The feed and the truth
A text in Russian at level B1. The translation sits next to it for checking, not for support: at this level the text is read whole, and an unknown word is usually guessed from the sentence. My sister has more than twenty thousand followers on a social network. She prepares every post in advance, and choosing…
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- У моей сестры в социальной сети больше двадцати тысяч подписчиков. Каждый пост она готовит заранее, а фото выбирает дольше, чем пишет текст. Иногда за час набирается сотня лайков, а иногда и двадцати нет, и она никогда не знает почему. Под одним постом разгорелся настоящий скандал, и нескольких грубых читателей ей пришлось заблокировать. Теперь каждую новость она проверяет по двум источникам, хотя лента бежит быстрее всякой проверки.U moey sestry v sotsialnoy seti bolshe dvadtsati tysyach podpischikov. Kazhdyy post ona gotovit zaranee, a foto vybiraet dolshe, chem pishet tekst. Inogda za chas nabiraetsya sotnya laykov, a inogda i dvadtsati net, i ona nikogda ne znaet pochemu. Pod odnim postom razgorelsya nastoyashchiy skandal, i neskolkikh grubykh chitateley ey prishlos zablokirovat. Teper kazhduyu novost ona proveryaet po dvum istochnikam, khotya lenta bezhit bystree vsyakoy proverki.My sister has more than twenty thousand followers on a social network. She prepares every post in advance, and choosing photos takes her longer than writing the text. Sometimes a hundred likes pile up in an hour, and sometimes not even twenty, and she never knows why. Under one post a real scandal broke out, and she had to block several rude readers. Now she checks every news story against two sources, though the feed runs faster than any check.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- How many followers does the sister have?
- What takes her the longest?
- Why did she have to block someone?
- What does she do with news stories now?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Russian?
B1. That means: everyday topics are behind you, you know about three thousand words, and an unknown word is more often guessed from the sentence than looked up.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.