Федеральное агентство по образованию

ГОУ ВПО «Волгоградский государственный педагогический университет»

Кафедра иностранных языков

Методические указания и задания

ДЛЯ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ СТУДЕНТОВ

ПО ТЕМЕ «ЖИЗНЬ СТУДЕНТА»

(английский язык)

Волгоград

2006

Методические указания и задания для самостоятельной работы студентов по теме «Жизнь студента» / Сост. А.В. Трефилова, Т.Н. Сайтимова. - Волгоград, «Перемена», 2006.

Предназначены для студентов I курса всех специальностей дневной формы обучения, изучающих английский язык. Могут быть использованы студентами при прохождении темы как в аудиторное, так и внеаудиторное время.

Text 1 let me introduce myself

Hello, friends. Let me first introduce¹myself. You know how difficult it is to tell much in a very short time. But I'll try hard so you'll have some idea who I am.

My name is Katya. My surname² or last name is Ivashenko. I was born on the 13^th of October in Sochi. This is the nicest city in the Russian Federation situated on the Black Sea coast. Now I am a first-year student³ at the Faculty of Psychology of Volgograd State Pedagogical University. I’m a full time student⁴ as you’ve already guessed.

Now let me describe⁵ my appearance⁶. I am tall and slim⁷ and have fair⁸ hair and blue eyes. My friends say that I am pretty. I love reading, theatre and classical music. My favourite⁹ composer is Tchaikovsky. I don't like ballet too much. But I like theatre and I am a theatre-goer¹⁰. I spend much if not all of my money on theatres and books.

I would like to tell you about my family. There are five people in our family. My father's name is Leonid Borisovich. He is a professor of biology. My mother's name is Natalya Yakovlevna. She works in a research institute¹¹ and she is a historian by profession. My parents are very educated people but simple and easy to be with¹². We are great friends with my parents and I can discuss everything with them.

My younger sister is still a pupil. Her name is Tanya and she is in the 7th form. But she is so tall that you can think that she is a school graduate¹³. She is very strong too. That is because she plays basketball. She doesn't like to study much and we argue¹⁴ sometimes about it. But we are good friends with my sister.

My grandmother, who is my mother's mother, lives with us. She is very kind and helps us a lot.

We also have a dog Dazy and a cat Murka. They fight sometimes, but usually they are friends and miss¹⁵each other.

Our family is very friendly, we have many friends and relatives¹⁶.

In May I have finished school No. 5. I did well¹⁷ in all the subjects but my favourite subjects at school were Biology and English. I also enjoyed¹⁸ lessons of Mathematics. Quite unusual for a girl, don't you think? My father always wanted me to be a biologist, like him. But I want to work with people, not with animals. I want to understand people better. And of course it will help me to understand myself better too. Also, I think that psychology is a fast developing science¹⁹ and I will always have an interesting job.

As you see, my biography isn't very long yet. But we'll meet again in the next lesson and I'll tell you more about myself. See you later...