- •Unit 2. Higher education
- •Vocabulary
- •2.3 Read these numerals according to the models:
- •Higher education in great britain
- •Colleges and universities in the usa
- •Draft diploma form instructor
- •Grammar: Degrees of Comparison
- •2.8 Change the adjectives according to the model.
- •Grammar: Conjunctions of Comparison
- •2.9 Translate the sentences.
- •2.10 Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.
- •2.11 Translate the word combinations with most.
- •2.12 Answer the following questions.
- •Grammar: Simple Passive
- •2.13 Translate the sentences.
- •2.14 Rewrite these sentences, putting the verbs in the passive. Keep them in the same tense, and remove they, we, etc.
- •2.15 Learn the names of the faculties.
- •History of the university
- •Past Participle
- •Grammar: Quantifiers
- •2.21 Fill in (very) little, a little, (very) few or a few.
- •St petersburg state marine technical university
- •1.Are you a part-time or full-time student? 2.What year are you in? 3.What classes do you have? 4.What lectures do you attend? 5.Do you ever miss lectures? 6.How many exams will you have in winter?
- •2.24 Put the verb into the correct form.
- •2.25 Put the verb into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple.
- •Student life
- •2.28 Read the text and tell your partner about your group and studies. Our group and our studies
- •2.30 Read and pay attention to prepositions of position: in, on, at.
- •2.31 Put in the correct prepositions in, at, on. Translate the sentences.
- •Academic mobility
- •At the Airport
- •Crossroads hotel
Unit 2. Higher education
Grammar: Numerals; Degrees of comparison; Simple Passive; the Participle; Quantifiers; Continuous tenses; in, on, at
Vocabulary
academic staff – преподавательский состав
attend v (lectures) – посещать лекции
carry out v (experiments) – проводить, ставить (опыты)
defend the diploma project – защищать дипломный проект
degree / diploma n – научная степень, диплом
design v – конструировать, проектировать
develop v – развивать, разрабатывать
device n – устройство, прибор
double period – занятие (пара)
education n – образование
engineering n – техника, машиностроение
engineer’s degree – диплом инженера
enter v – поступать (в вуз)
exam (in) n – экзамен (по)
establish v – учреждать
field n – отрасль, область (знания)
first year student – первокурсник
full time student – студент дневного отделения
graduate n – выпускник
graduate from – закончить вуз
higher school – высшее учебное заведение
have / take / pass / fail an exam – сдавать / сдать / не сдать экзамен
investigate / research v – исследовать
naval а – военно-морской
offer v – предлагать
outstanding a – выдающийся
part time student – студент вечернего отделения
postgraduate n – аспирант
science n – наука
shipyard (shipbuilding yard) – судостроительная верфь, завод
student’s record book – зачётная книжка
study v – учиться; исследовать
subject n – предмет (обучения)
teach / train / instruct v – обучать
technology n – технология, техника
term n – семестр
time-table n – расписание
the humanities (pl) – гуманитарные науки
to revise (to do a revision) v – готовиться к экзамену, повторять
for an examination материал
undergraduate n – студент
2.1 What does it mean to be well educated? How can education be of use for you? Is learning a foreign language an important part of education?
2.2 Write ten important reasons to study English.
2.3 Read these numerals according to the models:
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17 (seventeen) – 70 (seventy) | ||||||
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18 – 80 |
13 – 30 |
19 – 90 |
14 – 40 |
15 – 50 |
16 – 60 | ||
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Models 2 |
(whole numbers):
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100 |
– a (one) hundred 100,000 – a (one) hundred thousand |
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1,000 |
– a (one) thousand 1,000,000 – a (one) million |
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300 |
– three hundred 5,000,000 – five million |
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2,000 |
– two thousand
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345; 2,700; 60,000; 44,502,000; 758; 6,289; 5,002,004; 1,568; 568. |
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Model 3 1/6 |
– a (one) sixth |
1/2 |
– a half |
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2/6 |
– two sixths |
1/4 |
– a quarter (a fourth) |
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11/3 |
– one and a (one) third |
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2/3; 5/6; 6/7; 3/4 ; 1/8; 3½; 21/5; 7/9; 12/5; ;2/6; 3/7
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Model 4 |
0.5 |
– zero point five (ou point five; point five) |
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2.5 – two point five | |
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13.25; 5.6; 3.1; 24.7; 8.15; 3.6; 5.04; 0.6; 22.4; 67.15 | ||
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Model 5 1914 – nineteen fourteen, 1900 – nineteen hundred, 2005 – two thousand and five | |||
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1147; 1242; 1380; 1703; 1905; 1941; 1945; 1986; 2000 |
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2.4 Read the text and find all the words and expressions related to education.