Kazakhstan, страница 138 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Goldstein, Jones

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Kazakhstan

What do people from other countries think about Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstani people?

'I think people sometimes imagine that we all live in yurts. Well, that's not true any more, of course. Many people live in cities now. I live in Nur-Sultan, which is the amazing modern capital of our country, and I live in a new apartment block. However, we still have a lot of traditions from the time when we were a nomadic people: for example, the tradition of welcoming guests into our homes is particularly important in Kazakhstan.'

Indira, Nur-Sultan

Svetlana, Almaty

'I've got a penfriend in England. When I started writing to her, she didn't know anything about Kazakhstan. She didn't even know where it was! I think I've taught her a lot about our country, and next summer she's going to come and visit me. We're going to take her to Charyn Canyon and Tien Shan National Park. She wants to go into the mountains and see people hunting with eagles – she recently saw a programme about it on TV in England. She said it was really cool!'

Nurtas, Karagandy

'People outside our country probably know about Kazakhstan because we're really good at sport. They see our sportspeople on TV, because they compete in a lot of international competitions. And, of course, the Asian Games took place in Kazakhstan in 2011. We're very successful at cycling, boxing and ice hockey.'

Most people have heard of Genghis Khan, so maybe they think we're a very fierce people! But most of us are friendly and quite polite – just like young people in other countries. I'm not sure if people from other countries know much about our food. Maybe they've heard of our national drink kymyz – but they might find it strange, because people in England and the US don't drink horse milk!'

Akerke, Aktau

Task

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ABOUT THE KAZAKHS

From DNA research, scientists believe that a large number of people in Kazakhstan are descendants of the famous warrior Genghis Khan

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