Our College
Let me introduce myself. Im a student of Zaporizhzhya Teacher Training College. Ill take you round the college. Id like to start with brief information about the history of our college.
It was established 120 years ago & is considered to be one of the oldest institutions in the region. Our college trains nursery & primary school teachers as well as specialists in art. Our college holds over 600 students & 96 teachers. Our classes start at eight & usually are over at half past two. We study five days a week from Monday to Fridays. Attendance at all lectures & practical classes is compulsory. A student who is not regular in attendance or fail exams is liable for cancellation.
There are three departments in our college, Preschool department, Primary School & Art departments. Students may choose to receive both full-time & part-time education here. ZPC is a state supported educational establishment. Studying here is free of charge. It means that our students dont pay for their education. Students who succeed in their studies & exams get stipend (scholarship).
The college consists of two buildings, the main one & a workshop. There is also a sports ground behind the college building. The main building is three-storeyed.
I believe it would be better to begin the excursion from the ground floor where the administrative sector is situated. The most important problems of our college are solved in the office of our principal O. M. Melnyk. Our deans offices & a staff room are also on the ground floor.
Here one can find a canteen where our students & teachers can have a bite during a long break after the second double-period. It lasts forty minutes. We can buy cooked lunches with a choice of menu being provided or bring packed ones.
Near the canteen there is a gym where we have PT lessons & all sorts of competitions. Our students as well as our teachers are always welcomed there. In fact, there are three gyms in our college.
The museum upstairs gives a full coverage of colleges history. Meetings with guests are sometimes held there.
Parties & meetings are held in the lobby & assembly hall. Our students decorate them for special occasions to make them look more attractive & festively. In the lobby students also exhibit their creative works, place wall papers & announcements.
Besides, there is a library & a reading room there. They provide us with a lot of books, newspapers, journals & magazines both for our studies & interests.
Our classrooms & laboratories are equipped with modern teaching materials, devices & facilities. Our students study there various educational & special subjects, like languages, literature, history, geography, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science, handicrafts, psychology, etc.
Actually, our student life extends far beyond the classroom. Extracurricular activities include a wide range of sporting, cultural, public undertakings through various clubs & societies which are freely open to everyone.
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Exercise 1. Write out unknown words.
Exercise 2. Read the text.
Exercise 3. Give synonyms to the words: college; introduce; teacher; primary; establishment.
Make up sentences with some of them.
Exercise 4. Make an excursion round our college to our foreign guests.
I. Answer the questions:
1. What college do you study at?
2. When was your college established?
3. How many students & teachers are there at your college?
4. What is fare for studying at your college?
5. What departments are there at your college?
6. When do your classes at the college start?
7. What time to you set your alarm-clock if you dont want to run risks to be late for college?
8. How many lessons a day do you have at college?
9. What lets you in the high spirit & reconcile you with the necessity of yearly getting up?
10. How much does it take you to get to college?
11. Is your library at college well stocked?
12. How long does your long break at college for lunch last
II. Match the words with their synonyms
| 1. department | section, sector | 7. gym | sports hall, fitness centre |
| 2. establishment | formation, institution | 8. decorate | ornament, beautify |
| 3. stipend | scholarship, grant | 9. various | different, numerous |
| 4. excursion | trip, tour | 10. truancy | absence, nonattendance |
| 5. canteen | buffet, cafeteria | 11. goal | aim, target |
| 6. competition | rivalry, struggle | 12. assignment | task, duty |
| 1. department | a) task, duty | 7. gym | g) formation, institution |
| 2. establishment | b) ornament, beautify | 8. decorate | h) buffet, cafeteria |
| 3. stipend | c) aim, target | 9. various | i) sports hall, fitness centre |
| 4. excursion | d) section, sector | 10. truancy | j) different, numerous |
| 5. canteen | e) absence, nonattendance | 11. goal | k) trip, tour |
| 6. competition | f) scholarship, grant | 12. assignment | l) rivalry, struggle |
III. Insert the right word:
| a) advice | f) mathematics | k) couldnt | |||
| b) diet | g) very well | l) races | |||
| c) competition | h) knowledge | m) answered | |||
| d) questions | i) wrong | n) sportsmen | |||
| e) punish | j) rowing | o) team |
He was only wrong by two!
John was a football trainer at an English college. He always tried to find good football players for his 1 team. John trained his players 2 very well. They were good at running, jumping, swimming, 3 rowing & playing different games. They often took part in 4 races & always won. All Johns players were tall strong 5 sportsmen & just nice people. The college team was the best. Regular training, keeping to a 6 diet & a lot of exercises were very important for the sportsmen. They always took the trainers 7 advice & showed good results in all 8 competitions & matches. They almost never lost a game or ended matches in a draw. They practically won.
The only trouble with some of his football players was their bad 9 knowledge of many school subjects. The sportsmen were often poor at Mathematics & English. It was not always easy for them to study.
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One day the trainer brought a young football player to the Professor of the college. The Professor asked the young player a few 10 questions. He chose very easy questions but the boy 11 couldnt answer them. At last the Professor asked, Well, what is five times five?
The student thought for a long time & then 12 answered, Twenty six. The Professor looked at the trainer. Its impossible! he said. I dont want to 13 punish your team. I understand he can play football very well but he doesnt know 14 mathematics at all. He cant be a student. But the trainer said seriously, Oh, please, sir! Let him become a student. He was only 15 wrong by two.
III. Insert the right word:
| a) advice | f) mathematics | k) couldnt | |||
| b) diet | g) very well | l) races | |||
| c) competition | h) knowledge | m) answered | |||
| d) questions | i) wrong | n) sportsmen | |||
| e) punish | j) rowing | o) team |
He was only wrong by two!
John was a football trainer at an English college. He always tried to find good football players for his 1 _____. John trained his players 2 _____. They were good at running, jumping, swimming, 3 _____ & playing different games. They often took part in 4 _____ & always won. All Johns players were tall strong 5 _____ & just nice people. The college team was the best. Regular training, keeping to a 6_____ & a lot of exercises were very important for the sportsmen. They always took the trainers7 _____ & showed good results in all 8 _____ & matches. They almost never lost a game or ended matches in a draw. They practically won.
The only trouble with some of his football players was their bad 9 _____ of many school subjects. The sportsmen were often poor at Mathematics & English. It was not always easy for them to study.
One day the trainer brought a young football player to the Professor of the college. The Professor asked the young player a few 10 _____. He chose very easy questions but the boy 11 _____ answer them. At last the Professor asked, Well, what is five times five?
The student thought for a long time & then 12 _____ Twenty six. The Professor looked at the trainer. Its impossible! he said. I dont want to 13 _____ your team. I understand he can play football very well but he doesnt know 14 _____ at all. He cant be a student. But the trainer said seriously, Oh, please, sir! Let him become a student. He was only 15 _____ by two.
IV. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
1. I would like to describe you my college. 2. I go to college in a high spirit & return home after college in much higher spirit. 3. Our classes start at 8 sharp. 4. Truancy & being late are punished at our college. 5. I try to scuffle with my laziness. 6. Indolence is the synonym to the word laziness. 7. I set my alarm-clock at 5.30; otherwise I run risks to be late for college. 8. My goal is to get a good education & a stipend, of course. 9. I regularly scuffle the temptation to eat something sugary at night. 10. Dont make me drag each word out of you!
V. Grammar Task
I. Put the sentences into passive voice: 1. I am repairing my watch. 2. We have already translated the text. 3. My parents often send me to the seaside
to rest. 4. Our family bought a new car. 5. They will stage the play next month.
II. Put direct speech into indirect: 1. He said to me, Come to my place tomorrow. 2. Granny said to Helen, Dont be late for dinner. 3. She said,
I live in town. 4. The boy said, I am listening to music. 5. My mum said to me, Please, buy some bread.
III. Translate into English using the proper tense forms of the verbs: . . 10 . . 8
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A Day of a Student
Learn the new words:
| 1.describe | 9.drag out | 17.console | |||
| 2.alarm-clock | 10.obtain | 18.revenge | |||
| 3.dawn | 11.goal | 19.schedule | |||
| 4.scuffle | 12.comb | 20.assignment | |||
| 5.temptation | 13.do ones hair | 21.in a good mood | |||
| 6.alas | 14.high spirit | 22.at disposal | |||
| 7.truancy | 15.reconcile | 23.extracurricular | |||
| 8.punish | 16.sharp | ; | 24.take a nap |
Ill try to describe you my typical working day, although every day has its variations. In the morning my alarm clock wakes me up at half-past five. As I am not an early riser I hate getting up at the dawn. But I have to if I dont want to be late to college. Every morning I scuffle with the temptation to go on sleeping & to stay from college for at least one day. But alas truancy is punished rather severely. And as I try to avoid various complications I have to drag myself out of my bed. I put on my dressing gown & go to the bathroom to take a shower. Every evening I promise myself to take a cool shower in the morning to obtain two goals to be healthy & to quickly wake up. But in the morn I always forget about such nonsense. I clean my teeth, comb my hair (do my hair) & make my way to the kitchen. I switch on some music, make coffee or tea, some sandwiches with sausage, cheese or ham. Pleasant music & hot coffee let me in the high spirit & reconcile me with the necessity of early getting up.
My classes start at 8 sharp but we have to be at place at a quarter to 8. So I rush to take a bus. It takes me half an hour to get to college. Sometimes Im late at college. In this case I console myself with the thought of revenging over those who noticed my being slightly late.
According to the schedule I have not less than 4 double lessons a day. Some days even more. As far as I am always ready with all my home assignments, I am almost constantly in a good mood. If I need some book for my studies, our library is at our disposal. It is rather well stocked with all necessary books. After the second double lessons we have a rather long break for lunch. It lasts 40 minutes.
After classes I have some extracurricular activities either at college or out. I return home & have my supper. Sometimes I take a short nap & then start doing my home assignments.
Exercise1. Translate the sentences:
1. I would like to describe you my college. 2. I go to college in a high spirit & return home after college in much higher spirit. 3. Our classes start at 8 sharp. 4. Dont take the knife, its very sharp. 5. Truancy & being late are punished at our college. 6. What is your opinion as for truancy & being late? 6. Learning English let me in the high spirit. 7. I try to scuffle with my laziness. 8. Indolence is the synonym to the word laziness. 9. I set my alarm-clock at 6.30; otherwise I run risks to be late for college. 10. My goal is to get a good education & a stipend, of course. 11. I regularly scuffle the temptation to eat something sugary at night. 12. The thought of meeting my classmates reconciles me with the necessity of getting up at the dawn. 13. In fact I drag myself out of bed every morning.
14. Dont make me drag each word out of you! 15. Do you do your hair? No, I just omb it.
Exercise2. Match the words:
| 1. goal k) | a) | 9. dawn c) | i) |
| 2. comb l) | b) | 10. punish h) | j) |
| 3. temptation e) | c) | 11. describe a) | k) |
| 4. obtain j) | d) | 12. alas f) | l) |
| 5. reconcile o) | e) | 13. drag out i) | m) |
| 6. high spirit n) | f) | 14. alarm-clock b) | n) |
| 7. scuffle d) | g) | 15. do ones hair m) | o) |
| 8. sharp p) | h) | 16. truancy g) | p) ; |
Exercise3. Find English equivalents in the text:
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1. . 2. . 3. . 4. .
5. ̳ 5.30. 6. . 7. ϳ . 8. , . 9. , .
Exercise4. Fill in the gaps with the words:
| extracurricular, an alarm-clock, high spirit, punish, in a good mood, goal, truancy, temptation, disposal, scuffle, assignment, schedule, console |
1. We have a hectic schedule this year. 2. He put the use of his house at my disposal. 3. At least we can console ourselves that the session cannot last forever. 4. You cant punish me for what I didnt do. 5. What time shall I set my alarm-clock for? 6. He appeared to be in a good mood. 7. Try to keep up your high spirit. 8. My extracurricular activities include sports, music & gardening. 9. Fines should be introduced to tackle truancy. 10. Im resisting the temptation to stay from college today. 11. He achieved his goal of becoming King of England. 12. The teacher noticed two pupils scuffling (scuffle) in the corridor.
Exercise5.Learn the synonyms to the words:
| 1.describe | depict, report, portray | 4.goal | aim, objective, purpose |
| 2.scuffle | battle, fight, struggle, tussle | 5.schedule | agenda, calendar, program, timetable |
| 3.obtain | achieve, acquire, attain, gain, get | 6.assignment | task, stint |
