Volgograd State Agrarian university

УСТНЫЕ ТЕМЫ ДЛЯ ПОДГОТОВКИ К ЗАЧЕТУ И ЭКЗАМЕНУ

ABOUT MYSELF

1. What is your name?

2. How old are you?

3. When and where were you born?

4. Where do you live now?

5. Where do you study?

6. Where do you work?

7. Is your family large or small?

8. Have you a brother/sister?

9. Are you married or single?

10. Have you any children?

11. How old are your children?

12. Where does your wife/husband work?

13. What are you fond of?

14. How do you (your family) usually spend your free time?

15. What do you dream of?

1. My name is …

2. I am … (years old).

3. I was born in …. in …

4. I live in …

5. I study at Volgograd State Agricultural Academy (VSAA).

6. I work as… at ….

7. My family is…

8. I have…

9. I am…

10. I have a son/a daughter.

11. My son/my daughter is … (years old).

12. My wife/husband works as…. in/at …

13. I am fond of ….

14. In my free time I …

15. I dream of …

VOLGOGRAD STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY

Volgograd State Agrarian University is one of the largest agrarian universities of our country. It was founded in 1944 in Uryupinsk and after the war, in 1948, it was transferred to Stalingrad.

Since that time over 42 thousand specialists have graduated from the university.

At present 9 thousand students (both full-time and correspondent course ones) study here. The university has 8 faculties. They are:

· Agrotechnological faculty,

· Faculty of Biotechnology and Veterinary medicine,

· Engineering and Technological andFaculty,

· Electrification and Energetics Faculty,

· Ecological and Land Improvement Faculty,

· Faculty of Economics,

· Faculty of Technology of Production and Processing of Agricultural Products.

· Service and Tourism Faculty

The educational process is conducted by 560 teachers including 3 academicians and 65 professors. The academic year starts in September and ends in June. The students take exams twice a year. During the terms they attend lectures, carry out laboratory tests and do practical work. The students have a 5-year course of study, after it they can enter a post-graduate course.

Nowadays the Volgograd State Agrarian University has 6 educational buildings, 6 students’ hostels, the fleet of motor vehicles and the economic base “Gornaya Polyana”. There is also a scientific research complex, an information and analytical center, centers of amateur arts activities, lecture rooms, laboratories, a museum, a library, a nice assembly-hall, a printing-office and other subdivisions.

The university has old and good traditions. Its aim is to create all the necessary conditions for the students to develop their talents, enrich their minds, and improve their physical state and cultural level.

Notes to the Text:

To be founded – быть основанным

To transfer – переместиться

To graduate from – окончить (вуз)

both …and… - как…, так и …

full- time students – студенты очной формы обучения

RUSSIA

Russia is one of the largest countries in the world. The territory of Russia lies in the eastern part of Europe and northern part of Asia.

Russia is washed by twelve seas and three oceans. The осеans are: the Arctic, the Atlantic, the Pacific. The seas are: the White Sea, the Barents Sea, the Okhotsk Sea, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and others.

Russia borders on many countries, such as Mongolia and China in the south-east, Finland and Norway in the north- west, and so on.

The land of Russia varies very much from forests to deserts, from high mountains to deep valleys. The main mountain chain are the Urals, the Caucasus and the Altai. There are a lot of great rivers and deep lakes on its territory. The longest rivers are the Volga in Europe and the Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena in Asia. The largest lakes are Ladoga and Baikal. Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and its water is the purest on earth.

The Russian Federation is rich in natural and mineral resources. It has deposits of oil, gas, coal, iron, gold and manyothers.

The current population of Russia is more than 140 million people. The European part of the country is densely peopled and most population live in cities and towns and their outskirts.

The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow, with the population of about 10 million people.

Russia is a presidential republic. It is one of the leading powers in the world.

Notes to the Text

border on – граничить с…

vary – различаться, быть разнообразным

deposit – запас

be densely populated – быть густо заселенным

lLeading power – ведущая держава