Dialogue

Dima: Hello, Helen. I am glad to see you.

Helen: Hi, Dima. How nice to meet you again. I haven’t seen you for ages. How is life?

Dima: I’m a student of the Medical University now.

Helen: Congratulations! When did you enter the University?

Dima: I entered the University last year.

Helen: Did you pass any entrance exams?

Dima: Certainly I did. I had to take exams in Chemistry, Biology and Russian Language.

Helen: So, you must be a second year student now.

Dima: Yes, I am in the second year. And what about you?

Helen: I haven’t decided yet. Tell me more about your university. What subjects do medical students study?

Dima: Oh, there are a lot of subjects in the pre-clinical years. We study Anatomy, Biology, Microbiology, General and Biological Chemistry, Physics, Physiology and some other subjects. We also study languages: Latin focusing on basics of medical terminology and one of the two foreign languages English or German, trying to learn to understand medical texts.

Helen: What is the course of study at your faculty?

Dima: Six years.

Helen: Well, I guess it takes a lot of time and much effort to become a highly qualified medical specialist.

Dima: Yes, it certainly does. But I find all this very interesting.

Ex.10 Translate into English.

1. Московская медицинская академия была основана в 1758 году как факультет Московского университета. 2. Основателем Московского университета был великий русский ученый М.В. Ломоносов. 3. В 19 веке в Московском университете было шесть кафедр. 4. В Московской медицинской академии были открыты два новых факультета: стоматологический и военной медицины. 5. Каждый факультет возглавляет декан.

Medical Education in Belarus

Ex.11 Read and remember the following expressions. Translate the sentences.

1. World Health Organization (WHO) Всемирная организация здравоохранения

World Health Organization promotes the development of health education in all the countries of the world.

The regional WHO office for Europe is situated in Copenhagen.

2. to receive nursing training at a medical college получить среднее медицинское образование в медучилище

My sister received nursing training at a medical college. She works as a nurse at hospital No.5.

Ex.12 Listen and repeat the following words. Pay attention to the stress.

internship [ɪn ʹtǝ:nʃɪp], patient [ʹpeɪʃǝnt], gynaecology [̗ʤaɪnɪ ʹkɔlǝʤɪ], scholarship

[ʹskɔlǝʃɪp], epidemiological [epɪ ̗ di:mɪǝ ʹlɔʤɪkǝl], post-graduate [ʹpoust ʹgrædjuɪt], qualification [̗kwɔlɪfɪ ʹkeɪʃn],specialization [̗speʃǝlaɪ ʹzeɪʃn]