Discuss the Text in pairs. Use the pattern below as a model and guidelines.

A.: It has been stated that if the student passes his/her end-of-term tests and examination, he/she is granted a monthly scholarship.

B.: I think it’s debatable. As a matter of fact only those students who pass them successfully, that is with excellent and good marks are granted monthly scholarships.

A.: As far as I know from the text …, etc.

Find and reproduce the key sentence in each paragraph expressing the main idea.

Retell the Text according to the plan made up.

TEXT 2C

My UNIVERSITY

1. There are a lot of students at the Belgorod State Technological University. Unlike school most of the work at the University is not done in class but must be done in the library or in laboratories.

2. Among the students there are young men and girls from different villages, towns and cities of Russia. Every morning the students enter the classrooms of the University.

3. Now we are in one of the classrooms. It is a large sunny room. There is a door to the right and four windows to the left. There are some tables and a lot of chairs. In front of the blackboard, there is a table and a chair for the teacher.

4. Some of the students are at their tables. All the students have textbooks on their tables as they will have an English class. At 8.15, the door opens and the teacher comes in. The class begins. Nobody is late. All the students attend classes regularly.

5. As the students have to do a lot of drawing they do it in special drawing-rooms equipped with drawing boards.

6. In the language laboratory the students work with equipment. They put on ear-phones, listen to tape-recorders and try to imitate the correct pronunciation of English words. They also try to imitate correct intonation.

7. Besides studying in class students have much homework, which they must prepare at home. Some students prefer preparing homework in the reading-room of the University. They can get all the necessary textbooks there. If they need any consultation, their teachers answer their questions.

8. After their working day is over the students train in many different sports clubs.

9. At the end of each term students must pass end-of-term tests before they can take exams. Those students, who study regularly, pass their exams very well, but those who spend little time on their studies often fail at the exams.

Read Text 2C and answer the following questions.

1. Where is most of the work done at the University unlike school?

2. What is there in the classroom?

3. What time does the teacher come into the classroom?

4. What do the students do in the drawing room?

5. What is the language laboratory equipped with?

6. Do the students consult their teachers or tutors?

7. Do all the students pass their end-of-term tests and examinations successfully?

13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. The following phrases may be helpful:

Quite so. Exactly. It’s (partly) true. Just the opposite. I don’t think so. I can’t agree with you.

1. Few students go to the Belgorod State Technological University.

2. Young men and girls living in Belgorod are only accepted to the University.

3 There is a table and a chair for the teacher at the blackboard.

4. The students do a lot of drawing on special drawing boards.

5. The students don’t listen to tape-recorders in the language laboratory.

6. The students can’t borrow the necessary books from the library.

7. All the students prefer doing their homework at home.

8. The students go in for different kinds of sports at the University clubs.

Speak on the following subjects.

1. The classroom in which I have my mathematics classes.

2. The language laboratory in which I have my English classes.

3. The classroom in which I have my Descriptive Geometry classes.

4. The lecture room in which I have my lectures on Computer Studies.

Read Text 2C again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.

Make up a story about the Belgorod State Technological University based on the information given in the above Texts.

SPEAKING

DIALOGUE 1

Meeting a friend

Peter: Hello, Nick.

Nick: Hello, Peter. Haven’t seen you for ages.

Peter: What are you doing here? Are you a student of this University?

Nick: Oh, yes. I’ve finished the eleventh form this year and decided to enter the University to acquire a civil engineering course degree.

Peter: Glad to hear that. As you know, I’m a third-year student of this University.

Nick: What course degree will you acquire?

Peter: I study at the faculty of Economics and Management. In two years, I’m going to become an economist. I like my future profession very much.

Nick: And I chose a course degree of civil engineering. I hope I’ll graduate from the Academy in five years and become a qualified civil engineer.

Peter: Do you stay in a hostel? I’ve not seen you there.

Nick: No, I live with my parents. Come to see me at my place some time.

Peter: Thank you. I’ll come. Good-bye.

Nick: Good-bye.