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1 Our University.
My native town. Crimea.
2 London. Great Britain.
Moscow. Russia.
3 What makes a good journalist?
Journalism is information.
4 Journalism is a hard life.
Work of the foreign correspondent.
5 Training for journalism in Britain.
Success in interviewing.
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STUDENT'S RESEARCH WORK
Exercise 1. Study the new topical words and word combinations.
1. research / research work / -
2. researcher / research worker
3. to carry out research work(to do research work)
4. achievement
5. to achieve scientific results /
6. a senior student
7. creative abilities
8. independent thinking
9. to equip with all necessary devices /
10. an undergraduate essay
11. a graduation paper
12. to write a paper /
13. a graduate
14. to graduate from ()
15. a post-graduate student
16. to take post-graduate courses
17. to deal with a problem / /
18. to solve a problem /
19. to have a chance to do smth. / ( -.)
20. to express ones own opinion
21. a report
22. to be engrossed in smth. (-.), ( -.)
23. to be of (great) importance () /
24. to make experiments /
25. It goes without saying
26. to work under the supervision of smb. (-.)
27. to try ones hands at smth. () ( -.)
28. thesis
29. to major in (\-. )
30. to take / to pass exams
31. qualifying exams for the Candidates degree
32. no doubt /
33. to be (quite) aware of smth. () / ( -.)
34. tutorial , ,
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35. to work hard at the language
36. to master English /
37. to have good command of foreign language
38. to follow the latest information
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39. to keep abreast of the science -
Exercise 2. Read and translate the text.
MY RESEARCH WORK.
It is a well-known fact that any country must pay much attention to the development of science. In Russia we also have hundreds of research institutes and scientists usually combine research work and teaching. Research work is carried out at every higher educational institution and great attention is paid to make students familiar with the latest scientific and technical achievements. Student research work is one of the most important means to improve the quality of specialists training, to cultivate students creative abilities and independent thinking thereby contributing to the development of the society.
The students of our Academy have every opportunity to carry out research work because the laboratories are equipped with all necessary devices, computers and up-to-date machines. Many of our teachers and lecturers are considered to be the leading scientists and they help the students in doing their research work. While doing research we are trained to use our knowledge rationally and effectively and learn modern scientific methodology.
Though the students of our Academy have quite favourable conditions for their scientific work they also know that they should work hard and devote much time and attention to achieve necessary scientific results. Everything the students do at the Academy is very important for their development, for their future work, for becoming good specialists and researchers.
In the third year all senior students are usually busy with their undergraduate essays. They choose themes for their scientific work and work hard at it spending a lot of time in the reading rooms and libraries. While working at their essays senior students actually deal with scientific problems which they have to solve. They have to read a lot of books and articles dealing with the problem, think of fresh and creative ideas and
then write their papers trying to express their own opinions on the subject. Every year a special conference devoted to students scientific activities takes place at the Academy and the students have a good chance to tell the people attending the conference about their work. All students reports are listened to with great interest and attention. Some of the students are so much engrossed in their research that they decide to take the scientific problems they are now working at as themes of the graduation papers they will work at in their last year.
This year some students have been given an interesting problem to solve. This problem to my mind is of great importance. This research work is now being done by the students of our group. To solve this scientific problem a lot of work has to be done. We have to read and study quite a number of scientific magazines and to make plenty of
experiments. It goes without saying we work under the supervision of our teachers and professors. We spend a lot of time in the laboratories and discuss plenty of ideas.
Spring term is usually much shorter than autumn term and the students of our faculty have to work hard and intensively. After spring examinations we usually have our practical training. During our practical work we have a good chance to collect additional materials for our undergraduate or future graduation papers. Interesting results achieved in the process of this research will be described in the articles we are going to write. And we hope they will be published in the Academy book of collected student essays. It is a good opportunity for us to try our hands at writing scientific papers as we know that any post-graduate student must publish at least three or four articles before presenting his thesis.
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After graduating from the Academy some of us will try to take postgraduate courses. We know that a post-graduate student usually works on a thesis for three-five years. The graduates of our faculty can major in many fields. As for me Id like to become a researcher. But before beginning research Ill have to take post-graduate exams. The minimum requirements for the Candidates degree include qualifying exams in specialized field, philosophy and English. Thats why all students are quite aware of the necessity to study English. We learn English for 2 years at our Academy. While preparing for our qualifying exam in English its necessary to attend the tutorials regularly and work hard at the language. We usually read and translate various scientific articles and then discuss the problems raised in these papers. Thats the way we can master English for our final examinations. No doubt Ill go on mastering English in the future as any research worker must have good command of any foreign language to follow the latest information in the specialized field and to keep abreast of the science.
Exercise 3. Answer the following comprehension questions.
1. Do scientists combine research work and teaching?
2. What institutions is research work usually carried out at?
3. What opportunities do the students have to carry out their research?
4. In what way can the students achieve scientific results?
5. Why is it important for the students to carry out work dealing with some scientific problems?
6. Why do the students try their hands at writing articles?
7. How do the students work at their undergraduate and graduation papers?
8. Where can the students collect additional materials for their essays?
9. Where do the students usually report about their scientific activities?
10. What do some students do after graduating from higher educational institutions?
11. What examinations do post-graduates usually take?
12. Why should all students master foreign languages?
