1. In the past 10 or 15 years, industrial training has become quite a separate profession. 2. In the past 10 or 15 years we have made a great progress in human relationships and in the teaching/learning process. 3. The Russian oil engineering industry provides the oil and gas industries with modern equipment. 4. Russia is also working out its own modern offshore technology. 5. The scientific and technological revolution has made education decisive in economic and social life. 6. Our higher and specialized secondary schools train specialists in over 500 professions. 7. The students went through practical training at industrial enterprises, oil and gas fields, oil refineries, etc. 8. During their study course students obtain a broad training in general engineering as well as specialized training related to petroleum industry problems. 9. At present the students are combining their education with practical experience at the enterprise in which they will work after their graduation. 10. The students are studying physical geology which deals with the chemical composition, crystal form and the origin of minerals. 11. The lecturer was speaking about the problems the petroleum industry was to solve in the near future.
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Ann: Hello, Kate. I am so glad you (to come) at last. Where you (spend) the morning?
Kate: I (to be) in the bookstore choosing new books in English.
Ann: It (to rain) still? It (to be) rather dark in the room.
Kate: No, the rain (to stop), but the wind (to blow). On my way to your place I (to meet) Mary. You (to know) her?
Ann: Of course I (to know) her since childhood. When we (to be) children, we often (to play) together. Where you (to meet) her? I (not to see) her for a long time. What she (to look) like?
Kate: She (not to change) a bit. She (to go) to the library when I (to meet) her.
Ann: What she (to tell) you?
Kate: She (to tell) me she recently (to return) from a very interesting trip and that she (to travel) a lot and (to see) many interesting things. She (to want) to see all her friends soon.
Ann: Oh, then she (to come) to see me, too, I (to think).
Kate: Yes, that (to be) a pleasant meeting, I (to be) sure. But what (to be) the time? My watch (to stop) and I (not to know) the exact time.
Ann: It (to be) ten minutes to three.
Kate: Oh, then lets begin working at once. At four oclock I must go. My mother (to wait) for me at the metro station at a quarter past four.
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1. It proves that the system works perfectly. 2. It took the student 5 years to master his speciality. 3. It is possible to predict the results of this experiment. 4. It was head of the government who signed the decree on the establishment of the Moscow Mining Academy. 5. It was not until 1930 when a separate petroleum institute singled out from this Academy. 6. The level of petroleum education has grown manyfold. It is very high now.
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