Our University
Active vocabulary
Unit 6 Studies
entrance exams | вступительные экзамены |
to train in many subjects | обучаться по многим предметам |
to fail in exams | провалиться на экзамене |
to take the exam | сдавать экзамен |
to pass the exam | сдать экзамен |
to miss a lesson | пропустить занятие |
to do well in… | хорошо успевать |
a grant | стипендия |
to live in a hostel | жить в общежитии |
to enter the University | поступить в университет |
an extra-mural department | заочное отделение |
day department | очное отделение |
full-day student | студент-очник |
to be top in smth | быть лучшим в чем-то |
to enjoy oneself | хорошо провести время |
lecturer | лектор, преподаватель вуза |
to be present at… | присутствовать |
to be absent from | отсутствовать |
to attend classes | посещать занятия |
to miss classes | пропускать занятия |
to do homework | делать домашнее задание |
to be prepared for | быть готовым к… |
to have gaps in knowledge | иметь пробелы в знаниях |
to be strong in… | быть сильным в … |
to be weak in… | быть слабым в… |
poor attendance | плохая посещаемость |
to be expelled from | быть исключенным из |
an academic year | учебный год |
main exam | основной экзамен |
to do research | заниматься наукой |
a postgraduate course | аспирантура |
compulsory | обязательный |
Task 1. Learn the text by heart.
Let me introduce myself – my name is…………… I left school in June and began to prepare for my entrance exams to the University. As both my mother and father are teachers I made up my mind to be a teacher too. I think teaching is a noble profession. |
I had to take three exams and passed them with excellent marks. So, I’m glad to tell you that now I’m a first-year student at the Ural State Pedagogical University.
The university was founded in 1930. Now the University has 4 educational buildings, 4 hostels, and a sports center, equipped with all modern facilities.
Today more than 15 thousand students are trained at the departments and branches of the University. There are more than 70 specializations and directions of higher education (specialist, bachelor, and master). The University offers scientific specialities of postgraduate and doctoral education.
The scientific library of the University numbers more than 800 thousand books. We have a good reading-room and for those who go in for sports there is a good gymnasium.
Students’ life is a very full one, both academically and culturally. Students have holidays twice a year, at the end of each set of exams.
Task 2. Learn the dialogue by heart. Make up your dialogue, discuss the first term.