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On the base of https://www.msu.ru/en/info/name.html. 5. Retell the text. 6. Read the following dialogue and act it out.
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On the base of https: //www. msu. ru/en/info/name. html
3. Find in the above text the English equivalents to the following Russian word combinations:
государственное учреждение высшего образования; ученые мирового уровня; центр научного исследования; образование высокого качества; знаменит своими научными школами; лауреат Нобелевской премии; государственная награда; член корреспондент академии наук; доктор наук; кандидат наук; типография; издательский дом университета; количество читателей; научно-исследовательские лаборатории; междисциплинарные области; научные исследования и обучение; большое количество; дистанционное обучение; аспирантура; очная и заочная форма обучения; выдающаяся роль; иностранные студенты; со всего мира.
4. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the most prestigious University in Russia?
2. When was MSU founded?
3. Who founded Moscow State University?
4. What outstanding people did Moscow State University produce?
5. How many faculties and departments does it have at the present time?
6. Where is Moscow State University housed?
7. What is the teaching staff of the University?
8. How many students study at the MSU?
9. What do you know about the library of the MSU?
10. What educational programs does the MSU offer?
11. What language are most programs at Moscow State University taught in?
12. Can foreign students be admitted to the MSU?
5. Retell the text.
6. Read the following dialogue and act it out.
Dialogue
- Hi, Boris. What are doing? Let’s go for a walk.
- Hi, Max. I’m busy at the moment. I’m preparing the presentation for my English lesson. If you wait for a while…
- Ok, And what is the topic?
- Ten Top Universities of our country.
- Well, I think that all top universities are in Moscow.
- Ha, that’s not so. Look at my list and then say.
- Oh, I see only two universities… Lomonosov MSU and National Research University Higher School of Economics and what are the others?
- St. Petersburg State University, ITMO University, Novosibirsk State University, Tomsk State University, Kazan Federal University, Ural Federal University, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and
Tomsk Polytechnic University.
- And how many universities are there at the list at all?
- There are 379 recognized Russian higher-education institutions.
- I’ve never heard that there are so many higher-education institutions in our country. And how do you think, why Lomonosov MSU is on the top of this list?
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- I suppose it is the first and the oldest institution of higher learning in Russia which continues to show the highest results in different sciences. Did you know that 11 Nobel Prize winners out of 24 Russians who had received this prestigious prize were either scholars or students of MSU?
- Really? I’m sure it’s very difficult to enter there.
- Yes, the best undergraduates from all our country try to enter there every year. But it’s worth doing.
- Yes, and it’s worth doing the presentation because you always discover something new.
RUSSIAN NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES
1. Look at the following words and try to remember them:
1) to be awarded – быть награжденным
2) outstanding – выдающийся
3) promotion – продвижение
4) to build up – создать
5) estate – имущество
6) will – завещание
7) to endow – наделить, пожертвовать
8) to confer – даровать
9) benefit – польза
10) anniversary – годовщина
11) chain reaction – цепная реакция
12) disruptive discharge – пробой диэлектрика
13) a charged particle – заряженная частица
14) velocity of light – скорость света
15) oscillators and amplifiers – генераторы и усилители
16) pioneering contributions – новаторский вклад
17) superconductors and superfluids – сверхпроводники и сверхтекучие жидкости
18) groundbreaking– новаторский, прорывной, инновационный
19) low-temperature physics – физика низких температур
2. Read and translate the text about Russian Nobel Prize Laureates:
For most people Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) is known as the founder of prestigious prizes which are awarded annually for outstanding work in science, literature, economics and the promotion of peace. Alfred Nobel was the Swedish scientist and businessman who invented dynamite and built up companies and laboratories in countries all over the world, the best-known technical genius in Sweden in the 17th century, an era in which Sweden was a great power in northern Europe. Nobel was fluent in several languages, and wrote poetry and drama. Nobel was also very interested in social and peace-related issues, and held views that were considered radical during his time. Alfred Nobel’s interests are reflected in the prize he established. On November 27, 1895 Alfred Nobel dictates in his will that his entire remaining estate should be used to endow “prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind. ”
Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been presented to Nobel Laureates at ceremonies on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. As stipulated in Nobel’s will, the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, while the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway. Since 1969 an additional prize has been awarded at the ceremony in Stockholm – the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
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The Russian scientists, writers and political figures were awarded the Nobel Prizes too: two in Physiology or Medicine (Pavlov, Mechnikoff), twelve in Physics, one in Chemistry, two in Economic Sciences, five in Literature (Bunin, Pasternak, Sholokhov, Solzhenitsyn, Brodsky), and two Peace Prizes (Sakharov, Gorbachev).
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