II. Match the words with their synonyms

Our College

Let me introduce myself. I’m a student of Zaporizhzhya Teacher Training College. I’ll take you round the college. I’d like to start with brief information about the history of our college.

It was established 120 years ago & is considered to be one of the oldest institutions in the region. Our college trains nursery & primary school teachers as well as specialists in art. Our college holds over 600 students & 96 teachers. Our classes start at eight & usually are over at half past two. We study five days a week from Monday to Fridays. Attendance at all lectures & practical classes is compulsory. A student who is not regular in attendance or fail exams is liable for cancellation.

There are three departments in our college, Preschool department, Primary School & Art departments. Students may choose to receive both full-time & part-time education here. ZPC is a state supported educational establishment. Studying here is free of charge. It means that our students don’t pay for their education. Students who succeed in their studies & exams get stipend (scholarship).

The college consists of two buildings, the main one & a workshop. There is also a sports ground behind the college building. The main building is three-storeyed.

I believe it would be better to begin the excursion from the ground floor where the administrative sector is situated. The most important problems of our college are solved in the office of our principal O. M. Melnyk. Our deans’ offices & a staff room are also on the ground floor.

Here one can find a canteen where our students & teachers can have a bite during a long break after the second double-period. It lasts forty minutes. We can buy cooked lunches with a choice of menu being provided or bring packed ones.

Near the canteen there is a gym where we have PT lessons & all sorts of competitions. Our students as well as our teachers are always welcomed there. In fact, there are three gyms in our college.

The museum upstairs gives a full coverage of college’s history. Meetings with guests are sometimes held there.

Parties & meetings are held in the lobby & assembly hall. Our students decorate them for special occasions to make them look more attractive & festively. In the lobby students also exhibit their creative works, place wall papers & announcements.

Besides, there is a library & a reading room there. They provide us with a lot of books, newspapers, journals & magazines both for our studies & interests.

Our classrooms & laboratories are equipped with modern teaching materials, devices & facilities. Our students study there various educational & special subjects, like languages, literature, history, geography, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science, handicrafts, psychology, etc.

Actually, our student life extends far beyond the classroom. Extracurricular activities include a wide range of sporting, cultural, public undertakings through various clubs & societies which are freely open to everyone.

Exercise 1. Write out unknown words.

Exercise 2. Read the text.

Exercise 3. Give synonyms to the words: college; introduce; teacher; primary; establishment.

Make up sentences with some of them.

Exercise 4. Make an excursion round our college to our foreign guests.

I. Answer the questions:

1. What college do you study at?

2. When was your college established?

3. How many students & teachers are there at your college?

4. What is fare for studying at your college?

5. What departments are there at your college?

6. When do your classes at the college start?

7. What time to you set your alarm-clock if you don’t want to run risks to be late for college?

8. How many lessons a day do you have at college?

9. What lets you in the high spirit & reconcile you with the necessity of yearly getting up?

10. How much does it take you to get to college?

11. Is your library at college well stocked?

12. How long does your long break at college for lunch last

II. Match the words with their synonyms

III. Insert the right word:

“He was only wrong by two!”

John was a football trainer at an English college. He always tried to find good football players for his 1 team. John trained his players 2 very well. They were good at running, jumping, swimming, 3 rowing& playing different games. They often took part in 4 races & always won. All Johns’ players were tall strong 5 sportsmen& just nice people. The college team was the best. Regular training, keeping to a6 diet & a lot of exercises were very important for the sportsmen. They always took the trainer’s 7advice & showed good results in all 8 competitions & matches. They almost never lost a game or ended matches in a draw. They practically won.

The only trouble with some of his football players was their bad 9 knowledge of many school subjects. The sportsmen were often poor at Mathematics & English. It was not always easy for them to study.

One day the trainer brought a young football player to the Professor of the college. The Professor asked the young player a few 10 questions. He chose very easy questions but the boy 11 couldn’t answer them. At last the Professor asked, “Well, what is five times five?”

The student thought for a long time & then 12 answered, “Twenty six.” The Professor looked at the trainer. “It’s impossible!” he said. “I don’t want to 13 punishyour team. I understand he can play football very well but he doesn’t know 14 mathematics at all. He can’t be a student.” But the trainer said seriously, “Oh, please, sir! Let him become a student. He was only 15 wrong by two.”

III. Insert the right word:

“He was only wrong by two!”

John was a football trainer at an English college. He always tried to find good football players for his ¹ _____. John trained his players ²_____. They were good at running, jumping, swimming, ³_____& playing different games. They often took part in ⁴_____ & always won. All Johns’ players were tall strong ⁵_____& just nice people. The college team was the best. Regular training, keeping to a⁶_____ & a lot of exercises were very important for the sportsmen. They always took the trainer’s⁷ _____ & showed good results in all ⁸_____ & matches. They almost never lost a game or ended matches in a draw. They practically won.

The only trouble with some of his football players was their bad ⁹_____ of many school subjects. The sportsmen were often poor at Mathematics & English. It was not always easy for them to study.

One day the trainer brought a young football player to the Professor of the college. The Professor asked the young player a few ¹⁰_____. He chose very easy questions but the boy ¹¹_____ answer them. At last the Professor asked, “Well, what is five times five?”

The student thought for a long time & then ¹²_____ “Twenty six.” The Professor looked at the trainer. “It’s impossible!” he said. “I don’t want to ¹³_____your team. I understand he can play football very well but he doesn’t know ¹⁴_____ at all. He can’t be a student.” But the trainer said seriously, “Oh, please, sir! Let him become a student. He was only ¹⁵_____ by two.”

IV. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:

1. I would like to describe you my college. 2. I go to college in a high spirit & return home after college in much higher spirit. 3. Our classes start at 8 sharp. 4. Truancy & being late are punished at our college. 5. I try to scuffle with my laziness. 6. Indolence is the synonym to the word ‘laziness’. 7. I set my alarm-clock at 5.30; otherwise I run risks to be late for college. 8. My goal is to get a good education & a stipend, of course. 9. I regularly scuffle the temptation to eat something sugary at night. 10. Don’t make me drag each word out of you!

V. Grammar Task

I. Put the sentences into passive voice: 1. I am repairing my watch. 2. We have already translated the text. 3. My parents often send me to the seaside

to rest. 4. Our family bought a new car. 5. They will stage the play next month.

II. Put direct speech into indirect: 1. He said to me, ”Come to my place tomorrow.” 2. Granny said to Helen, “Don’t be late for dinner.” 3. She said,

“I live in town.” 4. The boy said, “I am listening to music.” 5. My mum said to me, “Please, buy some bread.”

III. Translate into English using the proper tense forms of the verbs: Зазвичай я п’ю каву вранці. А зараз я п’ю чай. Я п’ю його вже 10 хвилин. Я вже майже випив його. Я прийду в коледж до 8 години ранку

A Day of a Student