- •Higher Education in Russia Pretext exercises
- •2.1. Read the following words (expressions) and try to guess their meaning.
- •Memorize the following words and expressions
- •2 .3. Read the text. Higher Education in Russia
- •2.4. Read the statements and decide if they are true (t) or false (f).
- •2.5. Match the following words and expressions with their equivalents.
- •2.6. Complete the following sentences with the expressions from the box.
- •2.7. Choose ten of the expressions from exercise 2.5. And write sentences of your own.
- •Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics Pretext exercises
- •2.8. Read the following words and expressions and try to guess their meaning.
- •2.9. Read the following words and notice their pronunciation.
- •Memorize the following words and expressions
- •2.10. Read the text. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
- •2.11. Answer the following questions.
- •2.12. Imagine you are talking to a foreign student. What would you tell him about the university you are studying at?
- •2.13. Write a letter to your friend from England. Mention the following things:
- •Present Simple – Present Progressive
- •2.14. Choose the correct variant.
- •2.15. Complete the following sentences with the present simple or present progressive form of the verb, as in the model.
- •2.16. Read the following sentences and decide if the verb refers to the present or the future.
- •Future Simple
- •2.17. Choose the correct variant.
- •Past Simple
- •2.18. Complete the following sentences with the past simple form of the verb, as in the model.
- •2.19. Make the following sentences negative, as in the model.
- •2.20. Write the correct question for the following sentences, as in the model.
- •Present Perfect
- •2.21. Complete the following sentences with the present perfect form of the verb, as in the model.
- •Past Simple – Present Perfect
- •2.22. Choose the correct variant.
Unit 2. The value of education
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Text A Higher Education in Russia
Text B Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
Grammar: Present Simple, Present Progressive, Future Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect
Text A
Higher Education in Russia Pretext exercises
2.1. Read the following words (expressions) and try to guess their meaning.
History, Russia, University, initiative, plan, revolution, to guarantee, Soviet, Constitution, examination, grant, result, the Russian Federation, democratic state, start, democratic reform, sphere, system, school, colleague, lyceum, gymnasium, mechanism, social, speciality, faculty, innovative business ideas and theories, region, nation, prestigious, specialist, person, baccalaureate, magistrate.
2.2. Read the following words and notice their pronunciation.
knowledge |
[`nOlIG] |
generation |
[`Genq`reISqn] |
accordance |
[q`kLdqns] |
importance |
[Im`pLtqns] |
speciality |
[speSI`xlItI] |
sphere |
[sfIq] |
examination |
[Ig`zxmI`neISn] |
opportunity |
[`Opq`tjHnqtI] |
foreign |
[`fOrIn] |
initiative |
[I`nISqtIv] |
powerful |
[`pauqful] |
entrance |
[`entrqns] |
prestigious |
[pres`tIGqs] |
guarantee |
[`gxrqn`tJ] |
colleague |
[`kOlJg] |
lyceum |
[laI`sJqm] |
Region |
[`rJGn] |
theory |
[`TIqrI] |
baccalaureate |
[bxkq`lOrIqt]B |
magistrate |
[`mxGIstrqt] |
Memorize the following words and expressions
higher education
|
высшее образование |
aim
|
цель |
on the initiative of smb. |
по инициативе кого-л. |
humanities
|
гуманитарные предметы |
in accordance with smth. |
в соответствии с чем-л., согласно чему-л. |
powerful
|
значительный, сильный, мощный |
secondary education |
среднее образование |
social development
|
общественное развитие |
to pass entrance examinations |
сдать вступительные экзамены
|
school leaver
|
выпускник школы |
educational establishment
|
образовательное учреждение |
to enter the university |
поступить в университет |
monthly grant
|
ежемесячная стипендия |
wide choice of smth.
|
большой выбор чего-либо |
to fail (in) an examination |
не выдержать экзамен |
to graduate from the university
|
закончить университет |
to take place
|
происходить, случаться, иметь место |
well-paid job
|
хорошо оплачиваемая работа |