26. Translate into Ukrainian.

1. Our University dates as far as 1898.

2. There is no doubt that our students reflect credit on the establishment.

3. Students have to carry out some practical and experimental work under the supervision of teachers in the up-to-date labs well-supplied with all the necessary equipment.

4. Highly qualified teachers and professors conduct classes in a wide range of obligatory and optional subjects for freshmen.

5. The highly educational system in Ukraine embraces two educational purposes: first, it gives a special technical education, and second, it selects the most able and gives them a more advanced education.

SPEAKING

27. Remember your first day spent at the University and tell your groupmate a story.

For example, you can start “My first day at the University was ...” / “When I entered the hostel I felt ...”

28. Complete the story or make up your own.

Let me tell you about my first day at the University and my impression of it. At first it was all so confusing and new. There are new customs and words to be learnt and, of course, new rules and regulations. But remembering that I was not the only “freshman” ( as the first year student is called) I cheered up and very soon made friends. There are about 50000 students at the KPI, so naturally it is crowded.

I share a room at the hostel with two guys. I find we share interests and get on together well.

29. In small groups or pairs discuss discuss the following questions.

1. W hat principles do school graduates follow when they choose a course of studies?

2. What are the main advantages of the Institute of Physics and Technology?

3. Do the faculties of the KPI differ greatly? What is the difference?

4. What do you usually do if you can’t get down to concentrated work?

5. Do you think the impact of a lecture is greater than that of a book? Why?

6. Are you aware of the new methods for fast reading? If so, describe them.

7. What is the best technique of revision?

8. How can a student avoid a last-minute rush or late-night sitting before the exam? What do you think about “surge study”?

9. Judging from your experience as a learner, how important is the encouraging tone of the examiner?

10. What is your attitude to the common practice of “cramming” before the examination?

30. Read some information about Higher Education in Great Britain and America (see Further Reading, unit 1). Then in pairs ask and answer questions based on this text.

31. Work in pairs. What would you say in the following situations?

1. Your groupmate has failed in exams.

2. Your friend asks you some advice on what university to enter.

3. Someone asks you which place at the university to have a snack.

4. You are a teacher. A student isn’t ready with the task in time.

5. You have been enrolled at a language school or courses. You are required to pay the fees today, but you can’t.

6. Someone has eaten your dinner at the hostel.

32. Comment on the following jokes, and retell them not using direct speech.

ESSENTIAL HELP

Teacher (looking over Students work). – “I don’t understand how it’s possible for a single person to make so many mistakes!”

Student (proudly) – “It isn’t a single person. My best friend helped me.”

HE THINKS WE ARE LISTENING

− “ Our economics prof talks to himself. Does yours?”

− “ Yes, but he doesn’t realize it. He thinks we are listening”.

THE LESS THE BETTER

The more we study, the more we know.

The more we know, the more we forget.

The more we forget, the less we know.

The less we know, the less we forget.

The less we forget, the more we know.

So, why study?

WHAT IS A SYNONYM?

Teacher – “Robert, what is a synonym?”

Student – “It’s a word you use in place of another when you cannot spell the other one.”

NOTHING TO BE DONE

Student – “But I don’t think I deserve an absolute zero.”

Professor – “Neither do I, but it is the lowest mark that I am allowed to give.”