словосочетания:
to be famous for academic excellence........................................................
individual tuition.......................................................................................
teaching.....................................................................................................
once a week...............................................................................................
natural and technical sciences....................................................................
law............................................................................................................
to pay for education..................................................................................
etc.(et cetera)............................................................................................
to be able to (= can)..................................................................................
to get higher education..............................................................................
to provide..................................................................................................
general.......................................................................................................
humanities.................................................................................................
social sciences...........................................................................................
applied and natural sciences......................................................................
a degree.....................................................................................................
to involve research....................................................................................
to defend the conclusions of a dissertation...............................................
to culminate in a Bachelor’s degree...........................................................
background...............................................................................................
Master’s degree.........................................................................................
Doctor’s degree (Ph.D.)............................................................................
to obtain....................................................................................................
undergraduate student...............................................................................
to master a foreign language......................................................................
though.......................................................................................................
research guided by a professor..................................................................
Дайте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и
выражений:
быть известным великолепным качеством обучения.............................
наставническая система...........................................................................
помимо лекций.........................................................................................
система индивидуального обучения.......................................................
руководить на протяжении всего курса обучения.................................
изучать, учить..........................................................................................
отличительная черта................................................................................
уровень.....................................................................................................
первый курс.............................................................................................
второй курс..............................................................................................
выбирать область специализации...........................................................
заслуживать.............................................................................................
решать......................................................................................................
дальнейшее обучение..............................................................................
научно-исследовательская работа, исследование..................................
сфера интересов.......................................................................................
продвинутый, повышенного типа/уровня..............................................
диссертация..............................................................................................
под руководством....................................................................................
требовать(ся)...........................................................................................
век, столетие.............................................................................................
5. Подберите к словам приведенные ниже определения:
degree; loan; freshman; В. Sc.; essays; dormitory; Undergraduate School; scholarship; a graduate; to earn; to major in; thesis; Department; campus; Master’s degree.
yearly grant given to a student to continue his study;
sum of money given to a person who should return it;
place where students live;
grounds of a school, college or university;
one of several divisions of a university;
to get money as payment for work;
first university level leading to bachelor’s degree;
research paper submitted for a university degree;
second university degree;
person who has completed the course at an educational institution;
specialize in a certain subject;
first-year student;
academic title, or grade given by a university;
first university degree, for example, in chemistry;
piece of writing on any subject.
6. Переведите предложения на английский язык:
1. У каждого студента есть наставник, который руководит им на протяжении всего курса обучения.
2. Студенты изучают естественные и технические науки, право, иностранные языки, географию, историю и многие другие предметы.
3. Стоимость обучения зависит от колледжа и специальности.
4. Очень мало студентов получают стипендии.
5. Отличительная черта университетов Великобритании – наличие двух ступеней образования.
6. Чтобы получить степень магистра, студент должен работать в течение двух или трех лет.
7. В течение этого времени он посещает занятия, сдает экзамены, проводит лабораторные исследования под руководством профессора и изучает (овладевает) иностранным языком.
UNIT 4
1. Переведите текст и отработайте его чтение:
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Russian Federation is one of the largest countries in the world. It occupies about 17 million square km. The country is washed by 12 seas. There are a lot of rivers, lakes, forests and mountains there.
Russia is very rich in mineral resources such as oil, coal, gas, gold, diamonds, tin, lead and iron. It has the largest oil and gas resources, concentrated in Siberia and the Far East. Oil and gas exports continue to be the main source of hard currency.
Russia is a state with developed industry and agriculture. Russia has undergone significant changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union, moving from a centrally-planned economy to a free market system. The leading branches of industry are machine-building, air-craft, automobile, defence, electronic, engineering, chemicals, textile and food.
The capital of the country is Moscow. It is the largest economic, political and industrial centre of the country. It is one of the oldest Russian cities.
Russia is a presidential republic. The head of the state is the President. He determines the basic domestic and foreign policy, is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The President makes treaties, enforces laws, appoints ministers.
The government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The President controls each of them.
The legislative power belongs to the Federal Assembly. It consists of two chambers: the Council of Federation and the State Duma. Each chamber is headed by the Speaker.
The executive power belongs to the Government, or the Cabinet of Ministers. The government is headed by the Prime Minister.
The judicial power is represented by the system of courts. It consists of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the regional courts.
The Russian Federation has a multi-party system. That is there are some political parties in the country, the dominant one is United Russia party.
Russia has rich cultural traditions. The contribution of Russian writers, composers, artists to the world culture is really great. Everybody in the world knows Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chaikovsky, Rublev and others. They are the pride of the whole mankind. There are a lot of beautiful museums, monuments and ancient buildings that attract the tourists from all over the world.
Vocabulary
to occupy занимать
rich богатый
such as такой как
oil нефть
coal уголь
gold золото
diamond алмаз, бриллиант
tin олово
lead свинец
iron железо
Siberia Сибирь
the Far East Дальний Восток
hard currency конвертируемая валюта
state государство
industry промышленность
agriculture сельское хозяйство
to undergo претерпевать
significant значительный, существенный
collapse распад, развал, крах
the Soviet Union Советский Союз
leading branches of industry ведущие отрасли промышленности
machine-building машиностроение
air-craft самолетостроение
defence оборона
head of the state глава государства
domestic policy внутренняя политика
foreign policy внешняя политика
commander-in-chief главнокомандующий
armed forces вооруженные силы
to make treaties заключать договора
to enforce laws издавать указы
to appoint назначать
government правительство
to consist of состоять из
branch ветвь
legislative законодательный
executive исполнительный
judicial судебный
to belong to принадлежать
the Federal Assembly Федеральное Собрание
chamber палата
the Council of Federation Совет Федераций
the State Duma государственная Дума
to represent представлять
court суд
the Constitutional Court Конституционный Суд
the Supreme Court Верховный Суд
contribution вклад
pride гордость
whole весь, целый
mankind человечество
monument памятник
ancient древний, античный
to attract привлекать
from all over the world со всего мира
2. Найдите в правой колонке русские эквиваленты английских слов:
to occupy значительный, существенный
rich алмазы, бриллианты
mineral resources нефть
oil древний
coal свинец
gold государство
diamonds главнокомандующий
tin вклад
lead уголь
iron золото
state правительство
collapse железо
government распад, крах
to consist of привлекать
to represent занимать (территорию)
court состоять из
commander-in-chief богатый
significant представлять
contribution олово
ancient минеральные ресурсы
to attract суд