Mining Higher Education in Russia

In Russia young people get mining education at special institutes which train geologists and mining engineers for coal and ore mining. The total number of students of an institute includes full-time students, part-time students and postgraduate students.

Higher mining schools develop a wide range of courses and programs that meet the requirements of the society. They offer courses in mining technology, machinery and transport, hydraulic engineering, electrical engineering, industrial electronics, automation, surveying, geodesy, information technology, etc. The main trend in the development of higher mining education is the introduction of courses in environmental protection, management (environmental human resources), economics and management of mining enterprises, marketing studies, computer-aided design and others.

The students go through practical training at mines, plants and other industrial enterprises. They become familiar with all stages of production and every job from worker to engineer. Here they get practical knowledge and experience necessary for their diploma papers.

Students graduate from mining higher schools as mining engineers, mining mechanical engineers, ecologists, mining electrical engineers, geologists, economists and managers for mining industry.

7) Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1. Where are geologists and mining engineers trained?

2. What do higher mining educational institutions offer?

3. Where do the students have their practical training?

4. What specialties do the students receive after graduation?

Вариант 3

1) Напишите следующие существительные во множественном числе и переведите:

1. a book, 2. a child, 3. a mouse, 4. a mineral, 5. a supplier, 6. an analysis, 7. a shovel, 8. a stream, 9. a case, 10. a structure.

2) Определите функцию глаголов “tobe”, “tohave” в следующих предложениях. Предложения переведите:

1. James Hutton (1726–1797), a Scottish farmer and naturalist, is known as the founder of modern geology.

2. As a scientist, Lomonosov was equal parts thinker and experimenter.

3. Today we have to do a lot of research to prove the theory.

4. Earth’s water supply has had, since Earth was created, major influences on Earth’s climate.

5. We are to carry out a huge amount of experiments in the laboratory.

6. They are listening to the lecturer now.

7. The first documented discovery of gold in the United States was made by 12-year-old Conrad Reed in 1799.

8. We had a number of credits and tests last term.

3) Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык:

1. There are many methods of investigation in Natural Science.

2.There will be a new technical college in the town next year.

3. There were many problems in the Russian mining industry last decade.

4. There is a broad range of potential environmental problems associated with mining the ocean for resources.

5. There are a lot of hydrothermal mineral deposits in the region.

6. There wasn’t any valuable metal in the sample.

4) Подчеркните местоимения и укажите их типы. Переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. Copper extraction techniques refer to the methods for obtaining copper from its ores.

2. Ancient mining techniques go well back into our history – well back into our prehistory, in fact.

3. Diodorus in his “History” of the 1^st century BC writes about the despair of the miners.

4. Pliny gives us a detailed history of ancient mining.

5. She is taking English classes as she’s going to spend six months in a Canadian mining company.

6. His ideas and approach to studying the Earth established geology as a proper science.

5) Составьте к каждому из следующих предложений вопросы (общий, альтернативный (or) и разделительный). Повествовательные предложения переведите на русский язык:

1. Large hydraulics hovels, wheelloaders, bulldozers, andtrucksremoveoverburden.