremely lively and vivid language, reflecting modern colloquial Russian. What is particularly valuable is that it transcends ordinary mechanical oral dialogues, selecting interesting scenarios and incorporating some new words from modern life, which greatly helps in enhancing learning interest and mastering contemporary practical Russian. This book can be used by beginners of Russian, lower-level university students, and self-learners of Russian to practice oral conversations and improve their speaking skills in Russian. It can also be used by Russian language teachers for classroom instruction, as well as by translators for reference.