2. Read and translate the text. The Working Day of a Medical Student

I am a student of the National Medical University. I study at the pharmaceutical faculty. My everyday activities are quite routine. They are like those of any other student of our country.

On weekdays the alarm clock wakes me up at 6.30 and my working day begins. I'm not an early bird, that's why it's very difficult for me to get up, especially in winter. I switch on my tape recorder and do my morning exercises. Then I take a coid shower, brush my teeth, wash, dress, and have breakfast. Exercises and cold shower in the morning help my keep fit, so these procedures regularly. As a future pharmacist I believe that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of treatment".

I leave home at about 8 o'clock and go to the university. It takes me about for minutes to get there. We study five days week and usually have three or four lectures a day.

During the first two years we study general sciences, such as chemistry, physiology, botany, English, Ukrainian, Latin, etc. During the next three years pharmaceutical students study special subjects, like pharmacy, pharmacology, toxicology and other.

The sciences we study are difficult, but good knowledge of them is necessary for my future profession. So it takes me much time and effort to do all my homework and prepare for the next day at the university when I come home in the evening.! usually sit up late and as a rule haven't got much free time on weekdays. But when I'm not very busy I like reading, meeting friends and watching TV.

I am a very busy person and have to work hard every day, but still I always look forward to my next working day because I like my studies at the university and I get a lot of useful knowledge and necessary experience here to become a good pharmacist and help sick people.

3. Language development.

1.Fill in the gaps with the words and word combinations from the list.

1. My everyday______________are quite routine.

2. On_______________the alarm clock wakes me up at 6.30.

3. I’m not an early bird, that’s______it’s very difficult for me to get up.

4. Exercises and cold shower in the morning help me keep_________________

5. An ounce of prevention is___________a pound of treatment.

6. It__________me about forty minutes to get there.

7. _________________a rule I haven’t got much free time on weekdays.

8. I switch on my__________and do my morning exercises.

2.Answer the following questions.

1. Where do you study?

2. When do you get up on weekdays?

3. Is it easy for you to get up early?

4. What do you do in the morning?

5. What time do you usually leave home?

6. How long does it take you to get to the university?

7. How many lectures a day do you usually have?

8. What do you do when you come home from the university?

9. What do you like doing in your free time?

3.Mark sentences about yourself as true or false. Then correct the false sentences.

1. I study at the medical faculty.

2. On weekdays I get up at half past seven.

3. It’s not a problem for me to get up early, especially in winter.

4. I take a bath every morning.

5. I believe that it’s easier to prevent diseases than to cure them.

6. We don’t study on Sundays and Saturdays.

7. It’s easy for me to study.

8. I am a busy person, so I haven’t got any time to meet friends.

9. I don’t like watching TV.

4.Translate the sentences into English.

1. Ви вивчаєте фармакологію?

2. Коли вони відвідують лекції з хімії?

3. Яку іноземну мову вона вивчає в університеті?

4. Я - студент-першокурсник.

5. У нього невисока температура.

6. Студенти мають глибокі знання з ботаніки.

7. Академічний рік не закінчується у квітні.

8. Що описує анатомія?

9. Студенти не складають іспити восени.

10. Це спеціальні медичні журнали.

5.Make questions for the answers. Then, in pairs, act out the dialogue.

• The main general and special sciences we study are botany, physiology, chemistiy, physics, pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistiy and other.

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• In laboratories we study physical and medical properties of medicines.

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We have practical training at chemist’s shop where we learn to work as pharmacists. ?

• The internship lasts for one year and we specialize in four specialties :’’pharmacy”, ’’clinical pharmacy ” , ’’technology of pharmaceutical” , ’’technology of perfumery and cosmetic preparations”.

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• We can work at chemist’s shop, pharmaceutical plants or chemical laboratories after graduation.