2. Reading activities

2.1 Read and translate the text і am a student

My surname is Petrenko. I am 19 years old. I am a first-year student of the medical college. I am glad that I entered this college as I want to become a nurse.

Our academic year begins in September and is over in June. We have two terms in the course of the academic year. During the academic year our students attend many lectures and have practical classes. As a rule they are very busy.

They have the lectures on different subjects. The first-year students study Anatomy, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Latin, foreign languages and other subjects. We study English. At the English lessons we read, speak and write exercises.

From the second year the students begin to study medical subjects. Twice a year the students take their examinations. Our students have their practical training at many hospitals, polyclinics and other medical institutions. Many of them do the research work at different societies. The future nurses must have good knowledge and practical experience.

3. Post-reading activities

   0. 3.1 Give the Ukrainian equivalents:

a first-year student; to become a nurse; have two terms; very busy; different subjects; foreign languages; to study medical subjects; medical institutions; have good knowledge.

0. 3.2 Give the English equivalents:

медичний коледж; навчальний рік; закінчується; відвідувати багато лекцій; двічі на рік; складати екзамени; займатися науково-дослідною роботою; різні гуртки.

3.3 Дайте відповіді на запитання до тексту:

1. Are you a student of the medical college? 2. What year student are you? 3. Are you glad that you entered this college? 4. When does the academic year begin? 5. When is it over? 6. What do the students do during the academic year? 7. What subjects do the first-year students study? 8. What do you do at the English lessons? 9. What subjects do the students begin to study from the second year? 10. Where have the students their practical training? 11. Where do the students do the research work?

Grammar

Зворот there is (there are)

Зворот there is (there are) вживаєтьсч в значенні знаходиться, є, але може не перекладатися.

Порівняйте речення:

There is a telephone in this room. У цій кімнаті є телефон.

The telephone is in this room. Телефон (є) у цій кімнаті.

Перекладіть речення українською мовою:

There is a blackboard on the wall. 2. The blackboard is on the wall. 3. There are many textbooks on the table. 4. Ten textbooks are on the shelf. 5. There are many children in the park. 6. These children are in the park. 7. On this table there is a dictionary. 8. The dictionary is on the table.

Форми звороту there is (there are) у часах групи Indefinite

Present	Past	Future
there is there are	there was there were	there will be there will be

Поставте речення в минулому (Past Indefinite) і майбутньому (Future Indefinite) часах:

Зразок: There is a big hospital in the village.

There was a big hospital in the village.

There will be a big hospital in the village.

1. There is a nice park near the Institute. 2. There are fifteen students in our group. 3. There is a meeting in that hall. 4. There are many people there. 5. There is a dictionary on the shelf. 6. There are very many English books in this library. 7. In this street there is a school.