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Every year many young people who are interested in medicine enter the Medical University and become students. Gomel Medical University is young. It was founded in 1990. There are four departments at the University. They are the Department of General Medicine, the Department of General Medicine and Diagnostics, the Preparatory Department and the Department of Medical Training for Foreign Students.

Students who passed their entrance examinations successfully study at different departments. Most of them get stipends. The students who have no relatives in Gomel live at the University hostels. There are many classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories, dissecting-rooms, a library with a reading hall at the disposal of the students. Every day they attend lectures and practical classes.

The course of studies lasts six years. During this period the students master the basis of theoretical and practical medicine. For two years they learn pre-clinical subjects, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Human Anatomy and Histology.

The students have clinical subjects from the third to the fifth year. During this period they learn to diagnose different diseases, to carry out laboratory analyses and to treat people for these diseases.

At the end of the third year the students have a six weeks’ practical training. They work as nurses. After the fourth year they have an eight weeks’ practical training at the therapeutic, surgical and other departments. After the fifth year the students have a practical training at a polyclinic.

The medical students do not only study well. They belong to different scientific circles and take an active part in the University social life.

Active words and word combinations

basis	[`beısıs]	основы
to belong to smth	[bı`lɔŋ]	принадлежать чему-л
to carry out	[`kærı]	выполнять, проводить
circle	[`sə:kl]	кружок
department	[dı`pa:tmənt]	отделение, факультет
to diagnose	[`daıəgnəuz]	диагностировать
at the disposal of	[dıs`pɔuzəl]	в распоряжении
dissecting-room	[dı`sektıŋ– ru:m]	секционная аудитория
to enter smth	[`entə]	поступать куда-либо
hostel	[`hɔustəl]	общежитие
to be interested in	[`ıntrəstıd]	интересоваться чем-л.
to last	[`la:st]	длиться
lecture	[`lekʧə]	лекция
laboratory	[lə`bɔrətərı]	лаборатория
to master	[`ma:stə]	овладеть
nurse	[`nə:s]	медсестра
preparatory	[prı`pærətərı]	подготовительный
relative	[`relətıv]	родственник
to take part in smth	[`teık `pa:t]	принимать участие в чём-л.

Ex.19 Answer the questions.

1. What University do you study at? 2. Do your friends attend all the lectures? 3. What subject are you interested in? 4. Do you belong to any scientific circle? 5. How long does the course of studies last? 6. What entrance examinations did you pass? 7. How did you pass your entrance examinations? 8. Do you get stipend? 9. When was this University founded? 10. Did you attend the preparatory courses? 11. Do you live at the University hostel or with your parents? 12. What department do you study at?

Ex.20 Translate into English.

Четыре факультета; стипендия; родственники; университетское общежитие; библиотека с читальным залом; секционная аудитория; практические занятия; курс обучения; в распоряжении студентов; клинические предметы; восьми недельная практика; научный кружок; общественная жизнь; терапевтическое отделение; лабораторные анализы; основы теоретической и практической медицины; хирургическое отделение; подготовительное отделение; вступительные экзамены.

Посещать лекции и практические занятия; длиться шесть лет; изучать доклинические предметы; работать медсёстрами; принимать участие в университетской жизни; учиться на лечебном факультете; проходить практику в поликлинике; принадлежать к научным кружкам; диагностировать болезни; учиться хорошо; получать стипендию; сдавать вступительные экзамены; быть основанным в 1990 году; проводить анализы; лечить людей от болезней; интересоваться медициной.

Ex.21 Fill in the prepositions.

1. Students study ___ different departments. 2. ___ the fifth year they have a practical training ___ the polyclinic. 3. This University was founded ___ 1990. 4. The students carry ___ laboratory analyses. 5. Some students live ___ the University hostels. 6. The course ___ studies lasts six years. 7. Many classrooms and dissecting-rooms are ___ the disposal ___ the students. 8. The students have clinical subjects ___ the third ___ the fifth year. 9. Doctors treat ___ people ___ different diseases. 10. The students ___ different departments take an active part ___ the University social life. 11. Many people are interested ___ medicine and enter ___ the Medical University. 12. They belong ___ different scientific circles.

Ex.22 Finish the sentences.

1. Many young people enter ____. 2. Gomel Medical University was founded in ____. 3. The departments of the University are ____. 4. Most students get ____. 5. There are many ____ ____ at the disposal of the students. 6. The course of studies ____. 7. The students master ____. 8. For two years they study pre-clinical subjects, such as ____. 9. From the third to the fifth year they ____. 10. After the forth year they have ____. 11. After the fifth year they have ____. 12. The students belong to ____. 13. They take an active part ____.

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