Chita State University

The Institute of Socio-political The institute of Technological and

Systems Transport Systems

Power Engineering Institute The Institute of Law Mining Institute

The Institute of Economy and

Management The Institute of Construction and Ecology

Soil and Water Protection Woodworking

Department

Building Construction Road Construction

Real Estate Management Department Department

D. 2. Speak on your Institute. Make use of the following expressions and word combinations: I should say, as a rule, as far as I know, as is known

C. 4. Read the text HIGHER TECHNICAL EDUCATION and then discuss it

Technical Institutes train engineers in diverse fields of technology. They provide them with a wide general scientific and general engineering education. Higher technical schools train specialists for various branches of national economy, such as power engineering, mining, construction, mechanical engineering, transport and many others. Higher educational establishments offer different specializations.

The first and second-year students study general engineering subjects. In the third year they begin to study specialized subjects. According to the programme the theoretical study is accompanied by practical training. Students work at the laboratories and in senior years at various industrial enterprises, plants, construction sites, power stations and design offices. The close cooperation of universities with industrial enterprises has become a tradition.

The engineer must combine fundamental knowledge with a high professional level. At every Institute there are many labs with modern equipment, computer centres. Engineers of a new type should know modern production, science and technology. The number of technical institutes, their specialization, the number of professions in which training is given and the forms in which the education is organized are continually adapted to the changing needs of production. Now great attention is paid to training engineers in electronics, applied mathematics, designing of electric instruments and automatic devices, automatic control systems and computer - processing of information. At present Russian technical Institutes train engineers in more than 220 fields.

Notes:

device прибор processing обработка

pay attention to уделять внимание applied mathematics прикладная математика

E. 1. Insert find or found

1. Who ... the first Russian University? 2. Who ... the way to the American continent? 3. What stations do our polar explorers ... in the Antarctic? 4. What animals do we ... in seas and rivers? 5. Some newly ... cities are not on the map. 6. Do you ... pleasure in reading a story based on the facts? 7. Scientists have ... ways of measuring the sizes and positions of bodies in the Universe. 8. The expedition ... the remains of a city ... long before our era. 9. Ancient people ... their settlements near the places where they ... water.

E. 2. Choose the right variant

1. This road (are, was, were, will be) built last year. 2. The book (are, is, were, shall be) divided into twelve chapters. 3. A new film (are, is, were, will be) watched tomorrow. 4. The telegram (are, were, shall be, will be) sent tomorrow. 5. The new grammar rule (are, is, were, will be) studied at the next lesson. 6. An interesting problem (are, is, were, shall be) discussed at the lecture. 7. He (are, were, was, shall be) asked many questions at the exams. 8. Students (is provided, was provided, are provided, provided) with all the necessary equipment.

E. 3. Open the brackets and use the proper tense

1. He (to study) at the institute now. 2. A lot of students (to make reports) at tomorrow’s conference. 3. Classes at the University (to begin) at 9 o’clock. 4. My friend (not to study) geology at the institute. 5. There (to be) different types of motors. 6. Mike (finish) school three years ago. 7. It (not to take) much time to get to the institute. 8. She (have) a test next week. 9. We (to have) many well-equipped laboratories in this building. 10. Our scientists (solve) a lot of problems every year. 11. The break (last) for ten minutes. 12. There ( be) a gymnasium at the Institute.

13. She (get) up at 7 o’clock. 14. He (speak) French well. 15. He often (write) letters to his parents. 16. There (be) many students at the lecture yesterday. 17. What Institute you (study) at? 18. I (not know) this word.