Answer the following questions:

1. At what age did you begin to attend school?

2. Why did you make up your mind to enter the Pedagogical University?

3. Did you enter the University straight from school?

4. How many entrance examinations did you have to take?

5. What do you do now?

6. How long does the course of your study last?

7. How many terms does the academic year have?

8. What do students take at the end of each term?

9. What subjects are there on the curriculum?

10. Do you attend all lectures and seminars at the University?

11. Do you live in a hostel?

12. How much time does it take you to get to the University?

13. What do you devote your spare time to?

14. Do you often go to the library? What do you do there?

15. Are you engaged in scientific work?

16. Do you get a state grant?

17. Where will you have your teaching practice?

18. What will you take at the end of the course of study?

19. What will you be after graduating from the University?

Exercises

1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions if necessary.

1. He is a student … the Pedagogical University.

2. … last year I entered … the faculty … psychology.

3. He goes … the University every day.

4. My sister got interested … chemistry … the age … 16.

5. He was an organiser … a student scientific society.

6. How long does the course … engineers last … your University?

7. D.I. Mendeleyev graduated … the institute in 1854.

8. A lot of students are engaged … scientific work … their faculties.

9. My friend is good … mathematics.

10. We passed our examination … philosophy … the 12^th … January.

11. How do you prepare … the next day classes?

2. Read the sentences translating the words in brackets into English.

1. We began to attend school (в возрасте семи лет).

2. We (заинтересовались) in some school subjects.

3. As for me I (решила) to enter the University (сразу после школы).

4. I worked hard and passed the entrance examinations (успешно).

5. Now I (студентка первого курса).

6. In January we shall (сдавать зачёты и семестровые экзамены).

7. It is very important (не пропускать лекции и семинары).

8. We (берём) all necessary books in the library (чтобы подготовиться к занятиям).

9. (Мне требуется не много времени) to get to the University.

10. I (занимаюсь общественной работой) at our faculty and I enjoy it very much.

11. There are different subjects on the (учебном плане).

12. (В конце курса обучения) students take final examinations and (представляют выпускную работу).

3. Translate the following into English.

1. Какие экзамены мы должны сдать, чтобы поступить на исторический факультет университета?

2. Вы должны сдать экзамены по истории, русскому языку и литературе.

3. Вы решили стать учителем истории?

4. Да, я заинтересовалась этим предметом в школе, поэтому я посещала исторический кружок.

5. Курс обучения в университете длится пять лет, и я собираюсь поступать туда сразу после школы.

Our university Learn the following words and expressions:

a higher educational institution – высшее учебное заведение

an establishment – учреждение

to train – обучать, подготавливать

to provide – обеспечивать, предоставлять

to found – основать

an instructor – преподаватель

a war – война

to house – размещать

to produce – производить

education – образование

free – 1) свободный, 2) бесплатный

equipment – оборудование

a hostel accommodation – место в общежитии

to contain – содержать

staff – штат

to include – включать

outstanding – выдающийся

to make a contribution – вносить вклад

various – разнообразный

a field of knowledge – область знаний

science – наука

to equip – оборудовать

apparatus of advanced design – приборы современной конструкции

research – исследование

to carry out – выполнять

to develop – развивать