Our University The Kazakh National University is the leading Higher Educational Establishment of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
It was founded in 1934 and has made a great contribution into the development of science, techniques, culture and higher education.
Since 1991 the Kazakh National University has been named after Al Farabi, a great thinker of the East, scholar and encyclopaedist.
More than 20000 undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students from all regions of our country, as well as from abroad, study at the university.
Academic staff of KazNU has more than 2500 faculty members, including 400 Doctors of Science, professors, and more than 800 Candidates of Science and associate [sou/iit] professors.
Kazakh National University offers more than 180 majors in humanitarian, natural and technical science fields for bachelors, masters and PhDs.
There are 14 colleges at the university, many of which have strong science schools: Economics and Business, Law, Mechanics and Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Philology, Journalism, History, Geography, Philosophy and Political Science, Oriental Studies, International Relations as well as Preparatory Department for International Students. There is also a Military Department upon completion of which students receive military qualification and rank.
The mission of the university is to prepare competitive specialists with a modern and prestigious higher education who are focused on the solution of problems of intensive development of the most important areas of Kazakhstans economy as well as science and social life.
Nowadays KazNU has all the modern equipment. In large class rooms of the university lectures are being held with the help of advanced multimedia desks. The number of computer classes allows each student to study modern informational technologies. Today all the faculties, every structural branch of the university including dormitory are connected to the Internet.
Nonresident full-time students are provided with dormitories. At KazNU there are 13 dormitories which have all the modern conveniences, comfort and safety.
Great important is given to student and teachers life and rest. The University has its own sports complex and recreation centers on the coast of Issyk-Kul and Kapchagai.
The Kazakh National University is a member of International Association of Universities.
From year to year international ties with CIS Universities and other foreign countries are being expanded and developed.
16. Looking at Europe
Europe is the worlds second smallest continent. It covers an area of 9,972,000 sq.km. This is about one million square miles larger than Australia.
Despite its small area, Europe is very densely populated. Its population is about 50 times larger than Australias.
Europe is surrounded by seas to the north, west and south. The only land boundary is with Asia in the east. The coastline of Europe is very irregular because deep seas and inlets divide the land into peninsulas and islands. In the south, Spain and Portugal form one peninsula and Italy another. In the north, the Scandinavian countries also form peninsulas.
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There are many great rivers in Europe. These include the Volga which flows into the Caspian Sea and the Danube which runs into the Black Sea. The five main mountain ranges are the Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians and the mountains of Scandinavia. The nearness to the sea greatly modifies Europes climate, especially in the west where the warm Gulf Stream makes the climate milder.
In Europe there are many countries and most of them have their own language. More than 70 languages are spoken in Europe. Some of Europes boundaries are political, others follow mountain ranges and river valleys. The most densely populated area of Europe stretches down from northern Britain to southern Italy. It includes north-eastern France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. Much of this is made up of lowland industrial and farming region, broken up by hills and mountain ranges. Germany is the most populated country in Europe. Next comes Italy, the United Kingdom, and France. There are nine cities in Europe with population of over 2 million people. London is the largest.
Spain, Portugal, Greece and the Balkan countries are less densely populated. Here, many centres of population are around the coasts, away from the mountainous terrain inland. In the north, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden are much more thinly populated. Together, they make up almost a third of Europes land mass. However, much of the land is covered by mountain, forests of tundra. Most Swedes, Finns and Norwegians live on the coasts.
Europe is heavily industrialized. However, agriculture is still important, especially in the south. The forests of Scandinavia provide much timber. Fishing is important on the Atlantic coast. Oil and natural gas have been found beneath the North Sea. Europes great seaports have always been thriving centres of world trade. Inland, goods are carried by many roads, railways, rivers and canals.
I. Give Russian equivalents of the following word and expressions:
1. beneath
2. boundary [ baundərı ] n
3. coastline ғ
4. Danube
5. densely , ғ
6. divide ө
7. flow ғ
8. include ө қ
9. inlet ;
10. irregular ұқ
11. island [ aılənd ]
12. less densely , ғғ
13. mild - milder ұқ
14. modify (modifies) ; ; ү
15. much more thinly (.. ) әқ
16. much of this
17. nearness қғ
18. peninsula [ pınınsjulə ] Ү
19. population Қ
20. provide , қ
21. range () ,
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22. river valley өң ңғ
23. run , құ
24. terrain inland ,
25. thriving , ө қ
26. timber ғ
27. trade
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