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- •Библиография
TOPIC № 1 OUR INSTITUTE
I. Vocabulary:
1. Branch - филиал
2. Day-time department - дневное отделение
3. Evening department -вечернее отделение
4. Train - подготавливать
5. Academic year - учебный год
6. Attend - посещать
7. General engineering subjects - общетехнические предметы
8. Accompany - сопровождать
9. То be equipped with - быть оборудованным
10. Up-to-date equipment - современное оборудование
11. Carry on - проводить
12. Research work - исследовательская работа
II. Read the text:
Our Institute was set up 40 years ago as an evening branch of the Volgograd Polytechnical Institute. In 1994 the Volzhsky branch was reformed to Polytechnical Institute.
There is the Faculty of Auto-mechanics and the Faculty of Economics and Engineering. Students also have an opportunity to study at the day-time and extra-mural departments. I study at the day-time department. The day-time and extra-mural departments in our institute train students in 11 specialties: machine-building, automobile transport, chemical engineering economics, chemical technology and others.
The academic year is divided into two terms. First and second year students study general engineering subjects: higher mathematics, chemistry, physics, drawing, strength of materials, elements of machines. The course of studies lasts 5 or 6 year. The study of theory is accompanied by practical training. Our institute has 4 buildings. There are laboratories, a library, a computer centre, workshops, an assembly hall, a canteen. The laboratories are equipped with up-to-date equipment and there students can carry on lab works and conduct various experiments. Many students do their own research work. Every day the students have 6 hours of studies.
It is interesting but difficult to study at our institute. The graduates of our institute will work at difficult industrial enterprises, design and research institutes. They will determine the scientific the technological progress of our country.
III. True or false:
Our Institute was set up 14 years ago.
There are day-time and evening departments in our Institute.
The academic year is divided into three terms.
Students must attend only seminars.
First and second year students don't study general engineering subjects.
6. In the first year students begin to study special subjects.
Many students do their own research work.
The graduates of our institute will work at schools.
IV. Answer the questions:
1. When was the Institute set up? 2. Is there an evening department in our institute? 3. Students must attend all the lectures and seminars, mustn't they? 4. When do the students take exams? 5. What subjects do the students study? 6. Is the study of theory accompanied by practical training or by research work? 7. Is it difficult to study at the Institute?
V. Translate:
дневное отделение,готовить студентов по 11 специальностям, первокурсники и второкурсники, на третьем курсе, курс обучения, практика, научно-технический прогресс.
VI. Complete the sentences:
1. Our Institute was set up 40 years ago as...
2. The academic year is divided...
3. They take exams...
4. They also study...
5. The study of theory is...
6. Every day the students...
7. The laboratories are equipped with...
VII. Speak about:
l. Do professors always know more than students?
2. Why is higher education important in the life of every country?
TOPIC № 2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
I. Vocabulary:
1. Environment – окружающая среда
2. Source - источник
3. To absorb smth. – поглощать
4. Rubbish – мусор
5. Timber - лес
6. Shelter – приют, укрытие
7. Acid rain – кислотные дожди
8. Abuse – плохое обращение, злоупотребление
9. Arable – пахота, пашня; пахотные
10. A consequence of – последствие чего-либо
11. Pollution – загрязнение
12. Ozone layer – озоновый слой
13. Greenhouse effect – парниковый эффект
14. Enterprise – предприятие
15. Emission – выброс
16. Extinction – угасание, вымирание
17. Damage – вред, ущерб
18. Urban – городской
19. Scale - масштаб
20. To poison – отравлять
21. Generation – поколение