Polytechnical academy

Let me tell you about my Polytechnical Academy. I am really glad that I study here. It is one of the finest country’s higher educational institutions. Many famous people have graduated from my Academy, and not only engineers or scientists, but many outstanding writers, actors, showmen, and politicians. Studying at our Academy gives a solid background in all spheres of knowledge and prepares for practical work..

Our Academy is quite large and old. It was founded in the 19 century by the famous Russian inventor Vladimir Komarov. First, it was a small department of a large University, but later it was rearranged into an independent institution. Nowadays it is a large school where more than 5,000 students are currently enrolled. About 3,000 are full-time students, like me, and the rest are part time-students. There are also about 150 graduate students. They conduct independent research work and have pedagogical practice.

The course of study at my academy lasts five years. There are many faculties in my academy. Here are some of them: the faculty of industrial automation and robot-ice, the faculty of plastics, the faculty of machine tools and the faculty of metalworking.

Our academy is large and we have several buildings. One of the buildings is for lectures and seminars only. There are many large halls there so that students of 3-4 groups together can fit in there. And that is more than 100 people. The acoustics in such large halls is very good but sometimes it is very noisy when students chat during the lecture.

We have two laboratory buildings which are equipped with up-to-date equipment and students can carry on lab works and conduct various experiments there.. Many students from my group do their own research work.

There are several cafes at the academy. My favourite one is situated in a separate one-storeyed building and people say that this is the oldest canteen or student’s cafe. The food there is tasty and affordable.

There are also several dormitories or hostel buildings where students from other cities live. But you know already that I don’t live in a dormitory—I rent an apartment.

Exercise 5

Answer the questions.

1. When was your University or Academy established?

2. Who is the University headed by?

3. Were there any famous scientists, engineers, politicians, artists among the graduates of your Academy or University?

4. How many people are currently enrolled?

5. What is the most popular faculty in your Academy?

Exercise 6.

Agree or disagree.

1. Larger schools are better than smaller ones.

2. It is impossible to enter the university if you haven’t attended preparatory courses.

3. The best professors are the oldest ones.

4. It is better to live in a dormitory or student’s hostel than to rent an apartment.

5. Professors always know more than students and teaching instructors.

S.S.W (Self Study Work ) Ex 1.Write the sentences using the verbs in the correct form.

1.The mechanic (ask, asks) us a question. 2.The pupils (like, likes) to learn English. 3.The agronomist (know, knows) English very well. 4.Ann (want, wants) to write on the blackboard. 5.Kate (is, are) a good nurse. 6.Students (learn, leans) English, too. 7.We (keep, keeps) pieces of chalk in this box. 8.He (clean, cleans) the blackboard with the duster. 9.We (answer, anwers) our teacher’s questions. 10.We (read, reads) texts at our English lessons.

Ex 2.Put prepositions: at, of, in, on, with, to.

1.The teacher writes with a piece … chalk … the blackboard. 2.We go … school. 3.They learn English … school. 4.We write … the blackboard. 5.His brother work … a hospital. 6.We write … pens and pencils. 7. … our English lessons we speak, read and write. 8.pupils clean the blackboard … a duster. 9.There is only one agronomist … that farm. 10.He is the only vet … the farm.

Ex 3. Read and retell the text

WE LEARN ENGLISH

We learn English at school. We have three English lessons a week. At our English lessons we speak, read and write. We read English texts and exercises. We write on the blackboard and in our exercise-books. We like our English lessons/ we like to speak English. We want to know it very well.

Our teacher asks us questions and we answer them. Olga Ivanovna is our teacher. She teaches us English. She is a good teacher, she speaks only English to us.

Ex 4.Ask all possible questions to the text.

Ex.5. Ask general questions.

Model –They work very well. Do they work very well?

He speaks English well. Does he speak well?

1. Peter’s sister works in a hospital. 2.You read English books. 3. He writes exercise-books. 4. She learns French at school. 5. Kate’s brother works on a farm. 6. Ann helps her mother at home. 7. They know German very well. 8. We live far from St. Petersburg. 9.Pupils carry books in bags. 10.Kate lives near school.

Ex.6 . Read and translate the sentences with next words: all, at all, lazy, sing , songs.

BOB AND ROSE

Bob and Rose are English children. Bob is fifteen. Rose is fourteen. They are brother and sister. They go to school. Bob goes to a boy’s school and Rose goes to a girls school. The children’s schools are not far from home. At school Bob learns English and German. Rose learns English and French. Bob and Rose have a lot of books at home. They have English, German and French books.

Rose is a very good pupil. She always works hard. She reads a lot of books. She always does all her exercises. She always helps her mother at home.

Bob does not work hard. He does not work at all. He does not like books and he does not like school. He does not like to help his mother at home. He is a lazy boy. He only likes to sing and dance. He knows some English songs, and he likes to sing them.

Ex.7. Copy and translate the sentences with the following words.

All, at all, lazy, sing, songs.

Ex.8. Give the plural forms of next nouns.

A man, a girl, a boy, a woman, a song, a road, a question, a text, a piece,

a week, a child, a lesson, a box, a car.

Ex.9. Translate into English.

1 Сто килограммов, 2, Двадцать пять грамм,3,Три миллиона тонн, 4,Сотни ящиков, 5,Тысячи книг, 6,Двести восемьдесят один доллар, 7,Три тысячи рублей,

Ex. 10.Write down Cardinal Numerals.

1; 11; 21: 2: 12: 20: 4: 14: 40: 6: 16: 60: 9: 19: 90; 100: 103; 300: 425; 1000; 1,015

Ex 11. Translate into your language:

1. Our office is on the third floor.2 January is the first month of the year.

2.Sunday is the seventh day of the week in our country. 4. Nick was the first in the competition. Please, count from 1 to 7. 5. Our department is on the seventh floor of our university.6. There are 25 computers in the office.

Lesson 4. Seasons and Weather