LESSON 2: PROFESSIONS

Listen to the audio & repeat the words out loud

домохозяйка
housewife

пенсионер
pensioner, retiree

продавец
store assistant, seller

переводчик
interpreter, translator

полицейский
policeman 

психолог
psychologist

балерина
ballerina

медсестра
nurse

архитектор
architect

строитель
builder, construction worker

юрист
lawyer

космонавт
cosmonaut

Test: MatchPicture
Test: ListenAndWriteDialog
Test: MatchText

Listen to the audio to hear the correct answers

Task 4: Watch the video & take the true or false quiz. Choose ‘верно’ (‘true’) or ‘неверно’ (‘false’) 

Two babushka neighbours Petrovna and Nikitichna are sitting on a bench having a conversation.

Vocabulary:

  • сдавать квартиру - to rent out one’s apartment
  • странная девушка - weird, strange girl
  • Что тут странного? - What’s strange about that?
  • Ты как будто двести лет назад родилась - It's like you were born 200 years ago!
  • например - for example
  • консультации - consultations
  • Вот это жизнь! - Now, this is life!
  • зарплата - salary, wages
  • Не завидуй! - Don't be jealous!
Test: ChooseCorrect

Watch the same video with subtitles

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