Unit 2

OUR INSTITUTE

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1. Прочитайте текст, переведите его на русский язык. Выпишите все незнакомые слова с транскрипцией.

The Tchaikovsky state physical education institute is one of the youngest higher educational establishments in the Perm region. The institute was founded in 1980. At first it was called the “snow” institute, as winter kinds of sports were mainly cultivated in it. The institute became popular among sportsmen taking up cross-country skiing, biathlon, Alpine events, ski-jumping, Nordic combined and luge. The first enrolment of the institute was 125 students. Young people from different parts of our country study at the Tchaikovsky state physical education institute. The contingent of it is about 1 thousand students. The applicants must pass competitive entrance examinations to be admitted to the institute.

Our institute is situated in Lenin Street; it is a four-storeyed building. There are many classrooms and lecture halls, special rooms for training, laboratories and a large gymnasium in it. The gym is a bright hall with large windows. There is special modern equipment for gymnastics, sports games and other kinds of sport. On the ground floor there is a good library with a reading-hall. The library contains over 60.000 books and magazines. There you can get books on your speciality.

The structure of the institute includes administrative and management divisions, the education and methodology board, the deans’ offices and the editorial-publishing division. Our institute has got its own sports facilities: a sports complex, a swimming pool and a Federal winter sports training centre. Our students have all the conditions for mastering this or that kind of sport. Our sportsmen spend a lot of time in training and they take part in different contests. Some new sports have appeared recently: aerobics [eə΄rəubiks], sports dancing, Thai boxing, taekwondo [ֽtaikwɒn΄dəu] and ski-cross.

At present, 2 departments and 2 faculties train coaches in different kinds of sport, PE teachers, specialists in adaptive physical education and safety of vital activity and also managers of organization. Our students can study at the day-time and correspondence departments of the winter sports and specialized faculties.

Laboratory research and computer training are in the institute’s curriculum. Some of our students are members of the students’ scientific society. They engage in research work and write undergraduate theses.

The faculties offer undergraduate programs leading to the bachelor’s degree. That requires 4 years of study. After successful final examinations a graduate receives the diploma of a bachelor. The advanced students can take the first step into graduate education and work two years more for the master’s degree.

Our students combine studies with successful participation in the sports competitions. The curriculum includes both compulsory and optional subjects: social sciences, psychology and sports psychology, biology and anatomy, theory and methods of physical education, sports management, Russian and one of the foreign languages (English, German or French ).The institute has got a phonetic study where students perfect their knowledge in these languages.

The academic year is divided into two terms .At the end of each semester the students take credit tests and exams. After each session they have holidays.

The students of our institute are provided with free or paid education and trainings in the sports facilities. A lot of our students receive state scholarships.

The students of the third and fourth courses have educational practice at schools, kinder-gardens, summer-health camps, different organizations and enterprises. The four year students who have passed all their credit tests and exams are admitted to the state finals.

The teaching staff of our institute numbers more than 130 lecturers. It includes 14 Doctors, 35 Candidates of Sciences and 34 assistant professors. They engage in research work alongside teaching. The lecturers of the institute published a great number of scientific manuscripts and method guides.

The aims of our institute are to create a scientific basis for development of physical education and to train teaching staff.

There are 9 chairs at the institute: the chair of social sciences, the chair of skiing, the chair of sports-health work and tourism, the chair of martial arts, the chair of adaptive physical education, the chair of safety of vital activity and others.

After graduating from the institute, the young people work as PE teachers, coaches in different kinds of sport. They also become specialists in adaptive physical education, safety of vital activity and managers. Our graduates work at schools, sports schools and sports clubs, training centers, sanatoria and enterprises.

The institute, in its nearly 30-year history, has trained a lot of highly-qualified specialists working in different parts of our country. The Tchaikovsky state physical education institute is proud of its graduates. Among them the top-class athletes: S. Nikitin, Y. Stepanova (cross country skiing), E.Yurieva, N. Burdiga and S.Konovalov (biathlon), V. Tsyganov, G. Syngatova (Alpine events), A.Demchenko (luge), I. Timofejev (karate). They are European, world and Olympic prize-winners. Merited coaches train them at the international level. Some students of the institute are in the vanguard of Russian sport: A. Drobinin - a world champion (kick-boxing) , T. Ivanova - a silver medal winner of the 2010 Winter Olympiad (luge) , A. Smyshlyajev - a participant of the Winter Olympics in Italy in 2006 and in Canada in 2010 (freestyle) , M. Dyldin - a bronze medal winner of the Summer Olympics in China in 2008 (track and field ) and others.

The students of the Institute are faithful to the glorious traditions of one of the best higher educational establishment of physical education in Russia. They are constantly improving their skills and mastership.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY:

advanced — успевающий, наиболее перспективный

bachelor — бакалавр

contingent — контингент, состав

to become popular — стать популярным

to go in for — заниматься (спортом)

to take up

higher educational establishment — высшее учебное заведение

to be founded — быть основанным

aim — цель

the Perm region — Пермский край

to create a scientific basis — создать научную базу

to train teaching staff — готовить преподавательский состав

to develop — развивать

development — развитие

enrolment — набор

to be situated — располагаться

four-storeyed building — четырёхэтажное здание

modern equipment — современное оборудование

lecture hall — лекционная аудитория

gymnasium (gym) — спортивный зал

Alpine events' sports centre — горнолыжный спортивный центр

swimming-pool — плавательный бассейн

condition — условие

to train specialists — готовить (обучать) специалистов

to master — совершенствовать

to contain — содержать

compulsory subjects — обязательные предметы

optional subjects — факультативные предметы

to include — включать в себя

to comprise

social sciences — общественные науки

credit test — зачет

term — семестр

semester

course of training — курс обучения

to provide — обеспечить

to be provided — быть обеспеченным

sports facilities — спортивные сооружения

to receive a grant — получать стипендию

to get a scholarship

educational practice — педагогическая практика

state finals — государственные выпускные экзамены

to spend a lot of time — проводить много времени

to number — насчитывать

lecturer — преподаватель (лектор)

to engage in research work — заниматься исследовательской работой

to publish — опубликовать

to become known — стать известным

scientific manuscripts — научные работы

method guides — методические пособия

chair — кафедра

pedagogical faculty — педагогический факультет

specialized faculty - специализированный факультет

outstanding sportsmen — выдающиеся спортсмены

skill — навык, опыт

2. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Where is the Institute situated?

2. How old is the Institute?

3. How many students study in the Institute?

4. What specialists does the Institute train?

5. What is the administrative structure of the Institute?

6. What departments do the students study at?

7. What degree does the first academic programme lead to?

8. How long does the course for master’s degree last?

9. What specialists does the Institute provide?

10. What do students receive after final examinations?

11. Who works at the chairs?

12. How often do students receive credits and take examinations?

13. What sports facilities has the Institute got?

14. What studying facilities do students use?

15. What famous athletes and coaches are among the graduates of the Institute?

3. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний.

Институт, отделение, декан, дневное отделение, заочное отделение, бакалавр, магистр, успевающий, получать, зачет, стипендия, кафедра, семестр, гимнастический зал, заслуженный.

4. Дайте русский эквивалент для следующих слов и словосочетаний.

To train, sports facilities, winter sports training centre, swimming pool, to master, to master this or that kind of sport, glorious traditions.

5. Выберите синонимы слов из представленных вариантов

1. advanced	a) strong
	b) excellent
	c) honored
	d) ambitious
2. require	a) study
	b) run
	c) compete
	d) demand
3. subject	a) aspect
	b) term
	c) development
	d) phenomenon
4. receive	a) give
	b) win
	c) admit
	d) participate
5. skill	a) bachelor
	b) proficiency
	c) education
	d) championship

6. Закончите предложения, используя приведенные ниже слова.

term, advanced, honored, development, dean, gym

1. This is the most _____ student in the correspondence department.

2. Nick trains in the _____ twice a week.

3. She is the new _____ of the Physical Education Faculty.

4. In Britain, the spring _____ starts in January and ends just before Easter.

5. His coach is an _____ Master of Sports.

6. Sport provides healthy growth and _____.

7. Соедините слова и их дефиниции.

subject	a) participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it
track-and-field	b) an amount of money given by a school, college, university or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability
3 rhythmic gymnastics	c) the sport of travelling in a canoe
4 canoeing	d) the sport of lifting barbells of specified weights in a prescribed manner for competition or exercise
5 scholarship	e) an area of knowledge which is studied in school, college or university
6 weightlifting	f) a sport that involves acrobatic exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
7 tumbling	g) a game in which two teams of eleven players try to kick or head a ball into their opponent’s goal, only the goalkeeper on either side being allowed to touch the ball with his hands and arms except in the case of throw-ins
8 soccer	h a form of gymnastics involving movements using hand apparatus such as balls, hoops, and ribbons

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The Lesgaft University of Physical Education