II. Read the text: the academy I study at

I am a first –year full –time student of the Academy of Law and Management of the Federal Penal Service Of the Russian Federation. It was opened in October, 1970. The Academy is situated in the centre of the city.

It trains workers for correctional institutions (corrections). At present there are three main departments at our Academy: the Law Department, the Psychology Department and the Economics Department. I study Law (Psychology, Economics). We study a lot of subjects: the History of the Country, Philosophy, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Penal Law, Administrative Law, the History of the State and Law, the Theory of the State and Law, Criminology, Criminalistics, Detective Activities, English and other subjects (Psychology, Biology, Physiology, Mathematics, Economics, the Theory of Economics, Management, Marketing ). We attend physical and combat training classes.

Our working day begins at 8.30 a.m. and is over at 7 p.m. In the morning we have lectures, tutorials and seminars, and in the afternoon we can work in the reading – room or laboratories by ourselves and prepare for our lessons . We do not study on Sunday. It is our day – off. In winter and in summer we take credit tests and exams. After exams we have holidays.

Our students take part in the work of many subject circles, public life and amateur activities.

we all must study hard to become good specialists.

III. Do the following exercises:

Exercise 1. Find in the text English equivalents for these phrases:

академия, Федеральная служба исполнения наказаний, студент дневного отделения, готовить работников для исправительных учреждений, готовиться к урокам, располагаться в центре города, посещать лекции и семинарские занятия, принимать участие в работе кружков.

Exercise 2. Name the subjects you study.

Exercise 3. Translate the following words and phrases into Russian:

a full –time student, to attend physical and combat training classes, at present, to work by ourselves, a day –off, the Law Department, to take part in public life, to study many subjects, to take credit tests and exams, to train workers for corrections, to become good specialists, to study hard, to fight crime.

Exercise 4. Open the brackets, using the right form of the verb. Translate the sentences:

1. We (to attend) this professor’s lectures every day.

2. I must (to work) hard (to be) a good specialist.

З. Оur academy (to train) good specialists.

4. We (to study) а lot of subjects.

5. Не (to bе) а Psychology student.

6. Do уоu (to study) Russian?

Exercise 5. Match the given words. Translate the phrases.

full –time	hard
the Нistory	good specialists
соrrесtiоnаl	institution
to take part	student
credit	tests
to take	of the Country
to study	lectures
to bесоmе	public life
to attend	credit tests and exams

Exercise 6. Answer the questions:

1. What are уоu ? Are you a first – or a second –year student?

2. Where do you study?

З. When was your Academy opened?

4. Where is it situated?

5. What specialists does your Academy train?

6. How many departments are there at your Academy? What are they?

7. At what department do you study?

8. What subjects do you study?

9. When does your working day begin?

10. What do you do in the morning?

11. Do you study on Sunday?

12. When do you take your credit tests and exams?

13. When do you have holidays?

14. What do the students do besides studies?

Exercise 9. Write down the key words and speak about your Academy.