английский / 5 МГУ
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I. Read the text.
Moscow State University
Moscow State University is the largest university in Russia. It is previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU. It was founded in 1755 and it also claims to be the oldest university in Russia. It has the tallest educational building in the world. The university has some 4,000 teaching staff, 36,000 students and 7,000 postgraduates. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy. Since 1940, the university has had the name in honor of its founder, Mikhail Lomonosov.
The university has well-established contacts with the most distinguished universities in the world, exchange students and lecturers from the leading universities overseas. There are about 2,000 foreign students studying at the university.
In the 18th century the university had three faculties: Philosophy, Medicine, and Law. Today, the Old Building house is the department of Oriental studies and the Journalism Faculty. Now the university has 39 faculties and 15 research centers. A number of small faculties have been opened recently, such as Faculty of Physics and Chemistry and Higher School of Television. Evening classes are conducted by the Faculties of Economics, History, Journalism, Philology, Psychology and Sociology .
The university includes a number of faculty buildings located in the centre of Moscow and a number of campuses abroad in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
The university is regarded as one of Russia's most prestigious universities and has high entry requirements for its prospective students.
Moscow State University was placed 70th in the world's top universities according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2009, and had a position No. 155 according to the 2010 Times Higher Education report .
Moscow State University has educated 8 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields Medal winners, as well as a number of writers, philosophers and politicians. The university is the alma mater of many famous writers including Anton Chekhov and Ivan Turgenev, mathematicians and physicists such as Boris Demidovich, Vladimir Arnold, and Andrey Kolmogorov.
Vocabulary
to claim – утверждать
current – в настоящее время
distinguished – выдающийся
campuses – филиалы
to be regarded – считается
entry requirements – требования к поступлению
alma mater – (лат.) альма матер – «родное» учебное заведение
II. Answer the following questions:
1. When was MSU founded?
2. Mikhail Lomonosov was the founder of MSU, wasn’t he?
3. Are there any exchange students from different countries in MSU?
4. Do you agree that MSU is one of the leading universities in the world?
5. How many faculties were at the very beginning at MSU?
6. What famous graduates of MSU do you know?
7. What interesting information do you know about MSU?
8. Would you like to be a student of MSU?
III. Match the following phrases:
Motto ……………………………………………. 1755
Established ………………………………………Viktor Sadovnichiy
Type ……………………………………………..http://www.msu.ru/
Rector ……………………………………………36,000
Students ………………………………………….7,000
Postgraduates…………………………………….urban
Location………………………………………….public
Campus………………………………………….Moscow, Russia
Website………………………………………….Science is clear truth and the
education of reason (Наука есть ясное познание истины,
просвещение разума)
IV. Work in pairs: tell each other the meaning of these numbers according to the text.
2010; 1940; 18th; 7,000; 8; 1755; 2,000; 36,000; 5; 4,000; 70th; 155.
V. Give the summary of the text.