Exercises

I. Answer the following questions:

1) Where are you from ? 2) What’s your full name ? 3) What are you ? (What’s your job ?) 4) Do you live with your family ? 5) When does your working day begin ? 6) What do you usually do in the morning ? 7) When do you have your breakfast ? 8) What time do you start for the Institute ? 9) How long does it take you to get there? 10) How many lessons have you got every day ? 11) How many times a week do you go to your Institute ? 12) When are your classes over ? 13) How often do you go to the reading-room ? 14) Where do you go after your classes ? 15) Do you prefer to have your dinner at home or at the students’ canteen ? 16) How long do you prepare for your classes ? 17) What are you fond of doing in the evening ? 18) What subject are you good at ? 19) Is your working day easy ? Why ?

II. Translate these expressions and make up a story about yourself:

be interested in	have breakfast (dinner, supper)
be front from	have a rest a little bit
be good at	have rush periods at the end of the term
be on time=be punctual	have got
be active person	have a day of
be eager to	have one’s outlook
be fond of music (sport, cooking, painting, walking, running ) be indifferent to be useful citizen be independent	have a good time to cut classes to give smb. a hand to realize one’s dream to become a qualified specialist

III. Give English equivalents:

Багато роботи, як правило, готуватись до занять, звичайно, такий як, робити по дві години, любити слухати музику, відпочивати, витрачати час, жити у гуртожитку, одягатись, будити, увімкнути телевізор, вимкнути радіоприймач, приймати душ, успішно оволодіти, оволодіти майбутньою професією, надавати перевагу, шість разів на тиждень, вчитися на стаціонарі, ось чому, першокурсник.

Text B the odessa state

environmental university

Our University has a glorious past indeed. It was founded in 1932 in Kharkov as Hydrometeorological Institute. During the Great Patriotic War the Institute was completely destroyed and it was immediately evacuated to Ashhabad. In 1944 it was transferred to Odessa as the most suitable place for the Institute.

In August, 9, 2001 it was renamed into the Odessa State Environmental University. At present our University is the only one of its type in Ukraine.

In 2002 it celebrated its 70^th anniversary. For this period, it has trained over 25 thousand specialists such as: hydrometeorologists, ecologists, managers, computer operators etc. Among its graduates there are a lot of outstanding scientists, scientific researchers of environment.

Since 1993 a three-staged graduated system has been exercised in our University. It means bachelors, specialists and masters of degree. It has six faculties such as: ecological, hydrometeorological, computer science and management, corresponding and faculty for secondment. Besides that it has 18 chairs.

Due to all-rounded development of our educational establishment, advanced studies in educational and science processes, there was the reason for renaming the Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute into the Odessa State Environmental University. The students and post graduates from 35 countries are taught here.

Now our University is rather new four-storeyed building in Lvovskaya street. It has all necessary accommodations: well-equipped laboratories, convenient classrooms, computer rooms, library, reading room, students’ canteen, first-aid post and sport complexes. About 190 member  high-qualified faculty staff teaches its students, writes a lot of theses and carries out scientific work. Our University takes an active part in International cooperation. It successfully collaborates with specialised UN agency (WMO) – World Meteorological Organization.

Our University is to be proud of its graduates who work not only in different parts of Ukraine but far from its boundaries.