Speak about your study at Tyumen Industrial University.

Discuss the following questions.

1. How important do you think education is?

2. In which country do you think you can receive the best education?

3. What is a good education?

4. Is the level of education in your country good?

5. Does your government really care about education?

6. What would you like to change about the education system of your country

7. What kind of experience and qualifications do you think a government’s education minister/secretary needs?

8. Do you think you had a good education?

9. Was there a high standard of education at your schools?

10. Do you think the quality of education is slipping?

11. What do you think of the idea of all education being online?

12. What would the world be like if everyone had access to a good education?

13. Should a student’s university education be free or should the student have to get a loan?

14. Do you think being a student is the best time of your life?

15. Do you like being a student?

16. What is a good student? Are you a good student?

17. What are the best and worst things about being a student?

18. What would you do with a student who didn’t want to study?

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

29. Study the following phrasal verbs about student life.

Look at this information leaflet for students at Welney College. Then look at how David explains the system informally to a friend, using phrasal verbs. The numbers (^{1, 2,} etc) help you to match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.

Welney College Promoting excellence   · Autumn term ends1 on 18 December. Spring term begins2 on 8 January. · Students wishing to register for3 spring term courses should do so before 12 December. · Any student not completing a course4 will not receive credits for that course. · Course essays must be submitted in a final form5 seven days before the end of a course. · Students failing more than 30% of their total coursework will be expelled from the college. _________________________________ A. Jobsworth, Academic administrator

David: - We break up1 on 18 December and go back2 on 8 January, so we've got about a three-week break. - But we've got to sign up3 for courses for next term before 12 December. - You have to go to all the lectures; if you drop out4 before the end, you don't get the credits. - And you have to write up5 your course essay and submit it a week before the course ends. - If you fail 30% or more of your courses, they throw you out6 of the college.

Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets, so that they keep the same meaning.

1. I'm going to register for a course in statistics next year. (SIGN)

2. Several students did not complete the Philosophy course. (DROP)

3. Our course finishes on 20 June. (BREAK)

4. He was forced to leave university after one term. He'd done no work at all. (THROW)

5. I can't come out tonight. I have to have my essay finished for tomorrow. (WRITE)

6. My next term at college starts on 12 September. (GO)

31. Match the following English and Russian proverbs and idioms:

1. Learning is the eye of the mind. 2. He will never set the Thames on fire. 3. Many men, many minds. 4. Live and learn. 5. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 6. Wise after the event.

a) Сколько голов, столько умов. b) Век живи, век учись. c) Ученье свет, а неученье тьма. d) Задним умом крепок. e) Утро вечера мудренее. f) Он пороха не выдумает.

Learn all of them by heart!

WRITING

32. Write an E-mail to your pen-friend in London. Tell him / her about your student’s life and ask questions about theirs.

UNIT 2. My home country

WARM UP

A. What is the biggest lake on the territory of Russia? What is the longest Russian river (in European and Asian part of Russia)? What is a city with subtropical climate? What are cities with arctic climate? What are the biggest cities of Russia? What are old historical cities? What are places of recreation and tourism?

B. What notable Russian people of modern time and the past do you know? Fill in the table. What are these people famous for?

Scientists
Writers and poets
Artists
Musicians and composers
Actors
Film directors
Sportsmen
Politicians

1. Practice your pronunciation:

Europe ['juərəp] Asia ['ei∫ə] Mongolia [moŋ'gəuliə] China ['t∫ainə] the Ukraine [ði: ju'krein] Finland ['finlənd] Norway ['no:wei] Azerbaijan [æzəbai'ʤa:n] Georgia ['ʤɔːʤɪə] Korea [kə'riːə] Kazakhstan [ˌkæzæk'stɑːn] Estonia [es'təunɪə] Latvia ['lætvɪə] Tatarstan [tɑːtə'stɑːn] Muslim ['muzlɪm]

Siberia [saɪ'bɪərɪə] Kamchatka [kæm'ʧætkə] Karelia [kə'reɪlɪə], [-'riː-] Altai [ˌɑːl'taɪ] the Caspian Sea [ðiː 'kæspɪən siː] the Azov Sea [ðiː 'ɑːzɔv siː], ['eɪːzɔv ], ['æzɔv] the Baltic Sea [ðiː 'bɔːltɪk siː] the Caucasus [ðiː 'kɔːkəsəs] the Yenisei [ðiː ˌjenɪ'seɪ] the Lena [ðiː 'leɪnə] the Baikal [ðiː baɪ'kɑːl] Onega [ɔ'neɪgə] Ladoga ['lɑːdəgə]

READING