to have to – должен
to get up – вставать
to listen to – слушать
to take interest – интересоваться
latest – последние
а day-off – выходной
to leave – уходить, покидать
It takes me – у меня уходит
to waste time – терять время
to retell – пересказывать
silently – про себя
to come across – встречать
an expression – выражение
to memorize – запомнить
a flashcard – карточка
to arrive at – прибывать
though – хотя
sharp – ровно
frequently – часто
а representative – представитель
а price – цена
terms of payment – условия платежа
a delivery – доставка
to discuss business – обсудить дела
matters – деловые вопросы
а customer – заказчик, клиент
to make an appointment – назначить встречу
to look through – просматривать
mail – почта
to speak on the phone – разговаривать по телефону
a message – сообщение besides – кроме того
business partners – деловые партнеры
abroad – за границей
a break – перерыв
occasionally – время от времени
to get tired – уставать
to wait for – ждать
living room – жилая комната
just to talk – просто поговорить
to fail – провалить (экзамен)
to work hard – упорно трудиться
to revise – повторять
a subject – предмет
a library – бибилиотека
to get ready – подготовиться
a report – сообщать
a course paper – курсовая работа
to enter – поступать
to make up one’s mind – решить
to pass exams – сдать экзамены
excellent – отличный
а mark – отметка
easy – легкий
to combine – совмещать
learning – обучение
still – все равно
to look forward to – очень ждать
a job – работа
useful – полезный
experience – опыт
Read and translate the text “My Working Day”
Let me introduce myself first. I am … and I am … years old. I come from Berezniki but now I live and work in Perm. I am a manager of a big trade firm. I am also a student of a correspondence department. I study in the Perm Pedagogical University. I have a family – a mother and a father. Their names are … . We live in a new nine storey house in the centre of the city. We have a modern three room flat on the fifth floor.
On weekdays the alarm clock wakes me up at 6.30 and my working day begins. I’m not an early riser, that’s why it’s very difficult for me to get out of bed, especially in winter. I switch on my music centre and do my morning exercises. Then I go to the bathroom, take a warm shower, clean my teeth and shave. After that I go to my bedroom to get dressed.
Usually my mother makes breakfast for me. But when she is away on business or just doesn’t have to get up early, I make breakfast myself. While having breakfast I listen to the latest news on TV. I take much interest in the latest political and business news.
I always go to my office on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I don’t go to my office on Saturday and Sunday. These are my days-off.
I usually leave the house at 7.30 and go to the nearest bus stop. It takes me half an hour to get to work. I don’t want to waste my time on bus. I’ve got a good player, so I listen to different texts and dialogues on my way to work. Sometimes I read an English book and retell it silently. If I come across an interesting expression I try to memorise it. I also write some English words on flashcards and learn them.
I usually arrive at work at ten minutes to nine though my working day begins at 9 sharp. I have a lot of work to do. I frequently meet representatives of English and French firms. We discuss prices, terms of payment and delivery. Sometimes I go to different cities to discuss business matters with our customers. I am a very busy man. During the day I make appointments with my business partners, look through mail, read faxes and letters, speak on the phone with the customers. Some fax messages are in English and I have to translate them into Russian. Besides, I write letters in English to our business partners abroad.
At 1 o’clock in the afternoon we have lunch. We usually have lunch in a small cafe just round the corner. At 2 o’clock we come back to the office and work hard till 6 o’clock. During the working day we also have several short coffee breaks. But sometimes we have no time for them. Occasionally I have to stay at work till 7 or even 8 o’clock in the evening. When we have a lot of things to do we go to work on Saturdays. So by the end of the week I get very tired.
I come home at about 7 o’clock in the evening. My parents are usually at home, waiting for me. We have dinner together. Then we sit in the living room, drink tea, watch TV or just talk. As I’m a student and don’t want to fail my exams I work hard at my lessons. I do them in the evenings. I read a lot, do some exercises, learn new English words and revise grammar rules. We study a lot of subjects, so it takes me a lot of time to do my homework. Sometimes at the weekends I go to the library to get ready for my exams or to write a report or a course paper. When I entered the Institute I made up my mind to pass my exams only with good and excellent marks. So I do my best.
I must say that it isn’t easy to combine work and learning. But still I always look forward to my next working day because I like my job and my study. I think I’m getting a lot of useful experience.
Answer the questions:
1. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you to get up early?
2. Do you wake up yourself or does an alarm-clock wake you up?
3. Do you do morning exercises? Do you do your morning exercises to music?
4. Which do you prefer: a warm or a cold shower in the morning?
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
6. Some people look through newspapers or listen to the latest news
on TV while having breakfast. What about you?
7. When do you usually leave the house?
8. Do you work? Where do you work?
9. How long does it take you to get to the office?
10. What do you usually do on your way to work (institute, etc.)?
11. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?
12. What are your duties at work?
13. What time do you come home?
14. How do you spend your evenings?
15. When do you do your homework?
16. What time do you usually go to bed?
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 – основывать
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
Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
pedagogical ["pedə'gOGikəl], technical ['teknikəl], pharmaceutical ["fRmə'sjHtikəl], agricultural ["ægri'kAltSərəl], faculty ['fækəlti], mathematics ["mæӨi'mætiks], philology [fi'lOləGi], culture ['kAltSə], biology [bai'OləGi], chemistry ['kemistri], primary ['praiməri], pre-school ['prJ'skHl], psychology [sai'kOləGi], psychological ["saikə'lOGikəl], music ['mjHzik], lecture ['lektSə], lecturer ['lektSərə], laboratory [lə'bOrətəri], science [saiəns], scientific [saiən'tifik], integral individuality [in'tegrəl "indi"vidju'æliti], hydrodynamics ['haidroudai'næmiks], ornithology ["Lni'ӨOləGi].
Read and translate the text “Our University”.
There are different types of higher educational institutions in Russia. In Perm several establishments train specialists in various fields, and among them the Perm State University, the Technical University, the Medical Academy, the Pharmaceutical Academy, the Agricultural Academy, the Higher School of Economy and others.
My friends and I study at the Perm State Pedagogical University. Our University provides higher education for future teachers. There are full-time, part-time and external students at our University. Part-time (or evening) and external (or correspondence) departments are set up for those who want to combine work and learning. Evening and correspondence training demand great effort from the students.
The Perm Pedagogical University is the oldest higher educational establishment of this type in the Urals. It was founded in 1921 and the number of students was small. During the next two decades (the 20s and the 30s) our University grew greatly. In 1940 there were 1085 students and more than 100 professors and instructors.
During the wartime a military hospital was housed in the main building, the department of chemistry produced medicines. In the years of the Great Patriotic War a large group of students, graduates and teachers went to the front. We shall never forget those who fell in the war, and among them Tatyana Baramsina, Hero of the Soviet Union, who had studied at our University.
Nowadays the Perm Pedagogical University is an important centre of training teachers in the Urals. Every year a great number of students enter its 13 faculties: the Faculty of Mathematics, the Faculty of Philology, the Faculty of Physical Culture, the Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, of Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education, of Pre-school Psychology and Pedagogy, the Faculty of Foreign Languages, the Faculty of Physics, of History, of Music, of Psychology, the Faculty of Computer Operating and Economics and the Faculty of Social Pedagogy.
The head of the University is the Rector. Every faculty has a Dean. He or she occupies the Dean’s Office. The Dean is responsible for the faculty. Every student group has a monitor. The monitor is the leader of the group and is in charge of it.
Our University has more than 45 departments. The staff of professors, lecturers and instructors is big and includes many outstanding scientists who are making contribution to various fields of knowledge. Several scientific schools have been formed at our University: the psychological school of integral individuality, the scientific school of hydrodynamics, of history of the Perm region, of ornithology and others.
At the University there are many laboratories equipped with apparatus of advanced design, computer classrooms with Internet facilities, study-rooms and workshops. They are all situated in its five buildings. The administration is housed in the main building.
Education is free for most students: they pay nothing for lectures, for using laboratory equipment and libraries, or for taking examinations and credit-tests. Moreover, many students receive state grants. Our University has 4 student hostels. Many students are provided with hostel accommodations. The Perm Pedagogical University has its own library containing an enormous number of books: textbooks and fiction, scientific literature and reference books.
The University provides good conditions for scientific research. All students carry out research work in the fields of methods and principles of teaching and special subjects. Our graduates work as schoolteachers in the Perm region.
The Perm Pedagogical University plays an important part in developing public education in the Urals.
Answer the questions:
1. Are there different types of higher educational institutions?
2. Which establishments train specialists in various fields in our city?
3. What does our University provide?
4. What is the oldest Pedagogical University in the Urals?
5. What are the main points in the history of our University?
6. What kind of centre is the Perm Pedagogical University?
7. Which faculties are there at our University?
8. Can you prove that education is free for most of students?
9. How many hostels has our University got?
10. What is the teaching staff like?
11. What scientific schools have been formed at the University?
12. Where is the administration housed?
13. In which fields do the students carry out their research work?
14. What part does the University play in developing public education in the Urals?
GREAT BRITAIN
Learn the following words and expressions:
actually – фактически
to unite – объединять
a state – государство
a capital – столица
population – население
to be situated – быть расположенным
an isle – остров (обычно с именем собственным)
a coast – побережье
to consist of – состоять из
an island – остров
to separate – разделять
to vary – менять(ся), разнообразить
mountainous – горный
all the rest – все остальное
vast – обширный
a valley – долина
a plain – равнина
to extend – простираться
to flow – протекать
a tributory – приток
to fame – прославлять
deep – глубокий
narrow – узкий
however – тем не менее
a mystery – тайна
to influence – влиять
mild – мягкий, умеренный
temperate – умеренный
to freeze – замерзать
to lie – лежать
a queen – королева
to rule – управлять
to elect – избирать
legislative power – законодательная власть
a chamber – палата
partly – частично
hereditary – наследственный
a member – член
a general election – всеобщие выборы
to hold – проводить
to receive – получать
the majority – большинство
to be appointed – быть назначенным
originally – первоначально
sheep-farming – овцеводство
wheat – пшеница
barley – ячмень
oats – овес
disadvantage – недостаток
raw material – сырье
nevertheless – однако
highly developed – высокоразвитый
oil – нефть
to consider – считать, рассматривать
moreover – более того
coal – уголь
iron ore – железная руда
coal mining – угледобыча
machinery – машинное оборудование
aircraft – самолет
equipment – оборудование
shipbuilding – судостроение