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A limerick

See page 5.

Tapescript 2

Professor Bessor’s story.

‘Well, I must say I was neither brilliant nor lazy. I believe I was an average student. As most of you nowadays I was eager to learn a lot of things at once. I really worked hard. And the more I studied, the more I realized that there were so many things that I didn’t know yet. So it seemed to me that my knowledge grew less and less. Saying the truth, sometimes I felt I knew nothing at all. Thus, not to show my ignorance I quit taking part in all the activities and remained silent in the tutorials and seminars. But I never stopped learning. And now, as a professor, I’d like to encourage those students who lost the confidence that it’s never late to learn. ‘Live and learn,’ as the proverb says.’

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1. neither brilliant nor lazy

2. average student

3. as most of you

4. I was eager to learn

5. the more I studied, the more I realized

6. there are so many things I don’t know yet

7. saying the truth

8. not to show my ignorance

9. quit taking part

10. remained silent

11. never stopped learning

12. to encourage

13. those who lost the confidence

14. it’s never late to learn

15. live and learn

16. as the proverb says

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[k] – academician; accreditation; ac-

knowledged; architectural; cam-

pus; canteen; course; cultural; doctoratal; faculty; occasion; se-

cure; scientific; technical.

[s] – centenary; civil; device; edifice;

facility; facing; licensed; lyce-

um; principal; process; residen-

ce; scientific.

[ks] – accept; succeed; successfully.

[] – academician; financial; specialist;

speciality; specialization;

[t] – achievements; attach; branch;

chair; charge; pitch; research; teaching.

Letter c is pronounced as [k] – before the consonants and before the vowels a, o, u;

[s] – before the vowels e, i, y;

[ks] – in digraph cc + the vowels e, i, y;

[] – before the combination of the vowels ia, ie;

[t] – before the letter h (exceptions are the Greek borrowings which are pronounced as [k] in the words: architectural, mechanical, technical, etc.).

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1. academician

2. campus

3. canteen

4. chair

5. depository

6. dispensary health resort

7. doctoral student

8. dormitory

9. edifice

10. facility

11. faculty

12. gymnasium

13. laboratory

14. library

15. postgraduate

16. speciality

17. stadium

18. student body

19. teaching staff

20. undergraduate

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1-a (academician – академік)

2-s (campus – студентське містеч-

ко)

3-i (canteen – їдальня)

4-j (chair – кафедра)

5-k (depository – книгосховище)

6-m (dispensary health resort – санаторій-профілакторій)

7-g (doctoral student – докторант)

8-f (dormitory – гуртожиток)

9-d (edifice – велична будівля)

10-h (facility – зручність)

11-t (faculty – факультет)

12-p (gymnasium – спортивний

зал)

13.-l (laboratory – лабораторія)

14-c (library – бібліотека)

15-b (postgraduate – аспірант)

16-o (speciality – спеціальність)

17-q (stadium – стадіон)

18-n (student body – склад студен-

тів)

19-e (teaching staff – викладацький

склад)

20-r (undergraduate – студент)

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1-f (annually – every year)

2-d (college – a place where people

can study academic subjects or

practical skills after they leave

secondary school, but which

does not give degrees)

3-e (vocational school – place where people can study for trade or profession)

4-c (gym – a place that has machines for doing exercises)

5-g (technical school – institution for advanced full-time and part-time education, especially in scientific and technical subjects)

6-h (principal – more important than anything else)

7-a (centenary – 100th anniversary)

8-b (university – a place where students study one or two subjects at a high level, in order to get degrees)

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18 August 31 October

21 June 15 February

27 March 12 July

13 January 25 December

9 November 23 April

11 May 4 September

1828 1973 28/1/58 the 12th century

1832 1985 17/3/69 the 15th century

1930 1994 25/4/76 the 17th century

1948 1997 6/6/80 the 19th century

1956 2000 15/02/92 the 21st century

1961 2002 1/12/01

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1. 1828

2. 1832

3. 1930, the 18th August

4. 1961

5. 1994

6. 1997, the 21st June

7. 2002, the 27th March

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12 – 20 105 120,000

13 – 30 238 450,000

14 – 40 950 843,926

15 – 50 1,200 5,600,420

16 – 60 2,780 42,857,139

17 – 70 5,060 123,456,789

18 – 80 11,900 921,637,458

19 – 90

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