Holiday in winter

MARK: Hello, Alec!

ALEC: Hello, Mark! You are on holiday, aren't you?

MARK: Yes, and I feel very happy, I must say. The weather is beautiful.

ALEC: What do you do every day?

MARK: I skate, ski, go for long walks, I often go out.

ALEC: Glad to hear it. You know, my favourite season is summer. I like volleyball, tennis and swimming.

MARK: Oh, Alec, you can do all those things at the new stadium near here in winter. There's a swimming-pool there, too. Let's go to the stadium tomorrow.

ALEC: Sorry, Mark, I'm busy tomorrow.

MARK: Busy?

ALEC: Yes, I must go to New York on Monday to take part in a seminar. And tomorrow I must get ready for my trip.

MARK: Oh, I wish you luck.

ALEC: Thank you.

I must say... Должен сказать...; trip путешествие, поездка; I wish you luck удачи.

10. Learning foreign languages. (Любимцева С.Н. p. 148-149.)

Learning foreign languages

Russia has political, business, trade, economic and cultural rela­tions with many countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin Amer­ica. A lot of tourists and businessmen come to our country and a lot of Russian people go abroad. We have good relations with devel­oping countries. We help them to build plants, factories, schools, sta­diums, hospitals, radio- and TV-stations, etc.

Many young people come to Russia to study at our institutes and universities. Russian scientists cooperate with foreign scientists. Russia participates in international exhibitions abroad and arranges similar exhibitions in our country. Exhibitions help to improve our relations with different countries. More and more people in our country learn foreign languages. Many people learn to read books, newspapers and magazines in foreign languages in order to know more about the life and people of other countries.

learning изучение; developing развивающийся; to build строить; etc [it'setral и так далее: scientist ученый; young people моло­дежь; to participate участвовать: international] междуна­родный; to arrange организовывать: to improve улучшать; in order to для того чтобы

III семестр

1. The Perm State Institute for Arts and Culture.

The Perm State Institute for Arts and Culture

I am a student. I study at the Perm State Institute for arts and culture. The institute for arts and culture was founded in 1975. The institute has 30 specialized studies and classrooms, all necessary musical instruments. The library with 2 reading rooms amounts 160 000 volumes in its book stock and 1500 items in the record collection. The students are provided with 2 large hostels giving accommodation to 100% of the demand. There are dining rooms in both buildings of the institute.

More than 1500 students study in the day and extra mural departments of our institute. Many of them live in the hostel and get state scholarships.

Nowadays the institute has four faculties: the faculty of mass and cultural education, the arts-and-pedagogical faculty, the faculty of arts, the faculty of documentary informational communications.

The faculty of mass and cultural education trains managers for the sphere of culture, managers in tourism, directors of mass events and culturologists.

The arts-and-pedagogical faculty trains choreographers, folk instruments orchestra conductors, directors for amateur theatre companies and choir conductors.

The faculty of arts trains solo singers, folk instruments performers, artists, actors.

The faculty of documentary informational communications trains documentation managers, managers of information resources, specialists of informatics in social and cultural activity.

175 instructors work at the institute, among them there are many professors and doctors of sciences and many lecturers.

There are many chairs at the institute, which carry out scientific work. They are the following: the chair of management, the chair of mass and cultural education, the chair of social Sciences, the chair of foreign languages, the chair of chorus conducting, the chair of orchestra conducting, the chair of choreography, the chair of stagecraft, the chair of informatics, the chair of librarian affair and bibliography, etc.

There are scientific circles nearly at every chair. Students may take part in the work of the students’ scientific Society. The results of research work are reported every spring at scientific conferences.

Every year the Perm State Institute for arts and culture gives our country many highly qualified specialists for the sphere of culture and recreation.

2. Traveling on business. (Любимцева С.Н. p. 204-205.)