- •I am a student
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Underline all international words in the text. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •2. Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used.
- •3. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them.
- •4. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box.
- •5. Match a line in column a with a line in column b.
- •6. Fill in prepositions, where necessary.
- •7. Fill in articles where necessary.
- •8. Agree or disagree with the statements. Give your reason. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •9. Ask questions to elicit the information.
- •10. Answer the following questions.
- •11. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •12. Complete the open dialogue.
- •13. Act as an interpreter: Dialogue a
- •Dialogue b
- •Dialogue c
- •14. Compose your own dialogues.
- •The importance of sport in human life The Olympic Games My favourite kind of sport
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Underline all international words in the text. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •2. Read, translate and learn the meaning of the following words and use them in sentences of your own.
- •3. Translate the following words and word combinations.
- •4. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them.
- •5. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box.
- •6. Comment the following figures:
- •7. Match each game in column a with the description of some rules from column b.
- •8. Ask and answer. Choose the correct answer from the right-hand column.
- •9. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •10. Fill in articles where necessary.
- •11. Agree or disagree with the statements. Give your reason. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •12. Ask questions to elicit the information.
- •13. Answer the questions. Begin your answers with:
- •14. Translate the following texts into English.
- •15. Complete the open dialogues.
- •16. Compose your own dialogues.
- •17. Write an article into the local newspaper or a magazine. Chose one of the following topics:
- •Mass media
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Underline all international words in the text. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •2. Read, translate and learn the meaning of the following words and use them in sentences of your own.
- •3. Translate the following words and word combinations
- •4. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them.
- •5. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box.
- •6. Match a line in column a with a line in column b.
- •7. Read the text and insert prepositions or post-verbal adverbs where necessary.
- •8. Fill in articles where necessary.
- •9. Agree or disagree with the statements. Give your reason. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •10. Ask questions to elicit the information.
- •11. Answer the questions. Begin your answers with:
- •12. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •13. Complete the open dialogues.
- •14. Write an article into the local newspaper or a magazine. Chose one of the following topics:
I am a student
First of all let me introduce myself. My full name is Natalia Alexandrovna Lebedeva, though, of , it sounds rather pompous for a girl of my age. I was born on the 27th of March, 1997 in the town of Yevpatoria, and spent the whole of my childhood there. As I am only 17, my biography is lacking in interesting facts and achievements.
Both my father and mother got their education at Kiev Polytechnical University and worked as engineers at a radio-lamp plant. As my mother had neither a wish nor possibility to be a housewife I had to be taken to a nursery when I was not more than one year old. Thank Goodness, I don't remember that time at all. Anyhow, I can remember quite well how much I hated going to the nursery in the morning when I was three or four. Not that children were ill-treated there. I guess it's just too early for any child to be taken away from his mother.
I learned reading before I was five and that helped me greatly when I entered school. I've never had any trouble learning, as I was always fond of reading and curious by nature. I lack words to express my gratitude to my teacher at the primary school. She turned disorganized and impatient kids into self-disciplined learners, encouraged our first little victories and softened sharp pricks of failures.
As I grew older, working hard became a well-established habit with me. It made schooling much easier and more fascinating, you know. I've got interested in English from the first days I started studying it. It seemed great to be able to speak a foreign language even with so small a vocabulary I had at that time.
Among other subjects I liked were Ukrainian and Literature. I enjoyed reading and gulped down books by dozens. In senior classes I took to reading classics Ukrainian, Russian and foreign ones. Among my favorite writers and poets were Shevchenko and Lermontov, Ivan Franko and Kuprin, Alexey Tolstoy and Lesya Ukrainka, as well as Galsworthy, Byron and Shelly.
I had nothing against Natural Sciences and Maths, but somehow they seemed of less importance. In my spare time I used to attend a sport club.
I was going in for fencing and had six hours of training a week. I love this sport with its old noble traditions, though I myself never dreamed of becoming anything more than an amateur.
Long before school was over I made up my mind to connect my future career with foreign languages and modern economy and so I entered the Financial Economics Faculty of Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute.
I do well in most subjects. But it is not easy. Everything is new and unusual. For you to have an idea of our Institute I would like to tell some words about it.
Our Institute is one of the best higher educational establishments in Kryvyi Rih. First it started functioning in 1977. Two years ago it merged with Kryvyi Rih Technical University and formed a National university. At present there are four faculties here such as "Finance and Credit", " Management and International Economics", "Economics Entrepreneurship and Law " and "Accounting and Audit". There are two departments at our Institute: the day-time and extra-mural one. More than 3.500 students study at the Institute. At the extra-mural department workers and employees can get their education without leaving their jobs.
The course of study lasts five years at all the departments. The students of our Institute study many subjects: Mathematics, Geography, Political Economy, Philosophy, foreign languages and many other special subjects dealing with their future professions.
Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute is staffed with highly-qualified teachers. The Institute numbers more than 250 teachers. About a half of them is awarded the academic degrees.
Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute is housed in three buildings. There are many lecture-halls, classrooms, studies, laboratories provided with up-to-date equipment where the students carry out various experiments. The students have libraries, large reading-rooms and a gymnasium at their disposal.
The graduates of our Institute will become economists, lawyers, book-keepers (accountants), managers, etc. and will go to work to various offices, enterprises, factories, plants, firms, companies, banks, joint ventures, etc.
Present-day Ukraine has a considerable potential to become one of the richest countries in the world. To develop its economy quickly Ukraine needs highly-qualified specialists. And I'll do my best to be one of them.