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�� Card 4 � ������� According to Laws of Hospitality �� 1. Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about. 2. The author tells us about sporting traditions that exist in Braslav.���� Find this extract and read it aloud. 3. What new things will tourists see in Braslav? 4. Why will it be interesting to visit this Belarusian town. ACCORDING TO LAWS OF HOSPITALITY ����� Braslav is among the most popular destinations for Belarusians and foreigners. Now, a state programme is being developed to raise the attractiveness of the region to tourists, turning the district centre (home to 10,000) into a modern European city. ���� The local tourist industry is to enter a whole new level. At present, there are five tourist bases and two hotels � situated in Braslav and near the town. New facilities are going to be very comfortable. Drivyaty tourist base within the Braslav Lakes National Park, which occupies 70,000 hectares, is among the most modern and popular destinations. It's soon to be expanded, with new hotels, a spa centre, a cafe and an indoor aqua park. ����� In the early 16th century, Duchess Yelena, who was married to Grand Duke Alexander (who ruled over Lithuania and Russia) and actually owned Braslav, founded a monastery on the site. Fragments of this ancient settlement will be restored as part of the Braslav district's tourism development programme. ���� The ancient Belarusian town has many interesting sporting traditions, including an international fishing contest, which has been gathering hundreds of fishermen from Belarus, Russia and Latvia for the past few years. Sports lovers and those who enjoy the outdoor life are sure to be delighted by the town's new rowing channel, ski-roller track and ski slope, in addition to a sports complex with an ice rink. ���� The local cinema is to be fully modernised, with new halls opened, while an entertainment complex will be built, offering billiards and bowling. A new shopping centre, with a cafe for children, is also planned, alongside a lake-river museum, with an aquarium. � This wonderful resort town should please tourists with its modernised infrastructure and Braslav district could soon become an international tourist destination. One potential investor is to start construction of a new sanatorium very soon. State programmes for regional development are already working in the Polesie and Naroch Lake areas. � 1. Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about. �(True /False) � The text is about Braslav. TrueFalse It shows the changes in its infrastructure. TrueFalse �The text runs about the Polesie and Naroch Lake areas. TrueFalse �The author describes the ancient settlement in Russia. TrueFalse The author describes sporting traditions in Braslov and new things that tourists will see in this district. TrueFalse � 2. The author tells us about sporting traditions that exist in Braslav. Find this extract and read it aloud. � �The paragraph to read is number . � 3. What new things will tourists see in Braslav? � Tourists will see...� a modernised cinema with new halls the town�s new rowing channel ski-roller track and ski slope a sports complex with an ice rink an entertainment complex offering billiards and bowling a new shopping centre with a cafe for children a lake-river museum with an aquarium. � � �4. Why will it be interesting to visit this Belarusian town? � �� ancient history������ � �� � � � sanatorium � � � � � � � � � � � � � international tourist destination � � � � � � � � �� nature��� � � �� � � � � facilities�������� � � � � � � modern infrastructure � � Braslav is a place with beautiful and . Restored fragments of ancient settlements alongside with , interesting sporting , a and an entertainment complex make Braslav an . � �