1. Memorize the following words and expressions:

1) to be founded = to be established – быть основанным (быть созданным)

2) highly qualified – высококвалифицированный

3) well-equipped – хорошо оборудованный

4) workshop – мастерская

5) descriptive geometry – начертательная геометрия

6) strength of materials – сопротивление материалов

7) installation – монтаж, установка

8) maintenance – эксплуатация

9) repair – ремонт

10) electrical equipment - электрооборудование

11) to provide – обеспечивать

12) power plants – энергетические установки

13) controlling gauges – контрольно-измерительные приборы

14) enterprise – предприятие

15) to imagine – представлять себе

16) application – применение

17) storage – хранение

18) to ration – нормировать (продукты), снабжать продовольствием

19) equipment – оборудование

20) crop – с/х культура

21) hazard – риск, опасность

22) harvesttime – время сбора урожая

23) to reduce – снижать

24) requirement – требование, потребность, нужда

2. Answer the following questions:

1) Where do you study?

2) What year-student are you?

3) What faculty do you study at?

4) When was your Institute founded?

5) When was your faculty established?

6) What specialists does your faculty train?

7) How many faculties are there at the Institute now?

8) What subjects do you study to become good specialists?

9) What is the main task of an electrical engineer?

10) Why is your future speciality useful and necessary?

11) Is electricity widely used in agriculture? Why?

12) What do modern applications of electricity in farming include?

13) What part does electricity play in the dairy farm?

14) Where do the students of your faculty have their practical work?

15) What chance has an electrical engineer after graduating from the Academy?

16) What degree will you receive?

17) Do you like your future speciality? Why?

3. Disagree with the following statements avoiding a simple negation:

Model: - I study at the Tyumen State University.

- No, I don’t think that’s correct. I study at the Tyumen State Agricultural Academy.

1) Our faculty trains economists.

2) I am a final-year student of Farm Electrification faculty, the Mechanical- Technology Institute.

3) While studying the students have their practical work at school.

4) Farm Electrification faculty was established in 2000.

5) On graduating from the Academy, I’ll receive a diploma of a mechanical engineer.

6) Nowadays there are five faculties at the Mechanical- Technology Institute.

7) Our Institute was founded in 2001.

4. Complete the following sentences:

1) The engineer and farmer have combined to develop … .

2) We study many subjects, which are … .

3) Moreover, there are 28 modern laboratories: … .

4) Thus, this speciality (an electrical engineer) is considered … .

5) An electrical engineer has a chance to use his deep knowledge working … .

6) Modern applications of electricity in farming include … .

7) On graduating from the Academy, I’ll receive a diploma … .