Active Vocabulary to Text b
officer - офицер
specialist - специалист
faculty - факультет
first-year student - первокурсник
civil defence - гражданская оборона
military - военный
civilian - гражданский
highly-qualified - высококвалифицирован-
ный
experienced - опытный
besides - кроме того
Questions to Text b
What’s your friend’s name?
What’s your friend by profession?
Where was your friend born?
Is your friend of your age?
Your friend is married, isn’t he?
How large is your friend’s family?
How old is your friend’s wife?
What’s your friend’s wife by profession?
Is your friend’s daughter a schoolgirl?
10. What are your friend’s parents, brother and sister by
profession?
CIVIL DEFENCE ACADEMY
Active Vocabulary to Text A
activity - деятельность
duty - обязанность
higher education - высшее образование
entrance examination - вступительный экзамен
emergency situation - чрезвычайная ситуация
to consist of - состоять из
to study - учиться
to train - готовить, обучать
to be responsible for - быть ответственным
both … and … - как … так и …
Text A
OUR FACULTY
We study at the Civil Defence Academy. Our Academy is large. It trains both military and civilian students. It has many faculties. One of them is ours. It is Faculty III. The faculty trains military specialists for the Emergency Situations Ministry.
We are first-year cadets. Our study group consists of fifteen cadets. We came from different towns and cities of our country. In summer we passed our entrance examinations and became the cadets of the Academy. We study with a great interest. Our main duty is to study well in order to have a higher military education. We do not miss lessons and take notes of all lectures. In winter we’ll take our first tests and examinations. The best of us will get special grants.
The commander of our faculty is a colonel. He is a highly-qualified and experienced officer. Our faculty commander controls the activity of our faculty. Besides, he is responsible for our studies and discipline.
Questions to Text a
Where do you study?
When did you enter the Academy?
Whom does your faculty train?
Is your faculty commander a colonel?
Are you a first-year cadet?
How many cadets does your study group consist of?
Where are your cadets from?
Do you study with a great interest?
When will you take your first examinations?
10. What’s your main duty?
* * * * Text b the civil defence academy
The Civil Defence Academy is one of the youngest academies in our country. It is situated not far from Moscow. The date of its foundation is December 9, 1992. The main mission of the Civil Defence Academy is to train specialists for the Emergency Situations Ministry.
The Academy commandant is a colonel-general. He controls the activity of the Civil Defence Academy. Besides, he is responsible for international cooperation of the Academy with the civil defenсeorganizations of the other countries.
The Civil Defence Academy is a unique one. It trains both officers and cadets as well as civilian students. In 1998 the Civil Defence Academy opened its doors to the international military students.
You can enter the Academy by entrance examinations. The cadets of the Academy study eleven months a year and have a month’s leave. In addition, the cadets spend much time on their studies without assistance. Their duty is to do all their best to graduate from the Academy successfully and get a higher vocational education.
The Academy has about thirty chairs where competitive specialists work as instructors. Most of the instructors have over twenty-five year’s experience in teaching. They deliver lectures on different sciences and conduct practice classes. Every chair teaches its own subjects.
An Academy’s educational base consists of several buildings with lecture halls, specialized studies, and computerized laboratories. The officers, cadets and students have their classes, lectures and self-preparation work there. There is a specialized foreign language laboratory where students improve their language skills and habits. There is also a modern sports complex where officers, cadets and students do their sports.
The Civil Defence Academy is young but its perspectives are great. The Academy faces its future with confidence and hope for the best.