Time for fun

Student: But I don’t think I deserve an absolute zero.

Professor: Neither do I, but it is the lowest mark that I’m allowed to give.

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Voice on the phone: John Smith is sick and can’t attend classes today. He requested me to notify (уведомлять) you.

Professor: All right. Who is this speaking?

Voice: This is my room-mate.

* * * *

Professor: What do you know about the great philosophers of the eighteenth century?

Student: They are all dead, sir

* * * *

Cliff’s marks were poor. Father said, “I’ll give you my car if you do better.”

“All right,” Cliff said, “I’ll learn better.”

A month later his father said, “Again no progress? What did you do all this time?”

“I was learning to drive a car,” was the answer.

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No Use Trying

Uncle James: Well, Bobby, have you gained any prizes at school?

Bobby: No, sir, the other boys have got them all.

Uncle James: But you’ll keep on trying, my boy, won’t you?

Bobby: What’s the use of trying when the other boys keep on doing the same!

* * * *

At the end of his university studies when he was leaving for his first job at a boys’ school, John went to say good-bye to his favourite teacher and to ask for his advice.

“I can give you no theoretical advice,” the old man said, “but I’ll tell you one thing from experience. It will often happen when you are teaching, that some boy will disagree with you. He will probably shake his head to show it, and you will probably want to make him stop shaking his head because you will be angry that a pupil disagrees with his teacher. Well, don’t be angry with him because he’s the only one in the class who is listening to you.”

Part iI

Vocabulary Learning

Exercise 1. Read the words, then match the suffixes and prefixes with their meanings from the list below:

1. native of -an, having the nature of -al;

2. later than or after something -post; before someone or something -pre.

Russian, precede, postsecondary, precursor, posterior, prehistoric, premedical, pharmaceutical, Hungarian, medical, postoperative, American, toxicological, Belarusian, prediction, botanical, physiological, postscript, precedent, Afghan, postnatal, chemical, preliminary, Slovenian, preschool, practical, African, analytical, national, precondition, Armenian, previous, post-graduate, post-war.

Exercise 2. Learn the following words and expressions:

	abroad n.	[ә′brɔ:d]	за границей;
	applicant n.	[’æplıkәnt]	aбитуриент;
	assignment n.	[ə'saɪnmənt]	задание;
	compulsory a.	[kәm′pʌlsәrı]	обязательный;
	compulsory a.	[kəm'pʌlsərɪ]	обязательный;
	conduct v. (classes, seminars, etc)	[kən'dʌkt]	проводить (занятия, семинары и т.п.);
	course n.	[kɔ:s]	курс;
	credit-test n.	['kredɪt ′test]	зачет;
	curriculum n.	[kә′rıkjulәm]	учебный план;
	essential a.	[ı′senʃәl]	существенный;
	establishment n.	[ıs′tæblıʃmәnt]	учреждение;
	extra-mural a.	[′ekstrә′mjuәrәl]	заочный;
	fail (at) v. ~ in maths	[feɪl]	провалить(ся) на экзаменах;
	graduate v.	['grædjueɪt]	окончить (любое) учебное заведение;
	internship n.	[′intә:nʃәp]	интернатура;
	master v.	[′mα:stә]	магистр;
	medicine n.	[′medsin]	медицина, лекарство;
	miss v.	[mɪs]	пропускать (занятия и т.п.);
	optional course	[ɔpʃәnl kɔ:s]	электив;
	post-graduate n.	[′pәust' grәdjuıt]	acпиpaнт;
	property n.	[′prɔpәtı]	свойство;
	standard n.	['stændәd]	уровень, стандарт;
	enter v.	[′entә]	поступать;
	last v.	[lα:st]	длиться.

Exercise 3. Guess the meaning of the following words.

Institution [,ɪnstɪ'tju:ʃən], academy [ә′kædәmı], examination [ıg,zæmı′neıʃən], subject [′sʌbdʒıkt], physiology [,fızı′ɔlәdʒı], chemistry [′kemıstrı], physic [′fızık], laboratory [lә′bɔrәtәrı], qualified [′kwɔlıfaıd], specialize [′speʃәlaız], perfumery [pә′fju:mәrı], cosmetic [kɔz′metık], assistant [ә′sıstәnt], faculty [′fækәltı], specialist [′speʃәlıst], problem [′prɔblәm], train [treın], professional [prә′feʃәnl], pharmacognosy [,fɑ:mə′kɔgnəsɪ], pharmacokinetics [,fɑ:mə′kɔkaı´netıks], organize [ɔ:gәnaız], doctor [′dɔktә], professor [prә′fesә], qualified [′kwɔlıfaıd], biology [baı:ɔlәdʒı], botany [′bɔtәnı], pharmacology [,fɑ:mə′kɔləʤɪ], organic [ɔ:′gænɪk], toxicological [,tɔksı′kɔlәdʒıkl], analytical [,ænə′lɪtɪk(əl)], special ['speʃəl], technology [tekı′nɔlәdʒı], pharmacy [ı′fα:məsı], management [´mænıdʒmənt], marketing [ı′mα:kıtıŋ], department [dı′pα:tmənt], period [′pıərıəd], pathology [pəı′θɔlәdʒı], mechanism [ı′mekənızm], molecular [məuı′lekjulə], radiation [,reıdı´eıʃәn], clinic [´klınık].

Exercise 4. Match the words with the definitions.

	abroad	to continue for a particular length of time;
	property	to start working in a particular field or organization or to start studying at a school or university;
	postgraduate	the level that is considered acceptable, or the level that someone or something has achieved;
	to last	an organization or institution, especially a business, shop, etc.
	to enter	someone who is studying at a university to get a Mas­ter’s Degree or a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) Degree;
	internship	someone who has formally asked, usually in writing, for a job, university place, etc.
	course	a job that someone, who has almost finished training as a doctor, does in a hospital;
	establishment	a period of study in a particular subject, especially at university;
	applicant	in or to a foreign country.

Exercise 5. Find the synonyms.

to acquire	task
to complete	to edit
participate	institution
to master	a drugstore
to do	to obtain a degree
to enter	annually
to found	to major
correspondence	to make
to work as	voluntary
to be engaged in	extra-mural
every year	to finish (graduate from)
to publish	to act as
to specialize	to establish
to get a degree	to get
assignment	to take part in
establishment	to be involved in
a chemist’s shop	to be admitted to
optional	to learn

Exercise 6. Translate the following word combinations.

to acquire practical skills, to do research, to take exams, to pass credit-tests, to have practical classes, to defend a graduation thesis, to be engaged in social activities, scientific research work, after graduation, extra-mural department, to attend lectures (classes) to participate in seminars, to fail at exam(s), to fail in Chemistry (Biology), to conduct exams, to give advice, to master English.

Exercise 7. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1. The committee is assessing the standard of care in local hospitals.

2. She often goes abroad on business.

3. People know many herbs with healing properties.

4. Each lesson lasts for 45 minutes.

5. To enter a university applicants take entrance tests.

6. He was one of 30 applicants for the manager’s job.

7. The course of study at the pharmaceutical faculty lasts for 5 years.

8. The course of compulsory education in Belarus makes 9 years.

9. People keep medicines out of the reach of children.

10. He takes this medicine twice a day.

11. Postgraduate students do research for their theses.

12. Teachers help students in their research.

13. There is an extramural department at our university.

14. Languages are an essential part of a school curriculum.

Part III

speech patterns

Using “shall” to ask someone’s opinion, to make an offer or a suggestion:

Shall I take a message?

Shall I open the window?

Shall we consult a dictionary?