- •Higher education
- •Учебное издание
- •Higher education
- •614000, Россия, г. Пермь, ул. Петропавловская,23
- •Предисловие
- •My Academy
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- •5. Odd one out.
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- •1. Read the article and complete it with correct words and word-combinations. From the history of Perm Agricultural Academy
- •Experimental and Training Farm
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- •4. Test yourself.
- •History of education
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- •Higher education
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- •5. Read the clues. Then find the words and circle them. The answers are written across or down. The first two answers are given.
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- •8. Make up a story about the system of Higher education in Russia.
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- •History of university and college
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- •Part II
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- •Oxbridge
- •History
- •Amazing facts
- •Lots and lots of colleges
- •Teaching system
- •Societies
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- •The University of London
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- •Education in the united states
- •Elementary Schools, High Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning
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- •Higher Educational Institutions
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- •Colleges which are as different as geese are different from swans
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- •Private and State Colleges and Universities
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- •Colleges and Universities
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- •3. Read each sentence below. Underline every sentence that gives a reason for Robbie’s feeling scared and excited.
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- •Higher education system in canada
- •Land Administration Certificate
- •What People Say About Us:
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- •Information about University of Toronto, Ontario
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- •Information about University of Waterloo, Ontario
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Experimental and Training Farm
Our Academy has one experimental and training farm Lipovaya Gora. It was organized in 1923. The farm is the main production, training and scientific basis of the Academy. Here students get and master their practical skills. They get acquainted with plants, animals, farm machines and implements, organization methods of farming.
Scientists and students of the Academy also carry out research and experimental work; they test their ideas and theories here. They introduce advanced methods and intensive technology. The total agricultural area of the farm is 5 000 hectares, the area of the plow land is 2 700 hectares. The farm grows potatoes, wheat, rye, and oats. It provides our region with high quality and elite seed of these crops. The yields of grain crops are 70 centers per hectare, potatoes 350 centers per hectare. The farm breeds pedigree cattle of Tagil breed. The milk yields are about 5 000 kilograms per year. The farm has some subdivisions: experimental field, training ground, meteorological station, gardens, garage, granary, drying complex. The farm provides our Academy with milk, meat, vegetables.
1. Remember the words and word-combinations:
training farm - учебное хозяйство
skill - умение, сноровка
get acquainted - знакомиться
implement - инвентарь
farming - ведение сельского хозяйства
introduce - внедрять
advanced - передовой
breed - разводить, порода
pedigree - племенной
yield - урожай, надой
provide - снабжать, обеспечивать
crop - с/х культура
grain - зерно
2. Complete the following sentences:
Perm Agricultural Academy has one …
Students get and master …
They get acquainted …
Scientists and students carry out … and test …
The farm provides our region …
3. Sum up about:
Your study at the Perm State Agricultural Academy
The history of Perm Agricultural Academy.
Experimental and training farm Lipovaya Gora.
Some of the reasons to apply to Perm Agricultural Academy
4. Test yourself.
1. The Perm State Agricultural Academy is named after …
a) Bykov F.A. b) Pryanishnikov D.N. c) Tymyryasev K.A.
2. He was a famous…
a) agronomist b) farm engineer c) agrochemist
3. The Academy was founded in …
a) 1890 b) 1918 c) 1946
4. At that time it had only … faculty.
a) agronomy b) forestry c) zoo veterinary
5. In 1996 it got the status of State …
a) Institute b) College c) Academy
6. Experimental and Training Farm Lipovaya Gora was organized in …
a) 1918 b) 1923 c) 1996
7. The farm Lipovaya Gora provides our region with …
a) flowers b) elite seed of the crops c) exotic fruits
8. The academic year in our academy is divided into … terms.
a) two b) four c) six
HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
Russia, a land of great scholars, has been a leading centre of culture, science and education in Europe for centuries. The country of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Mendeleyev, and Pavlov attracts people all over the world for education.
The higher education system in Russia has a distinguished reputation in the world. The standard of the higher education in Russia is considered to be one of the best in the world with advanced and sophisticated teaching methods and scientific approaches.
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