Task 4. Make up sentences.
Task 5. Make up pairs of synonyms.
Curriculum, teacher, research, chair, plan of studies, lesson, lecturer, take part in, department, be engaged in, appreciate, scientific study, informatics, computer studies, value, double-period.
Task 6. Find the most general word in each chain.
1) mathematics, history, subject, English.
2) research, practical-training, laboratory work, activity.
3) sport, public life, dancing, students concert, reading, music, disco.
a) – Why, Paul! What a pleasant surprise!
– Hello, Mike. This is a small world! Now I am a first-year student of …
– Let me guess. Are you a student of the faculty of engineering?
– No, I’m not.
– Technological faculty?
– You’re mistaken again.
– Oh, yes. You study at the faculty of economics.
– Right you are.
– My best congratulations!
– Thanks.
b) – Excuse me.
– Yes, What can I do for you?
– Where is the dean’s office?
– Which faculty?
– The faculty of agronomy.
– It is on the first floor to the right.
– Thank you
– Don’t mention it.
c) – How many double periods do you have a day?
– Let me see … On Monday and Friday we have three double periods, on
– Wednesday – five, the rest of the week – four double periods.
– Do you study on Saturday?
– No.
d) – What is your favourite subject?
– It is difficult to say. I like mathematics, informatics, English and some other subjects.
– Are you good at chemistry?
– Not very good, but I find it rather interesting.
– I see.
e) – Hi, Nick! I haven’t seen you at the University for a while. What’s the matter?
– You see, Mike, now I am a student of the extra-mural department.
– Really?
– I work and study. I’ve got married.
– Glad to hear it. Is your wife a student?
– Yes, she is.
Task 8. Find English equivalents for the following phrases in the dialogues:
– Трудно сказать.
– Понятно.
– Рад за тебя (слышать об этом).
– Что случилось?
– Как тесен мир!
– Мои сердечные поздравления!
– Дай подумать.
– Не стоит благодарности.
• What made him (her) choose this profesion;
• His (her) interests;
• His (her) favourite subjects;
• Difficult subject(s) for him.
Timiryasev Agricultural Academy was founded in 1865 as Petrovskaya Academy. It is one of the oldest academies in Russia. In the 19th century only 300-400 students studied there. Now the number of students has increased to 3000. Many of them come from villages.
The teaching staff includes high-skilled teachers, assistant professors and professors. Scientists of the academy are well-known not only in Russia but in the whole world of agricultural science. There are five faculties in the academy:
– the faculty of agronomy;
– the faculty of economics;
– the faculty of zoo engineering;
– the faculty of horticulture;
– the faculty of agro-chemistry.
In the academy there is an extra-mural department. Not only teachers but many students are engaged in research. They investigate many interesting fields in agriculture: poultry-farming, horse-raising, protected plant-breeding, medicinal plants, agricultural economics and many others.
There are spacious lecture halls, laboratories, a big library, reading-rooms, a computer center in the academy. The students have a good opportunity to study foreign languages because there are well-equipped laboratories for English, German and French there.
Exercise 1. Scan the text and understand its contents.
Exercise 2. Find English equivalents for the following terms in the text:
садоводство, птицеводство, разведение парниковых культур, лекарственные растения, коневодство.
Exercise 3. Arrange the items of the plan in the correct order.
I Research Activities
II The Foundation
III The Faculties
IV The Teaching Staff
V Lecture Halls and Laboratories
a) Moscow Timiryasev Agricultural Academy is older than my institute.
b) There are four faculties in Timiryasev academy.
c) About 4000 students study at the academy.
d) There is no extra-mural department in the academy.
e) Professors and teachers are engaged in research.
Use the speech patterns:
– You are right. – Вы правы.
– You are mistaken. – Вы ошибаетесь.
– On the contrary. – Напротив.
– You are right to a certain extent. – Отчасти, Вы правы.
Penza State Agricultural Academy was founded in 1951 as an agricultural institute. Since 1995 it has had the status of an academy. Now it is a large-scale institution of higher education