IV. Answer these questions using the active vocabulary of the text. 1. How many educational establishments there are in Belarus?

1. How many educational establishments there are in Belarus?

2. Is secondary education in Belarus compulsory?

3. Who head higher educational establishments?

4. Do Post-Graduate Departments prepare students for entering the university?

5. With which aim is the republic reforming its system of education today?

V. Match the halves of the sentences from the text.

1) The reform envisages 2) Belarus is a country with 3) Among the secondary schools there are 4) Specialized secondary and higher education 5) After finishing the 9^th form 6) After finishing the 11^th form of a secondary school, a lyceum or a gymnasium 7) All applicants must take 8) Prorectors are in charge of 9) Faculties have specialized councils 10) Minsk is a center of

a) one can go on in higher education b) is available for everyone according to his/her abilities c) competitive examinations d) science, University education, and national culture e) a high educational level f) one can go on to a vocational school g) academic and scientific work h) which confer candidate and doctoral degrees i) grammar schools, lyceums and colleges j) a continuity of study at all of its stages

VI. Find Russian equivalents to the sentences in the second column.

1. Belarus is a country with a high educational level 2. Secondary education in Belarus is compulsory 3.After finishing the 11^th form of a secondary school, a lyceum or a gymnasium one can go on in higher education 4. The republic is reforming its system of education today, with the aim of creating an independent, qualitatively new national school 5. The main educational potential is concentrated in Minsk 6. All applicants must take competitive examinations

a) Республика преобразовывает ее систему образования сегодня, с целью создания независимой, качественно новой национальной школы b) Среднее образование в Белоруссии обязательно c) Все абитуриенты должны пройти экзамен d) После окончания 11-ой формы средней школы, лицея или гимназии любой может продолжить образование в Высшем учебном заведении e) Главный образовательный потенциал сконцентрирован в Минске f) Белоруссия - страна с высоким образовательным уровнем

VII. Make an outline of the text consisting of 5-8 sentences.

VIII. Retell the text according to its outline.

III. The Economy of Belarus

I. Go through the following vocabulary notes to avoid difficulties in understanding and find these words in the text.

livestock farming extracting industry pipeline refinery forestry deposit

лесное хозяйство трубопровод ивотноводство нефтеперегонный завод месторождение добывающая промышленность

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