Look through the text again and find international words and translate them.

Match the words and translate the word combinations.

dynamically lecture Post-Graduate Day-Time educational Internet exhibition sports Polytechnical Machine-Building

establishment department centre space developing theatre courses institute faculty club

 

Pay attention to the verbs in the text. Many of them have prepositions. Find them in the text.

Translate into English.

Продолжать образование; поступать в университет; учиться заочно; сотрудничать с иностранными университетами; получать знания в университете; готовить студентов; посещать лекции и семинары; получить диплом; найти работу; стать хорошим специалистом; принимать участие в соревнованиях; сдавать экзамены.

Make up your own sentences with these word combinations.

 

Are the following sentences about PSU true or false? Correct the mistakes.

1) PSU was founded in 1970 on the basis of Novopolotsk Polytechnical Institute.

2) There are twelve faculties at PSU.

3) The University has Post-Graduate courses.

4) Students have exams once a year.

5) PSU offers its students good facilities for study and rest.

6) There aren’t any sports clubs here.

7) It is quite difficult to study at PSU.

 

28. Pay attention. We often use It’s + adjective + Infinitive with to. It’s nice/easy/difficult/impossible/safe/stupid/dangerous/good/wonderful to do sth.

Example:It’s not easy to study here.

We can also use “was” in such sentences.

Example: It was impossible to understand him.

 

29. Complete the sentences. Use It’s + (box 1) + to + (box 2)

	Box 1	Box 2
It’s	difficult easy dangerous impossible nice stupid	see you again meet people go out alone sleep wear save

Example:It’s easy to understand him because he speaks very slowly.

1) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________, Jill. How are you?

2) _____________ at night. There is always a lot of noise.

3) A lot of cities are not safe. _________ at night.

4) If you don’t have a well-paid job, _________ money.

5) _____________ warm clothes in hot weather.

6) People are friendly in this town. _________.

 

Answer the questions about you.

1) Was it easy to enter PSU?

2) Is it difficult to study here?

3) Is it possible to get ready for all seminars?

4) Is it interesting to be a student?

 

The text about PSU contains some sentences with “who” and “that”. Find them and try to translate. “Who” and “that” are relative pronouns. They join two parts of the sentence.

1) The people are very friendly. They work in the office.

they ® who

The people who work in the office are very friendly.

2) PSU is a classical university. It follows European traditions in culture and education.

it ® that or which

PSU is a classical university that follows European traditions in culture and education.

3) We use “who” for people and “that” for things (and sometimes for people). We can also use “which” for things only.

 

Match the parts of the sentences. Use “who”.

Example: A student is a person who studies at a university.

1 A musician is a person 2 A dentist is a person 3 A pupil is a person 4 A patient is a person 5 A professor is a person

a is ill in hospital b teaches at a university c looks after you teeth d plays a musical instrument e goes to school

 

33. Put in who |that| which.

1) What’s the name of the man ____ lives next door?

2) What’s the name of the river ____ goes through the town?

3) Where is the picture ____ was on the wall?

4) She always asks me questions ____ are difficult to answer.

5) I have a friend ____ is very good at cooking.

6) A coffee-maker is a machine ____ makes coffee.

7) I don’t like people ____ never stop talking.

8) Where is the money ____ was on the table?

9) She often wears clothes ____ are too small for her.

 

Answer the questions about your university and get ready to speak about it in class.

1) Where do you study?

2) What faculty do you study at?

3) What departments are there at the university?

4) How many students get knowledge at PSU?

5) Who teaches students and post graduates at PSU?

6) What are the faculties of our university?

7) Do you attend lectures and seminars every day?

8) How often do you have exams?

9) Do foreign students study at PSU?

10) What educational facilities are there at the university?

11) Do our students have good social conditions?

12) Is the students’ theatre popular with students?

13) Is it interesting to study at PSU? Why?

 

Practice in communication

Classroom language