1) Read and translate the text.

2) Make a list of unknown words.

3) Be ready to talk about Harvard’s students emphasizing the details you find most exciting and unusual. Harvard’s students.

Visitors often ask: Who is the typical Harvard student? The answer is that there is no such person. Each student is a unique individual, and the student body is incredibly diverse. Harvard men and women represent an array of ethnic groups, religious traditions, and political persuasions. They come from every region of the United States and more than 100 countries. They include undergraduates and graduate continuing education, and Summer School students. The range from teenagers to octogenarians; in 1997, Mary Fasano became the oldest person ever to earn a Harvard degree when she graduated from the Extension School at the age of 89. Harvard College students have a remarkable range of backgrounds and academic and extracurricular interests. Two-thirds come from public schools, and about two-thirds receive some form of financial aid.

Despite their diversity, Harvard students as a group do seem to share a few characteristics.

1. Academic excellence.

2. Harvard students display their talents in a wide array of extracurricular activities – including music, dance, theater, sports, journalism, and public service.

3. Harvard students show a real knack for taking what they’ve learned – in school and in life – and applying it to solve problems.

Harvard graduates, especially graduates of business school are in high demand. All consulting firms and investing banks want them to work at their enterprises. But only one third of magistrates after graduating accept their proposals. Others try to continue their study as postgraduates and to earn a doctor’s degree, especially on philosophy. Doctor’s degree is a free access to high academic groups. Annual income of the specialist with a doctor’s degree as a rule covers all the expenses on education.

Ex.7.Think about:

7. What differences are there between you and Harvard’s student?

Learning recommendations:

Class activity: In this unit of the course book students are supposed to get introduced with the new material: read the text, translate into their native language, summarize in English, complete post-reading tasks and grammar exercises, discuss new speech topics, compose monologues and dialogues in the class.

Home task: Students are assigned to find out additional short information about specific topic of the unit, complete grammar exercises, prepare reports given by the teacher.

Literature:

1. Учебно-методический комплекс для студентов 1 курса неязыковых специальностей, М.Ж. Тусупбекова, А.М. Мухтарханова, 2008, Астана, _____стр.

Unit 7.

THE GUMILYOV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

Text: Our university

Grammar revision.

Практические цели: освоение лексического материала по теме «The Eurasian National university», развитие умений и навыков разговорной речи по теме урока, обобщение и закрепление грамматической темы, развитие навыков монологической речи по теме.

Our University.

Our University is called the Eurasian University named after Gumilyov L.N. There are a lot of different names in the science, but there are no a lot of worker of the historic conception. Lev Nicolaevich Gumilyev was one of them and looked to the historic process deeply. He pointed to the role of peoples of Eurasia- turkey-mongolian, slavenian, ugro-finn. He showed that world history without the history of that people would not be full, moreover-it would be not right. He proved the meaning of the Eurasian region side by side with the West and the East. Lev Gumilyev liked to communicate with the youth, he often supported the youth in their ambitions and our university was named in his honour. Eurasian university gives a great attention to Gumilyev's ideas. Annually the study term begins with the lessons about Gumilyev. In 2002 in the honest of 90 years old great scientist, the head of the university suggested to create the cabinet of Gumilyev in Eurasian university and in 2004 it was Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyev (ENU) is a leading capital university of classical type.

The university was created by the decree of the President (May,23, 1996) "Taking into account the international relationships of Kazakhstan, which develop steady, its active participating in the world processes, in order to transform the ideas of the Eurasian Unit into a life. First of all there is the idea of Eurasia in the universities foundation.” Today ENU is the embodiment of that idea, university for the future. Eurasian University is under the control of the President as it is the university of the 21 century.

The Eurasian University is big. There are many buildings in it. Some of them are new and some are old. The main building is one of the biggest buildings of the university. There are nine floors in it. On the ground floor and other ones there are two cloak-rooms, departments, many class-rooms, well-equipped labs, a few lecture halls and many .deans offices. Могеover, the university has a great library with many spacious reading halls ,or fine gym, a big dining-room and nine hostels . All of them are with in walking distance of the University.

The university has 8 institutes including mechanics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, the Kazakh and Russian languages and literature, foreign languages, history, music, law, economics, journalism, biology, psychology, engineering, architecture-building, and pedagogics. Besides teaching the university staff does a great deal of research. Many of our teachers and instructors are outstanding specialists in various fields of technology and science. Some of them are graduates of our University.

An undergraduate program consists of a series of lectures, seminars, tutorials and laboratory classes which in total account for about 36 hours per week.

Lectures are given to large groups of students. Seminars and tutorials are much smaller than lecture classes be on a one-to one-basis(one member of staff and one student).

Students pass examinations at the end of each term. On completion of studies the student presents a graduation thesis or takes the finals.

A higher school diploma means high academic and professional (general and specialized) training. It also stands for high cultural standards.

Topical vocabulary

1. graduate оканчивать высшее учебное заведение

2. graduate выпускник, окончивший вуз

3. a graduate course of study, post-graduate courses курс занятий аспиранта

4. scholar учёный

5.to prove доказывать

6..embodiment воплощение

7.candidate кандидат

8. to present a graduation thesis защищать дипломную работу

9. to take the finals сдавать выпускные экзамены

10. lab facilities лабораторное оборудование

11. research workers научные работники

12. scientific research научное исследование

13. allowance, grant стипендия (пособие)

14. to carry on scientific research заниматься научной .работой

15. to make significant contributions вносить важный вклад

16. to receive credit получить зачёт

17. term - paper курсовая работа

18. high school diploma диплом о высшем образовании

19. to pass an exam сдать экзамен

20. to take entrance exams сдавать вступительные экзамены

21. optional subject факультативный предмет

22. sciences and humanities естественные и гуманитарные науки

23. term семестр

Ex.1.Suggest the Russian for the following word combinations.

the historic conception; graduates; he pointed to the role of peoples; without the history; the embodiment of that idea; to present a graduation thesis; he proved the meaning of the Eurasian region; the West and the East.; to communicate with the youth; he often supported the youth in their ambitions; in his honour. to give a great attention to; annually; great scientist; to take the finals; the decree of the President; to take into account; the international relationships of Kazakhstan; to participate in the world processes; to transform the ideas into a life; the head of the university; a leading capital university of classical type; first of all; world history; under the control of the President; two cloak-rooms; well-equipped labs; a great deal of research; technology and science; an undergraduate program; series of lectures;36 hours per week; to pass examinations; term; on completion; a higher school diploma.

Ex.2.Suggest English equivalents for:

1. доказывать

2.защищать дипломную работу

3.научные работники

4.заниматься научной работой

5.получить зачёт

6.диплом о высшем образовании

7.сдать экзамен

8.воплощение

9.сдавать выпускные экзамены

10.научное исследование

11.кандидат

12.лабораторное оборудование

13.стипендия (пособие)

14.вносить важный вклад

15.курсовая работа

16.сдавать вступительные экзамены

17.семестр

18.технические специальности

19.естественные и гуманитарные науки

20.факультативныйпредмет

Ex.3.Guess the meaning of the terms in italics:

1.He showed that world history without the history of that people would not be full, moreover-it would be not right.

2.He proved the meaning of the Eurasian region side by side with the West and the East.

3.Lev Gumilyev liked to communicate with the youth, he often supported the youth in their ambitions and our university was named in his honour.

4.The university was created by the decree of the President (May,23, 1996)

5.Today ENU is the embodiment of that idea, university for the future.

6.The main building is one of the biggest buildings of the university.

7.Могеover, the university has a great library with many spacious reading halls ,or fine gym, a big dining-room and nine hostels .

8. Many of our teachers and instructors are outstanding specialists in various fields of technology and science. Some of them are graduates of our University.

9. An undergraduate program consists of a series of lectures, seminars, tutorials and laboratory classes which in total account for about 36 hours per week.

10.On completion of studies the student presents a graduation thesis or takes the finals.

11.A higher school diploma means high academic and professional (general and specialized) training. It also stands for high cultural standards.

Ex.4.Make up sentences according to the patterns:

1.He pointed to...

2.He showed ...

3.He proved ...

4.He liked ....

5.He often supported ....

6.He suggested ....

7.Taking into account ....

8.First of all ....

9. Могеover, .....

Ex.5. Speak on the following sub-topics:

1. L.N.Gumilyov was a great Russian, a well-known orientalist.

2. The Euroasian university is big.

3. There are 8 institutes in our university.