Студенческая

2. elite	b) a person who gives money or other help
	to a person or cause
3. benefactor	c) the subjects comprising a course of
	study in a school or college
4. clergy	d) the capacity to have an effect on the
	character, development, or behavior of
	someone or something
5. alma mater	e) the action of endowing something or
	someone
6. endowment	f) of, relating to, or denoting a metropolis,
	often inclusive of its surrounding areas
7. influence	g) a group of people considered to be the
	best in a particular society or category,
	esp. because of their power, talent, or
	wealth
8. metropolitan	h) the activity or condition of competing
9. competition	i) the school, college, or university that
	one once attended

3. Find in the text English equivalents of the following Russian words or word-combinations.

Частный; плющ; высшее образование; процветание; церковь; светский, нецерковный; учреждение; пребывание (в должности); присоединять; курс обучения; прием (в учебное заведение); слияние; возглавлять; приблизительно; деловая часть города; соревноваться; любительский.

4. Complete the sentences with the words from the text. See the box.

benefactor	prestigious	primarily
member	private	across
corporation

a)Harvard's history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most

… universities in the world.

b)The college … trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy.

c)Harvard University is an American … Ivy League research university.

d)Harvard is the first … chartered in the country.

e)Harvard became a founding … of the Association of American Universities in 1900.

f)The business school and athletics facilities, including Harvard Stadium, are located … the Charles River in Allston.

g)Harvard was named after its first …, John Harvard.

5. Correct the wrong statements using the text. Give your reasons in 2 or 3 sentences.

a)Harvard was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard.

b)Harvard was formally affiliated with a church, the college trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy.

c)Harvard is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country.

d)James Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions before the war.

e)Harvard has an intense rivalry with Yale University traditionally culminating in The Game.

f)Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900.

6. Choose the correct answers to the following questions:

1. Where is Harvard University located?

a.Harvard University is located in Oxford, Mississippi, United States.

b.Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

c.Harvard University is located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

2. When did Harvard become a founding member of the Association of American Universities?

a.in 1905.

b.in 1910.

c.in 1900.

3. When did James Bryant Conant begin to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions?

a.He began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after World War II.

b.He began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions before World War II.

c.He began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions during World War II.

4. What university does Harvard have an intense athletic rivalry with?

a.Harvard has an intense athletic rivalry with Princeton University.

b.Harvard has an intense athletic rivalry with Yale University.

c.Harvard has an intense athletic rivalry with Stanford University.

7.Choose some sentences from the text expressing the main idea of it.

8.Give the title to each passage of the text to make the plan of it.

9.Give short retelling of the text into Russian. Its volume shouldn’t exceed 1/3 of the English text.

MOSCOW STATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Read the text. Guess the meaning of the words in bold.

Moscow State Institute of

International Relations

МГИМО Университет

Established	14 October 1944
Type	Public
President	Anatoly V. Torkunov
Admin. staff	1,100
Undergraduates	4,500
Location	Moscow, Russia
Website	http://english.mgimo.ru

TEXT. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMOUniversity) is the diplomatic school of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. It is the oldest and the most renowned school in Russia for preparing professionals in international relations and diplomacy. MGIMO is one of the members of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs. 56 languages are taught at MGIMO, making it the university in the world who offers most languages.

MGIMO used to have a reputation for being elitist. Many of its current students are from families of political, economic and intellectual elites in Russia. At the same time, it remains one of Russia's best educational institutions as it admits a lot of talented students and holds high ranks in terms of alumni success and average level of standard test results of admitted students. It is also known for having one of the best teaching teams in Europe. Many of the current professors of MGIMO were ambassadors or ministers.

Moscow State Institute of International Relations was founded on October 14, 1944 when the USSR Council of People‘s Commissars reorganized the recently created School of International Relations of the Moscow State University into an independent institute. Initially called the Institute of International Relations (IMO) its first 200 students were

veterans who had survived the ordeals of the Second World War and were determined to build international peace and stability.

Originally MGIMO comprised three schools: School of International Relations, School of International Economic Relations and School of International Law. International students began coming to MGIMO from 1946. Since then MGIMO alumni have become national business, diplomatic and legal leaders in many countries, with several becoming Foreign Ministers, heads of government, and even Presidents.

Today MGIMO has six faculties and four institutes:

School of International Relations (Diplomacy)

School of International Law

School of International Economic Relations

School of Political Science

School of International Journalism

School of International Business and Business Administration

Institute of European Law

International Institute of Administration

Institute of Foreign Economic Relations

International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy

Preparatory Training Department

Department of Faculty Development

MGIMO provides training in the fields of international relations, political science, global economy, law, management, journalism and public relations to 4,500 undergraduate students as well as graduate researchers. The faculty of about 1,100 includes more than 150 professors (holding a "Doctor of Sciences" degree), more than 400 holders of "Candidate of Sciences" degree, 300 associate professors, as well as over two dozen full and correspondent members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and various specialized Russian and international academies, nine Merited scientists of Russia.

MGIMO Campus on Prospekt Vernadskogo

The MGIMO-University library contains over 700 000 volumes in books and magazines in Russian and more than 30 foreign languages. The library also includes the Museum of Rare Books which boasts a collection of 21 000 unique volumes.

Every year MGIMO accepts more than one thousand new students, from every part of the Russian Federation, and internationally from more than 60 countries. Over 35 thousand Russian and global alumni are proud to have graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Divisions of the MGIMO Alumni Association are active in many countries around the world.

2. Link the words in the left column with their dictionary definitions in the right column. Memorize new words.

1. elitist	a) the professional maintenance of a
	favorable public image by a company
	or other organization or a famous
	person
2. ambassador	b) of or relating to the whole world;
	worldwide
3. global	c) known or talked about by many people;
	famous
4. public relations	d) favoring, advocating, or restricted to an
	elite
5. renowned	e) an accredited diplomat sent by a country
	as its official representative to a foreign
	country

3. Match the words from A with their Russian equivalents from B. Memorize new words.

A)to be proud (of); international relations; at the same time; head of government; professional school; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; to include; political science; average level; diplomacy; merited; to contain; economic relations; admit; international business administration.

B)профессиональная школа; международное деловое администрирование; экономические отношения; включать; министерство иностранных дел; международные отношения; гордиться; содержать, вмещать; допускать, принимать; заслуженный; дипломатия; в то же время, вместе с тем; средний уровень; глава правительства; политология.

4. Complete the sentences with the words from the text. See the box.

collection	alumni	international
as well as	renowned	elitist
peace	high ranks

a)Moscow State Institute of International Relations is the most … school in Russia for preparing professionals in diplomacy.

b)MGIMO provides training to 4,500 undergraduate students … graduate researchers.

c)The MGIMO-University library includes the Museum of Rare Books which boasts a … of 21 000 unique volumes.

d)Over 35 thousand Russian and global … are proud to have graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

e)… students began coming to MGIMO from 1946.

f)Its first 200 students were veterans of the Second World War and were determined to build international … and stability.

g)MGIMO used to have a reputation for being … .

h)MGIMO admits a lot of talented students and holds … in terms of alumni success.

5. Match a line in A with a line in B to make a sentence.

A			B
1.	MGIMO is one of the members		a) it admits a lot of talented
	of …		students and holds high ranks in
			terms of alumni success
2.	Moscow State Institute	of	b) every part of the Russian
	International Relations is	the	Federation, and internationally
	university in the world who		from more than 60 countries
	offers …

3.MGIMO used to have a c) ambassadors or ministers reputation for …

4.It remains one of Russia's best d) the Association of Professional

educational institutions as …	Schools of International Affairs
5. Many of the current professors	e) international relations, political
of MGIMO were …	science, global economy, law,
	management, journalism and
	public relations

6.MGIMO provides training in the f) most languages fields of …

7.Every year MGIMO accepts new g) being elitist students from …

6.Are the sentences true or false according to the text? Correct the wrong ones.

a)MGIMO has seven faculties and four institutes.

b)Divisions of the MGIMO Alumni Association are active in many countries around the world.

c)The MGIMO-University library includes the Museum of Rare Books.

d)Sixty five languages are taught at MGIMO.

e)Since 1930 MGIMO alumni have become national business, diplomatic and legal leaders in many countries.

7. Answer the following questions:

a)What is Moscow State Institute of International Relations know for?

b)How many faculties and institutes does MGIMO have?

c)What reputation does MGIMO have?

d)Why does it remain one of Russia's best educational institutions?

e)When was Moscow State Institute of International Relations founded?

f)When did International students begin coming to MGIMO?

8.Choose some sentences from the text expressing the main idea of it.

9.Give the title to each passage of the text to make the plan of it.

10.Give short retelling of the text into Russian. Its volume shouldn’t exceed 1/3 of the English text.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE

1. Read the text.

TEXT. The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Sporting activities at Oxford and Cambridge are varied and numerous. There are different competitions between the colleges. One of the most popular sports is rowing. At the end of the term long, narrow, light boats, rowed by eight men, compete at the races. Boats start at short intervals one after another and try to knock the boat in front. Those who are able to do it move one place in a table and the college at the top of the table is known as the ―Head of the River‖.

Rowing has a long history in England. Rowing a boat with eight oars or with four oars was first started in England in the 18th century. At that time the boats took part in festivals and processions on the River Thames.

In the 19th century people started to use the boats for racing, not only in London on the Thames but also in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge was held in 1829.

Nearly every year since then there has been a Boat Race between these two Universities. It is held in London on the Thames, during the Easter vacation, at the end of March or the beginning of April.

The course, from Putney to Mortlake, is 4 ¼ miles long. It has many turns, and the crews usually row the 4 ¼ miles in 20 minutes.

The crews of the boats, chosen from the members of the college Boat Clubs, train together for twelve weeks before the race, first in Oxford or

Cambridge and finally in London. In each boat there are eight oarsmen and a coxswain, usually called a ―cox‖. The cox, who is much lighter than the others, sets the speed and the rhythm, and steers.

On Boat Race Saturday the banks and bridges of the Thames are thick with people who have come to watch. Some wear dark blue ribbons foe Oxford, and some wear pale blue ones for Cambridge.

2. Remember the pronunciation of the following words:

Cambridge ['keImbrIdZ], century ['sentS(q)rI], boat race ['bqut"reIs], row [rqu],

swim [swIm], competition ["kOmpq'tIS(q)n].

3.Find in the text English equivalents of the following Russian words:

соревнования, гребля, весло, лента, рулевой.

4.Choose the statements which correspond to the content of the text. a) Students of Oxford and Cambridge compete only in rowing and swimming.

b) Boats rowed by eight and four men take part in the competition between the Universities now.

c) Two centuries ago people could see boats with eight and four men

taking part in festivals.

d) The first boat competition was organized in the 19th century. e) The weather is usually very hot at the period of Boat Race.

5.Find the passage describing the difference in competitions between the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

6.Find in the text and put down key-words to speak about the difference in competitions between Oxford and Cambridge.

7.Make your own sentences using key-words to tell your partner about these differences.