Topic 10. Our technical school

My name is Peter Ivanov. In June I left (finished) school and in August passed my exams at the polytechnical school. The level pass to our technical school was 7. I got 4 in Ukrainian and 5 in mathematics. So my level pass was 9. Now I am a full-time first-year student.

Our polytechnical school is not far from our block of flats and can easily get there by bus. It takes me 25 minutes to get to the technical school. Sometimes I go there on foot. And though it takes me an hour, it is healthy to walk.

Our technical school occupies two buildings. It runs full-time and part-time (or evening) departments. There are several departments at our technical school. Our studies begin at 9 o’clock, usually we have six hours (periods) a day. We have a lunch break at 12 o’clock. We have a good canteen and during our lunch period we take meals there. There is a gym (gym hall) on the ground floor. Our library is on the second floor. It contains a lot of textbooks and fiction. It is open from 9 a.m. till 8 p.m. in term-time. There is a large reading hall in our technical school and we often do our homework there. Our classrooms and laboratories are large and light. Our labs have modern equipment. The workshops where we have practical training are on the ground floor.

The academic session began on the first of September and will end in June. Every day we attend lectures and have practice.

I do well because I want to become a good specialist. At the end of the term we will take exams and I shall try to pass them successfully.

Some of our students live in the hostel. It is not far from our technical school. It takes them ten minutes to get to the technical school.

Word List:

to| leave| (finish|) school| – закінчувати школу           

to| pass| my| exams| – скласти іспити

level| pass| – прохідний бал                                  

first-year| student|  - першокурсник

to| take| me| 25 minutes| – займати|позичати| у мене (за часом) 25 хвилин

on| foot| – пішки                                                      

to| occupy|  - займати|позичати|

full-time| department| – денне відділення|відокремлення|              

part-time| department| – заочне відділення|відокремлення|

canteen|  - їдальня                                                

а gym| (gym| hall|) - гімнастичний зал

а library| - бібліотека                                             

textbooks– | підручники|посібники|

fiction | - художня література

reading| hall|  - читальний зал                               

а laboratory|  - лабораторія

modern| equipment| – сучасне устаткування|обладнання|  

academic| session| – навчальний рік

to| attend| lectures|  - відвідувати лекції                    

to| do| well|  - навчатися| добре

to| take| exams| – складати іспити                        

а hostel| - гуртожиток

 

 

Topic 11. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN UKRAINE.

Ukraine has got rather developed system of education.

General secondary education is free and compulsory. There are many gymnasiums, lycees and private schools in Ukraine. The secondary school must secure a uniform level of knowledge necessary for each student. Post-secondary education is provided by technical schools, colleges and institution of higher learning: universities, academies and institutes. At each institute or university there is a post­graduate course with post-graduates working for their scientific degrees.

There are many scientific, educational and academic centres in Ukraine. Kyiv with its famous National University named after T. Shevchenko, Polytechnic University, Kyivo-­Mohylyanska Academy which resumed its work in 1991. There are three faculties in the Academy: the humanities, social and national sciences. Lviv is the leading scientific and cultural centre of Western Ukraine. It has a number of research institutes of high level.

Kharkiv University has 10 faculties: mechanics, ­mathematics, physics. physics-technology, radio-physics, chemistry, biology, economics, history, philology and foreign languages. Ukraine numbers a total of 1.5 million college and university students. Graduates from the Ukrainian institution of higher learning become famous writers, prominent diplomats, economists, chemists, mathematicians and others.

Vocabulary:

free - безкоштовний

compulsory – обов'язковий

uniform level – єдиний рівень

humanities – гуманітарні науки

to resume – відновлювати

post-secondary education – вища освіта

Exercise 1. Answer the questions:

1. The general educational school Ukraine has three stages, hasn't it?

2. The education is free, isn't it?

3. What is Kyiv famous for?

4. What is the leading scientific centre of Western Ukraine?

5. How many faculties are there in Kharkiv University?

II семестр.