3.1 Translate the Russian parts of the sentences:

1. The University был основан in 1930.

2. At that time it назывался Agricultural Institute.

3. Растениеводство и животноводство were the two departments at that time.

4. At present about 700 teachers constitute the преподавательский состав of the University.

5. After 4 years of studies a student gets степень бакалавра наук.

6. Здания университета have many classrooms, lecture halls, библиотек и компьютерных классов.

7. Students can take all the необходимые книги from the библиотеки университета.

8. Many students come from различные районы to study at the University, so they live in удобные общежития.

9. The University trains skilled specialists in различные области сельского хозяйства.

10. Students study and live an interesting life during the годы обучения.

3.2 Dialogues

• I am Samokhvalova Yevgenia, Zhenya, for short. I study at Pedagogical University in Ufa.

• Hi, Zhenya. I am Diana Baker. I am a student at Manchester Teachers’ College. I train to be a primary school teacher. What about you?

• I will be a teacher of Math at a secondary school. We are future colleagues, Diana, aren’t we?

• Yes, we are. By the way, are the graduates of Russian universities given a degree?

• Yes, they are. The system of scientific degrees is the same in our countries now. A few years ago graduates of our universities were given diplomas of higher education.

• I see. The graduates of British colleges and universities are given the degrees of Bachelor or Master.

• Our teacher of English tells us a lot of interesting and useful information about Great Britain and its system of education.

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• How many departments are there at your university and what is the total number of students?

• Ten thousand students study at nine departments.

• Do students in Russia pay tuition?

• Those who passed entrance exams to the university with excellent marks get education free of charge. They get to the so-called budget groups, others pay tuition. The students from budget groups who pass exams at the university with good and excellent marks get scholarship. I think, young people value good education now.

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• Как студенты вашего университета проводят лето?

• In different ways. Some return home, some go to the university sports camp for a week or two, some have their practice in summer and are very busy.

• Как насчет спорта, увлечений, музыки, танцев?

• Well, I think those things always come first.

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3.3 Questions

1.Where do you study?

2.What will be your profession after you graduate from the University?

3.When was your University founded?

4.How many and what departments are there at your University?

5. Do your group-mates live in the hostel?

6.How many students study at the University full time?

7.Do all students get scholarship?

8.What degree do the graduates from the University get?

9.How many years do students study at your University?

10.Whom does the teaching staff of the University consist of ?

11.What sport facilities has the University got.

12.Do all students pay tuition?

13.What subjects are taught at the University?

14.What are your favourite subjects?

15.Who can become a student of your University?