Lessons 13-15 our college

Our Polytechnic College is not just a college; it is a "School of Joy". The main idea of our college is to create the most comfortable conditions for student's educational activity and creative work, education of a noble and generous personality.

How to achieve it? First of all, the educational process is not usual. Classes are interesting for students, because they consist of discussions on different questions, problems in which teachers and students take part. The relations between teachers and students are based on principles of respect and assistance. Teachers and the staff of our educational establishment do all their best to develop student's abilities to get knowledge independently. This work gives excellent results. Almost all our students get job after graduating from the college or continue to get education and to improve their professional traits in high educational establishments.

There are several departments in our college:

• Department of informatics;

• Department of economics and accounting;

• Service and design of landscape;

• Consumer goods technology;

• Atomic power-station;

• Fire-safety.

College consists of four buildings, where there are a lot of classrooms, creative laboratories, which are equipped with modern technique. We also have a large library with a conference-room, an Internet-hall, a local office "Intranet", a large assembly-hall, a gym, a medical room, and a canteen. There is a hostel near the college, where students have all necessary conditions for studying and having a rest.

Words:

to create – создавать

educational activity – образовательная деятельность

personality – личность

to achieve – достигать

to take part – принимать участие

to be based on – основываться на чем-либо

to do one`s best – стараться изо всех сил

independently – самостоятельно

to graduate from – заканчивать (учебное заведение)

to improve – улучшать

professional traits – профессиональные качества

department – отделение

to consist of – состоять из

to be equipped with – быть оснащенным чем-либо

hostel – общежитие

Exercises

Ex.1. Прочитайте слова и найдите в тексте их русские эквиваленты:

Activity, "School of Joy", to create, discussions, assistance, independently, after graduating from, to improve, fire-safety, student's abilities, necessary, to be based on, to take part, education, economics and accounting, noble.

Ex. 2. Прочитайте слова и найдите в тексте их английские эквиваленты:

Отделение, колледж, достигать, столовая, творческая работа, уроки, общежитие, состоять из, уважение, развивать, знание, работа, высшие учебные заведения, библиотека, здание, отдых.

Ex. 3. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Where do you study?

2. What is the main idea of our college?

3. Is the educational process usual?

4. What are the relations between teachers and students based on?

5. Where do graduates of our college improve their professional traits?

6. How many departments are there in our college?

7. What is equipped with modern technique?

8. Where do our students take books from?

9. Where do our students have lessons of physical training?

10. Is there a hostel near our college?

Ex.4. Скажите, верно или неверно утверждение:

1. Our college is called a “School of Life”.

2. The main idea of our college is to create pictures.

3. The relations between teachers and students are based on principles of respect and assistance.

4. Almost all our students can`t get job after graduating from the college.

5. There are several departments in our college.

6. One of the departments in our college is the department of management.

7. College consists of two buildings.

8. Our students take books from the medical room.

9. Our students have lessons of physical training in the canteen.

10. There is a hostel near the college.

Ex.5. Заполните пропуски:

1. There is the department of …. and accounting.

2. We also have a large … with a conference-room.

3. First of all, the …. process is not usual.

4. Classes are …. for students.

5. There are a lot of classrooms which are ….with modern technique.

6. There is the …. of informatics in our college.

7. There is a …. near the college.

Ex.6. Расскажите о нашем колледже.

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