First Examinations Are Coming
Nick: What university do you учиться?
Peter: The Belarusian State Agrarian and Technical University.
Nick: You’re doing your первыйкурс then, aren’t you?
Peter: Yes, that’s right. I поступать it last summer and I’m студентпервогокурса of the agro-power faculty. I’m very interested in studying physics but sometimes it’s rather difficult and …
a) I can do everything in time.
b) I don’t have much time even for my football practice.
c) it seems easy for me to prepare for classes.
Nick:Well, the things are always like that with University studies.
Peter:I know you заканчивать the University, aren’t you, Nick?
Nick:It’s not actually a university. I бытьнапоследнемкурсе at Agrarian College and, in addition, I often посещать public lectures at the University of London.
Peter:Is it true that your lectures in Great Britain are not обязательный?
Nick:Well, yes, theyareнеобязательный/факультативный.
Peter:You know, here to prepare well for the seminars and then for зачеты…
a) I should take an active part in extra-curricular activities.
b) I can miss some lectures and then just copy up notes.
c) I need to attend all the lectures and to take notes of everything.
Nick:You’ll have your first examinations soon, I guess. I can’t really remember how I сдатьэкзамены for the first time. But I reckon they were easy.
Peter:Maybe they were easy enough for you but they will be much too hard for me. I’m dead certain I’ll провалить chemistry and descriptive geometry.
Nick: Oh, come on. You’ll probably do better than you think.
Peter:No, I’ve already flunked my зачетпофилософии …
a) It wasn’t really my thing.
b) It was my favourite subject.
c) I learned everything by heart.
Nick:I guess it is difficult for everyone to try to interest oneself in subjects like that.
B) Role-play the dialogue.
(С) Exercise 9. Match the idioms with their definitions.
| 1. liveandlearn | a) there is always something you haven’t experienced before |
| 2. learnone’slesson | b) learn something after making a mistake |
| 3. learnthehardway | c) memorizesomething |
| 4. you are never too old to learn | d) learn something (unpleasant) by experiencing it |
| 5. read somebody like a book | e) read with great concentration |
| 6. have one’s nose in a book | f) understand somebody’s thoughts and ideas |
| 7. learnbyheart | g) said when you hear or discover something that is surprising |
(C) Exercise 10. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom. Use the idioms from the table in exercise 9.
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1. Kate … the poem … for the test.
2. Nick was ill after eating too much. He won’t do it again – he …!
3. After being married for thirty years, I can …. my husband …
4. I didn’t know our teacher had eight children. Well, you …!
5. Let me tell you something I…
6. Whenever I see Liz, she always…
7. "Aren't you a little old to enter a university?"…
(C) Exercise11.Read these pieces of explanation on different kinds of classes and choose the right words from the columns. Speak about the kinds of work you do at University.
University offers theoretical and practical work. Theoretical course (a)_________ lectures. A lecture is a talk given in order to teach people about a (b)___________ subject. At the lectures you take notes. Those who miss a lecture usually copy up the (c)__________ if they wish to be successful at the exam. Practical course consists of practicals, seminars, laboratory works and tutorials. A practical is a class in which you make things or do experiments rather than (d)_______ write. A seminar is a class in which the teacher and a small group of students (e)_________ a topic. When you have seminars, you spend a lot of time in the reading-hall revising the material. A laboratory work means carrying out
scientific (f)_______ and research. A tutorial is a regular meeting for a tutor and a small group of students.
| verb | noun | adjective | adverb |
| toinclude | inclusion | inclusive | inclusively |
| toparticularize | particularity | particular | particularly |
| tonote | notes | notable | notably |
| tosimplify | simpleness | simple | simply |
| todiscuss | discussion | discussable | discussably |
| toexperiment | experiment | experimental | experimentally |
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(C) Exercise 12. a) Match the questions with the appropriate replies and restore the dialogue.
| 1. A: You must be Tim, Jeff’s new roommate. | a) T: Oh, hello Andy! Nice to meet you! |
| 2.T: Yeah, I’ve heard a lot about the students’ life. I think I’ll manage with it. | b) A: Don’t worry; you’ll get over it soon. It’s great to be a student. At first, it’s a bit difficult to get up early, to hurry to the University and sit 3 or 4 lectures a day, but you’ll get used to. Everyone does. |
| 3. A: You’ll have to manage with many other things: exams, boring seminars and labs, unending lectures. | c) T: Exactly. |
| 4. T: It’s OK. I like it. But I feel a little confused as I know nobody around here except for Jeff. | d) A: As far as I know you are a first-year student. How do you find the dorm? |
| 5. A: Hi, I’m Andy. I’m your neighbour, I live in room 204. | e) T: Well, it seems to be difficult but I’ll try to do it. |
B) Role-play the dialogue.
SPEAKING
(A) Exercise 1. Finish the sentences according to the contents of the text.
1. The Belarusian State Agrarian and Technical University trains…
2. Young people from Belarus and...
3. There are 8 faculties at the university...
4. All the departments provide the student with...
5. Advanced students can join...
6. The University buildings provide the students with...
7. Most of the students are fond of...
8. During the term the teaching staff…
9. At the end of each term of the academic year…
10. Also the university can boast of…
(A) Exercise 2. Read the questions below and try to answer them without consulting the text.
1. Was our university originally called the Belarusian Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture?
2. Has the University been officially named as Educational Institution "Belarusian State Agrarian and Technical University" since 2002?
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3. Are the educative process and scientific research conducted by highly competent teaching staff or employees?
4. Do full-time students get education at five or eight faculties?
5. Is the faculty for preparation and vocational guidance of the youth for those who are going to graduate from the university?
6. Do correspondence-course students combine work and study?
7. Is the academic year divided into two or three terms?
8. Do the students have their industrial practice activities every summer?
9. Do the graduates of the University work only at the farms of our republic?
(A) Exercise 3. Speak about the University using the following diagram and words/word combinations.
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