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Владивосток
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Министерство образования Российской Федерации
Федеральное агентство по образованию
Дальневосточный государственный университет
Институт иностранных языков
English In Use
Сборник разговорных тем
по английскому языку
Для студентов 1 курса
Института математики и компьютерных наук
Автор-составитель 7 В. Никольская
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ББК 81.2 Англ
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Автор-составитель Т. В. Никольская
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витель Т. В. Никольская. Учебное пособие. — Владивосток:
Изд-во Дальневост. ун-та, 2006. — 48 с.
Пособие состоит из пяти разговорных тем. Каждая тема сопровож
дается соответствующим словарным запасом и лексическими упражне
ниями Все упражнения направлены на то, чтобы студенты общались
па занятиях как можно больше в виде монолога, диалога, или в группе.
Это пособие является первой ступенью к работе со специализирован
ными текстами для студентов, которые интересуются компьютером и
его приложением в современном мире.
Предназначено для развития навыков устной речи студентов перво
го курса неязыковых факультетов.
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© Издательство Дальневосточного
университета, 2006
UNIVERSITY
Vocabulary
1. IYesident of the University — Ректор университета
2. To take pride in... — Гордиться чем-то
3. An instruction — Обучение, преподавание
4. To encourage — Ободрять, поощрять, побуждать
5. Creative abilities — Творческие способности
6. То devise — Придумывать
7. An emphasis on — Ударение на..., акцент на ...
8. То broaden — Расширять
9. То guide — Руководить
10. То suit to — Подходить (соответствовать)
11. 'Hie basic mission — Главное направление, главная задача
12. То advance knowledge — Расширять, углублять знания
13. Higher school — Высшее учебное'заведение
14. То cultivate wisdom — Растить мудрость
15. То promote values of life — Способствовать развитию жизненных
ценностей
16. То turn in (paper, report) — Сдать работу, доклад
17. То ensure — Обеспечивать
18. То establish — Основывать, устанавливать
19. То mark— Отмечать
20. То be admitted to... — Быть принятым (в университет)
21. То consist of — Состоять из
22. Faculty — Факультет
23. Oriental — Восточный
24. A scholar — Ученый
25. A researcher — Исследователь
26. A first (second, third...) year student — Студент 1-го (2, 3,...) курса
27. То train specialists — Готовить специалистов
28. A training-course — Курс обучения
29. То enter — Поступать
30. Full-time students — Студент дневной формы обучения
31. Correspondence students — Студент заочной формы обучения
32. A professor — Преподаватель высшего учебного заведения
33. Tuition — Обучение
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34. Record book — Зачетка
35. Free — Бесплатно
36. Branch — Отделение, подразделение
37. International activities — Международная деятельность
38. A goal — Цель
39. An integral part — Неотъемлемая часть
40. To conduct — Проводить, осуществлять
41. Ties — Связи
42. A printing house — Типография
43. To install equipment — Устанавливать оборудование
44. Language lab — Лингафонная лаборатория
45. To apply for a place at — Подавать документы в...
46. An applicant — Абитуриент
47. Entrance exams — Вступительные экзамены
48. Selection — Отбор
49. Enrollment — Запись (зачисление)
50. A freshman — Первокурсник
51. To graduate from — Окончить высшее учебное заведение
52. Postgraduate courses — Аспирантура
53. To grant (a grant)— Присуждать (степень, денежное
вознаграждение)
54. A degree — Степень
55. Law — Закон
56. To commit — Обязывать
57. An awareness — Осознание, понимание
58. An issue — Вопрос
59. To strive — Стремиться
60. Diverse — Разный, разнообразный
61. Handicap — Физический недостаток
62. Final exams (finals) — Выпускной экзамен
63. To fail (exams, tests) — He сдать (экзамен, зачет)
64. Dormitory — Общежитие
65. Yearly essay — Курсовая работа
66. To share a room with... — Проживать в комнате с ...
67. Snack (coffee) bar — Буфет
68. Academic year — Учебный год
69. To deliver a lecture — Читать лекцию
70 Examiner — Экзаменатор
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STAGE I
Ex. 1. Train the pronunciation.
College['kolid3]J; encourage [т'клгкЗз]; creative [kri'eitiv]; devise
[di'vaizj; emphasis [’emfasisj; career [ka'rial; preserve [pri'ze:v]; value
[Vaelju:]; ensure [in'Jual; reign [rein]; science ['saions]; philology
[й'ЬЫ з1]; physics ['fiziks}; mathematics ^maefb'ma&iks];
mathematician [/тзе6хшэ'и/п|; law [lo:]; business f biznisj; oriental
[^Din'entl]; chemistry ['kemistn]; philosophy [fz'bsafi]; psychology
[sariobd3i]; require [ri'kwai э]; apply [o'plaij; applicant [эеpliksnt];
quota ['kweutaj; awareness [a'weams]; issue f iju:]; diverse [dai'v<9:s];
geography [d3ib graft]; dormitory ['doimltrij.
Ex. 2. Give derivatives of the following words.
To apply; mathematics; to ensure; value; science; to enter; hand; to
graduate; fresh; lo instruct; to research; to select; to enroll; to complete; to
develop; to discriminate; to educate; disable; to require; economy; active;
to enter; theory; to create; nation.
Ex. 3. Find synonyms among these words.
Law, to aware; an aim; a department; to realize; a scholarship; to equip; a
school; a teacher; a pupil; a branch; university; legislation; a scientist; to
graduate; a student; handicap; a faculty; to finish; to install; to educate;
disable; a grant; a first-year student; a scholar; a goal; to learn; a freshman;
a professor; a higher school.
Ex. 4. Find antonyms among these words.
A freshman; entrance exams; self-confidence; to increase; to enroll; an
agreement; wisdom; modern; possible; to include; to create; a specialist; a
teacher; free; senior; shy; stupidity; to decrease; old-fashioned;
disagreement; impossible; to exclude; to destroy; a student; final exams; an
amateur; paid; lo dismiss.
Ex. 5. Express the following in one word or phrase.
1. A pupil at higher school; 2. A person doing research work; 3. To try to
pass entrance exams; 4. The school where students learn such languages as
Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; 5. The residential place for students; 6. To
try but not to have success at the exam; 7. Student’s salary; 8. A student
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who combines his work and study; 9. A specialist who continues the study
after graduating from higher school.
(A correspondence student; oriental school; to fail exam; grant; a scholar;
a student; a postgraduate student; an examiner; a dormitory; to enter.)
Ex. 6. Connect two parts of the sentences.
1. He is a second-year student 1. with the exams at the end of each.
2. To broaden the student’s 2. in the computer classes and
knowledge language lab.
3. The students from other 3. of other people and cultures is one
cities of the main goals of education.
4. are required to take entrance
4. The applicants exams.
5. The University encourages 5. of Far East-State University.
the students 6. the students must do an yearly
6. Entrance exams start in essay.
7. The modem equipment is 7. to realize their potential as
installed individuals.
8. There is also a Preparatory 8. for those who are going to enter the
Faculty University.
9. There are two terms 9. July 15 (day-course applicants) and
August 15 (correspondenee-course
10. Starting from the second applicants).
year 10. and places live in the dormitory.
Ex. 7. Make up the sentences with the following words.
Entrance exams; full-time students; a snack bar; a dormitory; to share a
room with; to promote values of life; to train specialists; the basic mission;
creative abilities; to advance knowledge; to fail an exam; a seminar; a final
test; timetable; a record-book.
Ex. 8. React to the following statements using "no doubt", "I doubt",
"on the contrary", "sure", "I hope you're right".
1. It’s not so hard to enter the university.
2. The professors try to do the best to share their knowledge with the students.
3. The students hold exams once a year.
4. Ear East State University is one of the youngest educational
establishments.
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5. The University trains specialists in more the 27 specialities.
6. During die recent years this University hasn’t been conducting any
international projects.
7. Unfortunately there are no postgraduate courses in Far East State
University.
8. Modern equipment is installed in the computer classes.
Ex. 9. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the
active vocabulary.
1.1 have always taken pride in being the student of the University. 2. The
professors of the University encourage the students to develop their
creative abilities. 3. Strong emphasis must be made on science and foreign
languages. 4. The day-course applicants and correspondence-course
applicants are required to take entrance exams. 5. Ihe University houses
three dormitories. 6. The academic year is divided into two terms with the
exams at the end of each.
STAGE П
Ex. 1. Read and translate the text.
University
Russians take great pride in their schools and want their children to
have best possible education. Far East State University is one of the best
possibilities. New methods of instruction that encourage students to
develop their creative abilities are being devised and tested in the
University^ Today there is a strong emphasis on science, mathematics and
foreign languages, and an effort is being made to broaden the student’s
knowledge of other peoples and cultures. Television and motion pictures
are widely used in teaching. More efforts are being made to guide young
people into careers suited to their talents and abilities.
• The basic mission of Far East State University is to preserve,
communicate and advance knowledge, to cultivate wisdom and encourage
creativity and to promote values ensuring the survival of humankind and
improving the quality of life.
г/The history of FESU began in 1899, when an Institute of Oriental Studies
was established in Vladivostok. The Institute was officially opened to mark
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the 5-year reign of Czar Nicholas II, the last Russian Emperor. In April 1920
the Institute was reorganized into Far East State University. At that time the
University consisted of three schools: Oriental Studies, History and Philology
and Social Sciences. There were 349 students. Professor G. V. Podstavin was
the first President of the University. In 1923 the number of schools increased
by five: Biology, Foreign Languages, including oriental languages, History
and Philology, Medicine, Physics and Mathematics. •
Many well-known scholars worked at the University at different times.
Among them were Professor V. P. Vologdin, the inventor of the first electric
welding system in the country, V. K. Arseniev, the famous writer, researcher
and traveler, mathematician I. N. Plaksin, Academician of the USSR
Academy of Sciences, chemist V. T. Bykov, lawyer P. Dagel and others.
At present Academician V.L Kurilov is the President of the University.
There are many lastitutes within Far East State University: Institute of
Physics and Information Technology, Law Institute, Institute of
Management and Business, Institute of International Relations of Asia-
Pacific Region countries and Institute of Oriental Studies and others. There
is also a special Preparatory Faculty for those who are going to enter FESU.
It includes the college and the preparatory courses. The University trains
specialists in the following fields: mathematics and computer science,
chemistry, biology, ecology, soil, geography, Russian philology, English
^philology, history, philosophy, journalism, psychology and social work.
i There are more than 25 thousand students at Far East State University.
) i More than 2 thousand professors work here. The University has its
branches in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Nakhodka
and Artem. There are 24 Institutes within FESU.
' International activities have become an important factor in me
development of Far East State University. Hie goal of these activities is for
the University to become an integral part in the process of global
internationalization of education. Since 1989 Far East State University has
been conducting a number of international projects under the terms of more
than twenty agreements. Among them are the following iastitutions in
foreign countries: Washington State University (Pullman, USA), University
of Maryland (USA), California State University (Sacramento, USA), Tokai
University (Japan), Niigata University (Japan), Kyonggi University
(Republic of Korea), Kyung Нее University (Republic of Korea), Liaoning
University (China), Dalin Institute of Foreign Languages (China) and many
others. Far East State University also has numerous ties with universities
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and colleges of Australia. Vietnam. Canada. Great Britain India. Thailand
and other countries.
FESU includes some libraries, computing centers, University press, a
printing house, research station, a museum, a sports club, a health center
and several cafeterias. The modern equipment is installed in the computer
classes and language labs.
IS The applicants arc required to take entrance exams. These exams are
different for different schools. Entrance exams start in July 15 (day-course
applicants) and August 15 (correspondence-course applicants). Selection is
based upon the result of entrance exams. The results of selection are
announced on the completion of entrance exams. Each faculty has a quota,
which means that there is a limit on freshmen enrollment.
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semesters with the exams at the end of each. rlhe University training course
lasts five years. After graduating from the University the best students can
enter postgraduate courses which last three years! ?Far East Slate University
offers postgraduate courses in 27 fields. °A Specialized Academic Council
grants Doctor of Science degree in Theoretical Physics and Physics of Solids
and Candidate of Science degree in Criminal Law, Organic Chemistry, Iheory
and History of Political Science, English language.
Far East State University is committed to excellence in all its activities.
It seeks to help students to develop a sease of self-confidence and self-
worth as well as awareness of important social, economic and moral issues.
The University is committed to creating an environment that encourages
the lull development of students enabling them to realize their potential as
individuals. The University strives to educate students in the spirit of
respect for diverse cultures and value systems. It doesn’t discriminate or
encourages discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, religion,
sex, handicap or disability in any of its procedures or practices.
Ex. 2. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the basic mission of Far East State University? 2. What subjects
is a strong emphasis made on? 3. When did the history of FESU begin?
4. How was the Institute called then? 5. What was the Institute reorganized
into in 1920? 6. How many schools (faculties) were there, and what were
they? 7. Who was the first President of the University? 8. Did the number
of schools increase in 1923? 9. What new schools were included?
10. Could you name well-known scholars who worked at the University at
different times? 11. How many Institutes are there within FESU? 12. How
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