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году указом Александра I в городе Дерпт и являлся вторым университетом в
России.
Первым ректором университета стал ученый-историк В. Э. Регель, который
занимал эту должность до 1925 года.
Учебные занятия начались 12 ноября1918 года. В то время в состав
университета
входило
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факультета —
медицинский,
физико-
математический, историко-филологический и юридический.
На начало 1919 года в университете обучалось 10 тысяч студентов. Учиться
могли все желающие, лишь через 4 года в 1923 году были введены
вступительные экзамены.
В начале 1920-х годов в университет был включён Воронежский институт
народного
образования,
который
положил
начало
педагогическому
факультету, отделения которого подготавливали преподавателей математики,
физики, химии, естествознания, русского языка и литературы, социально-
экономических дисциплин для школ.
Во время Великой Отечественной войны с 1941 по 1943 годы университет
был эвакуирован в Елабугу.
В настоящее время университет является крупным центром образования,
науки и культуры Центрально-Черноземного региона страны.
4d Check-your–memory–exercise
Read “Facts and figures about Voronezh State University” for 1 minute.
Remember as much information as you can and speak on the topic.
Facts and Figures about VSU
Voronezh State University's total undergraduate student population numbers
over 22,000.
Almost 1,000 students are engaged in postgraduate work.
1,300 academic staff are currently employed at the University. Of these 230
are professors, 750 senior lecturers and 300 lecturers.
On the whole, the University employs 3,000 academic and non-academic
staff.
118 departments and 5 major research units are grouped into 18 faculties.
250 degree courses are available to our students.
The University occupies 9 buildings and 7 residence halls located mostly in
city centre.
3,000,000 books, periodicals and other items are held in the University
Library.
The University has Botanical Gardens and a unique Nature Reserve
“Galichya Gora” open to staff and students’ research and study.
Our students and staff have free access to the Internet in 2 University
Internet centres.
5.READING AND SPEAKING
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5a Suggest the answers to the following questions:
1.
How many universities are there in Russia?
2.
How many universities in Russia do you know?
3.
Which is the oldest university in Russia ?
4.
Would you like to study at the oldest university in the world? Why? Why
not?
5b Read the notes below and be ready to render in short the definitions given
there.
Academic Ranking of World Universities
– The Academic Ranking of World
Universities is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It is one of the two
most prominent world university rankings, along with the Times Higher Education
World University Rankings. The ranking compared 1200 higher education
institutions worldwide according to a formula that took into account alumni
winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10 percent), staff winning Nobel Prizes
and Fields Medals (20 percent), highly-cited researchers in 21 broad subject
categories (20 percent), articles published in Nature and Science (20 percent), the
Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index (20 percent) and the per
capita academic performance (on the indicators above) of an institution (10
percent).
Nobel laureates
– The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institute, and the
Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make
outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and
physiology or medicine. They were established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel,
which dictates that the awards should be administered by the Nobel Foundation.
Fields Medal
– The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four
mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the
International Mathematical Union, a meeting that takes place every four years. The
Fields Medal is often viewed as the top honor a mathematician can receive. It
comes with a monetary award, which in 2006 was C$15,000 (US$15,000 or
€10,000). Founded at the behest of Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields
,
the medal was first awarded in 1936, to Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and
American mathematician Jesse Douglas, and has been periodically awarded since
1950. Its purpose is to give recognition and support to younger mathematical
researchers who have made major contributions.
6.VOCABULARY
6a Think of Russian equivalents to the following word combinations. Choose
ten of them to remember and use in future.
1.
the university was renamed in honor of its founder
2.
the university is commonly regarded as
3.
high entry requirements for its prospective students
4.
the university generally performs well
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5.
in international higher education studies
6.
the university was ranked 70th according to the
7.
Russia's most prestigious university
8.
the establishment of the university was instigated by
9.
the first lectures were held on April 26
10. the school began allowing the admission
11. severely limited the development of scientific ideas
12. be able to pass the admission examinations
13. students and staff began to enlist in the army
14. formed out of university volunteers
15. the restoration and further development of
16. the well-to-do
17. facilities available inside the building include
18. a preparatory facility was created
19. a fivefold increase
6c Match the words to their definitions.
a) to move someone or something from one place,
vehicle, person or group to another
1.
campus
b) to change completely the appearance or character of
something or someone, especially so that they are
improved
2.
prestigious
c) when someone is given permission to enter a place,
or the money that you pay to enter a place
3.
outskirts
d) a person who does something, especially helping
other people, willingly and without being forced or
paid to do it
4.
rank
e) the areas that form the edge of a town or city
5.
reputation
f)
very much respected and admired, usually because
of being important
6.
instigate
g) the buildings of a college or university and the land
that surrounds them
7.
transfer
h) the buildings, equipment and services provided for a
particular purpose
8.
transform
i)
a short sentence or phrase that expresses a belief or
purpose
9.
admission
j)
a particular position, higher or lower than others
10.
volunteer
k) the opinion that people in general have about
someone or something, or how much respect or
admiration someone or something receives, based
on past behaviour or character
11.
facilities
l)
to cause an event or situation to happen by making a
set of actions or a formal process begin
12.
motto
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6d In your own words give the definitions to the following words, as in the
example:
A police station is a place where you can address if you have some legal
problem.
ATM (automatic teller machine) is a machine, usually in a wall outside a
bank, from which you can take money out of your bank account using a
special card
a concert hall, a theatre, a museum, a library, a swimming pool, a police station, a
post office, a laundry, a hairdresser's salon, several canteens, bank offices, ATMs,
shops, cafeterias, a bomb shelter.
7.SPEAKING
7a Translate from Russian into English the following text.
7 мая 1755 года, по инициативе (
on smb's initiative
) и проекту (according to the
design) великого ученого, мыслителя и патриота М.В. Ломоносова на
Красной площади в Москве, на том месте, где ныне возвышается
Государственный исторический музей, состоялось открытие первого
русского университета. В конце XVIII века выдающийся зодчий Матвей
Казаков построил для университета новое здание на Моховой улице, против
Кремля.
С первых лет своего существования Московский университет стал
крупнейшим центром образования в стране. Здесь учились знаменитые
писатели и драматурги Д.И. Фонвизин, А.С. Грибоедов, М.Ю. Лермонтов,
И.А. Гончаров, А.Н. Островский, И.С. Тургенев, А.П. Чехов, великие
революционные демократы (revolutionary democrats) А.И. Герцен, Н.П.
Огарев и В.Г. Белинский, основатель русской педагогики (pedagogies) К.Д.
Ушинский.
Московский университет сыграл важную роль в пропаганде (popularization)
знаний среди (among) самых широких слоев (strata, groups) населения, в
подготовке (training) специалистов (specialist (in), expert (in)) высокой
квалификации.
С именем университета связано (bound, connected) открытие (establishment)
новых университетов и институтов в стране, возникновение (emergence)
русского театра в Москве, основание (foundation) Академии художеств,
организация (arrangement) первой гимназии (high school) в Казани,
впоследствии (afterwards, later) преобразованной в Казанский университет,
создание ряда провинциальных (provincial) гимназий, Политехнического
музея и Музея изобразительных искусств в Москве, многих научно-
исследовательских ((scientific-) research ) учреждений (institutions).
В 1918 году устанавливались (to establish; institute; setup) новые правила
приема в высшие (higher) учебные заведения (educational institution). Были
уничтожены (abolish, do away (with)) привилегии (privileges) для знатных и
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богатых. Отменялись всякие ограничения для женщин. Студентам из рабочих
и крестьян установили стипендии (scholarship).
В Московском университете получили большое развитие старые научные
школы и возникли новые направления (schools) в науке. «Отец русской
авиации»(aviation) Н.Е. Жуковский и его ближайший ученик С.А. Чаплыгин
создали здесь школу современной аэромеханики. Основоположник (founder,
initiator) русской физиологии И.М. Сеченов впервые начал объяснять
психические
(psychic(al))
процессы
на
основе
физиологических
(physiological). В.И. Вернадский создал новую науку – геохимию.
8.WRITING
8a Write an advertisement about your university based on
your awareness of the question
results of your internet search
visit to the VSU History Museum
WATCH AND STUDY ABROAD 3
a Watch the video clip about Utrecht Summer School and make a list of
facilities this School offers you. W3
b Compare to the facilities at your university.
UNIT 4
Education: Academic and Non-academic Activities
In this unit you will:
Read
about academic and non-academic activities, about campus life,
residence halls in the USA and how to survive college
Talk
about university and campus activities
Test
your knowledge about students’ life
Practice
discussing,
presenting,
asking
and
responding,
interviewing,
summarizing, comparing
Listen to
speaking about their academic and non-academic activities
Write
a report, an application for a grant, an informal letter or e-mail