Exercise 5. Read the text and replace the underlined words with the appropriate meanings (1-7) below.
1. elective 2. obtain 3. obligatory 4. do 5. high school 6. enter
If you want to go to the Academy, you must pass school-leaving examinations that you take in five different subjects. “Ukrainian language and literature” is a compulsory subject, the other four are optional. You can choose from the list of subjects being taught at your secondary school. You must do well in order to get a place at the Academy. To get admitted to the Academy you have to take entrance exams successfully.
Welcome to the Ukrainian State Academy of Railway Transport (UkrDAZT). It is the leading railway institution of higher learning not only in Ukraine but in the CIS countries as well. The Academy counts 5 departments and trains specialists in the following specialities:
Academy Structure (divisions)
-the Mechanical Department(founded 1930)
- rolling stock and specialized railway machinery (рухомий склад та спеціалізоване машинне обладнання)
- electric vehicles: electric locomotives and electric trains (електротранспорт: електровози та електропоїзди)
- industrial heat and power engineering (промислова теплоенергетика)
- diesel and electric locomotives and their equipment (тепловози, електровози та їх ремонт)
- railway cars and their maintenance (залізничні вагони та їх ремонт)
-the Railway Operation and Management Department(founded 1934)
- commercial railway operation and management on the railway transport (комерційне управління процесами перевезень на залізничному транспорті)
- rail traffic control (управління рухом)
- customs control (митний контроль)
- international traffic operation (управління міжнародними перевезеннями)
-the Transport Economics Department(founded 1934)
- business economy (економіка підприємства)
- accounting and audit (бухгалтерський облік та аудит)
- finance (фінанси)
- marketing (маркетинг)
- business management (менеджмент організацій)
- management of the international activity (менеджмент зовнішньої діяльності)
-the Construction Department(founded 1945)
-raiway construction (залізничні споруди)
- construction and road machines (будівельно-шляхові машини)
- track and track facilities (колія та колійне господарство)
- industrial and civil engineering (промислове та цивільне будівництво)
-the ATC Department(founded 1960)
- automation and automatization on the railway transport (автоматика та автоматизація на залізничному транспорті)
-the Institute of Retraining and Upgrading Qualification(1996)
Official website http://www.kart.edu.ua
Address: 61050, Kharkiv, Feyerbakh Square, 7.
Exercise 6. Complete the dialogue and act it out with your group-mate:
- Hi, haven’t seen you for ages. How are things?
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- I’ve heard you entered an institution of higher learning. Did you pass the entrance exams successfully?
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- What institution of higher learning did you choose?
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- As you know I’m a school leaver this year. Could you give me some information about your Academy? Do you know when it was established?
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- How many departments are there in it and what are they?
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- By the way, what department do you study at?
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- When was it founded?
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- What fields does your department train specialists in?
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- What is your speciality?
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- Thanks for your information. I hope it will help me to make up my mind where to study.
Vocabulary List:
1. the Ukrainian State Academy of Railway Transport – Українська Державна Академія Залізничного Транспорту
2. institution of higher learning – вищий навчальний заклад
3. first-year student – студент першого курсу
4. full-time student – студент денного відділення
5. part-time student – студент-заочник
6. undergraduate (student) – студент
7. graduate – випускник вищого навчального закладу
8. postgraduate – аспирант
9. to enter the Academy – вступити до академії
10. to graduate from the Academy – закінчувати академію
11. to train specialists – готувати спеціалістів
12. to give every opportunity – надати вcі можливості
13. to be situated (to be located) – бути розташованим
14. to be founded (to be established) – бути заснованим
15. preparatory department – підготовче відділення
16. to get credits – отримати заліки
17. to take terminal examinations – здавати семестрові іспити
18. high grades – високі бали (оцінки)
19. complete course of studies – повний курс навчання
20. to receive a state scholarship – отримувати стипендію
21. Bachelor of Science (BSc) – ступінь бакалавра
22. Master of Science (MSc) – магістр наук
23. associate professor – доцент
24. to be engaged in research work – займатися науковою роботою
25. to deliver lectures – читати лекції
26. hostel – гуртожиток
27. dean’s office – деканат
28. up-to-date instruments and installations – сучасні приладдя та установки
29. at the disposal – у розпорядженні
30. scientific research institute – науково-дослідний інститут
31. industrial enterprise – промислове підприємство
32. railway department – відділення залізниці
33. designing institute – проектний інститут
34. scientific and technological advance – науково-технічний прогрес
35. all-round development – всебічний розвиток
36. to upgrade one’s qualification – підвищувати кваліфікацію
Exercise 7. Find the definitions to the following words:
| 1. found | A. a discourse on a particular subject given or read to an audience |
| 2. Master of Science | B. to bring into being, set up, or establish (something, such as an institution, society, etc.) |
| 3. scholarship | C. a university teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor |
| 4. to upgrade | D. a postgraduate degree, usually in science, or the holder of this degree |
| 5. enterprise | E. to take, to get something |
| 6. to be engaged | F. financial aid provided for a scholar |
| 7. associate professor | G. modern, current, or fashionable |
| 8. receive | H. a business unit; a company or firm |
| 9. up-to-date | I. to take part; participate |
| 10. lecture | J. to assign or promote (a person or job) to a higher professional rank or position |
Exercise 8. Find synonyms in the two columns of the words and give their Ukrainian equivalents:
| to be founded | chance |
| to receive | to be established |
| student | modern |
| complete | establishment |
| up-to-date | scholar |
| opportunity | many-sided |
| to be situated | finished |
| all-round | marks |
| grades | to get |
| institution | to be located |