Методичка по англ. яз.. Методические указания по обучению устной речи для студентов
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Prepare а 2-3 minutes' talk on the following topics or discuss these topics in a group of 2-3 students
10. Do you know anything about your ancestors? 18 UNIT3 I. Text. Our University Hello again! Now let me tell you about my university - Far Eastern State Transportation University. I am really glad to study here. It is one of the best country's higher educational institutions. Our University is quite large and old. It was founded in 1939 as Khabarovsk Railway Engineering Institute. In those days the institute had only 3 faculties: the Mechanical, the Railway Engineering and the Operational faculties. Since that time the institute has undergone many structural changes and grown into a large modern institution of higher learning. In 1977 it received a university status. The university is well known for its high standards of education and research. It trains competent and creative specialists for different branches of engineering, transportation and economy of our country. Our university is a large school where about 15 thousand students study currently. Most of them are full-time students, like me; there are also many part-time and extra-mural students. Besides, there are many post-graduate students, who carry out independent research work and conduct classes or deliver lectures as well. Every year about 2 thousand people are enrolled in the university. Young people who are interested in science and technology may enter the Institute of Traction and Rolling Stock, the Institute of Operation, Automation and Telecommunication, the Institute of Transport and Civil Engineering, the Power Engineering Institute, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, the Aeronautical Engineering Faculty. The Institute of Economics trains economists, accountants and other specialists in finance, management and commerce. The Humanitarian Faculty prepares specialists in social service, psychology, tourism management. The course of training at the university lasts 5-6 years. The academic year is 9 months or 2 semesters of 4 and a half months each. Studies usually begin in September and end in June. Students take exams at the end of each semester. Twice a year students have vacations. During the first two years the students study general engineering subjects, such as higher mathematics, physics, chemistry, basics of computer engineering, social sciences and the humanities. In the third year the students begin to take specialized courses. Great importance is given to practical training. Students work in well-equipped laboratories and shops, computer centres of the university and in the fourth and fifth years they work at railway and industrial enterprises of the Khabarovsk Territory. More than 600 highly-qualified professors and instructors work at 50 departments of the university. Teaching is only part of their activity; they are in- 19 volved in scientific work. Gifted students also take part in research activities under their tutors' guidance. Our university covers a large territory. On the campus there are three buildings for classes, six hostels, sport facilities, residential houses for teachers, a cafeteria and a polyclinic for teachers and students, a club house. Higher education is not free now. Most of the students have to pay for their tuition. Those students, who pass their entrance examinations well, study free of charge. It's very interesting to study at the university. You have a chance not only to get a higher education but also to make a lot of friends and develop your special talents. Active vocabulary 1. education - образование secondary education - среднее образование higher education - высшее образование vocational training - профессионально-техническое образование 2. higher educational institution, institution of higher learning - высшее учебное заведение
teach something - учить чему-либо, преподавать что-либо 7. learn - учиться, учить что-либо, узнавать (= to find out) learn by heart - учить наизусть learn by rote - зубрить 8. study - изучать, заниматься, учиться study for an examination - готовиться к экзамену syn.: sit for an examination, read for an examination revise for an examination 9. study hard -упорно, напряженно учиться study by fits and starts - учиться урывками, нерегулярно 10. full-time student - студент, занимающийся на дневном отделении part-time student - студент, занимающийся без отрыва от производ ства
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catch up with - догонять кого-либо в учебе
general engineering subjects - общетехнические предметы social subjects (sciences) - обществоведение (экономика, социология, психология, политическая география) (the) humanities - гуманитарные науки natural sciences - естественные науки
on the campus - на территории университета
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junior (Am.E.) - студент предпоследнего курса senior (Am.E.) - студент последнего курса 50. curriculum -учебный план Comprehension questions
12. When do students begin to take specialized lectures and practical courses?
II. Vocabulary practice exercises 1. Find synonyms to the following words and word combinations. Use your active vocabulary. found a university, sit for an exam, be enrolled in the university, take an exam, pass an exam, gifted student, hostel, tuition, time-table, extra-mural student, graduate student, higher educational institution, train a specialist, be expelled from the university 2. Find antonyms to the following words and word combinations. Use your active vocabulary. full-time student, pass an exam, attend classes, fall behind, engineering subjects, undergraduate students, enter the university, a graduate, be enrolled in the university, study hard, final exams 22 3. Insert prepositions where necessary.
4. Fill in the gaps using your active vocabulary.
10. The graduates of the Institute of deal with the design of buildings, bridges, tunnels and other structures. 11. trains engineers who design and operate systems for generating, transmitting and distributing electric power. 12. If you want to be a computer engineer you should enter 5. Give definitions to the following words and word-combinations: full-time student, part-time student, applicant, academic year, semester, vacation, campus, hall of residence, tuition fee, dean, Rector, undergraduate student, (post)graduate student, extra-mural student, curriculum. 23 III. Speech practice exercises 1. Agree or disagree with these statements. Give true information about yourself.
2. Read these micro-dialogues. Reproduce them. Make up your own ones. 1. - What do you think of the exams?
2. - How's your son been doing at school lately, Mr.Sanders? I hear that he is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year. - Yes, so his teachers say. But he deserves to do so. He's always been so conscientious and hard-working and he's been slaving at his books every evening for months on end recently. He wants to go to Oxford University next year. May be he'll become a university lecturer himself eventually. 3. - Vicky, what language do you study?
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4. - How did you do in your informatics test? -Oh, don't ask!
5. - Can you help me with my math homework? We're doing algebra. - Believe me, I would if I could, but I don't know the first thing about alge bra. Sorry. 3. Read and translate the text. A Student in Economics (After George Mil burn) Charlie Wintage ran up the steps of the Administrative Building, hurried through the revolving doors and walked down the long hall to the Dean of Men's office. He was ten minutes late. Before he opened the frosted-glass door he took out a pair of amber-coloured spectacles and put them on. Then he went in and handed this summons to the secretary. "The Dean will see you in a moment", she said. "Please take a chair". Charlie sat down and gave a glance about the office. Three freshmen were waiting with him. He recognized none of them, so he picked up a week-old copy of a newspaper and started reading it. But the room was warm and he immediately went to sleep. The newspaper slipped down on the floor. His amber-coloured spectacles hid his eyes and no one could see that they were closed. He was awakened by a secretary shaking him. "Wake up and pay for your bed, old man!" one of the freshmen called and everyone laughed heartily. "I sort of drowsed off. It's so nice and warm here.." Charlie said apologizing to the secretary. The Dean of Men got up as he entered and said: "Ah, this is Charlie Wintage, isn't it? How do you like the university by now, Wintage? Eyes troubling you?" "Pretty well, sir. Yes, sir, a little. I wear these spectacles." The secretary brought his folder and the Dean looked through it briefly. "Well, Wintage, I suppose you're anxious to know why I sent for you. The unpleasant truth is, Wintage, you don't seem to be doing well in your studies. 25 Now, to be quite frank, Wintage, you're on the verge of flunking out. Less than a third of the semester remains, and you have an F grade in English and D grades in Psychology and Military Training. On the other hand, you have an A average in Spanish and В in Economics. Wintage, how do you account for your falling English when you are an A student in Spanish?" "To tell you the truth, sir, I got behind in my written works in English, and I've never been able to catch up. And I don't really have to study Spanish. My father is a railway section foreman in my hometown and he's always has a gang of Mexicans working for him. I've been speaking Spanish ever since I was a kid." "How about this В in Economics? That's a fairly high grade." "Yes, sir. Our economics professor doesn't give exams. Instead he gives everyone а В until he calls for our term papers. And the grade you get on your term paper is your semester grade. We have to do a lot of outside reading for the term paper. But I'm counting on keeping that В in Economics". "That's fine, Wintage. But it appears to me that it's high time you were getting busy on some of the other grades too. You made an unusually high grade in your entrance exams. Graduated from high school with honours. What's the trouble, Wintage?" "I don't know, sir, except I work at night at a cafe". "How many hours do you work?" "Ten hours, sir. From nine till seven. The cafe stays open all night." 'Very interesting, Wintage. But don't you suppose that it would be advisable to cut down a bit on this outside work and attend a little more closely to your studies?" "I couldn't work fewer hours and stay in school, sir. I pay my room rent and I've been paying out on a suit of clothes." "Can you arrange for a little financial support from home?" "No, sir. I'm afraid not. I have two brothers and two sisters at home younger than I am. It wouldn't be right for me to ask my father to send money out of what he makes." "I see, but all this is beside the point. We're here to discuss the state of your grades, Wintage. As you must know, any student who turns in less than half his work is automatically suspended from the university and must return to his home. Now one more bad mark and out you'll go, Wintage." "I'd hate to have to go back home like that. You know, there not many jobs nowadays, sir." "Well, unless you can alter your circumstances, I suggest that you withdraw from the university at once". "I believe I'll try to stick it through, sir. I'll try to remove the F and D grades and maybe I can luck through on my finals". Notes: 1. Dean of Men - преподаватель-воспитатель, ведущий работу среди студентов-мужчин. 26 2. summons - повестка 3 on the verge of flunking out- на грани отчисления
9. be suspended - быть исключенным 10. I can luck through on my finals - я как-нибудь сдам свои выпускные экзамены |