You’ve got some information about Ann’s entering University. Speak of your own experience to your group-mates. Replace the underlined words by the synonyms given in the box.
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Vocabulary
Active Vocabulary
Nouns and Noun Phrases
| attention to pay attention to | /q'tFnSqn/ | внимание |
| course course of study post-graduate ~ doctorate courses | /kO:s/ | курс учебный курс аспирантура докторантура |
| credit | /'krFdIt/ | зачет |
| degree | /di'gri:/ | степень |
| department | /di'pRtmqnt / | отделение; кафедра |
| disposal to be at the disposal of smb. | /dIs'pqVzl / | возможность распорядиться чем-либо быть в чьем-то распоряжении |
| faculty | /'fxkltI / | факультет |
| entrance ~ examinations | /'Fntrqns/ | вход, прием, поступление вступительные экзамены |
| first-year student | первокурсник | |
| full-time students | студенты, проходящие очный курс обучения | |
| part-time students | студенты, проходящие заочный курс обучения | |
| graduate post-graduate | /'grxdjVqt/ | выпускник аспирант |
| grant | /'grRnt/ | стипендия |
| lecture | /'lektSq/ | лекция |
| staff teaching staff | /'stRf / | штат служащих, служебный персонал преподавательский состав |
| term | /'tE:m / | семестр |
Verbsand Verb Phrases
| admit | / qd'mIt / | принимать |
| acquire | / q'kwaIq / | приобретать, получать, овладевать |
| be in one’s first (second, …) year | быть на первом (втором, …) курсе | |
| be interested in smth. | интересоваться чем-либо | |
| enter a university | /'Fntq/ | поступать в университет |
| get ready for, (syn.) to prepare for smth. | готовиться к чему-либо | |
| graduate ~ from a university | /'grxdjVeIt / | заканчивать (получать степень) заканчивать университет |
| miss (classes) | /'mIs/ | пропускать (занятия) |
| pass an exam | выдержать (сдать) экзамен | |
| take an exam | сдавать экзамен | |
| take a course (subject) | изучать курс (предмет) | |
| take notes of smth | делать заметки, записывать, конспектировать | |
| work at smth | работать над чем -то |
Adjectives
| compulsory | /kqm'pAlsqri/ | обязательный |
| extra-curricular | /Fkstrqkq'rIkjqlq/ | внеаудиторный |
| optional | /'PpSqnl/ | необязательный, факультативный |
Passive Vocabulary
Nouns and Noun Phrases
| assignment | /q'saInmqnt/ | задание |
| curriculum | /kq'rIkjqlqm/ | курс обучения, учебный план (школы, института, университета ) |
| equipment | /i'kwIpmqnt/ | оборудование |
| experience | /Iks'pIqrIqns/ | (жизненный) опыт |
| facilities | /fq'sIlItiz/ | возможности, условия; оборудование |
| speciality | /"speSI'xlIti/ | специальность |
| training | /'treInIN/ | подготовка, обучение |
Verbsand Verb Phrases
| advance (in knowledge) | / qd'vRns / | углублять знания, делать успехи |
| enroll(l) | /In'rqVl/ | зачислять |
| establish | /Is'txblIS/ | основывать, учреждать, создавать |
| involve | /In'vOlv/ | включать |
| manage (with) | /'mxnIdZ/ | справляться |
| master | /'mRstq / | изучать, овладевать |
| swot | /swOt/ | зубрить |
Adjectives
| advanced | /qd'vRnst/ | продвинутый, успевающий (о студенте) |
| extra-mural (syn. correspondence) | /'Fkstrq 'mju:rl/ | заочный |
You’ve got some information about Ann’s entering University. Speak of your own experience to your group-mates. Replace the underlined words by the synonyms given in the box.
Ann is eighteen. At school she made up her mind to enter the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. She always took an active part in social activities and scientific work at school. Ann has always been interested in radioengineering. In June she left school and got her school leaving certificate. Then she took her entrance examinations in July, passed them well and was admitted to the University. Now Ann is a first-year student. She studies full-time. Ann likes her studies at the University, though it takes much time to get ready for classes.
| in her first year participated decided prepare was enrolled fond of |
8. Find and read aloud those parts of the text which are concerned with:
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a) the history of BSUIR,
b) the faculties and the departments of the University,
c) the teaching staff of the University,
d) subjects taught at the University.
OUR UNIVERSITY
On September 1, 1964 Minsk Radioengineering Institute admitted students for the first time. The youngest Institute of the Republic was established on the basis of the oldest Polytechnic Institute of the Republic of Belarus. It was assigned to meet the demand of the Republic in highly qualified specialists for evolving national radioelectronic industry.
In 1993 Minsk Radioengineering Institute was granted the status of university and celebrated its 30th anniversary as the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Within this period BSUIR has trained thousands of engineers, doctors and candidates of science.
Over 11 thousand students from the country and outside study at its 9 faculties: the Faculty of Computer-Aided Design, the Faculty of Information Technologies and Control, the Faculty of Radioengineering and Electronics, the Faculty of Computer Systems and Networks, the Faculty of Telecommunication, the Faculty of Engineer Economics, the Faculty of Extramural, Evening and Distance Education, the Pre-University Preparation and Occupational Guidance Faculty, the Military Faculty.
Now BSUIR prepares engineering staff on 22 specialities in the field of computer facilities, computer science, radio engineering, microelectronics, telecommunications automated systems, artificial intelligence, medical electronics, and economy.
The educative process and scientific research are conducted by highly competent teaching staff that consists of professors, assistant professors, lecturers and teachers. They give lectures, hold seminars and have practicals with the students in various subjects: physics, higher mathematics, descriptive geometry, technical drawing, etc. Special attention is given to such subjects as computing technology, impulse techniques, analogue and digital computers, theoretical foundations of electroengineering. Nobody can deny vital importance of mastering foreign languages nowadays. English, French, German and Spanish are taught at the University. Students also have an opportunity to study a second foreign language and to advance in one of the foreign languages and to acquire the speciality of a translator.
The University has all necessary facilities for teaching including up-to-date computers and laboratory equipment, robots, closed-circuit TV. A large electronic library is at the students’ disposal.
To sum up, the University provides a good engineering education. The graduates of the University work at computer centres, design offices, industrial enterprises, research laboratories and institutes, joint ventures and banks.
Agree or disagree with the following sentences, in your answers use the expressions of agreement or disagreement:
1. On September 1, 1964 Radioengineering Institute admitted students for the first time.
2. Minsk Radioengineering Institute was established on the basis of the Belarusian State University.
3. Minsk Radioengineering Institute celebrated its 30th anniversary as the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
4. Over 7 thousand students study at 6 faculties and 34 departments.
5. The educative process is conducted by highly competent teaching staff.
6. The students of the University attend classes of physics, technical drawing, biology, geography.