II. Reading Text My friends

Let me introduce myself. My name is Peter Stogov. I am 19. I’m a student of Kiev National Linguistic University. I am a first year student. I am very happy.

I have many friends. My best friend is Vladimir Petrov. He is a student too. But he is not a student of KNLU. He is a student of Kharkov Pharmacy Academy. He is 20 years old and he is a second year student.

Lena Pavlova is my girl friend. She is 18, but she is not a student. She is a secretary at the court. She is very clever and pretty.

I also have a friend in England. His name is Steven King. Is he Ukrainian? No, he is not. He’s English. Is he a student? No, he isn’t. He is a lawyer in London. He is 25. He is very busy. Steven has a family. He has a father, a mother and a sister. His father is a research worker. He was in our country last year. It was a scientific conference in Kiev. Steven’s mother is a house-wife. Several years ago she was a teacher. Now she has a little daughter. Kate is Steven’s sister. She is 5 years old. She is not a school girl. She is very small.

III. Practice

Exercise 1. Ask your fellow student about:

1. His/her family;

2. His/her friends.

Get the information about: names, surnames, ages, nationalities, relatives, occupations.

1. Grammar

Construction there + be

The Present Indefinite Tense

Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative
There is a computer center at the University.	Is there a computer center at the University?	There is no computer center at the University.
There are computer centers at the University.	Are there computer centers at the University?	There are no computer centers at the University.

The Past Indefinite Tense

Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative
There was a computer center at the University.	Was there a computer center at the University?	There was no computer center at the University.
There were computer centers at the University.	Were there computer centers at the University?	There were no computer centers at the University.

Indefinite Pronouns

Pronouns	People	Things	Places
some деякий будь-який, декілька	somebody someone хтось, будь-хто	something що-небудь	somewhere де-небудь
any деякий, будь-який, декілька	anybody anyone будь-який хтось	anything все будь-що	anywhere скрізь всюди
no ніякий	nobody no one ніхто	nothing ніщо нічого	nowhere ніде

Illustrative Examples

There is a post-graduate course at the University.

There are student hostels at the University.

Is there a post-graduate course at the University?

Yes, there is. No, there is not.

There is no post-graduate course at the University.

There are not many student hostels at the University.

Is there a post-graduate course or a designing bureau at the University?

What is there at the University?

There is a post-graduate course at the University.

How many student hostels are there at the University?

There are three student hostels at the University.

There is somebody in the laboratory.

Is there anybody in the laboratory?

There is nobody in the laboratory.

There is not anybody in the laboratory.

Unit 3

Topic: University

Language: 1. Construction there + be

2. Indefinite Pronouns

Text: Our University

II. Language

Exercise 1. Study the vocabulary

to be founded – бути заснованим

competition – конкурс

to enter – поступати

to do one’s best – робити все можливе

to be enrolled – бути зарахованим

faculty –факультет

full-time form of education – денна форма навчання

correspondent form of education – заочна форма навчання

Faculty of Retraining and Advanced Training – факультет перепідготовки та підвищення кваліфікації

as well as – так же як

common - спільні

specialized academic Council for defending theses – спеціалізована вчена Рада з захисту дисертацій

rigionaldivision– регіональний підрозділ

teachingstaff– педагогічний склад

student’s body – кількість студентів

assistant professor – доцент

under supervision – під керівництвом

to carry on reseach work – вести наукову роботу

practical application – практичне застосування

scientific society – наукове товариство

to have at one’s disposal – мати в распорядженні

shop – майстерня

equipment – обладнення

machine-tool - верстак

up-to-date devices – сучасні прилади

department – кафедра

hostel – гуртожиток

to provide - забеспечувати

term– семестр

credit– залік

grant – стипендія

to attend – відвідувати

yearly project – курсова робота

Bachelordegree– ступінь бакалавра

Masterdegree– ступінь магістра

post-graduate course – аспірантура

out-of-class activity – позакласна діяльність

amateur group – самодіяльність