Exercise 2 Answer the following questions

1. Does every Russian citizen have the right to free education? 2. When do children go to school? 3. Where do children have to go first? 4. What do children get after the 9^th form? 5. When do children can get the higher education? 6. What system can allow children enter higher educational establishments? 7. How long do children study at the institutes and universities? 8. Can they continue their education after graduating from the higher educational establishments? 9. What degree can students get after defending the dissertation? 10. How long do the students study in the medical universities?

Exercise 3 Translate and memorize the following expressions from the text

Free education, nursery schools, kindergartens, postgraduate course, literature, chemistry, physics, biology, computing, foreign languages, the master’s degree, financially independent, to defend a dissertation, to face the first serious decision, to transfer to specialized colleges, to defend a final project, to get a profession, to enter an institution of higher education, to get a school certificate, an entrant.

Exercise 4 Find synonyms among the following words.

Each, to begin, to receive, various, to permit, obstacles, to propose, many, different, to allow, to take, an exam, a term, to study, to bring, to suggest, to learn, to go on, to finish, a test, a lot of, to obtain, difficulties, every, to continue.

Exercise 5 Write a summary of the text, presenting the content of each paragraph in 2-3 sentences. Use the expressions:

The main idea of the text is... The text deals with one of the most important (urgent) issues... Much attention (consideration) is given to (classification, description)... It focuses on the matters of... The text gives an overview of... The text is mainly concerned with... The aim of the survey is to show (demonstrate, find)... Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of… The text gives a detailed analysis of (reports on)... To sum up... In conclusion...

Индивидуальное задание для студентов заочного отделения к курсу

«Английский язык»

Вариант № 15/1c

Exercise 1 Read the text and translate it in written form.

Arts

There many arts in the world, but the most popular are: literature, music, theatre, cinema and others. Music has always fascinated people. It touches their hearts and makes them laugh or cry. Music can be heard everywhere. Nowadays there are a lot of musical genres: classical music, rock music, pop music, club music and others. Some people listen to one kind of music only and they listen to it no matter what mood they are in.

There are a lot of wonderful works of literature-famous writers and poets created a big variety of poems, stories and novels that are read over the world. Russian poets and writers like Pushkin, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky are famous all over the world. Their works are translated into many languages. Theatre is a popular kind of arts, too. There are a lot of theatres in Russia, but most of them are situated in Moscow. The Bolshoi Theatre and the Maly Theatre are world famous. If you like opera you should go to the Bolshoi Theatre. The tickets are rather expensive though. The Maly Theatre stages dramas and plays based on classical novels.

Nowadays theatres are becoming less and less popular, and cinema has got big popularity instead. There are a lot of cinemas in Moscow: modern and old-fashioned, cheap and expensive. Modern films are full of audio and computer special effects and people go to the cinema to enjoy them. The so-called home cinemas have appeared lately. More and more people buy modern TV-sets with large flat screens and special sound equipment and watch films at home.