Underline all international words in the text. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.

I AM A STUDENT

 

First of all let me introduce myself. My full name is Natalia Alexandrovna Lebedeva, though, of, it sounds rather pompous for a girl of my age. I was born on the 27th of March, 1997 in the town of Yevpatoria, and spent the whole of my childhood there. As I am only 17, my biography is lacking in interesting facts and achievements.

Both my father and mother got their education at Kiev Polytechnical University and worked as engineers at a radio-lamp plant. As my mother had neither a wish nor possibility to be a housewife I had to be taken to a nursery when I was not more than one year old. Thank Goodness, I don't remember that time at all. Anyhow, I canremember quite well how much I hated going to the nursery in the morning when I was three or four. Not that children were ill-treated there. I guess it's just too early for any child to be taken away from his mother.

I learned reading before I was five and that helped me greatly when I entered school. I've never had any trouble learning, as I was always fond of reading and curious by nature. I lack words to express my gratitude to my teacher at the primary school. She turned disorganized and impatient kids into self-disciplined learners, encouraged our first little victories and softened sharp pricks of failures.

As I grew older, working hard became a well-established habit with me. It made schooling much easier and more fascinating, you know. I've got interested in English from the first days I started studying it. It seemed great to be able to speak a foreign language even with so small a vocabulary I had at that time.

Among other subjects I liked were Ukrainian and Literature. I enjoyed reading and gulped down books by dozens. In senior classes I took to reading classics Ukrainian, Russian and foreign ones. Among my favorite writers and poets were Shevchenko and Lermontov, Ivan Franko and Kuprin, Alexey Tolstoy and Lesya Ukrainka, as well as Galsworthy, Byron and Shelly.

I had nothing against Natural Sciences and Maths, but somehow they seemed of less importance. In my spare time I used to attend a sport club.

I was going in for fencing and had six hours of training a week. I love this sport with its old noble traditions, though I myself never dreamed of becoming anything more than an amateur.

Long before school was over I made up my mind to connect my future career with foreign languages and modern economy and so I entered the Financial Economics Faculty of Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute.

I do well in most subjects. But it is not easy. Everything is new and unusual. For you to have an idea of our Institute I would like to tell some words about it.

Our Institute is one of the best higher educational establishments in Kryvyi Rih. First it started functioning in 1977. Two years ago it merged with Kryvyi Rih Technical University and formed a National university. At present there are four faculties here such as "Finance and Credit", " Management and International Economics", "Economics Entrepreneurship and Law " and "Accounting and Audit". There are two departments at our Institute: the day-time and extra-mural one. More than 3.500 students study at the Institute. At the extra-mural department workers and employees can get their education without leaving their jobs.

The course of study lasts five years at all the departments. The students of our Institute study many subjects: Mathematics, Geography, Political Economy, Philosophy, foreign languages and many other special subjects dealing with their future professions.

Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute is staffed with highly-qualified teachers. The Institute numbers more than 250 teachers. About a half of them is awarded the academic degrees.

Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute is housed in three buildings. There are many lecture-halls, classrooms, studies, laboratories provided with up-to-date equipment where the students carry out various experiments. The students have libraries, large reading-rooms and a gymnasium at their disposal.

The graduates of our Institute will become economists, lawyers, book-keepers (accountants), managers, etc. and will go to work to various offices, enterprises, factories, plants, firms, companies, banks, joint ventures, etc.

Present-day Ukraine has a considerable potential to become one of the richest countries in the world. To develop its economy quickly Ukraine needs highly-qualified specialists. And I'll do my best to be one of them.

 

Vocabulary notes

to sound pompous лунати пишномовно

to lack in smth мати потребу в чомусь

a nursery дитячі ясла

Thank Goodness слава Богу!

anyhow так чи інакше

to ill-treat погано обходитися

І guess я вважаю

to have trouble learning мати труднощі при вивченні

to be curious by nature бути допитливим від природи

to express gratitude висловлювати подяку

a primary school початкова школа

an impatient kid нетерпляча дитина

self-disciplined дисциплінований

a well established habit звичка, що укорінилася

fascinating чарівний

to get interested in smth зацікавитися чимось

to gulp down ковтати, поглинати

by dozens (екв.) десятками

senior старший

to take to smth починати зайнятися чимось

to attend відвідувати, бути присутнім

to go in for sports займатися спортом

noble надзвичайний, видатний

an amateur любитель

to make up one's mind вирішити

a department відділення

extra-mural заочний

a course курс (навчання)

to be staffed with бути укомплектованим

an academic degree науковий ступень

to provide забезпечувати, надавати

up-to-date сучасний

equipment обладнання

to have smth at smb's disposal мати щось у своєму розпорядженні

a graduate випускник

a joint venture спільне підприємство

considerable значний

 

Complete the open dialogue.

 

A.: …

B.: I live in Kryvyi Rih.

A.: …

B.: I study at the Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute.

A.: People say the Institute is one of the best higher educational establishments in the city. Is it really so?

B.: …

A.: What faculty do you study at?

B.: …. And you?

A.: What subjects do you study at the Institute?

B.: …

A.: Oh, so many! How long does it take you to prepare for classes?

B.: …

A.: You are really a hard worker!

13. Act as an interpreter:

Dialogue A

A.: Де і коли ти народився?

B.: I was born in Nikopol on the 27^th of April, 1995.

A.: Де пройшло твоє дитинство?

B.: I spent my childhood in Nikopol then my family moved to Kryvyi Rih.

A.: У тебе велика родина?

B.: No, my family consists of four persons: father, mother, my elder sister and me.

A.: Як ви проводите вихідні дні?

B.: Usually we spend our weekends in the village on the banks of the Ingulets river.

 

Dialogue B

A.: Скільки часу тобі потрібно, щоб дістатися до інституту?

B.: It takes me about half an hour to get to the Institute by trolley-bus.

A.: До якого часу ти знаходишся в інституті?

B.: As a rule, I stay at the Institute till 3.00 p.m.

A.: Ти часто відвідуєш бібліотеку?

B.: At first I went to the library almost every day, but now I use Internet to prepare for my classes.

A.: Коли ти повертаєшся додому?

B.: It depends. Practically I come back home by 4.00 p.m.

A.: Ти дивишся телевізор?

B.: Not often. I like listening to modern music so I prefer to run a player.

A.: Що ти робиш у вільний час ввечері?

B.: Usually, I read some interesting book or a magazine, walk a dog, meet my friends or help my mother about the house.

 

Dialogue C

 

A.: Як називається ваш інститут?

B.: It is called the Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute.

A.: Скільки факультетів в вашому інституті?

B.: There are five faculties here such as "Financial Economics", "Law and International Economics", "Marketing and Planning Economics", "Cybernetics and Management" and "Accounting and Audit".

A.: Чи є в вашому інституті заочне відділення?

B.: Yes, there is. At the extra-mural department workers and employees can get their education without leaving their jobs.

A.: На якому факультеті ти навчаєшся?

B.: I study at the Financial Economics Faculty.

A.: Які спеціальні дисципліни вивчають студенти вашого факультету?

B.: The students of our Faculty study such special subjects as Accounting, Finance and Credit, Banking, Financial Management, Statistics, etc., dealing with their future profession.

A.: Куди йдуть працювати випускники вашого інституту?

B.: The graduates of our Institute go to work to various offices, enterprises, factories, plants, firms, companies, banks, joint ventures, etc.

 

Compose your own dialogues.

1. You met your former school friend. You haven’t seen each other for a long time. Begin the talk.

2. You met your former school mate. He is a student of Odessa Law Academy. Ask each other of the educational institutions you study at.

3. You talk to your course mate from the Accounting Economic Faculty. Ask about common subjects you study.

4. Your course mate lives in a student’s hostel. Ask him how he spends his weekends.

The Olympic Games

My favourite kind of sport

People all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better disciplined.

Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in for skiing, skating, table tennis, swimming, volley-ball, football, body-building, etc.

All necessary facilities are provided for them: stadiums, sport grounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, skiing stations, football fields. Sport is paid much attention to in our educational establishments. Gymnastics is a part of children's daily activities in the kindergartens. Physical culture is a compulsory subject at schools and colleges.

All kinds of sport can be divided into different groups: indoor and outdoor sports, summer and winter sports. The most popular outdoor winter activities are shooting, tobogganing, hunting, hockey, snow-skating, skiing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping. Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling and many other sports. Among outdoor games football takes the first place in public interest. This game is played in all the countries of the world. The other favourite games that have firmly established themselves in favour in different countries are golf, tennis, cricket, volleyball, basketball and so on.

All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics. Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table tennis and some others, but the great international game is chess. Shooting, fox-hunting, golf, football, cricket, horse-racing and boat-racing are very popular in Great Britain. Baseball is the most popular game in the US; basketball, American football and hockey are very popular games in the United States too.

Sport is one thing in which people of every nationality and class are united. The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Since 2008, host cities are contracted to manage both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, where athletes who have a physical disability compete. The Paralympics are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.

The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games (in 1924) for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to the varying economic, political, and technological realities of the 20th century. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games.

The Olympic Movement consists of international sports federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each Olympic Games. The host city is responsible for organizing and funding a celebration of the Games consistent with the Olympic Charter. The Olympic program, consisting of the sports to be contested at the Games, is also determined by the IOC. The celebration of the Games encompasses many rituals and symbols, such as the Olympic flag and torch, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. There are over 13,000 athletes that compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third place finishers in each event receive Olympic medals: gold, silver, and bronze, respectively.

The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. Ukraine first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then.

Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine was part of the Unified Team in 1992.

Ukraine has won a total of 96 medals at the Summer Games and five at the Winter Games, with gymnastics as the nation's top medal-producing sport.

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine was created in 1990 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Ukraine usually also does very well at the summer Olympic Games. At the 2004 summer Olympic Games, Ukraine managed to get a marvelous total of 23 medals. Our sportsmen managed to get 9 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 9 bronze medals.

Today Ukraine gives the international sports scene such names as boxers Vitaly and Vladimir Klichko, track and field athlete Zhanna Pintusevich, tennis player Andriy Medvedev, swimmer Yana Klochkova, gymnast Anna Bezsonova, and footballer Andriy Shevchenko, who is considered something of a national hero in Ukraine.

My fellow-students are busy studying or working in the laboratories, reading halls and libraries but they always find time to relax and enjoy themselves. Usually they spend their spare time in many different ways. Everyone has his own way of recreation. But the most popular way is to participate in sports. Sport helps to maintain good health and enjoy life. The students take up sport during special hours provided for in the curriculum and also train in their spare time. There are many good teams in the University. They take part in different competitions and often take first prizes. Our students are fond of such games as basketball, volley-ball, tennis and football. Track-and-field athletics, gymnastics, fencing, wrestling are popular too with the students.

Hiking, skiing and skating have a great attraction for students who like to be outdoors. It is a great pleasure to ski or spend an hour or two on the skating-rink.

Those who like swimming have an opportunity to train all year round because we have several swimming-pools in the city. There are some very good swimmers in our University.

Not everyone who enjoys sporting events likes to participate in them. Some students prefer to be spectators, either by attending the games in person or watching them on television. Football and ice-hockey matches, figure-skating contests attract thousands of spectators. There are a lot of ardent sport fans among the students of our University.

Practically all kinds of sports are popular in our University, but football, gymnastics and tennis enjoy the greatest popularity.

As for me, I go in for table tennis (ping-pong). It needs mobility, liveliness and much energy. It keeps a person in a good form. I have been playing tennis for five years, but the more I play, the more I like it. I get a real joy taking part in competitions or simply playing with my friends. Certainly, there's a great distance between my manner of playing and such favourites as Jim Courier, Stephan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Per Korda, but I do my trai­ning with great pleasure and hope to play as well as our best players do.

 

Vocabulary notes

 

to be fond of sth.   outdoor winter activities shooting tobogganing to afford excellent opportunities for sth. yachting to establish oneself in favour golf to indulge in smth.   to be popular with smb. to unite B.C.= Before Christ – (лат.) A.D.=Anno Domini – (лат.) a major international event a variety of competitions to participate opening and closing ceremonies curriculum spare time track-and-field athletics wrestling sport fans the greatest popularity

любити, подобатись; захоплюватись чимось зимові ігри на свіжому повітрі стрільба санний спорт надавати чудові можливості для чого-небудь парусний спорт бути в пошані гольф займатись (спортом), захоплюватись чим-небудь бути популярним серед будь-кого об’єднувати до нашої ери нашої ери головна міжнародна подія різноманітні змагання брати участь церемонії відкриття і закриття учбовий план вільний час легка атлетика боротьба спортивні уболівальники найбільша популярність

 

Моїм улюбленим видом спорту є теніс. Я граю в нього з одинадцяти років і що більше в нього граю, то більше він мені подобається. Неподалік від мого будинку є гарний тенісний корт, і я часто ходжу туди зі своїми друзями.

Compose your own dialogues.

1. Make a dialogue between two football fans watching a grand match.

2. Imagine that you are interviewing the No 1 sportsman (player) in your favourite kind of sport. What questions would you ask?

3. Make a short conversation between a referee and a football player while punishing the last one.

 

17. Write an article into the local newspaper or a magazine. Chose one of the following topics:

1. Euro 2012 in Ukraine.

1. Suppose that you are a coach of the Ukrainian national football team. What players, according to your list, should be included and why?

2. You are a football fan. You’ve recently watched a football match at the stadium and supported your favourite Dynamo Kyiv team. Write a letter to your friend and share your impressions.

3. Write a short description of your favourite sport giving the following information:

· the reason for your giving preference to it

· the date when you started practicing/watching it

· how good you at it

· how often you play (exercise, watch) it

· whether you do it on a regular basis, or just watch it live on TV.

MASS MEDIA

Mass media refer collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles. Alternatively, print media use a physical object as a means of sending their information, such as newspapers, magazines, brochures, newsletters, books, leaflets and pamphlets. Photography can also be included under this subheading as it is a medium which communicates through visual representations. The term also refers to the organizations which control these technologies, such as television stations or publishing companies. Mobile phones, computers and the Internet are sometimes referred to as New-age Media. Different Internet media are able to achieve mass media status in their own right, due to the many mass media services they provide, such as e - mail, websites, blogging, the Internet and TV. So, information can easily be broadcast to many different regions of the world simultaneously and cost-efficiently. Outdoor media can be classified as a form of mass media which comprises billboards, signs, placards placed inside and outside of commercial buildings/objects like shops/buses, flying billboards (signs in tow of airplanes), blimps, and skywriting. Public speaking and event organizing can also be considered as a form of mass media.

What exactly is classified as mass media? Until recent time, mass media were clearly defined and consisted of eight mass media industries: books, newspapers, magazines, recordings, radio, movies, television and the Internet. With the explosion of digital communication technology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the question of what forms of media should be classified as "Mass Media" has become more prominent. For example, it is controversial whether to include cell phones, video games and computer games in the definition. Currently, mass media are classified into the "seven mass media": print, recordings, cinema, radio, television, the Internet, mobile phones.

The history of mass media can be traced back to the days when dramas were performed in various ancient cultures. This was the first time when a form of media was "broadcast" to a wider audience. The first dated printed book is known as the "Diamond Sutra", printed in China in 868 AD, although it is clear that books were printed earlier. The term "mass media" was coined with the creation of print media, which is notable for being the first example of mass media, as we use the term today. This form of media started in Europe in the middle ages. Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press allowed the mass production of books to sweep the nation. He printed the first book on a printing press with movable type in 1453. The Gutenberg Bible, one of the books he published, was translated into many different languages and printed throughout the continent. The invention of the printing press in the late 15th century gave rise to some of the first forms of mass communication, by enabling the publication of books and newspapers on a scale much larger than was previously possible. The phrase "the media" began to be used in the 1920s.

A book is a collection of sheets of paper, parchment or other material with a piece of text written on them, bound together along one edge within covers. A book is also a literary work or a main division of such a work. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book.

A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchased by readers. Magazines are typically published weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly or quarterly, with a date on the cover that is in advance of the date it is actually published. They are often printed in color on coated paper, and are bound with a soft cover. Magazines fall into two broad categories: consumer magazines and business magazines. In practice, magazines are a subset of periodicals, distinct from those periodicals produced by scientific, artistic, academic or special interest publishers which are subscription - only, more expensive, narrowly limited in circulation, and often have little or no advertising. Magazines also can be classified as: general interest magazines (e.g. Frontline, India Today, The Week, The Sunday Times etc.); special interest magazines (women's, sports, business, scuba diving, etc.).

A newspaper is a publication containing news and information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be of general or special interest; more often published daily or weekly. The first printed newspaper was published in 1605, and the form has thrived even in the face of competition from technologies such as radio and television.

Television and radio programs are distributed through radio broadcasting over frequency bands. Television is one of the most popular mass media in the contemporary world. A broadcasting organization may broadcast several programs at the same time, through several channels (frequencies), for example BBC One and Two. On the other hand, two or more organizations may share a channel and use it during a fixed part of the day. Viewers are able to watch live transmissions of topical events, sports and interviews with prominent people. A good serial can keep the whole family in front of the telly for days. There is a lot of education both on radio and television. You can get a lot of useful information on educational channels. As for me, I prefer such programmes as “X-factor”, “Family dramas”, “Master Chef”.

The Internet (also known simply as "the Net" or less precisely as "the Web") is a more interactive form of mass media, and can be briefly described as "a network of networks". It consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and governmental networks, which together carry various information and services, such as e-mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web. The Internet is quickly becoming the center of mass media. Everything is becoming accessible via the Internet. Instead of picking up a newspaper, or watching the 10 o'clock news, people can log onto the internet to get the news they want, when they want it. For example, many workers listen to the radio through the Internet while sitting at their desk. Even the education system relies on the Internet. Teachers can contact the entire class by sending e-mail. They may have web pages where students can get another copy of the class outline or assignments.

Blogging, too, has become a pervasive form of media. A blog is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or interactive media such as images or video. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images and other graphics, and links to other blogs, web pages, and related media. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media.

A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.

Outdoor media is a form of mass media which comprises of billboards, signs, placards placed inside and outside of commercial buildings/objects like shops/buses, flying billboards (signs in tow of airplanes), blimps, and skywriting. Many commercial advertisers use this form of mass media when advertising in sports stadiums.

Today you cannot imagine any kind of mass media without advertising. Advertising is any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of products, services, or ideas by an identifiable individual or organization. It flourishes mainly in free-market, profit-oriented countries. It is one of the most important factors in accelerating the distribution of products and helping to raise the standard of living. Advertising cannot turn a poor product or service into a good one. But what it can do — and does — is to create awareness about both old and new products and services. So three main objectives of advertising are: (1) to produce knowledge about the product or service; (2) to create preference for it; and (3) to stimulate thought and action about it.

Advertising is very popular nowadays. It promotes business, but often annoys the general public. To my mind there is too much commercials on TV, on the Internet, in newspapers and magazines. The same advertisement is repeated dozens of times every day, which bores the viewers and readers. Though I know people need advertising. It has become the integral part of mass media.

Vocabulary notes

mass media to broadcast advertising to refer to to comprise a gadget a newsletter a leaflet a means to achieve due to a service to provide simultaneously cost-efficiently outdoor media blimps skywriting to define to consist of digital communication technology prominent controversial to trace back invention parchment a variety to purchase biweekly a subscription low-cost a viewer pervasive feeds promotion to flourish to create an objective a gopher global a network

засоби масової інформації передавати по радіо реклама відноситись до включати, охоплювати гаджет бюлетень листівка засіб досягати завдяки послуга забезпечувати одночасно економічно вигідно зовнішні, призначені для вулиці ЗМІ дирижабль повітряна реклама визначати складатись з цифрові комунікаційні технології видатний, виразний суперечливий простежити винахід пергамент різноманітність купляти раз на два тижні підписка недорогий глядач поширений канали просування процвітати створити мета пошук всесвітній мережа

I AM A STUDENT

 

First of all let me introduce myself. My full name is Natalia Alexandrovna Lebedeva, though, of, it sounds rather pompous for a girl of my age. I was born on the 27th of March, 1997 in the town of Yevpatoria, and spent the whole of my childhood there. As I am only 17, my biography is lacking in interesting facts and achievements.

Both my father and mother got their education at Kiev Polytechnical University and worked as engineers at a radio-lamp plant. As my mother had neither a wish nor possibility to be a housewife I had to be taken to a nursery when I was not more than one year old. Thank Goodness, I don't remember that time at all. Anyhow, I canremember quite well how much I hated going to the nursery in the morning when I was three or four. Not that children were ill-treated there. I guess it's just too early for any child to be taken away from his mother.

I learned reading before I was five and that helped me greatly when I entered school. I've never had any trouble learning, as I was always fond of reading and curious by nature. I lack words to express my gratitude to my teacher at the primary school. She turned disorganized and impatient kids into self-disciplined learners, encouraged our first little victories and softened sharp pricks of failures.

As I grew older, working hard became a well-established habit with me. It made schooling much easier and more fascinating, you know. I've got interested in English from the first days I started studying it. It seemed great to be able to speak a foreign language even with so small a vocabulary I had at that time.

Among other subjects I liked were Ukrainian and Literature. I enjoyed reading and gulped down books by dozens. In senior classes I took to reading classics Ukrainian, Russian and foreign ones. Among my favorite writers and poets were Shevchenko and Lermontov, Ivan Franko and Kuprin, Alexey Tolstoy and Lesya Ukrainka, as well as Galsworthy, Byron and Shelly.

I had nothing against Natural Sciences and Maths, but somehow they seemed of less importance. In my spare time I used to attend a sport club.

I was going in for fencing and had six hours of training a week. I love this sport with its old noble traditions, though I myself never dreamed of becoming anything more than an amateur.

Long before school was over I made up my mind to connect my future career with foreign languages and modern economy and so I entered the Financial Economics Faculty of Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute.

I do well in most subjects. But it is not easy. Everything is new and unusual. For you to have an idea of our Institute I would like to tell some words about it.

Our Institute is one of the best higher educational establishments in Kryvyi Rih. First it started functioning in 1977. Two years ago it merged with Kryvyi Rih Technical University and formed a National university. At present there are four faculties here such as "Finance and Credit", " Management and International Economics", "Economics Entrepreneurship and Law " and "Accounting and Audit". There are two departments at our Institute: the day-time and extra-mural one. More than 3.500 students study at the Institute. At the extra-mural department workers and employees can get their education without leaving their jobs.

The course of study lasts five years at all the departments. The students of our Institute study many subjects: Mathematics, Geography, Political Economy, Philosophy, foreign languages and many other special subjects dealing with their future professions.

Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute is staffed with highly-qualified teachers. The Institute numbers more than 250 teachers. About a half of them is awarded the academic degrees.

Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute is housed in three buildings. There are many lecture-halls, classrooms, studies, laboratories provided with up-to-date equipment where the students carry out various experiments. The students have libraries, large reading-rooms and a gymnasium at their disposal.

The graduates of our Institute will become economists, lawyers, book-keepers (accountants), managers, etc. and will go to work to various offices, enterprises, factories, plants, firms, companies, banks, joint ventures, etc.

Present-day Ukraine has a considerable potential to become one of the richest countries in the world. To develop its economy quickly Ukraine needs highly-qualified specialists. And I'll do my best to be one of them.

 

Vocabulary notes

to sound pompous лунати пишномовно

to lack in smth мати потребу в чомусь

a nursery дитячі ясла

Thank Goodness слава Богу!

anyhow так чи інакше

to ill-treat погано обходитися

І guess я вважаю

to have trouble learning мати труднощі при вивченні

to be curious by nature бути допитливим від природи

to express gratitude висловлювати подяку

a primary school початкова школа

an impatient kid нетерпляча дитина

self-disciplined дисциплінований

a well established habit звичка, що укорінилася

fascinating чарівний

to get interested in smth зацікавитися чимось

to gulp down ковтати, поглинати

by dozens (екв.) десятками

senior старший

to take to smth починати зайнятися чимось

to attend відвідувати, бути присутнім

to go in for sports займатися спортом

noble надзвичайний, видатний

an amateur любитель

to make up one's mind вирішити

a department відділення

extra-mural заочний

a course курс (навчання)

to be staffed with бути укомплектованим

an academic degree науковий ступень

to provide забезпечувати, надавати

up-to-date сучасний

equipment обладнання

to have smth at smb's disposal мати щось у своєму розпорядженні

a graduate випускник

a joint venture спільне підприємство

considerable значний

 

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