ДЛЯ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ СТУДЕНТОВ

МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ УКАЗАНИЯ И ЗАДАНИЯ

ПО ТЕМЕ «ЖИЗНЬ СТУДЕНТА»

(английский язык)

Волгоград

Методические указания и задания для самостоятельной работы студентов по теме «Жизнь студента» / Сост. А.В. Трефилова, Т.Н. Сайтимова. - Волгоград, «Перемена», 2006.

Предназначены для студентов I курса всех специальностей дневной формы обучения, изучающих английский язык. Могут быть использованы студентами при прохождении темы как в аудиторное, так и внеаудиторное время.

Text 1

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF

Hello, friends. Let me first introduce¹ myself. You know how difficult it is to tell much in a very short time. But I'll try hard so you'll have some idea who I am.

My name is Katya. My surname² is Ivashenko. I was born on the 13^th of October in Sochi. This is the nicest city in the Russian Federation situated on the Black Sea coast. Now I am a first-year student³ at the Faculty of Psychology of Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University. I’m a full-time student⁴.

Now let me describe⁵ my appearance⁶. I am tall and slim⁷ and have fair⁸ hair and blue eyes. My friends say that I am pretty. I love reading and classical music. My favourite⁹ composer is Tchaikovsky. I like theatre and I am a theatre-goer¹⁰. I spend much if not all of my money on theatres and books.

I would like to tell you about my family. There are five people in our family. My father's name is Leonid Borisovich. He is a professor of biology. My mother's name is Natalya Yakovlevna. She works in a research institute¹¹ and she is a historian by profession. My parents are very educated people but simple and easy to be with¹². We are great friends with my parents and I can discuss everything with them. My younger sister is still a pupil. Her name is Tanya and she is in the 7th form. But she is so tall that you can think that she is a school graduate¹³. She is very strong too. That is because she plays basketball. She doesn't like to study and we argue¹⁴ sometimes about it. But we are good friends with my sister. My grandmother, who is my mother's mother, lives with us. She is very kind and helps us a lot. We also have a dog Dazy and a cat Murka. They fight sometimes, but usually they are friends and miss¹⁵ each other. Our family is very friendly, we have many friends and relatives¹⁶.

In May I have finished school No. 5. I did well¹⁷ in all the subjects but my favourite subjects at school were Biology and English. I also enjoyed¹⁸ lessons of Mathematics. Quite unusual for a girl, don't you think? My father always wanted me to be a biologist like him. But I want to work with people not with animals. I want to understand people better. And of course it will help me to understand myself better too. Also, I think that psychology is a fast developing science¹⁹ and I will always have an interesting job.

VOCABULARY

1. to introduce – представлять, знакомить

2. surname – фамилия

3. to be a first-year student – быть студентом первого курса

4. to be a full-time student – быть студентом дневного отделения

5. to describe – описывать

6. appearance – внешность

7. slim – стройный

8. fair – белокурый

9. favourite – любимый

10. a theatre goer – театрал

11. a research institute – научно-исследовательский институт

12. easy to be with – лёгкий в общении

13. a school graduate – выпускник школы

14. to argue - спорить

15. to miss – скучать

16. a relative – родственник

17. to do well – хорошо учиться, делать успехи

18. to enjoy – получать удовольствие

19. a fast developing science – быстро развивающаяся наука