Unit 1

Topic : I am a student.

Grammar: verbs: to be, to have; a noun.

I. Read the following words

Economist, cashier, financier, society, important, book-keeper, special, saving, busy, realize, corner-stone, science, economics, special ty .

II. Read and translate the following text

I am a student

I am Kovalenko Katya. So, I am a student now. I’m a first-year student of the day-time department. I’ve entered State Tax Service Academy of Ukraine after finishing a secondary school. You know, that was my dream to enter this Institute. No wonder, as all members of our family are economists.

My father taught me to understand and love mathematics. I realize now mathematics is a corner-stone of all sciences. My father works as a financier at the Planning Economic Department of the plant.

My mother is a book-keeper at a book-keeping department of the factory. She likes her specialty very much. I love a sister. She is twenty. And she is also an economist. She works as a cashier at the post-office savings-bank. She combines her work with studies at the Institute. She is a second-year student of non-resident instruction at this Institute.

As you see, I took my parents way. I worked hard to pass my entrance examinations well. And now I’ve become a happy member of the great, young family of students.

Many new things and notions came into my life with it. At first, I didn’t know what they meant. Now I became familiar with such words as “a freshman”, “a sophomore”, “an undergraduate” and such terms as “a period”, “a seminar”, “labworks”. I know what it means “to make notes”, “to pass thousands”, etc.

I’m still to know more, and first of all how to save time to be able to not only study well, but to take an active part in the students’ life, to join some students’ scientific society and to sing in our Academy choir, to become a member of our Academy famous football team and to visit interesting students’ evening-parties.

I’m fond of everything at my Academy. I like its great beautiful building, sport complex, it’s lecture halls, laboratories, studies.

I’m a freshman, as they call the first-year students. It’ll take time to take time to know everything about our Academy.

Comments

1. a student of the day-time department – студент денного відділення ; syn. a student of resident instruction; a full-time student

2. no wonder – не дивно

3. all the members – всі члени; syn. whole – увесь; remember: the whole world but all the students; the whole family but all the books

4. the Planning Economic Department – планово-економічний відділ

5. a book-keeper – бухгалтер; syn. – an accountant; a book-keeping department – бухгалтерія

6. a cashier – касир; syn. a teller; cash – гроші (готівка) syn. money

7. the post-office savings-bank – ощадбанк на поштампі

8. non-resident instruction – заочне навчання; syn. extra-mural education, education by correspondence

9. to take somebody’s way – піти чиїмось шляхом

10. at first – спочатку; first of all – перш за все

11. ...became familiar with... – дізналась

12. a freshman – a first-year student; a sophomore – a second-year student; undergraduate – student of senior courses

13. I’m still to know more –я маю дізнатись ще більше

14. to join some students’ scientific society – стати членом сту­дентського наукового гуртка

to join the army – піти до армії

to join a team – увійти до складу команди (спортивної)

15. students’ evening-parties – студентські вечори

16. a lot more – багато іншого; a lot of – багато

a lot of books, a lot of time

syn. many, much, a great deal of, plenty of

17. to be fond of – любити, подобатись; syn. to like

18. like – подібно як; to be like – бути схожим

He is like his father – Він схожий з батьком.

He likes skating – Він любить кататися на ковзанах

He is a student like me – Він, як і я, студент

19. it’ll take time – знадобиться час

III. Find the Ukrainian equivalents in the right-hand column for the following

1. the planning economic department                   1. студент першого курсу

2. the post-office savings-bank                   2. денне відділення

3. a sophomore                   3. вступати до інституту

4. a book-keeping department                   4. планово-економічний відділ

5. to take one’s parents’ way                   5. бухгалтерія

6. a freshman                   6. ощадбанк на поштамті

7. to pass ”thousands”                   7. студент другого курсу

8. the day-time department                   8. піти шляхом батьків

9. a lot more                   9. студент старшого курсу

10. an undergraduate                   10. здавати ”тисячі”

11. to enter the Institute        11. студентський науковий гурток

12.it’ll take time to know                   12. ще більше

13.students’ scientific society                       13. знадобиться час, щоб дізнатися

IV. Use the words and word combinations given in Ex. III in the sentences of your own

V. Translate the following sentences

А) 1. He took his brother’s way and became an economist. 2. How much does it take you to get to the Institute? It takes me ten minutes. 3. How much will it take you to get to Lviv by train? It will take me 14 hours. 4. It will take him two hours to translate this article. 5. He takes after his father. 6. When going to the Institute he takes a bus. 7. She took the shortest way to get to the library. 8. It’ll take time to forget this event.

B) 1. He is like his father. 2. He likes Political Economy very much. 3. My friend does this work like me. 4. It looks like snow. 5. This book costs something like 1 dollar. 6. They mustn’t talk like that. 7. He was running like a sportsman. 8. My sister likes dancing. 9. I should like to take my father’s way. 10. He should like to be the first student in his group.

C) 1. I’ll join you in your work. 2. My friend joined the National Guard. 3. The best students of our group joined Scientific Societies. 4. My junior brother will soon join the school volley-ball team.

VI.         Complete the following sentences

1. Kate has become a student of ... . 2. All the members of her family are ... . 3. Her father works as ... . 4. Her sister works ... . 5. Kate ... worked hard to pass ... . 6. She became familiar with ... . 7. Kate is still to know how ... . 8. She will take an active part in ... .

VII.    Say if it is right

1. Kate’s dream was to enter the Medical institute. 2. Kate’s mother is a doctor. She works at a hospital. 3. Kate’s sister works at a plant. She is a freshman. 4. Kate didn’t take her parents’ way. 5. Kate doesn’t know what it means ”to make notes”, ”to pass thousands”.

VIII. Answer the following questions

1. What higher school has Kate entered? 2. Is she a sophomore or a freshman? 3. Whose way did she take? 4. What are all the members of her family? 5. Who taught her to understand and love mathematics? 6. Where does Kate’s father work? 7. What is Kate’s mother? 8. What does Kate’s sister work as? 9. Is Kate’s sister a full-time student? 10. Why did Kate pass her entrance exams well? 11. What did Kate become familiar with? 12. What is Kate still to know more? 13. What does it mean to take an active part in the student’s life at the Institute? 14. What does Kate like at the Academy?

IX. Speak about yourself using the lexics of the text

Grammar Exercises

I. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the verb to be

1. Ben ... my friend. 2. He ... a teacher. 3. I ... in my room. 4. ” ... Tom­ my and Billy babies?”. ”Yes, they ... ”. 5. We ... students. 6. She ... a teacher. 7. ... you a student? 8. ” ... they doctors?”. ”No, they ... not. They ... students”. 9. This ... a cup. It ... yellow. 10 .The spoons ... on the table. The table ... in the room. 11. ... those men friends?

II.Translate into English

1. Вона лікар? –Так. 2. Ій 17 років? –Ні. 3. Йому 14 чи 15? – Йому 14. 4. Цей м’яч маленький. 5. Вони зайняті, чи не так? 6. Його немає вдома. 7. Це важкий чи легкий текст? 8. Зараз 11 година. 9. Хо­лодно. 10. Холодно? 11. Холодно, чи не так? 12. Мені холодно. 13. Холодно чи жарко в залі? 14. В залі не жарко, чи не так?

III. Learn the expressions and use them in the sentences of your own

to be angry, to be hungry, to be thirsty, to be cold (hot), to be in (out), to be fond of, to be interested in, to be well (bad), to be about, to be away, to be late for, to be in time for.

IV. Make these nouns plural :

Hand, branch, school, film, class, place, price, fox, glass, dish, leaf, knife, roof, lady, money, toy, hero, tomato, foot, tooth, man, deer, cattle, shelf.

V. Do you know the plurals of the following words ?

terminus – termini, basis – bases , memorandum – memoranda, analysis – analyses, datum – data, crisis – crises, nucleus – nuclei, index – indices, phenomenon – phenomena.

VI. Change the number of the noun in bold type, making any other necessary changes

1. I have hurt my foot. 2. The last leaf fell from the tree. 3. The roof of the house has covered with snow. 4. There is a potato in the plate. 5. Where is a glass? 6. The deer is a graceful animal. 7. What’s the news this morning? The news is good. 8. He gave me his advice. 9. There was a fish in the net. 10. This shelf contains several books on different subjects. 11. The sheep is grazing in the meadow.

VII.      Use the Possessive Case instead of ”of-phrase ”

1. The new club of the workers; 2. The poems of Shevchenko; 3. The voice of her mother; 4. The pages of the book; 5. The orders of the commander; 6. The offer of the seller; 7. The conclusions of the expert; 8.The birthday of my friend; 9.The streets of Kyiv. 10. A flock of birds. 11. The house of the doctor; 12. The location of the enemy.

VIII. Use ”of-phrase” instead of the Possessive Case in the following sentences

1. Britain’s climate is not cold in winter. 2. This country’s wealth is oil. 3. My friend’s garden is beautiful. 4. The student’s lessons begin at 9 o’clock. 5. This writers’ works were published many times. 6. Our city’s streets are green and wide. 7. The miners’ meeting was held on the outskirts of the town. 8. We admire Repin’s and Levitan’s pictures. 9. Everything in the children’s room was the work of the children.

IX. Put in ”have” or ”has”

1. England ... a mild climate. 2. She didn’t ... a letter from him last week. 3. You ... some mistakes in your pronunciation. 4. This boy ... a good influence on his friend. 5. ... you many friends in your group? 6. Our students ... a lot of work to do at the end of the term. 7. We ... to finish our work at 4 o’clock. 8. I ... translated nothing for a week, not even a page. 9. He ... no patience.

X. Put in the definite or the indefinite article where necessary

1. They learned English for half ... hour and then began to read ... historical novel. 2. Does ... sun shine brightly in ... winter? No, it doesn’t. 3. He is ... chief of the book-keeping department of ... large organisation. 4. Will you please give me ... pen and ... sheets of paper. 5. Is there ... letter for me? 6. What ... strange man! 7. Yesterday I spoke to ... man who had just returned from ... Arctic expedition. 8. Here is ... book you need. 9. He is ... man whom we all admire. 10. Students from foreign countries of ... Europe, ... Africa and ... Latin America study in Kyiv. 11. ... clock in ... hall is slow. 12. Is that ... man whom they are looking for? 13. ... English people often talk about ... weather. 14. Autumn is ... season of harvesting. 15. ... Thames flows through London. 16. Is ... ring made of ... gold? Yes, it is.

XI. Translate these sentences. Explain the absence of the article with the nouns in bold type

1. He never showed any fear in face of danger. 2. What cold rainy weather we are having! 3. We turned west and soon sighted land in the distance. 4. When tea was ready we sat down to table. 5. Winter is almost gone; spring is coming soon. 6. The apple tree was in full blossom. 7. Elbrus is the highest mountain in the Caucasus. 8. Snow covered the ground.

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