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15. Match the words with their translations.

16. Use the modal verb “can” to say what our students can do at our University.

−use the Internet centre

−borrow books from the library

−attend exhibitions

−live in comfortable hostels

−have dinner/lunch in the refectory

−go to concerts at the Gala complex

−work in modern computer rooms

−do research in up-to-date scientific laboratories

17.Do you think students could do all these things 20 years ago? Ask and answer you group mate.

Example: I don’t think students could use the Internet centre. I think students could borrow books from the library.

18.Study the names of the faculties at PSU.

Civil-Engineering Faculty

Chemical-Engineering Faculty

Radio-Engineering Faculty

Machine-Building Faculty

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Financial-Economic Faculty the Faculty of Geodesy

the Faculty of Information Technologies the Faculty of Law

the Faculty of History and Philology

the Faculty of Sports and Pedagogy

Can you translate them? It is not difficult because many words are international.

19. Discuss with your group-mate:

1)What do you know about PSU?

2)What do you want to learn about PSU?

20. Read the text. Try to answer your questions.

Polotsk State University

I am a first-year student of Polotsk State University. Polotsk State University is a dynamically developing higher educational establishment in Belarus. It is a classical university that follows European traditions in culture and education.

PSU was founded in 1993 on the basis of Novopolotsk Polytechnic Insti-

tute.

It has three departments: Extra-Mural (for students who study by correspondence), Preparatory (for people who want to enter the University) and DayTime. Students who want to continue their education and get a scientific degree can study at the Post-Graduate courses of our university. The university cooperates with different educational establishments and organizations from Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, the UK, Greece, Russia, and Ukraine.

Over 10 thousand students and post-graduates get knowledge at PSU. Highly professional staff including 16 Doctors of science and over 150 Masters of science train our students. There are ten faculties at the university: CivilEngineering Faculty, Chemical-Engineering Faculty, Radio-Engineering Faculty, Machine-Building Faculty, Financial-Economic Faculty, the Faculty of Geodesy, the Faculty of Information Technologies, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of History and Philology and the Faculty of Sports and Pedagogy. Every faculty offers a number of specialities.

Our students attend lectures, seminars, tutorials and laboratory classes. They have examinations twice a year: in winter and in summer. Those students who

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pass their exams successfully continue their education. At the end of studies students write their final scientific work (paper) and get a diploma. The graduates of our university become good specialists in their field and can easily find a job in Belarus and abroad.

There are good facilities for study at PSU: multi-media lecture theatres, computer rooms, scientific laboratories, the Internet Centre and the library with an electronic catalogue. Every year students can take part in international conferences that our university organizes.

The social conditions of our students’ life are also excellent. There are several refectories, hostels, an exhibition space and gala complex. Our students can attend sports clubs and take part in various competitions.

Talented students can become members of our students’ theatre “Art”. It’s very popular with our students and the residents of Novopolotsk. I like my university. It is interesting and rewarding to study here. I hope to become a highly educated professional with a great future.

21.Look through the text again and find international words and translate them.

22.Match the words and translate the word combinations.

23. Pay attention to the verbs in the text. Many of them have prepositions. Find them in the text.

Translate into English.

Продолжать образование; поступать в университет; учиться заочно; сотрудничать с иностранными университетами; получать знания в университете; готовить студентов; посещать лекции и семинары; получить диплом;

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найти работу; стать хорошим специалистом; принимать участие в соревнованиях; сдавать экзамены.

Make up your own sentences with these word combinations.

24. Are the following sentences about PSU true or false? Correct the mistakes.

1)PSU was founded in 1970 on the basis of Novopolotsk Polytechnic Institute.

2)There are twelve faculties at PSU.

3)The University has Post-Graduate courses.

4)Students take exams once a year.

5)PSU offers its students good facilities for study and rest.

6)There aren’t any sports clubs here.

7)It is quite difficult to study at PSU.

25. Pay attention. We often use It’s + adjective + Infinitive with to. It’s nice/easy/difficult/impossible/safe/stupid/dangerous/good/wonderful to do sth.

Example: It’s not easy to study here.

We can also use “was” in such sentences.

Example: It was impossible to understand him.

26.Complete the sentences. Use It’s + (box 1) + to + (box 2)

Example: It’s easy to understand him because he speaks very slowly.

1)_____________, Jill. How are you?

2)_____________ at night. There is always a lot of noise.

3)A lot of cities are not safe. _________ at night.

4)If you don’t have a well-paid job, _________ money.

5)_____________ warm clothes in hot weather.

6)People are friendly in this town. _________.

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27. Answer the questions about you.

1)Was it easy to enter PSU?

2)Is it difficult to study here?

3)Is it possible to get ready for all seminars?

4)Is it interesting to be a student?

28. The text about PSU contains some sentences with “who” and “that”. Find them and try to translate. “Who” and “that” are relative pronouns. They join two parts of the sentence.

1)The people are very friendly. They work in the office. they → who

The people who work in the office are very friendly.

2)PSU is a classical university. It follows European traditions in culture and education.

it → that or which

PSU is a classical university that follows European traditions in culture and education.

3) We use “who” for people and “that” for things (and sometimes for people). We can also use “which” for things only.

29. Match the parts of the sentences. Use “who”.

Example: A student is a person who studies at a university.

30. Put in who |that| which.

1)What’s the name of the man ____ lives next door?

2)What’s the name of the river ____ goes through the town?

3)Where is the picture ____ was on the wall?

4)She always asks me questions ____ are difficult to answer.

5)I have a friend ____ is very good at cooking.

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6)A coffee-maker is a machine ____ makes coffee.

7)I don’t like people ____ never stop talking.

8)Where is the money ____ was on the table?

9)She often wears clothes ____ are too small for her.

31. Answer the questions about your university and get ready to speak about it in class.

1)Where do you study?

2)What faculty do you study at?

3)What departments are there at the university?

4)How many students get knowledge at PSU?

5)Who teaches students and post graduates at PSU?

6)What are the faculties of our university?

7)Do you attend lectures and seminars every day?

8)How often do you take exams?

9)Do foreign students study at PSU?

10)What educational facilities are there at the university?

11)Do our students have good social conditions?

12)Is the students’ theatre popular with students?

13)Is it interesting to study at PSU? Why?

32. Practice in communication

Classroom language

1. Read the conversations and choose the best reply.

3.

Student: How do you spell “cousin”? Teacher: 1) She’s fine, thank you.

2) C-O-U-S-I-N.

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2)Open your book and look at this picture.

2.Translate into English using the conversations.

1.Не могли бы Вы повторить?

2.Простите, на какой мы странице?

3.Да, конечно.

4.Как пишется слово…?

5.Не могли бы Вы написать на доске?

6.Как будет по-английски …?

7.Откройте книгу и посмотрите на рисунок.

3. Practise the conversations with your group-mate. Try to sound polite. Make more classroom conversations.

УЭ-6 BELARUS

1. Read about Mattie Smith’s life now.

Mattie Smith is 91 years old. She lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia. She starts her day at 7.30. First she has a bath, next she cleans the house, and then she sits outside on her verandah and thinks about her past life. Then she writes poems about it.

Find all the verbs in the text. Read them aloud. What tense are they

in?

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2. Read about Mattie Smith’s life a long time ago.

Mattie was never at school. She lived with her mother and four sisters. She started work when she was eight. She worked in the cotton fields from 6.00 in morning to 10.00 at night. She couldn’t read or write but she could think, and she created poems in her head.

Find all the verbs in the text. Read them aloud. Are they different from the verbs in the first text? What is the difference?

All the verbs in the second text are regular verbs in the Past Simple. How do we form the Past Simple of regular verbs?

3. Study the rule about regular verbs.

1)Все английские глаголы делятся на правильные (Regular verbs) и неправильные (Irregular verbs). Правильные глаголы образуют Past Simple путем прибавления окончания -ed.

Start – started; Clean – cleaned.

2)Если глагол оканчивается на -e, то прибавляется окончание -d.

Live – lived.

3)Если глагол оканчивается на согласную + -y, y меняется на i + -ed Study – studied;

Marry – married.

4)Если глагол состоит из одного слога и оканчивается на одну гласную + одну согласную, то согласная удваивается.

Stop – stopped; Plan – planned.

The -ed ending has 3 different pronunciations.

4. Read about Anna.

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Anna left school in 2003 and went to university. She studied economics. It was interesting. Anna had a good time. After university, in 2008, she got a job. Soon after that, in 2009, Anna met Dmitry. They fell in love. They bought a flat together and got married in 2010.

Find all the verbs in the text. Read them aloud. Answer the questions.

What tense are they in? Which verbs are regular? Which verbs are irregular?

What do you know about them?

5.Study the rule about irregular verbs.

Ванглийском языке большое количество неправильных глаголов. Они образуют форму прошедшего времени (The Past Simple) и форму причастия прошедшего времени (Participle II) следующим образом:

1) Изменением корневой гласной: Take – took – taken.

2) Изменением конечной гласной -d на -t: Spend – spent – spent.

3) Прибавлением окончания -d или -t с изменением или без изменения корневой гласной:

Tell – told – told.

4) Без изменения формы: Put – put – put.

5) От разных основ: Go – went – gone.

Все три формы неправильных глаголов необходимо выучить. Список основных неправильных глаголов смотрите в Приложении. Для образования Past Simple используйте вторую форму!

6.Write the Past Simple of the following verbs.

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Which verbs aren’t irregular?

7. Study the way we form Past Simple.

Past Simple употребляется для выражения действия, которое совершалось или совершилось в прошлом, для констатации факта совершения действия. Время совершения действия может быть указано или не указано. Обстоятельства времени, которые часто употребляются с Past Simple, были перечислены ранее.

8.Read the text about Mattie Smith once again. Answer the questions about Mattie.

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