книги из ГПНТБ / Нечипоренко, В. Ф. Словарь-минимум разговорной лексики (англо-русский) для неязыковых вузов

ployees should enter all sorts of technical schools and schools of higher learning.

Sergei Gribkov had finished the secondary school. After two years’ work at a factory he was called up for military service. Three more years had gone by and time came to be demobbed3 and return to his native town. Sergei made up his mind to take up his former job at the factory and take the entrance examinations at the local polytechnical institute, the evening department. He knew that he had forgotten quite a lot. He was sure that he would have to work so hard as if he were a green hand in the job.

In May 1964, Gribkov got demobbed and resumed his work at the factory. Soon he joined a month-and-a-half evening course4 at the Institute in order that he should re­ capitulate the things he had once studied at the secondary school.

In August Sergei took and passed the entrance exams at the machine-building faculty of the evening department. At last he became an institute student, which he was very proud of.

Sergei decided to dispose of his time so that not a minute might be lost. He got up at 6, did his morning exer­ cises, took a tepid shower, had breakfast and hurried to the factory. From 8 a. m. till 4 p. m. Gribkov was busy doing his daily job of a turner. From 5.30 p. m. till 9.15 p. m. three times a week he was doing his subjects at the Institute.

Sergei is a diligent young man, still unmarried. He al­ ways takes pains not to lag behind the class. He already knows what is what after working at the factory and ser­ ving in the Soviet Army. At the Institute Sergei will deepen his knowledge and make his scope of life broader5. He will no doubt make a good specialist in the field of techonology chosen by him. _

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B. DIALOGUE

T h e t w o f r ie n d s , G r ib k o v a n d B o r is o v , m e e t e a c h o th e r in th e r e a d i n g - h a l t o f a lib r a r y . It’s been ages s in c e th e y s a w o n e a n o th e r . T h e y b o th h a d s e r v e d in th e S o v i e t A r m y , r e t u r n e d to th e ir f o r m e r j o b s a n d b e c a m e s t u d e n t s . G r i b k o v is a n e v e n i n g s t u d e n t a n d B o r i s o v is a s t u d e n t b y c o r r e s ­ p o n d e n c e .

fine with me. Well, Sergei, our meeting is quite an oc­ casion, isn’t it? I suggest we should go somewhere and have a drink.

to sit classes11 three times a week. You can dispose of

Notes to the Text and Dialogue

1 to raise one’s cultural level and qualification — повышать свой культурный уровень и свою квалификацию

2 to take a number of decisions — принять ряд решений

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E x e r c i s e s

Exercise I. Copy the questions and give short answers wherever possible:

his classes at the Institute? 5. How long had Gribkov been serving in the Soviet Army? 6. What is the difference be­ tween the students Gribkov and Borisov? 7. How did Bori­ sov look when Gribkov cast an eye on him? 8. Who de­ mands of Pavel Borisov that each assignment should be done on time?

Exercise II. Make up 10 sentences of your own using the following word combinations:

of somebody or something; 5. to be busy doing something; 6. in the field of science (or technology) chosen by some­

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