V. Answer the following questions

1. How large is your family?

2. How many persons does your family consist of?

3. What are you?

4. Have you any brothers or sisters?

5. What are your parents?

6. What are your brothers (sisters)?

7. Have you any grandparents?

8. Who keeps house in your family?

9. What is your hobby?

10. How do you prefer to spend your free time?

11. Have you many relatives?

12. Do you often go to see them?

VI. Speak about yourself unit II our university

I. Vocabulary list

1. Technical University - технический университет

2. department - факультет

3. 3. mechanical-engineering d. – механико–технологический факультет

4. 4. machine-building d. – машиностроительный факультет

5. 5. poligraphical d. – полиграфический факультет

6. 6. automation d. – факультет автоматизации

7. 7. electrical-engineering d. – электротехнический факультет

8. 8. radio-engineering d. – радиотехнический факультет

9. 9. faculty of refrigerating machines – факультет холодильных машин

10. faculty of automation installations – факультет автоматических установок

10. 11. faculty of flight vehicles – факультет летательных аппаратов

11. 12. faculty of humanity education – факультет гуманитарного образования

13. faculty of economical management – факультет экономики и управления

12. 14. lecture hall – лекционный зал

13. 15. drawing hall – чертежный зал

14. 16. reading hall – читальный зал

15. 17. workshop – мастерская

16. 18. equip – оборудовать

17. 19. equipment – оборудование

18. 20. apparatus – аппарат

19. 21. research – исследование

20. 22. carry out experiment – проводить опыты

21. 23. scientific society – научное общество

22. 24. higher mathematics – высшая математика

23. 25. strength of materials – сопромат

24. 26. mechanics – механика

25. 27. machine elements – детали машин

26. 28. drawing – черчение

27. 29. descriptive geometry – начертательная геометрия

28. 30. mark – оценка

29. 31. satisfactory – удовлетворительно

30. 32. to take an examination – сдавать экзамен

31. 33. to take a test – сдавать зачет

32. 34. to pass an examination – сдать экзамен

33. 35. to fail in an examination – не сдать экзамен

34. 36. to enter the University – поступить в университет

35. 37. to graduate from the University – окончить университет

36. 38. to be in the first year – быть на 1 курсе

37. 39. to be the first year student – быть первокурсником

38. 40. to attend – посещать

39. 41. to have classes – иметь занятия

40. 42. to work hard – упорно работать

41. 43. to take part in – принимать участие

42. 44. to get a scholarship – получать стипендию

43. 45. to train specialists – готовить специалистов

44. 46. to deliver a lecture on – читать лекцию по …

45. 47. to give classes – проводить занятия

46. 48. to give labs – проводить лабораторные работы

47. 49. term – семестр

II. Text our university

The Technical University is one of the biggest Higher Educational establishments in Omsk. It trains specialist for various branches of industry. It was founded in 1942. There was only one faculty at the University at that time. It was the mechanical – engineering faculty. The first 25 engineers graduated from this faculty in 1947.

Our University trains radio, electrical, polygraphical and mechanical engineers. It’s numerous laboratories for both teaching and research purposes are equipped with modern apparatus, tools and instrument to provide a high level of training.

There is a large library and a reading hall in the University where the students can get any necessary textbook on special subjects. In the reading hall one can get periodicals for reading. Reading and drawing – halls are also places where students prepare their hometasks.

The University teaching staff is large. There are more than seven hundred teachers, masters of science and professors who deliver lectures on different subjects and give classes to the students. The students attend lectures and classes according to the time – table. Besides, they have practice in the workshops and the laboratories.

The students study the following subjects: history, higher mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics, descriptive geometry, machine elements, drawing, foreign languages and many others.

Twice a year students take examinations. Those who work hard at subjects during the term do not fail in the exams and pass them well, getting good and excellent marks.

There is a students scientific society at the University. Both first year students and those who are in the fourth or fifth years may join it and do research there.

Many students take an active part in the social work. They attend conferences, discuss books, plays and films, organize evening parties and amateur concert, go in for sports.