B) speak about higher education in Russia.

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A) Look through Ex. 6 and TEXT A and answer the questions.

Exercise 12.

Vocabulary

¹learning materials – учебный материал

²to bring up to date – довести до современных требований

³information explosion – информационный взрыв

⁴training and instruction – подготовка и обучение

⁵over years – за многие годы

⁶curricula are enriched and broadened – программы (курсы обучения) обогащаются и расширяются

1. When does the academic year begin in this country? 2. How many exams did you pass to enter the University? 3. Do you pay for your education? 4. Do students get grants? 5. What subjects do stu­dents study in the first year? 6. Which subject is the most interest­ing for you? 7. Is there a sport center in your University? 8. What degree do students get after four years of study? 9. What degree can a student get after two years of further study and research? 10. What new education system is introduced in this country? 11. What specialities do people get after graduating from a university? 12. Why is higher education important in the life of every country?

Exercise 13. Define the part of speech and translate into Russian.

Administration, gradual, electric, intensively, practical, dra­matic, integral, specific, operation, illumination, naturally, identi­cal, organization, originally, arctic, technical, acceleration.

Exercise 14. Найдите в TEXT А слова с суффиксами -tion, -al, -ic, -ly и переведите их.

Exercise 15. Find:

а) antonyms (слова, противоположные по значению)

to begin, to enter, young, large, to open, to take, quick, much, to graduate from, many, long, slow, little, to finish, old, small, to close, to give, few, short;

b) synonyms (слова, совпадающие по значению)

new, large, many, to begin, to take, to speak, to enter, to build, to do, to get, modern, big, to start, much, to make, main, to talk, to construct, to come into, major.

Exercise 16. Make up sentences. Mind the word order in English.

1. has, buildings, our, several, institute. 2. subjects, students, many, the first-year, study. 3. the third-year, had, last, students, training, industrial, summer. 4. carry out, students, practical, work, in, laboratories, well-equipped. 5. problems, many, scientists, important, solve, our. 6. texts, difficult, Petrov, technical, translated. 7. his, will, the teacher, translation, correct. 8. next, dean, a lecture, deliver, our, week, will. 9. students, more, insti­tutes, last, entered, a million, than, year.

Exercise 17. Agree or disagree.

1. Do you study at school? 2. Are you a student of the third year? 3. Do you study many subjects? 4. Did you pass your en­trance exams well? 5. Do you live in Moscow? 6. Do you live far from the institute? 7. Is English your favourite subject? 8. Will you go to the concert tomorrow? 9. Were your books taken from the li­brary? 10. Do you live in the hostel?

Exercise 18. Fill in the gaps with in, at, on, to, into, under, near.

Exercise 19. Give the missing forms of the verbs, remember them.

Got, beginning, took, meant, say, becoming, found, brought, going, come

Exercise 20. Read and translate the text without any dictionary.

As you know higher education trains highly-qualified specialists for further development and progress of the country. The students making good progress get state grants. The course of study at the universities lasts about six years. The students take three or four years of general engineering and fundamental courses, then one or two years of specialized training in some fields of science and tech­nology. In the first and second years a good foundation for profes­sional knowledge is provided. At present there are many modern laboratories at institutes. Most higher schools have their own com­puter centers. This means that the state must spend a lot of money to improve higher education.

Exercise 21. Read and translate the text.