Английский язык для студентов сельскохозяйственных вузов - Светлана Дмитриева

Exercise 1. Complete the chain.

a) I – … – mine

b) … – his – his

c) she – her – …

d) we – … – …

e) … – … – yours

f) … – their – …

Exercise 2. Choose the correct variant.

1) I’ve left … pen, give me … (yours, your, my, mine), please.

2) Is … family large? ( your, yours)

3) Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown have got two children. Both … children are boys. ( their, theirs)

4) … profession is more interesting than … ( hers, his,)

5) I don’t like … pencil, please, give me … ( my, your, yours)

6) Whose aunt is in the hall? – … ( mine, my)

7) We are French and … friends are English. ( our, ours)

8) … daughter has a dog. … nose is long. ( its, her, mine, my)

Exercise 3. Replace the personal pronouns by the corresponding possessive pronouns.

1) ( We) table is near the window.

2) I have some books in ( I) bookcase.

3) ( She) family is in London now.

4) Those are ( they) instruments.

5) This is a table. ( It) surface is equal to 4 square meters.

6) ( I) mother is a doctor. 7) ( We) family is small.

PREPOSITIONS

Предлоги

Exercise 4. Use the right prepositions.

1. She is … thirty.

2. Please leave my mail … my table.

3. Let’s listen … Mike.

4. There are many people … the park today.

5. He was taken to the hospital … an ambulance.

6. I hate traveling … water.

7. She can’t do it … your help.

8. We could hear rain falling … the roof.

9. My birthday is … the 27th of November.

10. The house was built … a beautiful piece … land.

11. I usually listen … the news … the radio while I’m driving … work.

12. Mel Gibson was born … 1956.

13. I cut my arm … a piece of glass.

14. We arrived just as ceremony was … to begin.

LESSON 3

Task 1. Answer the questions.

1) Are you a student?

2) Where do you study?

3) What faculty do you study at?

4) What subjects do you study?

5) What is your favourite subject?

6) Is it difficult for you to study?

7) What is your dean’s name?

8) What is your English teacher’s name?

9) How many double periods do you have every day?

10) Is your group large? Who is your friend in your group?

Task 2. Interview your groupmates. Find someone in your group who is fond of pop music, whose favourite subject is English ( mathematics ), who is good at sport, who is from another town, who lives in the hostel or rents a flat.

Begin with: Excuse me, please. May I ask you a question? Аre you… (Do you … Where are you from?)

Task 3. Memorize the following words and phrases.

1. faculty [΄fækəlti] – факультет

2. faculty of agronomy [ə΄gronəmi] – агрономический ф-т

3. faculty of economics [‚i: kə΄nomiks] – экономический ф-т

4. engineering faculty [‚enʤi΄niəriŋ] – инженерный ф-т

5. technological [teknə΄loʤikəl] faculty – технологический ф-т

6. dean [di: n] of … faculty – декан … ф-та

7. rector [΄rektə] – ректор

8. lecturer [΄lektʃərə] – преподаватель

9. senior [΄si: njə] lecturer – старший преподаватель

10. assistant [ə΄sistənt] professor [prə΄fesə] – доцент

11. on the 1st, 2nd, 3d… floor [flo:] – на 2, 3, 4 – м этаже

12. full [ful] time [taim] department [di΄pa:tmənt] – очное отделение

13. extra-mural [΄ekstrə΄mjuərəl] department – заочное отделение

14. teaching staff [΄ti:tʃiŋ΄sta:f] – преподавательский состав

15. curriculum [kə΄rikjuləm] – учебный план, расписание

16. lecture hall [΄lektʃə΄ho:l] – лекционный зал

17. canteen [kæn΄ti: n] – студенческая столовая

18. hostel [΄hostəl] – общежитие

19. course paper [΄ko:s΄peipə] – курсовая работа

20. diploma [di΄pləumə] paper – дипломная работа

21. activity [æk΄tiviti] – деятельность, вид деятельности

22. fellow student – товарищ по группе (по курсу)

23. Institution of higher education – ВУЗ

24. academic [΄ækə΄demik] year [jiə] – учебный год

25. double-period [΄d٨bl΄piəriəd] – пара, сдвоенное занятие

26. tutorial [tju(:)΄to:riəl] – занятие, консультация, семинар

27. research [ri΄sə:tʃ] – исследование

28. public [΄p٨blik] life [laif] – общественная жизнь

29. foreign [΄forin] languages [΄læŋgwiʤiz] – иностранные языки

30. grant [gra: nt] – стипендия

31. science [΄saiəns] – наука

32. knowledge [΄noliʤ] – знание

33. to be founded [΄faundid] – быть основаным

34. post-graduate [΄pəust΄grædjuit] – аспирант

35. to take an examination [ig΄zæmi΄nei∫ (ə)n] – сдавать экзамен

36. to pass an examination – сдать (выдержать) экзамен

37. to make a report [ri΄po:t] – готовить доклад

38. to attend [ə΄tend] – посещать

39. to participate [pa:΄tisipeit] – участвовать

40. to take part in… – принимать участие в …

41. to receive [ri΄si: v] – получать

42. to include [in΄klu:d] – включать

43. entrance [΄entrəns] exams [ig΄zæmz] – вступительные экзамены

44. subject [΄s٨bʤikt] – предмет

45. term [tə:m] – семестр

46. applicant [΄æplikənt] – абитуриент

Days of the Week

Monday – on Monday; Tuesday – on Tuesday; Wednesday – on Wednesday; Thursday – on Thursday; Friday – on Friday; Saturday – on Saturday; Sunday – on Sunday

Word-building exercise

Read the nouns and translate them. Pay attention to the suffixes.

Scientist, doctor, teacher, brother, rector, professor, computer, attachment, depth, measurement, division, production, function, development, mathematics, session.

Task 4. Make up sentences.

Task 5. Make up pairs of synonyms.

Curriculum, teacher, research, chair, plan of studies, lesson, lecturer, take part in, department, be engaged in, appreciate, scientific study, informatics, computer studies, value, double-period.

Task 6. Find the most general word in each chain.

1) mathematics, history, subject, English.

2) research, practical-training, laboratory work, activity.

3) sport, public life, dancing, students concert, reading, music, disco.

Task 7. In pairs, act out and translate the dialogues.

a) – Why, Paul! What a pleasant surprise!

– Hello, Mike. This is a small world! Now I am a first-year student of …

– Let me guess. Are you a student of the faculty of engineering?

– No, I’m not.

– Technological faculty?

– You’re mistaken again.

– Oh, yes. You study at the faculty of economics.

– Right you are.

– My best congratulations!

– Thanks.

b) – Excuse me.

– Yes, What can I do for you?

– Where is the dean’s office?

– Which faculty?

– The faculty of agronomy.

– It is on the first floor to the right.

– Thank you

– Don’t mention it.

c) – How many double periods do you have a day?

– Let me see … On Monday and Friday we have three double periods, on

– Wednesday – five, the rest of the week – four double periods.

– Do you study on Saturday?

– No.

d) – What is your favourite subject?

– It is difficult to say. I like mathematics, informatics, English and some other subjects.

– Are you good at chemistry?

– Not very good, but I find it rather interesting.

– I see.

e) – Hi, Nick! I haven’t seen you at the University for a while. What’s the matter?

– You see, Mike, now I am a student of the extra-mural department.

– Really?

– I work and study. I’ve got married.

– Glad to hear it. Is your wife a student?

– Yes, she is.

Task 8. Find English equivalents for the following phrases in the dialogues:

– Трудно сказать.

– Понятно.

– Рад за тебя (слышать об этом).

– Что случилось?

– Как тесен мир!

– Мои сердечные поздравления!

– Дай подумать.

– Не стоит благодарности.

Task 9. In pairs, talk about your studies at the institute. Find out:

• What made him (her) choose this profesion;

• His (her) interests;

• His (her) favourite subjects;

• Difficult subject(s) for him.

Text 1 Timiryasev Agricultural Academy

Timiryasev Agricultural Academy was founded in 1865 as Petrovskaya Academy. It is one of the oldest academies in Russia. In the 19th century only 300-400 students studied there. Now the number of students has increased to 3000. Many of them come from villages.

The teaching staff includes high-skilled teachers, assistant professors and professors. Scientists of the academy are well-known not only in Russia but in the whole world of agricultural science. There are five faculties in the academy:

– the faculty of agronomy;

– the faculty of economics;

– the faculty of zoo engineering;

– the faculty of horticulture;

– the faculty of agro-chemistry.

In the academy there is an extra-mural department. Not only teachers but many students are engaged in research. They investigate many interesting fields in agriculture: poultry-farming, horse-raising, protected plant-breeding, medicinal plants, agricultural economics and many others.

There are spacious lecture halls, laboratories, a big library, reading-rooms, a computer center in the academy. The students have a good opportunity to study foreign languages because there are well-equipped laboratories for English, German and French there.

Exercise 1. Scan the text and understand its contents.

Exercise 2. Find English equivalents for the following terms in the text:

садоводство, птицеводство, разведение парниковых культур, лекарственные растения, коневодство.

Exercise 3. Arrange the items of the plan in the correct order.

Plan

I Research Activities

II The Foundation

III The Faculties

IV The Teaching Staff

V Lecture Halls and Laboratories

Exercise 4. In pairs, agree or disagree with the statements:

a) Moscow Timiryasev Agricultural Academy is older than my institute.

b) There are four faculties in Timiryasev academy.

c) About 4000 students study at the academy.

d) There is no extra-mural department in the academy.

e) Professors and teachers are engaged in research.

Use the speech patterns:

– You are right. – Вы правы.

– You are mistaken. – Вы ошибаетесь.

– On the contrary. – Напротив.

– You are right to a certain extent. – Отчасти, Вы правы.

Text 2 Penza State Agricultural Academy

Penza State Agricultural Academy was founded in 1951 as an agricultural institute. Since 1995 it has had the status of an academy. Now it is a large-scale institution of higher education and the centre of agricultural science in Penza region.

The academy is headed by the rector. The types of activities are:

1) teaching;

2) research;

3) close cooperation with different farms of Penza region in agricultural production.

There are four faculties in the academy: the faculty of agronomy, the faculty of engineering, the technological faculty and the faculty of economics. About 4000 students study at the full-time and extra-mural departments. More than 200 lecturers work at the academy, among them are doctors of sciences and professors.

The course of studies at the academy lasts five years. The academic year starts in September and ends in June. Classes start at eight o’clock in the morning. Every day the students have three or four double-periods. They take their examinations twice a year. The curriculum includes theoretical studies of special subjects and social sciences and practical training. During the semesters students attend lectures, tutorials, carry out laboratory tests, do practical work.

The students actively participate in the scientific, sport and public life of the academy: they take part in conferences, sport contests, foreign language competitions, concerts. Many students receive grants.

Exercise 1. Read and translate the text.

Exercise 2. Make up a plan to the text.

Exercise 3. Answer the questions.

1) When was Penza agricultural academy founded?