Russian Language: Real Breakthrough

B1. Clown And His Cats


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His shows are sold out weeks ahead, with about 300 people packing into the hall twice a day every weekend. “Once I found a hungry little kitten, and he became my first stage partner. He sat inside a giant toffee, and whenever I unwrapped it, he’d jump out and stride boldly around the stage with his tail held high. And he could do somersaults and jump through a hoop and walk on his hind legs and meow very loudly whenever he was hungry,” Kuklachev said. Listen to the story of the world's kindest clown who performs with cats. More than two hundred saved cat lives, more than two hundred cat artists, home for retired cats... Check your listening comprehension and learn even more (on the topic, with vocabulary and exercises) by booking a lesson with me on Italki https://www.italki.com/yulia.stepanova  

Grammar:

  • Another way to say "one's (my, your, his etc.) ко мне на кровать instead of на мою кровать and у меня на кровати instead of на моей кровати
  • Idioms with cats (кот наплакал = very few etc.)
  • Verbs of motion with prefixes.
  • and many other grammar exercises.
  • After we train all vocabulary and grammar of the lesson, let's play a journalist and take an interview of Kuklachov. Use funny pictures to retell this entire story.
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    Russian Language: Real BreakthroughBy Yulia Stepanova

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