Simple Past Tense.

1) Он вынул часы из кармана и положил их на стол. 2) Этот поезд останавливался на каждой станции. 3) Во время каникул я побывал в Риме. 4) Он перепрыгнул через забор (fence), прошел через лужайку (lawn) и открыл дверь своим ключом. 5) Так как большинство домов в Лондоне в XVII веке было построено из дерева, они все сгорели во вре- мя пожара. 6) Вор (thief) проник в дом через окно, вынул драгоценности (jewelry) из сейфа, сорвал картину со стены, а затем вышел через дверь. 7) Я люблю путешествовать на велосипеде. В прошлом году я объехал всю Грецию на моем старом вело- сипеде. 8) Я случайно вскрыла ваше письмо.

4. Think ofSimple Past and Past Progressive.Choose the correct underlinedanswer.

1. Istudied/was studyingpolitics atuniversity.

2. Hestudied/was studyingthe effects of radia- tion when he suddenlydied.

3. When I woke up this morning itrained/ wasraining.

4. Itrained/was rainingevery single day of the holidays.

5. It was 8.00 in the morning. A lot of peo- plestood/were standingat the bus stop, waiting to go towork.

6. A magnificent oak treestood/was standingin the middle of thegarden.

4. Read this dialogue and choose the right vari-ant of theanswer:

Woman:I'd like to get a part-time job this semes- ter since tuition's gone up so much.

Man:That makes sense. Just make sure you don't get in over your head; we're here to go to school, after all.

What does the man mean?

1. He wants to go to schooltogether.

2. He thinks that she should work very hard and earn as much money aspossible.

(С) He agrees that she should work her way through college.

(D) He thinks that she fell for him head over heels.

4. Translate other word-combinations referringschools and education. Use them in sentences of your own.

a school for gifted children, to be kept after school, comprehensive school, correspondence school, divinity school, private school;

broad education, compulsory education, health educa- tion, in-service education;

residential college, electoral college, College ofPhy-

sicians.

4. Translate the following sentences paying at-tention to the words in boldtype:

1. I’mteachingEnglish to Italianstudents.

2. My fathertaughtme toswim.

3. Next time he comes home late lock him out, that’llteachhim alesson!

4. Ipassthe sport center on the way towork

5. Ipassedmy English examyesterday.

6. Several yearshad passedbefore she realized thetruth.

7. Wepassedeach other on thestaircase

8. Parliamentpasseda series of important meas- ures in1994.

4. Read thetext.

The Kazan Institute of Biology

The Kazan Institute of Biology was established in 1945 and in the beginning it consisted of 5 insti- tutes. In 1998 it was renamed as the Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy ofSciences.

The first Director of the Institute was an out- standing morphologist-evolutionist Nikolai Livanov. He was the Director of the Institute from 1945 to 1949.

A new era in the life of the Institute began when professor Igor Tarcevsky was made the Director of the

Institute in 1974. Yong researchers-biologists, physi- cists, chemists came to work at the Institute. The in- vestigations in the field of physical-chemical biology began to develop.

Now the Director of the institute is Aleksandr Grechkin. The main lines of investigations of the Ka- zan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences are:

• Signaling systems of plant cells and their role in adaptation andimmunity

  • Mechanisms of plant cell growth and differentiation

  • Mechanisms of molecular dynamics and intermolecular in- teractions in protein functioning

  • Intracellular inter- actions. Molecular mechanisms of neuromediation and chemoreception

• Mechanisms of transport processes in animal and plantcells

The institute is located in the center of Kazan on the Lobachevsky Street, 2/31.

4. Give the correct variant of the phrases ac-cording to thistext.

1. The Kazan Institute was established in: 1. 19452. 19873.2000

2. The first directorwas:

1.Aleksandr Grechkin2. Nikolai Livanov

3. Igor Tarchevsky

3. How many lines of investigation does the Ka- zan Institutehave?

1. 82. 33. 5

4. The investigations in the field of physical- chemical biology began to developfrom:

1.IgorTarchevsky 2. AleksandrGrechkin.

3. Nikolai Livanov

5. The Kazan Institute of Biology consistedof:

1. 9 institutes2. 3 institutes

3. 5 institutes.

22. Make your presentation about the biotechno-logical research center, institute or university you are interested in. Describe its location, infrastructure, aims and fields of research. Explain why you were in- terested especially in thisinstitute.

22. Here is the next chapter of one scientist’s di-ary. Translate it into English using the words you’ve learned.

13.11.2015.

Две недели назад мы с группой сотрудников нашего института ездили заграницу в один из уни- верситетов, где проходит подготовка специалистов

в биотехнологической сфере. Это университет штата Те- хас в США. Хотя мы прове- ли короткий промежуток времени здесь, мы достаточ- но хорошо ознакомились с

их оборудованием. Оно великолепно. Все лабора- тории оснащены современным, многофункцио- нальным оборудованием, с помощью которого можно проводить широкий спектр исследований от простейшего диализа до газовой хроматогра- фии. Все студенты имеют доступ к нему и в про- цессе обучения узнают много новых методик про- ведения эксперимента. Кроме того, мы разговари- вали с преподавателями и студентами этого уни- верситета, делились своим опытом друг с другом.

После этой поездки остались очень приятные воспоминания. Надеюсь, что она была не послед- ней.

22. A personal letter. Put the parts of this letter inthe correctorder.

Anyway, I`ve got to go now. Loads of home- work (unfortunately!).

I`m sorry to hear you`ve had an argument with your best friend and that you`re not speaking at the moment. Yes, it has happened to me too, and it`s

awful, isn`t it?

Carol

Dear Sally, Write back soon!

Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you! Well done on passing your exams!

I think you need to ask yourself one question: what`s more important – that argument or your friendship? I remember when I asked myself that it all became clear. I realized my friendship with Chris was far more important. I called him imme- diately and told him. We became friends again im- mediately. Maybe you should do the same thing. Let me know what happens! Good luck!

23 Portland Street Manchester

MN3 6YL

24^thSeptember

Lots of love,

22. You can see the part of a letter fromyour

German pen-friend Claudia. Write her an answer.Remember the rules of letter writing.

22. Write an essay (a report) or give oral discus-sion on one of thetopics:

    1. Some Universities require all students to wear school uniforms. Other Universities (especially Rus- sian) permit students to decide what to wear. Which of these two school policies do you think isbetter?

    2. If you could make one important change in you University, what change would youmake?

    3. All system of education has its pluses and mi- nuses. Compare some ofthem.

    4. Modern methods and techniques of education. Do we have any progress since ancienttimes?