- •Исаева, Т.Е.
- •Введение
- •The RSTU Today
- •Vocabulary:
- •Exercise 3. Revise the grammar rule.
- •Exercise 4. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •Exercise 5. Find the proper variant.
- •Unit 3
- •Exercise 1. Read the dialogue.
- •Education in Russia
- •Exercise 2. Work in pairs, compose the short dialogues of different types using the information above.
- •Dialogue 1 (a question – agreement with some additional information).
- •The system of higher education in Russia is very complicated.
- •The process of reforming higher education in Russia is very slow.
- •Dialogue 4 (a guestion – a guestion).
- •How long does the course of study last?
- •Augustine Betankour
- •AUGUSTINE BETANKOUR – THE RUSSIAN SPANIARD
- •Vocabulary:
- •an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences – академик Российской Академии Наук (РАН);
- •tribology – трибология, трение и износ;
- •the Academy of National Economy at the Government of the Russian Federation – Академия народного хозяйства при Правительству РФ;
- •an Assistant Professor – доцент;
- •the head of the Chair – заведующий кафедрой;
- •the Member of the Commission of Experts in Transport at the Highest Certifying Commission of the Russian Federation – член Экспертного Совета по транспорту Высшей аттестационной комиссии РФ;
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- •1 Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [e-resource] / Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. – U.S., 2009. – Режим доступа: http://en.wikipedia.org/, free.
- •Т.Е. Исаева, О.Н. Бессарабова, Ж.В. Витковская
- •Учебно-методическое пособие
Some of them read lectures in the Universities of Gamburg, Berlin, Freiburg and Gissen.
The students of all the departments actively participate in scientific research. They make reports at different conferences, conduct experiments in the numerous labs and try to implement their results into industrial process. The students of the RSTU understand the necessity of mastering one or two foreign languages for their future professional activity so they try to do their best at the lessons and the specialized foreign language courses.
Our University is «a technopark». The students have the opportunity to study real locomotives and carriages with working systems. They can have their lessons in the computer labs, Internet labs and multi-media classrooms. The unique training complex «The virtual rail road» is meant for getting professional skills and competencies.
The campus of the University occupies 16.5 hectares. It is a beautiful park all the year round. There are four academic buildings, four hostels for students, two large sport complexes with a swimming pool, a wonderful students' club for entertainment and recreation. Cultural and social life of the students is various and interesting. There are many traditional conquests popular among the students: «Miss RSTU», «Students’Autumn», etc. The performances of the student theatre, jazz band and orchestra always attract a large audience. Many cities of Russia like and welcome the student-ac- tors from the Agitation Train. Thanks to wonderful sport facilities the University conducts different festivals and competitions. The students of the RSTU always get sport prizes and some of them even became the champions of the Olympic Games (as a wrestler Valentin Nikolaev in Melburn (1956); a cyclist Yuri Kashirin in Moscow (1980) and others).
Having rich and glorious history the faculty and the students of the RSTU keep their traditions and put forward new plans to meet the requirements of specialists' education in the 21-st century.
Vocabulary:
to occupy – занимать,
to occupy a place – занимать место, the line is occupied - телефон занят;
prominent (syn. significant) – значительный;
to date back – уходит в прошлое, относится к периоду; rapid (syn. quick) – быстрый;
desperately – отчаянно; skilled – квалифицированный; to accept – принимать;
department – факультет, отдел, подразделение; faculty – профессорско-преподавательский состав; outstanding (syn. famous, well-known) – известный; to complete (syn. to finish) – заканчивать;
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