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4. Use the following questions to make up the dialogue with your partner. Add some your own questions.
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4. Use the following questions to make up the dialogue with your partner. Add some your own questions.
1. Why do you want to be an engineer?
2. What knowledge and skills are necessary to make a good engineer?
3. What fields can engineers apply their skills in?
4. What Faculty do you study at?
5. When was the Faculty, you study at, founded?
6. How many departments are there at the Faculty now?
7. Who is the head of the Faculty now?
8. What is the academic staff of the Faculty?
9. What is the total enrollment of the Faculty?
10. What educational programs does the Faculty offer?
11. What prominent scientists and scholars of the Faculty do you know?
12. What department do you study at?
13. Who is the head of the department now?
14. What is your major?
15. Why did you choose this major to get the higher education?
16. What industry or enterprise would you like to get a job at?
5. Add the missing information concerning the major, department and faculty you study at:
I’m a student of the …. University.
It is one of the ….
I study at the ……………………. Faculty.
The Faculty was founded in ……….
The head of the Faculty is …
Now the Faculty consists of …. Departments. They are …
The whole enrollment of the Faculty is….
The Faculty offers training in …programs.
My department is …
The head of the Department is …
My major is …
I chose this major because …
Students of my major are trained in different subjects such as: ….
In order to become a good engineer I have to …
After graduating from the university, I would like to work … because ….
6. Tell about your faculty, department and major.
THE STUDENT LIFE
1. Look at the following expressions and try to remember them:
1) successfully – успешно
2) to pass an examination – сдать экзамен
3) to enter a university – поступить в университет
4) examinations – экзаменационная сессия
5) term – семестр
6) to aim at – направлять, нацеливать
7) basic framework of knowledge – фундаментальные знания
8) opportunity – возможность
9) a member of the academic staff – преподаватель
10) to gain – получить, приобрести
11) essential – важный, существенный
12) practical skills – практические навыки
13) strength of materials – сопротивление материалов
14) descriptive geometry – начертательная геометрия
15) well-equipped – хорошо оборудованный
16) senior courses – старшие курсы
17) to enable – давать возможность
18) follow one’s interests – следовать своему выбору
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19) undergraduate – студент
20) research научно-исследовательская работа
21) contemporary – современный
22) rapid expansion – быстрoе распространение
23) multitude – большое количество, масса
24) to take part – принимать участие
25) to carry out – проводить, выполнять
26) sports clubs – спортивные секции
27) multitude – множество, большое число
28) sporting facilities – спортивные сооружения
2. Read and translate the text about the student life:
So you are the students of Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NРI). Our congratulations! You passed your entrance examinations successfully and entered one of the best and biggest universities of our country. You begin a new life – the life of a student.
The academic year consists of two terms: the autumn term and the spring term. The autumn term begins on the 1st of September and ends in December. The spring term begins on the 9th of February and ends in the early June. In January and June the students have their examinations. After exams students have their holidays.
Teaching is by lectures, seminars and practical laboratory classes. Lectures are aimed at giving the basic framework of knowledge. Seminars give the opportunity for group discussion of a topic with a member of academic staff. Laboratory classes in all faculties provide the opportunity to gain essential practical skills and are specifically organised so that students learn by their own practical experiments.
The students study hard and have no free time on week days. They study many different subjects such as higher mathematics, chemistry, physics, descriptive geometry, strength of materials, informatics, foreign languages, economics, history and many others.
Highly qualified lecturers and professors help students in their studies. Well-equipped laboratories, workshops, a computer center, the library are at their disposal. Specialization in senior courses enables undergraduates to follow their own interests in a subject, for example into pure research as a career or into contemporary applications with the aim of a career in industry. The rapid expansion in information technology is reflected strongly in the teaching and research programs of the University. Most students use computers as an essential part of their courses.
The student life means not only the educational process. Much attention is paid to the life outside of the lecture rooms. There is a multitude of student activities at the University: sports clubs, arts and dance societies, student societies etc. Numerous student concerts, dance performances, exhibitions, drama productions are held each year. Students play various instruments, take part in festivals, dramatic shows and dancing parties. A lot of students of our University take part in social life of the University.
There are different sports clubs at our University, such as football, basketball, judo, sambo, freestyle wrestling, weightlifting, power lifting, athletics, sports tourism, rock climbing, swimming, table tennis and others. Most of the students go in for sport. They can do sports in sporting facilities – various gymnasiums, sports grounds and a swimming pool. Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NРI) is recognized as one of the most successful universities in the south of our country in sport competitions. There are European and world champions among the students of our University.
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3. Find in the above text the English equivalents to the following word combinations:
cдавать вступительные экзамены; поступить в университет; учебный год; осенний и весенний семестры; получить важные практические навыки; хорошо оборудованные лаборатории; находятся в их распоряжении; следовать собственному выбору; важная часть обучения; большое внимание уделяется; студенческие кружки; театрализованные постановки; спортивные секции; играть на различных инструментах; принимать участие; увлекаться (заниматься) спортом; с целью; легкая атлетика; спортивные сооружения.
4. Answer the following questions:
1. What University have you entered?
2. When do students have their examinations?
3. What are lectures aimed at?
4. What do seminars give?
5. What do laboratory classes provide?
6. What new subjects do the students study?
7. What student activities are there at the University?
8. Are you going to take part in the student festivals?
9. What can you tell about sport activities at the University?
10. Do you do any kind of sports at the University?
11. How has your life changed since you are a student?
12. What do you like most of all about your student life?
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