XI. Translate these sentences. Explain the absence of the article with the nouns in bold type

1. He never showed any fear in face of danger. 2. What cold rainy weather we are having! 3. We turned west and soon sighted land in the distance. 4. When tea was ready we sat down to table. 5. Winter is almost gone; spring is coming soon. 6. The apple tree was in full blossom. 7. Elbrus is the highest mountain in the Caucasus. 8. Snow covered the ground.

Unit 2

Topic: Our Academy

Grammar: Pronouns, adjectives

I. Read the following words

Purpose, serve, graduate, various, industry, specialist, ocean, market , citizen, property, social, scholarship, access, season, management, enterprise, labour, marketing, subject.

II. Read and translate the following text

State TAX Service Academy

Our educational establishment has a long history. It was founded in 1921 in Kyiv for training specialists in peat developing. After Great Patriotic War it was removed to a small town not far from Kyiv, Irpin. For three decades it was known as a technical secondary school, then a college. And in 1996 it was charted as the Ukrainian Institute for Economics and Finance in march of 2000 it has got the name.

There are four departments at our Academy at present: Law Department, Accounting Department, Finance Department and Tax Militia Department.

The purpose of the Institute is to educate students to serve in the branches of economy. The graduates from the Institute will work at various branches of industry, agriculture, finance and banking system accounting and statistics computing information, State Tax Authorities . Our graduates are specialists of new formation. They keep up with progress and are able to run in the ocean of commodity and market relations.

The overwhelming majority of the students receive state scholarship and are provided with hostel accommodation. The students have free access to the libraries, reading-rooms, laboratories, compu­ting center, studies, sport facilities etc.

Many young people prefer to combine studies with work for various reasons. They are admitted to the Institute extra-mural depart­ment.

The course of studies at the Academy lasts for four, five years. The academic year is divided into two terms. The students have an examination session at the end of each term. At the end of their studies they have to submit a graduation paper and take the state exami­nations. The Academy offers a curriculum of economic subjects:

Finance Statistics, Accounting, Economics and Management of Enterprises, Enterprise Business, Labour Resources, Marketing, Computer Information System, International Relations, Taxation, Insurance.

The instructors and professors of our Academy take into account the experience of West countries in the field of training specialists at the Universities of the USA, Germany.

Comments

1. to be founded – бути заснованим

2. peat – торф

3. to chart – створювати, засновувати (на основі указу)

4. to run – керувати, вести;

to run a business – вести справу;

to run a factory – керувати фабрикою;

to run an enterprise – керувати підприємством

5. hostel accommodation – місце в гуртожитку

6. have free access – можуть безкоштовно користуватись

7. a curriculum – програма

8. to take into account – брати до уваги