Berezniki Branch of Perm national research Polytechnic university

Our Branch is located in the second largest industrial city of Perm Krai. There are a lot of industrial enterprises in Berezniki, Uralkaliy, Azot, Avisma, Soda being the largest of them. K. Paustovsky, a famous Russian writer, called our city the “Republic of Chemistry”. Our Branch trains specialists for industrial enterprises both of our city and other cities of Verkhnekamie.

Let’s remember the main steps of the development.

In 1958 an educational consulting centre was opened in Berezniki. 3 teachers began to work with 150 extramural students.

In 1963 the educational consulting centre was reorganized into the General Technical faculty. From 1963 to 1983 the Dean of the Faculty was Assistant Professor R.A. Kozlova.

In 1981 the first departments were organized at the part-time faculty.

In 1983 the General Technical faculty was transformed into the Branch of Perm State Polytechnic Institute. The first research laboratories were equipped. The first Director of the Branch was Professor B.A Overin.

In 1992 Perm Polytechnic Institute was conferred the rank ofState Technical University.

In 1993 the full-time department was organized at the Branch.

In 2009 PSTU was awarded the status of a National Research Polytechnic University. At present PNRPU is a modern innovation technical university, comparable with world's university centres and our Branch is an integrated part of it.

Over the years, our Branch has prepared thousands of diplomaed specialists, many of them are currently the main body of managers of the enterprises and organizations of Vercknekamye.

At present there are 3 forms of training at the Branch: full-time, part-time and extramural ones.

Our Branch has 6 departments which annually train 1,500 students in different spheres: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Industrial automation, Chemical Technology, Environmental Protection, Underground Natural Resources Field Development, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Civil Engineering.

Now the staff includes 40 professors, assistant professors and instructors. They actively combine teaching with scientific activity. Carrying out researches as well as grants is an important direction of scientific activity of the Branch.

There is a Centre of additional professional education at the Berezniki Branch of PNRPU which provides the programs of skill level improvement. Annually over 1,000 specialists from enterprises of Berezniki improve their skills in the Centre.

The Branch is a research organization in Berezniki. Every year scientific conferences of young scientists are held in our Branch where both young instructors and students take part. Besides the Branch has close scientific contacts with other universities.

Our students annually take part in festivals and competitions in Berezniki and Perm. The Student Council organizes leisure time of our students who take part in discos, competitions such as Students’ Spring, KVN-Club, different sports events. Our students take part and win prizes in competitions in different areas. Many of the students are experienced tourists.

The branch has a modern material and technical basis and the computing centre. Net, multimedia and modern information technologies are applied in the teaching process. During the last 10 years new laboratories have been equipped at our Branch, innovative systems of teaching have been developed, and educational buildings have been repaired.

Упражнение 22. Выпишите в тезисной форме основные этапы в истории нашего филиала.

1958 –

1963 –

1981 –

1983 –

1992 –

1993 –

2009 –

Упражнение 23. Выпишите в тезисной форме основныеданныео нашем филиале (например, количество студентов, специальности и т.п.)

Упражнение 24. Найдите в тексте все сказуемые в форме Simple, Passive Voice.

Упражнение 25. Используя текст, составьте план Вашего рассказа о нашем филиале и подготовьте сообщение.

IV. SPEAKING

Упражнение 26. Прочитайте интервью и дополните недостающие фразы.

A delegation of students from the UK is visiting your university. The head of the delegation would like to learn more about your branch. The Dean is answering his questions.

- I’d like to learn more about your university. May I ask you some questions?

- Yes, of course. What are you interested in?

- Is it the only higher educational institution in your town?

- …

- I see. And what specialists …?

- We train specialists for …, for example, …

- What forms of training …?

- …

- Your university is rather large, isn’t it? …?

- ….

- As far as I know, At the beginning it was an educational consulting centre of Urals Polytechnic Institute. Why …?

- …

- When …?

- …

- Thank you very much for your information.

Упражнение 27. а) Продумайте 5 вопросов, которые представители зарубежной делегации могли бы задать о вашем университете. б) Продумайте 5 вопросов, которые вы хотели бы задать директору нашего филиала (вашему куратору).

IV. WRITING

Упражнение 28. Изучите написание адреса в почтовой открытке и выполните задание ниже.

Dear Mum and Dad, We arrived in Cancun last week and it’s fantastic! The weather is really hot and we’re very tanned. Our hotel is on the beach and there’s a great restaurant next to it. Mexican food is wonderful! Tomorrow we’re going scuba diving and we’re very excited. Give our love to the children. Love, Donna and Andrew

☼

1) Mr & Mrs Brownlow

2) 16 Addison Road

3) Manchester

4) M67 T14

5) Great Britain

Соотнесите информацию под определенным номером на открытке с тем, что она обозначает.

A) the street name in the mailing address

B) the ZIP Code in the mailing address

C) the town/city the letter comes from

D) the addressee

Упражнение 29. Соотнесите информацию под определенным номером на конверте с тем, что она обозначает. Помните, что адрес отправителя находится в верхнем левом углу.

New Jersey Power Company 5695 South 23 Road (1) Ridgefield, (2) NJ 08887

(3) Mr. Frederick Wolf Director of Marketing (4) Smith Printing Company 590 (5) Sixth Avenue Milwaukee, (6) WI 53216

Варианты ответов:

a) the street name in the mailing address	d) the town the letter comes from
b) the ZIP Code in the mailing address	e) the addressee
c) the ZIP Code in the return address	f) the addressee’s company name

Упражнение 30. Вы хотите написать своему другу Andreas Brown, который живет в городе Стейкфорд (Stakeford), графство Беркшир (Berkshire). Его адрес: улица Wilkinson Drive, дом 89. Почтовый индекс ST9 901. Заполните конверт, не забудьте написать обратный адрес.

Упражнение 31. a) Изучите фразы, которые часто встречаются в неофициальном (личном) письме и общий план письма.

Informal language for greeting, e.g.

Hi Enrico; Hello Enrico; Dear Enrico

Informal language for ending, e.g.

Love, Gaby; Lots of love, Gaby; All the best, Gaby: Best wishes, Gaby

General Plan

1. Give your general news

I’ve got so much to tell you.

I’ve got lots of news to tell you.

2. Give your news in detail

3. Ask for your friend’s news

I’d like/love to know what you are doing.

It would be great to hear your news/ from you.

Please write/ email me soon.

b) Используя данную ниже форму, напишите письмо своему зарубежному другу и расскажите о своем университете, студенческой жизни и предстоящей сессии. Спросите его о его университете.

.............. (greeting)

(1) …………….. Things are different for me now. …………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………

(2) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

(3) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………… (ending)

МОДУЛЬ III

HIGHER EDUCATION

1. Grammar: Pronouns; Model verbs and their equivalents

2. Vocabulary: Higher education

3. Reading: Higher education in Great Britain

4. Speaking: Comparing higher education in GB and in Russia

5. Writing: Official letter

I. GRAMMAR

Упражнение 1. Употребите соответствующее личное местоимение.

1. I have a good friend. I often visit _____.

2. I want to read. Please give _____ this book.

3. I have a dog. I walk with _____.

4. I have a small sister. I play with _____.

5. The teacher asks ______ and we answer.

6. He has friends in other towns. He often writes ______ emails.

Упражнение 2. Употребите соответствующее личное местоимение.

1. At Christmas _____ (friends) often give _____ (Mary) presents.

2. _____ (Mary) likes _____ (her friends).

3. _____ (the bird) is singing lovely.

4. We feel so lonely, stay with _____.

5. _____ (my sister and I) don’t like to walk _____ (our dog).

6. – Who is speaking?

– It’s _____, Ann.

7. Where are my books? Has anybody seen _____?

8. _____ (your brother and you) spend too much time watching TV.

9. Is Jack at home? Can I speak to _____?

Упражнение 3. Употребите соответствующее притяжательное местоимение.

1. I and my brother have a dog. It is _____ dog.

2. You are a student, aren’t you? Where is _____ institute?

3. She is a famous writer. _____ books are always interesting.

4. He has a sister. _____ sister’s name is Ann.

5. It is my dog. _____ name is Jim.

6. Tom and Nick are students. _____ friends are students too.

7. We live in Berezniki. _____ town is a big industrial centre.

8. Sam has a brother. _____ brother works at a big industrial enterprise.

9. Helen is married. _____ husband is a manager.

10. Have you got a telephone? Give me _____ telephone number, please.

11. My small sister plays with a doll. _____ name is Jane.

12. Who are these people on the photo? – They are _____ son, _____ wife and _____ child.

Упражнение 4. Употребите its или it’s в зависимости от смысла высказывания.

1 The car is nice to drive, but I don’t like _______ colour.

2 This town is wonderful. _________ got lots of shops!

3 I’m staying at home today because ________ cold.

4 Let’s go in here. ________ my favourite restaurant.

5 A bird has built ________ nest in our garden.

6 The company I work for has changed ________ name.

Упражнение 5. Заполните пропуски соответствующим притяжательным местоимением.

1. A: Have you met _______ new neighbours yet?

B: No. I’ve seen ________ children in the garden.

2. A: You took _______ coat home last night.

B: I know, I’m sorry. I thought it was _______ because they’re both black.

3. A: What’s wrong with Rosie?

B: Oh, she’s been having problems with _______ back recently.

4. A: James is doing well at school.

B: I know. ________ teacher says he’s very advanced for his age.

5. A: Is this bag _______?

B: Oh, yes, thank you. I nearly forgot it.

6. A: Julie and Frank are so lucky. _______ house is beautiful.

B: Yes, and it’s so much bigger than _______. I envy them.

7. A: I like _______ shirt. It’s like Sandra’s.

B: Actually, it is _______. I borrowed it from her yesterday.

8. A: Why did you lend Tom _______ car?

B: Because _______ is being repaired at the moment.

Упражнение 6. Прочтите информацию и заполните пропуски в диалоге соответствующим личным или притяжательным местоимением.

John, Jane, Mike and Betty are brothers and sisters. John and Jane are single. Mike and Betty are married. Mike’s wife is Maggie. Bob is Betty’s husband. Their father, Mr. Smith is dead. They are going to divide everything that is left after his death: the house, a car, apple trees, pictures, books and a canary.

John: The house is _____. _____ am going to have _____.

Jane: Bob and Betty are fond of gardening. Let _____ have the apple-trees.

Betty: Mike is a good driver. Let _____ give the car to _____.

It is going to be _____ car.

Mike: Maggie and I, _____ are crazy about art. Give _____ the pictures.

Bob: Betty is a great reader. ____is fond of books. Give the books to ___.

John: But what about _____, Jane? What are _____ going to have?

What is going to be _____?

Jane: The canary, _____ think.

Упражнение 7. Переведите предложения.Определите значение местоимений some, any, no, none.

1. 1.We’ll discuss some problems at the conference.

2. Let’s have some tea.

3. There were some 20 people in the room.

4. You can get this newspaper at any book-stand.

5. Is there any news from him?

6. He was not asked any questions.

7. There isn’t any tea in the cup.

8. There is no information on this question.

9. – Are there any books on this problem in your library?

- No, there are none.

Упражнение 8. Заполните пропуски в диалоге местоимениями some, any, no, none.

Jenny	Hi, Martin. How are you?
Martin	Fine, but busy. We’ve got 1) some exams next week – remember?
Jenny	I know. How much work did you do last night?
Martin	2)______. I went to the cinema. What about you?
Jenny	I had 3)______ time last night. It was my sister’s birthday so we all went out for dinner.
Martin	Have you done 4)______ work this morning?
Jenny	5)______, but not a lot. Anyway, I rang to ask you something. Do you know where my physics book is?
Martin	I’ve got 6)______ idea, but you can borrow mine if you want.
Jenny	Thanks.
Martin	Let’s meet outside the bank in the High Street this lunchtime. I need to get 7)______ money and I’ll bring my physics book for you.
Jenny	Good idea. I’m very worried about the physics exam. Have you got 8)______ old exam papers? I’d really like to look at them.
Martin	I haven’t got 9)______ but my brother’s got 10)______ from his last exam. I’ll bring them with me at lunchtime.
Jenny	Wonderful! See you at 12.30. OK?

Упражнение 9. Переведите предложения.Определите значение производных от some, any, no, every.

1. Is there anybody outside in the street? – No, there is nobody there, I think. I don’t see anyone there. It’s late. Everyone is sitting at home at this hour.

2. Can anyone help me with this exercise? – Anybody can do it.

3. Is anything wrong with this box? – No, everything is OK. Nothing can happen to it. There is something heavy in this box.

4. You can put it anywhere you like.

5. We looked for the child everywhere but couldn’t find him. – Don’t worry, everything will be OK.

Упражнение 10. Прочтите письмо.Заполните пропуски производными от some, any, no (something, anybody, nowhere и т.д.).

Dear Phil

I’ve been here for two months and I don’t like this place. I haven’t met 1) anybody interesting. Also, it’s very quiet in the evenings. All the shops and restaurants close early and the streets are empty. There’s 2)________ to go and there is 3)________ good on TV.

Then yesterday 4)________ told me about a sports club 5)________ near my house. So I decided to try it. I found it – it’s only ten minutes from my house and it’s great. There’s weight-training, tennis, a swimming pool, and the people there are very friendly. 6)________ tells you what to do – you can choose for yourself. In the middle of the evening, 7)________ said, ‘Hello, I’m Tony. Are you doing 8)________ later this evening? Would you like to go for 9)________ to eat?’ I said, ‘Yes, I’d love to.’

We had delicious pizzas and that night I thought for myself, ‘This town is getting better! I haven’t been 10)________ for two months and now I’ve been to two new places in one evening and made a friend.’

All the best

Geoffrey

Упражнение 11. Заполните пропуски местоимениями some, any, no или производными от них

1. Is there ______ hope to get to college on time? – Yes, there is ______ if you take a bus. – What bus can I take to get there? – You can take ______ of them, all of the buses go that way.

2. Have you got ______ brothers or sisters? – Sorry to say, but I haven’t got ______ of them. However, I have got very good friends.

3. Can you see ______ in the darkness? – I can see ______ I must say. It’s too dark. – Can ______ show us the way, I wonder. – There is ______ in the street, I’m afraid.

4. It’s too late. Is there ______ in that house? – I think there is ______ there. The light is on.

Упражнение 12. Переведите местоимения в скобках, определите вид местоимения.

1. (Его) friends love (его).

2. (Эта) book is interesting. (Я) know (её) author. (Её) books are always interesting. (Я) can give (её) to (вам) for (несколько) days.

3. (Их) university is not far from (моего) house. I often see (их).

4. (Они) told (нам) about (своем) university and (его) history.

5. (Они) made (эти) experiments by (сами).

6. (Я) translated (ту) article by (сама).

7. (Я) take (свой) dictionary, and (вы) – (свой).

8. (Он) hasn’t got (никаких) questions to (ко мне).

9. Is there (что-нибудь) interesting on TV? – No, there is (ничего).

Упражнение 13. Сравните значение модальных глаголов и их эквивалентов. Переведите данные примеры.

CAN Физическая/умственная возможность I can play the piano. She can speak Finnish. He can’t lift this heavy box.

COULD Форма прошедшего времени от can My aunt could speak five languages.

BE ABLE TO Успешно завершившееся действие, (на русский язык часто переводится «могу, смог, смогу»). Although it was snowing I was able to cover the distance of 3,000 meters in 15 minutes. It is hard but we are able to solve the problems. The computer will be able to solve this equation.

MUST Необходимость/долженствование (часто от самого говорящего) You must know the truth.

HAVE TO Необходимость/долженствование (возникшее в силу обстоятельств) I often have to work on Sundays.

DON’T / DOESN’T HAVE TO I don’t have to go to the Institute on Saturdays. He doesn’t have to wait for us if he is busy.

HAD TO Необходимость/долженствование в прошлом, на русский язык часто переводится «пришлось»; вопросительные и отрицательные формы образует при помощи did We had to work much last Friday. Did you have to wear a uniform at your office? – Yes, I did. The weather was fine yesterday, so I didn’t have to put on a warm coat.

SHOULD Совет/пожелание You shouldn’t read so much here. It’s dark I don’t think he should swim so much. The water is cold.

MAY Предположение с невысокой степенью уверенности It may rain in the evening. Sam may break this expensive vase. Разрешение (официально/формально) May I help you?

MIGHT Предположение с невысокой степенью уверенности She might be speaking over the telephone now.

BE ALLOWED TO Разрешение The students are allowed to work in the laboratory.

Упражнение 14. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на значение модальных глаголов и их эквивалентов:

1. You may go there, I don’t mind. 2. You can walk there, it is quite near. 3. You cannot go there: you don’t know the address. 4. You need not go there: I can ring them up. 5. You must not go there: it’s dangerous. 6. You should go there: they are waiting for you. 7. Will you be able to speak to him tomorrow? 8. I could not remember the address, and I had to ring up my friend. 9. I shall have to stay at home these days. 10. I was allowed to stay at home. 11. You will not have to wait for him. 12. We decided that everybody was to take part in the concert. 13. The text was easy. I was able to translate it. 14. I was to learn this poem by Wednesday. 15. He was allowed to use this device. 16. They were to meet at the station. 17. The lift was out of order and we had to walk up. 18. Must I do this work today? – No, you needn’t. You can do it tomorrow.

Упражнение 15. Просмотрите заметки Майка о правилах поведения в офисе, где он работает, и заполните предложения, используя has to, doesn’t have to, can, can’t.

Remember:

can – 1)it is possible,you are able to

2) you are allowed to (polite)

can’t – 1)it is impossible

2)you are not allowed to (polite)

have to / has to – it is necessary to do smth

don’t /doesn’t have to / needn’t – it isn’t necessary to do smth

Office rules

Hours are 9a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

But OK to go home at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

One hour for lunch (but any time between 12 and 3).

No smoking, eating or drinking in the office.