Well – better – best; badly – worse – worst; much – more – most
Little – less – least; far – farther/further – farthest/furthest
2. Passive Voice: выбрать правильный вариант.
| № | A | B | C | |
| Our University … in 1929. | founded | was founded | was found | |
| The academic year … into two semesters. | is divided | divides itself | will be divided | |
| Every year a student scientific conference … in many subjects. | was held | are conducted | is held | |
| The students’ knowledge … in the Computer Centre. | were checked | will be checked | are checked | |
| The students … to 8 departments. | are accepted | are received | are taken |
3. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Подготовьте рассказ, используя следующие слова и выражения: It was founded in – был основан…; It was named (after) … - был назван в честь; It was renamed in … - был переименован в …; There were …. departments in it – в нем … факультетов.
The first public railway in Russia was constructed in 1838. The engineers were brought to Russia from Western Europe but very soon it became clear that the country needed its own specialists who knew the local working conditions. In 1842, the construction of an important railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow was started. This work progressed under very hard physical and climatic conditions. But all the engineering problems were successfully solved by the specialists from the Railway Transport Institute (or the Institute of Ways of Communication, as it was called at that time) founded in St. Petersburg in 1809. This institute is the oldest of all the railway transport institutes in our country.
The Petersburg State Railway University is situated at 9, Moskovsky Avenue. It was founded as the Institute of the Corps of Railroad Engineers in 1809. First it was renamed the Institute of Railroad Engineers in 1924. Then it was renamed the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in 1930 and named after Member of the Academy V.N. Obraztsov in 1949. It received its present-day name in 1993. It was one of the first technical universities in Russia functioning as a private military-type university until 1864, with only one department until 1917. A number of transport institutes were established on the base of its departments in 1929–1931, including for the Leningrad institute of water transport engineers, the Leningrad highway institute, the Leningrad institute of civil air fleet engineers, and the Military transport academy.
Many famous scientists were among the members of the institute: N.A. Belelyubsky, B.E. Vedeneev, Y.M. Gakkel, G.O. Graftio, A.N. Krylov, S.Y. Zhuk, D.I. Zhuravsky, S.V. Kerbedz, P.P. Melnikov, D.I. Mendeleev, V.N. Obraztsov, M.B. Ostrogradsky, G.P. Peredery, and E.O. Paton. At present there are following departments: mechanics, bridges and tunnels, construction, transportation management, electromechanics, electrical engineering, economics and social management, resident and nonresident (evening) courses, and correspondence studies. The university is situated in several buildings: the first one is the former Yusupov Palace built in the mid-18th century and rebuilt by architect G. Quarenghi in 1790, the others are the buildings specially rebuilt for the university by architects A.D. Gotman in 1823 and I.S. Kitner in 1893–95.
Lesson 14
1. Части речи: предлоги (см. Приложение 2).
2. Повторение видовременной системы английского языка (времена группы Progresssive: действительный и страдательный залог) (см. Приложение 3).
3. РГУПС: история и структура.
1. Предлоги
В английском языке предлоги выполняют следующие функции:
1) Имеют смысловое значение: on – на, under – под, in – в, near – рядом, at – рядом.
2) Связывают слова в предложении, выполняя роль падежных окончаний: The Cherepanovs were famous for his first steam locomotive; to be famous for something - быть знаменитым за что-либо.
Запомните:
To wait for somebody – ждать кого-то;
To look for – искать;
To look at – смотреть на что-то/кого-то;
To look forward to - ждать с нетерпением;
To be proud of – гордиться кем-то/чем-то;
to be good/bad at something - быть сильрным/слабым в чем-либо;
to graduate from - окончить учебное заведение
2. Времена группы Progresssive (Continuous). Participle I.
Образуется по формуле: подлежащее + to be + V ing.
2.1. Present:Действие совершается сейчас, в настоящий момент (или настоящий период времени): now - сейчас, at the moment - в настоящий момент. А также для обозначения намерения или уверенности в совершении будущего действия (пример: пойду сегодня вечером): today evening.
2.2. Past:Незаконченное длительное действие, которое совершалось в указанный момент в прошлом (в 6 часов, с 2 до 5 ч., весь день, когда он пришел и т.д.): at that moment, at ... o'clock yesterday.
2.3. Future: Незаконченное длительное действие, которое будет происходить в указанный момент в будущем (в 5 часов, когда он придет и т.д.): tomorrow at 5 o'clock (завтра в пять часов), at that time next week (в это же время на следующей неделе), the whole morning tomorrow (целое утро завтра), from 5 till 7 tomorrow (с 5 до 7 завтра).