When did National University come into existence?

1. What was it first name?

2. What happened in five years?

3. Was it renamed in five years?

4. It was moved to the city of Rivne in 1959 wasn’t it?

5. What status was it granted in1959?

6. In 1995 the Institute was reorganized into the state Academy, wasn’t it?

7. When did it aquare the status of a University?

8. When did it become the National University?

9. What is the mission of the University?

10. How many studens are studied at the University?

11. What are the faculties at the University?

12. What levels of education does the University offer?

13. How long does the term of study last?

14. Is the study of theory accompanied by practical training?

15. What is the number of teaching and research staff?

16. What are included into the student’s Campus?

17. How can students enjoy their time after classes?

18. Is our University highly rated by young people?

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences:

1. NUWMNRU is one of the leading....

2. The mission of the University is.....

3. They study at nine faculties:

4. There are graduates who want to get....

5. Most of the faculties have......

6. It takes four years to complete.....

7. The University prvides.......

8. During the terms students have to attend......

9. At the end of each term students take....

10. At the end of training they defend....

11. Advanced students may defend.....

12. The University Campus is situated.....

13. Those students who enjoy....

14. Our University is one.....

Exercise 4. Speak on the topic “National University”, using the sentences from above as a plan in your story.

Тема 4. Exercise 1. Read and translate the text:

Rivne

Rivne is a regional centre of Ukraine. It is located in wood-steppe zone of Ukraine on Volyn platform on the banks of the Ustya river, a tributary to the Goryn river. It is one of the biggest cities of Ukrainian Polissya. Its population is 247 thousand people. The area of the city is 58.24 km². The main part of population are the Ukrainians- over 80%, the rest is presented by Russians, Byelorussians, Polish, Hungarians, Jews, Moldavians. The state language is Ukrainian.

The first official mentioning about future city - regional centre is considered to be in 1283, when not far away from it in frantic bloody battle Polish king Leshko Chorny has wipped the Lithuanian army. Regularly Rivne as the settlement began to be mentioned in the sources of the 15-th century. On December 22, 1461 Ivashko Dychko sold his property - a countryard and a village in Lutsk povit named Rivne to prince Semen Vasilyovych Nesvitsky with his goodwill for 300 golden coins of Czech money. Semen Nesvitsky was the owner of Rivne for 20 years till his death in 1481. His wife Maria Nesvitska after her husband’s death has funded in Rivne the first wooden palace surrounded by the defensive trenches. Craftsmen and other workers who made the first settlement began to arrive to the palace and its suburbs.

Today Rivne is administrative, economic, educational and cultural centre. Rivne region is remarkable for the good geographical location on the crossing of international transport highways (Berlin - Kyiv), closeness to the European Union border (140 km) and the capital of Ukraine Kyiv(250 km). The town has developed railway and motor-car systems. A mobile communication network covers almost the whole territory of the Region.

Rivne region has a considerable production potential and a developed technical base. 265 enterprises of different forms of ownership operate in the industrial complex of the Region: Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, Open Join Stock Company “Rivneazot”, Rivne High-voltage Equipment Plant, the Glass container plant “Consumers-Sklo-Zoria”, Rivne Match Factory, Woodworking Plant (Swisspan Ltd), Rivne factory of non-fabric materials, Rivneenergo, Amber plant. Activity of these enterprises influences a situation in separate sectors of industry and power engineering of Ukraine.

Rivne region is the European monopolist of the basaltic deposits. Large deposits of amber are of great importance too. There have been discovered deposits of phosphorites, sources of mineral water and mud.

Growing of corn cultures, sugar beet, potato and vegetables, production of meat and milk goods are priority directions of agrarian sector development in the region. Considerable efforts are directed on the renewal of flax cultivation and hop growing, development of the meat cattle breeding.

The city has 7 high educational institutions of the 3-rd - 4-th accreditation levels. Today National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use and Rivne Sate Humanitarian University train skilled specialists for national economy, education and culture. The system of technical schools is quite developed. Institutions of new type: lyceums, high schools, colleges - have been introduced.

Rich and varied is the cultural life of our city. Residents of Rivne have 2 theatres: the Regional Music and Drama Theatre and the Puppet-Show theatre, 2 movie-theatres, 598 library establishments, 10 state museums and preserves, historic-cultural preserves of Dubno and Ostroh, state historic-memorial preserve the “Field of the Berestetchko battle”.

Thousands of local residents go in for physical culture and sports. There is the Avangard stadium, the motor-cycle track, sport-grounds and swimming pools. The city is expanding its borders. New districts have grown up. Rivne is called a city of spring and flowers.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions: