Our Institute
I am a second-year student of the Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute. The institute was established in 1946. Primarily it was the Evening Faculty of the Altai Polytechnical Institute. Nowadays many things have changed. The Institute is made up of 5 faculties: Technological, Humanitarian, the faculty of Secondary professional education, the faculty of Correspondence education and the Extention education faculty. It trains engineers in following specialities: Organization Management, Finance and Credit, Economy and Management, Technology and Business, Applied Mathematics, Civil and Industrial Engineering, Machines and Equipment of Food-processing Industry, Foundry Machines and Production, Technology of Machinery, Agricultural Machines, Automobiles and Tractors, Automobiles and Equipment, Electrifying of Industrial Enterprises.
The students who attend lectures regularly, usually pass their examinations more successfully. They get good and excellent marks and seldom fail.
The academic year begins in September and is over in June. There are two terms in the course of the academic year. Twice a year the students take examinations and tests. During the terms students have to attend lectures, to carry out laboratory tests and to do practical work. They have at their disposal all kinds of laboratories, a good library and a reading room, a gymnasium, some computer rooms. The laboratories are provided with the most up-to-date equipment. The students make different experiments and carry on research work there.
Notes:
to be a first-year student быть студентом первого курса
to be a second-year student быть студентом второго курса
to be established быть основанным
primarily ранее, прежде
to be made up of состоять из
faculty of Secondary professional education факультет среднего специального образования
Correspondence faculty факультет заочной формы обучения
Extension education faculty факультет повышения квалификации
Foundry Machines and Production машины и технология литейного производства
Electrifying of Industrial Enterprises электроснабжение промышленных предприятий
Civil and Industrial Engineering промышленное и гражданское строительство
to specialize специализироваться
field (зд.) область знания
to last длиться
to attend lectures посещать лекции
regular (adj.) постоянный
regularly (adv.) постоянно
to take the exam сдавать экзамен
to pass the exam сдать экзамен
to fail the exam провалить экзамен
to get good (excellent) marks получать хорошие (отличные) оценки
success успех
successful (adj.) успешный
successfully (adv.) успешно
to be over заканчиваться
academic year учебный год
test зачет
to carry out выполнять
to have at the disposal иметь в распоряжении
to be provided with быть обеспеченным
up-to-date equipment современное оборудование
I. Answer the questions:
Where do you study?
Are you a first or a second-year student?
What do you know about the history of the Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute?
How many faculties is our institute made up of? Name these faculties.
Are you a student of the Correspondence faculty?
What specialities does the institute train future engineers in?
How long does the course of study last?
What subjects do the first-year students study at the institute?
What is your favourite subject? Do you always pass your exams and tests successfully?
What are your marks at the exams?
How often do you take your exams?
What are the students’ duties during the academic year?
What do the students have at their disposal?
Are you going to carry on research work?
II. Read and explain the tenses:
At the Institute
Vera: Hello, Mike! What are you doing here?
Mike: Hello, Vera! I am reading for my mathematics exam.
V.: But your group has passed it already, hasn’t it?
M.: Yes, it has, but I was absent at that time. So I’ll take this exam tomorrow.
V.: Is it difficult for you to take this exam?
M.: No, it isn’t. I have finished a specialized mathematical school where mathematics was studied more thoroughly (тщательно) than at other schools. Besides, I have taken part in a mathematics contest of our city.
V.: Really? Have you? When was it?
M.: It was last year.
V.: Were you the first at that contest?
M.: No, I was the second. The first one was the boy from one of Novosibirsk mathematical schools.
V.: Have you ever been to Novosibirsk?
M.: Yes, I have been there this year with a group of students of our faculty.
V.: What have you seen there?
M.: Oh, I have seen a lot. But now I have no time to tell you about it. Well, Vera, what are you doing here? Are you reading for your exams too?
V.: No, I am not. I’ve passed all my exams with good marks this term and so my holidays have already started. I’m waiting for my friend here. Good luck, Mike.
III. Insert a missing word:
The Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute is … of 6 faculties.
The institute was … in 1946.
The students … good or excellent marks during the exams.
Many things have … .
The laboratories are … with modern equipment.
During the terms students … attend lectures, to … laboratory tests and to … practical work.
The students who … lectures regularly, usually … their examinations more successfully.
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established, changed, provided, made up, get, have to, attend, pass, do, carry out
IV. Make up a dialogue on the topic "Our Institute”. Work in pairs.
