Text 1 our university.

Exercise 1. Read and translate the text.

I am a student of Kaluga State University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky. This educational establishment was set up in 1948. The structure of the University is as follows. Firstly, there are 9 faculties, to be more precise, 7 faculties and 2 institutes. The faculties are the following: the Physics and the Mathematics faculty, the History faculty, the Philology faculty, the Primary Education faculty, the Practical Psychology faculty, the Foreign Languages faculty and the Engineering-Pedagogy faculty. The institutes are the Institute of Natural Sciences and the Institute of Social Relations. Secondly, there are departments of two types. On the one hand, all the faculties have a full-time department and some of them have a correspondence department. They are the departments according to the form of teaching. On the other hand, all the faculties are divided into two or more departments according to the specializations. For example, the Physics and Mathematics faculty has three departments training teachers of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science. The University course lasts five years. In order to enter the University young people take entrance or Unified National Exams. Twice a year the students take terminal exams, in winter and in summer. At the end of the course the undergraduates take final exams and defend their diploma works.

The academic year lasts ten months. It begins in September and is over in June or early in July. It is divided into two terms. As many as 5000 students attend lectures, seminars and classes or tutorials, do labs and course papers at all the departments during the year. All the terms are full of activity. Attendance is obligatory at the full-time departments. Besides, the students and postgraduates carry out research work under the supervision of the professors and assistant professors and the Heads of the Chairs. The staff also includes teachers and senior teachers who deliver lectures and conduct practicals and tutorials. There are four University buildings located in different parts of Kaluga. Their addresses are: 4 Voskresensky by-street; 83 Lenin street; 26 Stepan Rasin Street (housing some faculties, preparatory departments and the administration offices) and the building in the suburb of Turynino, Sovetskaya Street.

There are three hostels. In each university building there is a library, a canteen. There are two gyms (gymnasiums) where the students have lessons of Physical Education. But during the academic year the university rents a swimming pool, some sports grounds, club gyms and stadiums for this purpose. Besides, the students carry on all sorts of activities, some do research, others take part in the Student Spring Festival or other concerts; go in for sports, attend hobby clubs, get supplementary professions at the Supplementary Pedagogical Professions faculty and so on. The University trains teachers, psychologists, social workers, researchers, post-graduates, and other specialists who can be useful in different areas of life.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences…

1. The university is old because it…

2. There are nine faculties, to be more precise, there are….

3. All the faculties are divided into 2 or more departments… (according to..)…

4. Young people take entrance exams or Unified State Exams…

5. We take terminal exams…

6. The Practical Psychology faculty doesn’t train teachers…

7. The curriculum includes teaching practice…

8. After-class activity includes …

Exercise 3. Read aloud using correct prepositions

I am a student of Kaluga State University named ….. K.E. Tsiolkovsky. I entered ….. the university last year. Now I am …… the second year. All the faculties are divided…. some departments according….. the form …. teaching ( or specialization).

The lectures and classes start ….. 8 o’clock. … Monday we have four periods…. a day. We go …. schools for our practice….. the fourth year.

Attendance is obligatory….. full-time students. We carry….research work as well. I don’t live …. the hostel. I live … home.

Exercise 4. Agree or disagree with the statements, using:”You are right/You are wrong. I agree with you./I disagree…, I think so too/I don’t think so…etc. But try to give an argument to your answer:

1. You are a correspondence student of this university.

2. You are in the second year now.

3. The university trains engineers.

4. There are nine faculties at the university.

5. You live in the hostel

6. Besides your academic work you do research.

7. Your lecture-rooms and class-rooms are located in the building – 83 Lenin Street.

8. You have lessons (lectures) in the evening.

9. You take an active part in the Students Spring Festival.

10. You are always in time for your lectures.

11. The graduates of this university work in different fields.

12. All the terms are full of activity.

13. You do well at your exams.

Exercise 5. Prove that:

1. This university trains specialists who can work in different fields of life. If you are going to work as a teacher you will be able to teach some subjects…

2. The life of a student is interesting; may be, a bit difficult, but not dull…There is no time like students’ years.

Text 2

Exercise 1. Listen to the text (twice) and do the test.

Test. Choose the right variant:

1. The first University building was in….

1. 83 Lenin Street b) 4 Karakozov Street c)26 St. Rasin Street

1. The university course became five-year course in ….

1. 1948 b)1951 c) 1956

3. The building in St. Rasin Street was built in….

1. 1970 b) 1976 c) 1990

4. The Teacher Training Institute was named after K. Tsiolkovsky in…

1. 1976 b) 1973 c) 1998

5. The Institute was named in honor of the famous scientist to the…. anniversary of its foundation

1. 10^th b) 25^th c) 50^th

6. This educational establishment has got the status of a university

1. in 1970 b) in 1997 c) in 1998