About Myself

1. Let me introduce myself. My full name is Andrey Ivanovich Petrov. I was born on the 7^th of May, 1990 in Saint Petersburg. My father is a manager. His favourite occupation is to watch sport programmes on TV. My mother is an economist. Her name is Anna. Her hobby is gardening. I am not the only child in the family. I have got a younger sister. Her name is Marina. She is 10. Marina goes to school.

2. Two years ago I finished school. I always did well at school and studied with great interest. I also took an active part in social life. I attended subject circles and a sports club. I like playing computer games very much. When I had some free time I met my friends or listened to music. My favourite subject at school was mathematics.

3. Now I am a student of the Nevsky institute. In our institute you can study design, psychology and commerce. All the professions are very useful. Each profession requires well-educated people and qualified specialists. So there are special classrooms for drawing and painting, a library, rooms equipped with computers and for psychological relaxation in our institute.

4. After graduating from Commerce Faculty it is possible to find good jobs. Commerce students are better motivated to do their best because they have clearly set goals. Their competence and knowledge, required by the developing business economy, are well paid. To be a designer is attractive too. This profession can fit creative people who know how to make things around them look nice. I think that to be a sociologist or a psychologist is very interesting and useful too. Psychologists try to help people to cope with their spiritual problems.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

1. introduce	[ˏintrə´dju;s]	- представить(ся
2. full	[ful]	- полный
3. be born	[bo:n]	- родиться
4. do well	[´du ´wel]	- хорошо успевать
5. take an part	[´teik ´pa:t]	- принимать участие
6. social life	[´souʃl ´laif]	- общественная жизнь
7. attend	[ə´tend]	- посещать
8. subject circle	[´sʌbʤikt ´sə:kl]	- факультатив
9. enter	[´entə]	- поступать
10. pass	[pa:s]	- сдать
11. entrance examination	[´entr(ə)ns igˏzæmi´neiʃn]	- вступительный экзамен
12. go in for sports		- заниматься спортом

ADDITIONAL VOCABULARY

1. let	[let]	позволять
2. occupation	[ˏokju´peiʃn]	занятие
3. only	[`ounli]	единственный; только
4. favourite	[`feivərit]	любимый
5. subject	[`sʌbʤikt]	предмет
6. meet	[mi:t]	встречать(ся)
7. game	[geim]	игра
8. successfully	[s(ə)k`sesfuli]	успешно
10.9. busy	[`bizi]	занятый
11.10. free	[fri:]	свободный
12.11. difficult	[`difikəlt]	трудный
13.12. a lot of	[lot]	много
14.13. ground	[graund]	площадка