8. Compose a dialogue about your college.

9. Tick the sentences if you do or think in the same way. Write out the unknown words:

1. I have never gotten into serious trouble in school.

2. I do tend to be moody and when I do my parents pep me up or let me alone.

3. I get angry often when my parents think of lots of reasons and I oppose them.

4. When this happens they just let me alone until I come down.

5. The thing that worries me most is school marks.

6. I don’t work up to my capacity in school and my teachers and parents agree.

7. It seems the harder I try the worse my marks are.

8. My marks are good, and my main academic difficulty is math.

Lesson 3 Zhytomyr Technological College

1. Read and memorize the following words, word-combinations and word-groups, write them down into your vocabularies:

Term-семестр; to lag behind-відставати;

Test-контрольна робота; to miss-пропускати;

Vacation-канікули; to pass-здати;

Curriculum-учбовий план; to repeat-повторювати;

Diploma-диплом; to study by correspondence-навчатись заочно;

To attend-відвідувати; to deliver lectures on smth.-читати лекції з…

To be good at-бути здібним; a department-відділення;

To be at the top (bottom) of the class-бути першим (останнім) в класі;

To catch up-наздоганяти; vocational training-виробнича прктика;

To con-зубрити; the humanities-гуманітарні науки;

To crib-списувати; a foreign language-іноземна мова;

To do a subject-проходити предмет; computer studies-інформатика;

To fail-не здати екзамен; history-історія;

To graduate-випускатись; drawing- креслення;

Mathematics- математика; physics- фізика.

2. Give English equivalents of the followings:

1. Написати контрольну роботу; 6. Наздоганяти друзів;

2. Списувати у друга; 7. Бути здібним в англійській мові;

3. Відставати у навчанні; 8. Зубрити математику;

4. Здати фізику; 9.мати 2 місяці канікул;

5. Проходити українську мову; 10. Пропускати пари.

3. Read, learn and translate the substitutional patterns and make sentences with the appropriate words:

Why didn’t you attend the previous lesson in physics

Lecture on history

Extra lesson

laboratory classes

The point is that I was not well What mark did you get for your composition?

I didn’t know about it translation?

I couldn’t leave my brother test?

I confused the time-table examination?

I was late for it

I was given an excellent mark

a good mark

a satisfactory mark

a bad mark

4. Read, translate and dramatize the following dialogues:

№1

-Who told you there would be no classes tomorrow?

-George did.

-Do you think we can believe him?

-Certainly, I heard the staff head say that, too.

№2

-Hallo, Harry! Why didn’t you come to us yesterday? We had a nice table-tennis game.

-You see, my brother took me to a lecture on higher mathematics.

-Was it interesting?

-Frankly speaking not. It was all Greek to me and went over my head.

№3

-You know, Nick was asked to leave the room at the lesson in chemistry.

-Was he really? What did he do to deserve such a severe punishment?

-He stuck a match and burnt a piece of paper at the desk.

-Well, I never expected that of him. Was he reported to his parents?

-Surely. the teacher demanded his day-book. I think he’ll get it hot.

№4

-Would you like to go and see Nell today?

-Well, I was thinking of learning some German.

-Oh, but you can do that tomorrow.

-Yes, and I can see Nell tomorrow, too.

5. Make up your own dialogue using the expressions from the lesson.

6. Answer the questions:

1. How many entrance exams did you pass?

2. When do your studies begin?

3. What is your tuition fee?

4. Where can you get higher education?

5. What do you do during the lunch break?

6. What department do you study at?

7. What’s your future specialty?

8. Do you live at a hostel?

9. How many periods have you a day?

10. What special subjects will you study next year?

7. Ask questions of different types:

1. She has difficulties with her studies.

2. Last year he passed two entrance exams.

3. He is missing classes now.

4. His studies begin at eight sharp.

5. The student got good marks in his exams.

6. They will study special subjects next year.

7. He has already got secondary education.

8. The students are translating the text now

8. Make up a situation of friends’ conversation during the break in your college.

9. Tick the sentences if you do or think in the same way. Write out the unknown words:

1. My biggest problem with teacher is getting better marks.

2. The things that worry me most are my school marks and my girlfriend.

3. If I could change one thing about my life it would be to get all A’s in school.

4. I could do better schoolwork, but I don’t because I’m too lazy and I think I can coast along.

5. My parents and teachers agree that I could do better.

6. I have cheated several times in grade seven and eight.

7. If students do cheat, teachers should punish hard because if you cheat one time you will do it the next.

8. The teacher who gets most work out of me is my Latin teacher.

9. This is because the interesting way he teaches Latin makes me like it and try to do well in it.