ÿþ <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Ruslan Limited</TITLE> <style href>a {text-decoration: none}</style> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#0D1B61" link="#0D1B61" BGCOLOR="#D9E6EC" alink="#0D1B61" vlink="#0D1B61"> <B> RUSLAN 1 LESSON 8<BR> <BR> </B> <B> CEMETERIES. EXERCISE ON STRESS IN RUSSIAN NAMES </B> <BR> One of the most difficult things for foreign learners of Russian is to remember the stress in Russian family names and place names. <BR><BR> This exercise uses a shortened version of the text for the cemetery exercise on page 94 / 101. <BR><BR> First print out the file <A HREF="r1_l8kladbischa.pdf" target="_blank"> <font color="blue"><B> r1_l8kladbischa.pdf </B></FONT> </A> and use a pencil to mark where you think the stress on the names should be <BR><BR> Then listen to the recording <A HREF="r1_l8kladbischa.mp3" target="_blank"> <font color="blue"><B> r1_l8kladbischa.mp3 </B></FONT> </A> (2.4mb) and correct your first attempt. <BR><BR> Listen again, correct where necessary, and continue the process until you have all the stress marks in the correct places. <BR><BR> You can then try the exercise again with a new printout of the pdf, or you can record the exercise with your own voice and compare your recording with the original </FONT> </A> </BODY>