I. Improve your word power.

1. Pronounce the following words and memorize them:

abroad (adv)	- за рубежом
access (n)	- доступ
achievement (n)	- достижение
amateur (adj)	- любительский
anniversary (n)	- годовщина, юбилей
annually (adv)	- ежегодно
application (n)	- применение
aspiration (n)	- стремление
assignment (n)	- задание
assistance (n)	- помощь, поддержка
available (adj)	- доступный
breadth (n)	- широта, ширина
confidence (n)	- уверенность
contest (n)	- соревнование; конкурс
diverse (adj)	- разнообразный
essential (adj)	- существенный
establishment (n)	- учреждение
event (n)	- событие
fame (n)	- слава
graduate (n)	- выпускник
improvement (n)	- усовершенствование
lawyer (n)	- юрист
maintenance (n)	- поддержание
notable (adj)	- выдающийся
outing (n)	- загородная прогулка
performance (n)	- представление
photogrammetry (n)	- фотограмметрия
priority (n)	- приоритет; очередность
probation (n)	- стажировка
purification (n)	- очистка
refectory (n)	- студенческая столовая
renovated (adj)	- отреставрированный
scientific (adj)	- научный
sewage (n)	- канализация
staff (n)	- штат сотрудников
unsurpassed (adj)	- непревзойденный
to aim (v)	- ставить цель
to attend (v)	- посещать
to elaborate (v)	- разрабатывать
to enable (v)	- позволять
to enrich (v)	- обогащать
to equip (v)	- вооружать, оборудовать
to evaluate (v)	- оценивать
to carry out (v)	- проводить
to implement (v)	- внедрять
to improve (v)	- улучшать
to involve (v)	- вовлекать, включать
to gain (v)	- приобретать
to participate (v)	- участвовать
to provide (v)	- обеспечивать, предоставлять
to require (v)	- требовать
to shape (v)	- формировать
to suit to (v)	- подходить; соответствовать
to update (v)	- модернизировать
up-to-date (adj)	- современный

 

2. Pronounce the following word combinations and memorize them:

descriptive geometry	- начертательная геометрия
Extra-Mural Department	- заочное отделение
health centre	- оздоровительный центр
heat and gas supply	- теплогазоснабжение
highly-regarded	- престижный
highly-qualified	- высококвалифицированный
higher school	- высшее учебное заведение
in this respect	- в этом отношении
land-surveyor	- землемер
metal treatment	- обработка метала
Post-graduate courses	- аспирантура
Preparatory Department	- подготовительное отделение
prize-winning places	- призовые места
specialized field	- специализированная область
strength of materials	- сопротивление материалов
technical drawing	- инженерная графика
track and field athletics	- легкая атлетика
to be necessitated	- вызывать необходимость
to deliver lectures	- читать лекции
to study by correspondence	- учиться заочно
water removal	- подача воды
weight lifting	- тяжелая атлетика

3. Match these words with the definitions below:

achievement; to enable; assignment; contest; essential; fame; refectory; staff; to attend; to equip; to evaluate; lawyer; to suit to; aspiration; to update

1) a large room in a school, college etc where meals are served and eaten;

2) a competition;

3) people who work for an organization, especially a school or business;

4) extremely important and necessary in order to do something correctly or successfully;

5) to go to an event such as a meeting or a class;

6) something important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts;

7) to carefully consider something to see how useful or valuable it is;

8) a piece of work that is given to someone as a part of their job, or that a student is asked to do;

9) to make something exactly right for something else;

10) someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court;

11) the state of being known about by a lot of people because of your achievements;

12) a strong desire to have or achieve something;

13) to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something;

14) to make something more modern in the way it looks or operates;

15) to provide a person, group, building etc with the things that are needed for a particular kind of activity or work.

4. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms:

1) contest; 2) attainment; 3) to improve; 4) desire; 5) to obtain; 6) modern; 7) cleaning; 8) to require; 9) to shape; 10) to demand;  11) achievement;  12) to gain; 13) aspiration; 14) up-to-date; 15) purification; 16) competition; 17) to make better; 18) to form.

 

5. Translate the Russian words given in brackets:

1) The hotel (предоставляет) a shoe-cleaning service for guests.

2) I’ve never lived (за границей) before.

3) Our university is a well-run (учреждение).

4) The caretaker is responsible for the (поддержание) of the school buildings.

5) Her knowledge of the subject is (непревзойденныe).

6) Education can (обогащать) your life.

7) What is the (ширина) of this room?

8) After two years of (высшее учебное заведение), I thought I knew everything.

9) The article discusses the (события) which led to the prime minister’s resignation.

10) The boys (вооружаться) themselves with torches and rope and set off.

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