EDUCATION

1. TEXT

“The aim of all education is, or should be,

to teach people to educate themselves.”

Arnold J.Toynbee

My Studies

This year I finished a secondary school # 276 in Barnaul and decided to enter The Altai State University. It’s one of the finest higher educational institutions. Another advantage is that the University is situated not far from my home. So it takes me only 20 minutes to get there. I passed my entrance exams successfully and now I am a first-year student of this University. I study at the Economic Faculty. There are more than 20 students in my group. Some of them are out-of-town students, so they live in the hall of residence.

In the first year we have a lot of different subjects. I’ m especially good at Maths and English. The course of training involves the following forms of instruction: lectures, seminars, practical training, laboratory work. Our timetable is rather convenient. We usually have three classes a day. They start at 8:30 and finish at 2 p.m. But we are also required to do self-study.

I prefer to work regularly and to get good marks in all subjects. I also try not to miss classes. All this helps me to make steady progress in my studies.

The academic year consists of two terms and at the end of each term we pass our tests and are allowed or not allowed to take our exams. The examination session lasts three weeks. After it we have vacation. I hope I won’t fail my exams.

II. Word list

1. academic year учебный год

2. advantage преимущество

3. an out-of-town student иногородний студент

4. class in урок по

5. convenient удобный

6. course курс

7. English comes easy to me. английский дается мне легко.

8. entrance exam вступительный экзамен

9. forms of instruction формы обучения

10. hall of residence общежитие

11. higher educational institutions ВУЗ

12. I’m a first/second...-year student. я – студент первого/второго… курса.

13. It takes me … Мне требуется …

14. lecture on лекция по

15. practical training практические занятия

16. secondary средний

17. seminar on семинар по

18. subject предмет

19. term семестр

20. timetable расписание

21. to attend classes/lectures посещать занятия/лекции

22. to be good at... у него способности к …

23. to be weak in … иметь слабую подготовку в …

24. to enter the institute поступить в институт

25. to fail an exam провалиться на экзамене

26. to get (to) добираться (до)

27. to get good/bad marks in получать хорошие/плохие отметки по

28. to graduate from the institute закончить институт

29. to last длиться

30. to make progress делать успехи

31. to miss classes пропускать занятия

32. to pass an exam in сдать экзамен

33. to prepare for готовиться к

34. to require требовать

35. to study at the institute/faculty учиться в институте/на факультете

36. to take an exam in сдавать экзамен по

37. to work by fits and starts работать урывками

38. to work regularly работать регулярно

39. training обучение

40. vacation каникулы

School Subjects: Russian language, mathematics, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, literature, history, basics of social sciences, computer science, physical education.

University Subjects: History of Russia, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, Engineering Graphics, Descriptive Geometry, Theoretical Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Basics of Transport Services, etc.