Active words and Word Combinations

subject тема, предмет

to enter a Medical University поступить в медицинский университет

complete secondary education законченное среднее образование

to apply to a Medical University подать заявление о поступлении в медицинский университет

applicant абитуриент

competition конкурс

to take examination сдавать экзамен

competitive admission examination tests вступительные конкурсные экзаменационные тесты

to obtain the highest mark получить наивысшую оценку

to be admitted (to) поступить в институт

to train / training / to be trained обучать, обучение, проходить обучение

to attend / attendance посещать, посещение

voluntary свободный (по желанию)

compulsory обязательный

academic year учебный год

to pass examination сдать экзамен

to succeed in smth делать успехи в чем-то, преуспеть

to get a stipend получать стипендию

to take a six-week practical course проходить 6-ти недельную практику

to perform the duties of nurses выполнять работу медсестер

to master овладеть

to treat smb for different diseases лечить какого-то от различных заболеваний

senior students студенты старшекурсники

out-patient (o.p.d.) / in-patient department (i.p.d) поликлиника; больница, стационар

to demonstrate practical skills показывать практические навыки (умения)

to receive diploma получить диплом

to certify удостоверять, заверять, подтверждать

to qualify обучать, готовить к какой-либо деятельности, давать квалификацию

intern / internship интерн, интернатура

experienced опытный

post-graduate / post-graduate training (course) аспирант, аспирантура

thesis / to defend thesis диссертация, защитить диссертацию

to obtain academic degree получить ученую степень

Ex.15 You are talking to the student from India. Answer his questions.

Rajat: Look, when I told my parents that I’d like to become a doctor they advised me to go to Belarus. Are foreign students admitted to the Medical Universities here?

You:

Rajat: What subjects shall we study in the first two years?

You:

Rajat: What about the textbooks? Where shall I take them? How much money will I have to pay for the books taken from the library?

You:

Rajat: Shall we take examinations every year?

You:

Rajat: When shall we begin specialization in Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology?

You:

Ex. 16 Read the following sentences and express your agreement.

I agree with you that… I think you are right in saying that …

1. There are several medical schools in Belarus. 2. After the third year medical students perform the duties of nurses. 3. Higher medical education includes six years of general training, one year of specialized training in internship.

Ex.17 Read and translate the dialogues. You may learn them by heart.

Antony: Will you explain to me what you mean? The words “medical school”, is it a college or a kind of a university?

Kate: Well, it’s a higher educational establishment, which trains students to be doctors.

Antony: By the way, are graduates of Belarusian medical schools given a degree?

Kate: No, they are not. The Belarusian system of academic degrees is different. Our graduates are given diplomas which certify them as health care professionals.

Jane: What subjects do students study at your Medical University?

Dmitry: You know, it depends on the faculty and the year they are in.

Jane: Well, let’s say the second year of the Medical Faculty?

Dmitry: Second-year students study Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Philosophy.

Jane: And what about Latin and Foreign languages?

Dmitry: As for Latin, we study it in the first year. And we study one foreign language – English or German for three terms.

Ex.18 Read the text.