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PRE-TEXT EXERCISES. 1. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
1. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
System, foundation, university, population, prestigious, contribution, federation, grant, academic, programme, gymnasium, organization, equivalent, regulate, standard, professional, humanities, social-economic, discipline, project, final, practice, period
2. Here are some expressions with the preposition in. Translate and learn them:
| § to have (an) interest in | § to be interested in | § to be in love with |
| § to be rich in | § in the way | § to be in need of |
| § in the rain (sun, snow) | § in the cold (heat) | § in fact |
| § in general | § in the open air | § in one’s opinion |
| § in pencil (ink, coal) | § in smb’s place | § in the south (west…) |
| § in (under) the circumstances | § in short | § in the sky |
| § in time | § in vain | § in a way |
| § in spring (winter…) | § in the street | § in the direction of |
3. Fill in the gaps with the preposition in or the expressions above in the appropriate form:
1. The portrait was painted ___ oil.
2. Yesterday Ann was dressed ___ white.
3. He felt at that moment he was ___ love with the whole world.
4. They searched everywhere, but it was ___ vain.
5. ___ his ___ it was too late to publish this article.
6. The doctor advised her not to sit ___ the sun so long.
7. Everybody knew that Helen was ___ love with Bob.
8. He liked to run ___ the open air every spring.
9. She is interested ___ some collections of minerals.
10. They always keep everything ___ secret from the others.
11. He is ___ need of money. Can you lend him some?
12. ___ their opinion I am a fool to help you.
13. He tried to lift the heavy log, but it was ___ vain.
14. Ann did not know what to do ___ these circumstances.
15. They are interested ___ these problems.
16. He has no interest ___ music.
17. ___ fact we did this work ourselves.
18. They stood ___ the sun too long. The sun was pitiless ___ the heat.
4. Find the English equivalents for the following Russian words:
| 1. изучение | a. study | b. steady | c. student |
| 2. обязательный | a. complete | b. compulsory | c. compound |
| 3. включать | a. compose | b. complete | c. comprise |
| 4. развитие | a. development | b. discovery | c. developer |
| 5. менять | a. to change | b. chance | c. choice |
| 6. включать | a. to conclude | b. to exclude | c. to include |
| 7. почти | a. always | b. almost | c. already |
| 8. предлагать | a. office | b. officer | c. to offer |
| 9. исследование | a. search | b. research | c. reach |
| 10. получить | a. to obey | b. to obtain | c. to object |
| 11. уровень | a. lever | b. level | c. liver |
5. Fill in the gaps with the correct word to complete the sentences:
1. Every year students ___ a specialty that includes several main disciplines: the humanities, social and physical sciences, engineering.
| § acquired | § acquires | § are acquiring | § acquire |
2. Students ___ to work out new decisions in the area of engineering.
| § are trained | § is trained | § was trained | § train |
3. He insisted ___ visiting his parents.
| § of | § – | § on | § to |
4. Your face seems familiar to me. We ___ have met somewhere.
| § ought | § must | § need | § should |
5. Using modern information technologies the students ___ many different problems.
| § solve | § solves | § had solved | § is solving |
6. BRAINSTORMING: Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases in English:
Constitution; right to education; higher education; extramural and evening courses; Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree; a thesis; the system of state scholarship and grants
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