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6. Read the following dialogues and make up your own one with your partner to discuss the sights of Moscow.
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6. Read the following dialogues and make up your own one with your partner to discuss the sights of Moscow.
Dialogue I
- Well, it seems we’ve got a chance of doing the sights of Moscow.
- I suggest we start with Red Square.
- Who will be our guide?
- If you don’t mind I can show you round the square.
- Not a bad idea! Red Square, the Kremlin…these words symbolize Russia for millions of people both in this country and abroad.
- That’s right. As far as I know the Kremlin used to be a fortress, a residence of the tsars.
- Who was the founder of Moscow?
- According to the chronicle Prince Yuri Dolgoruky founded it in 1147.
- The Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral are really unique creations – masterpieces of Russian architecture!
- Majestic sights!
- If only their stones could speak.
Dialogue 2
- Dima, may I ask you a question?
- Sure, what’s up?
- I heard you had been to Moscow recently.
- Yes, I was there two months ago, on my summer holidays.
- You see, I’ve never been there but I am going to visit our capital next week. It is the business trip so I stay there only for two days. But I’d like to see as much as I can. What would you recommend me to start with?
- Oh, that’s great. I think you should start from Red Square, of course. There are lots of places of interests there and near: the Kremlin, the State Historical Museum, Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed, the monument to Minin and Pozharskiy, The State Historical Museum of Russia, the Spasskaya Tower, the Moscow Kremlin cathedrals and museums and many other famous sights. And the second place which I would advise you to visit is Luzhniki Stadium where the 2018 FIFA World Cup was held. It is the largest stadium in the country.
- Oh, thanks a lot.
LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
1. Look at the following words and try to remember them:
1) scholar – учёный
2) particularly – особенно
3) state-controlled – государственный
4) humanities – гуманитарные науки
5) research – научное исследование
6) conduct – проводить
7) achievement – достижение
8) award – присуждать
9) scholarship – обучение
10) prominent – выдающийся
11) undergo – выдерживать, претерпевать
12) alumni – выпускники
13) maintain – поддерживать
14) expansion – расширение
15) affiliated subdivisions - филиалы
16) instructor – преподаватель
17) post-graduate – аспирант
18) refresher course – курсы повышения квалификации
2. Read and translate the text about Lomonosov Moscow State University:
Lomonosov Moscow State University is a state-controlled institution of higher learning in Moscow, the first and the oldest-surviving, largest, and most prestigious university in Russia. It was founded in 1755 by the great Russian scientist and linguist M. V. Lomonosov. In the second half of the 19th century, Moscow State University became the most important centre of scientific research and scholarship in Russia. Among its outstanding graduates were Zhukovsky, Sechenov, Timiryasev, Pavlov, Vernadsky, сlassics of Russian literature M. Lermontov, A. Griboyedov, I. Turgenev, A. Chekhov, B. Pasternak.
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Today Lomonosov Moscow State University is a major traditional educational institution in Russia. It offers training in almost all branches of modern science and humanities. Various kinds of academic courses and research work are conducted at MSU Museums, affiliated subdivisions in various locations in Russia.
Lomonosov MSU is a centre of research science famous for its major scientific schools. The University produced a great number of brilliant scholars. There have been 11 Nobel Prize winners among its professors and alumni, out of 24 Russians who have received the prestigious prize so far. Among them are N. Semenov (in chemistry), I. Tamm, I. Frank, P. Cherenkov, L. Landau, A. Prohorov, P. Kapitsa, V. Ginzburg, A. Abrikosov (in physics), B. Pasternak (in literature), A. Sakharov, M. Gorbachev (for peace process). Many more MSU scientists have been awarded various Soviet and Russian prizes for their achievements, among them 60 Lenin Prizes and 120 State Prizes, over 40 MSU scientists received the State Prizes over the last decade.
Among those who teach and do research at MSU there are 2, 500 higher doctoral degree holders and almost 6, 000 holders of candidate degrees, the total number of professors and instructors being about 5, 000. There are over 300 full members and correspondent members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other academies.
Moscow State University comprises 39 faculties, 15 research institutes, 4 museums, 6 local branches in Russia and abroad, about 380 departments, the Science Park, the Botanical Gardens, the University Publishing House and a printing shop, a recreational centre and a boarding school for talented children. MSU library is one of the largest in Russia, with its 9, 000, 000 books, 2, 000, 000 of them in foreign languages, and the average number of readers 55, 000. Moscow University campus is an extremely complex system, with its 1, 000 buildings and structures, with its 8 dormitories housing over 12, 000 students.
A number of new faculties, departments and research laboratories have been recently established, new academic programs are being continuously introduced together with new curricula. All faculties of the university provide full-time studies for Bachelor, Master and Specialist programs. Post-graduate studies can be full-time or part-time. Most programs at the Moscow State University are taught in Russian but there some programs in English and Chinese. There are over 140 distance learning programs. Research has recently started in 30 new interdisciplinary areas.
About 40, 000 students (graduate and postgraduate) and about 7, 000 undergraduates study at the university, and over 5 000 specialists do the refresher course here. Every year Moscow University enrolls about 4, 000 international students and postgraduates from all over the world.
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