Alumnus (pl. alumni) – (лат.) бывший питомец, выпускник университета или колледжа

TEXT AND VOCABULARY EXERCISES

37. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:

§ по инициативе	§ день студента
§ достижения	§ аспирантура
§ всемирное признание	§ сотрудничество
§ благоприятные условия	§ международные организации

38. Choose the correct word from text 1D to complete the sentences:

1. Moscow State University is the oldest and the most ___ university of Russia.

2. Moscow University was founded on ___ of January.

3. Moscow State University nowadays offers ___ in 27 faculties.

4. A number of its graduates and professors became ___ winners.

5. The University is the ___ national educational establishment.

6. The University teachers and professors are highly ___ and world recognized for their achievements in modern science.

7. The main building of the University is world famous for its exceptional ___ and size.

8. The University closely ___ with the leading international organizations including UNESCO and the World Bank.

9. Moscow State University provides a wide range of ___ services and programmes.

39. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:

recognized long-standing offers celebrated decree

Moscow University was founded on 12 (25)th of January 1755 on Saint Tatiana’s Day at the 1 ___ of the Empress Elizaveta and on the initiative of the great Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. The day of Moscow University’s foundation is 2 ___ as the Student’s Day in Russia. Started with three faculties in 1755, Moscow State University nowadays 3 ___ education in 27 faculties and research training in a number of institutes. The University has a 4 ___ tradition of academic excellence. Moscow State University is internationally 5 ___ and ranked among the top-ten in the world.

Check your answers on p. 279.

40. Match each word in A with the Russian equivalent in B:

A	B
1. initiative	a. исследование
2. to celebrate	b. бывшие выпускники
3. excellence	c. мыслитель
4. establishment	d. обеспечивать
5. to supply	e. учреждение
6. thinker	f. выдающееся мастерство
7. alumni	g. праздновать
8. research	h. инициатива

41. Read the following text and give it a suitable title to it:

Since 1953, most of the faculties have been situated on Sparrow Hills, in the southwest of Moscow. The Main building was designed by architect Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev. In the post-war era, Stalin ordered seven huge tiered neoclassic towers built around the city.

The MSU Main building is by far the largest of these. It was also the tallest building in the world outside of New York City at the time of its construction, and it remained the tallest building in Europe until 1988. The central tower is 240m tall, 36-stories high, and flanked by four huge wings of student and faculty accommodations. It is said to contain a total of 33 kilometers of corridors and 5,000 rooms.

Facilities available inside the building include a concert hall, a theatre, a museum, various administration services, a library, a swimming pool, a police station, a post office, a laundry, a hairdresser's salon, a canteen, bank offices, shops, cafeterias, a bomb shelter, etc. Along with the university administration, four of the main faculties — the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, the Faculty of Geology, the Faculty of Geography, and the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts — now remain in the Main buiding. The star on the top of the tower is large enough to include a small room and a viewing platform; it weighs 12 tons.

The building’s facades are ornamented with giant clocks, barometers, and thermometers, statues, carved wheat sheaves, and Soviet crests (recently renovated). It stands before a terrace featuring statues of male and female students gazing optimistically and confidently into the future.

While the Sparrow Hills were on the outskirts of the city at the time of the construction of the Main building, they are now about halfway from the Kremlin to the city limits. Several other buildings and sports facilities were later added to the city campus, including the only baseball stadium in Russia.

Currently, a new building is under construction for the social sciences faculties, and a vast new facility has just been built for the library, which is the second largest in Russia by volume (number of books). The university also has several dormitory buildings in the southwest of Moscow outside the campus.

Consult the TEXTS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING and complete the information about Russian universities – Tomsk State University (Text 4) and South-Russia State Technical University (Text 5). Be ready to discuss the information you have read.

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