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First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Olexiy Petrenko. I was born on the 18th of February, 1993, in Ostrog, Rivne region. This year I have finished secondary school No. 23 in Rivne. My family lives in one of the largest residential areas in a new flat. We moved into it five years ago. It is on the third floor of an eight-storey building. We have a four-room flat with all modern conveniences: hot and cold running water, electricity, central heating, gas, and telephone. There is a lift and a rubbish chute in our building.

My parents have two more children besides me. Thus, I have got an elder brother, Oleg, and a younger sister, Vira. My sister is a schoolgirl, she is a pupil in the 7th form. My brother is six years my senior. He is a designer by profession. He is married. His wife is a journalist. There are four in their family and they live apart. They have two children – a son and a daughter. They are twins. They are my lovely little nephew and niece with golden hair and dark blue eyes.

My parents are not old at all. My father is forty nine and my mother is two years his junior. My grandparents are already pensioners, but they are still full of life and energy. I have many relatives – aunts, uncles, cousins.

My father’s name is Volodymyr. He is an engineer in computers. He is a smart and hardworking man. Despite his late hours he always has time for us. He checks up our homework quite often, helps with maths and physics, and gives us a good advice when we need it. He is very tall, wears moustache, has got brown hair and grey eyes.

My mother’s name is Olena. She is an accountant in the business house. She likes her job, but she’s really busy. She is tall and slim, has got short, straight ginger hair with fringe and blue eyes. She wears glasses because she is short-sighted. In community she seems quite shy, but she’s really ambitious and she isn’t afraid of anything. She likes reading. Most of all she likes books written by Ed McBain and Aghata Christie. Besides reading she likes gardening. I think that if she weren’t an accountant, she would be a gardener.

I am fond of reading too, and I prefer to read fiction and history books. I am keen on sports. I like playing football (soccer), basketball and chess. I am especially good at chess. I took part in different chess tournaments.

My sister and I try to help our mother about the house as much as we can. We go food shopping very often; we also try to keep our rooms neat so she does not have too much work to do.

I love my family dearly. We do a lot of things together. In summer we often drive to the lake for a picnic or go to the theatre. Our favourite time of the day is suppertime. We sit around a big table and talk about our day at work and university. It’s really nice to know that your family are your best friends.

In school I made much progress in exact sciences. That’s why I applied to National University of Water Management and Naturel Resources Use in order to specialize in some branch of modern production technologies.

 

3. Answer the following questions:

1. How old are you?

2. Where and when were you born?

3. At what age did you go to school?

4. Where does your family live?

5. How many members are there in your family?

6. Have you any brothers or sisters?

7. Where do your parents work?

8. What do your grandparents do?

9. How old are your parents?

10. Does your father help you with your homework?

11. Does your mother like her work?

12. In what way do you help your parents?

13. What does your mother like besides reading?

14. What kind of books do you prefer to read?

15. Do you go in for sports? What kind of sports do you like?

16. How do you spend your leisure time?

17. What are your favourite subjects?

18. Why did you apply to National University of Water Management and Naturel Resources Use?

19. What are your impressions about the students’ life?

20. Where would you like to work after graduating from the University?

Speaking about yourself.

Step 1. Finish the following sentences:

* When I have some free time I like ….

* In school I have always been (was) good at ….

* It has always been very difficult for me to ….

* I would describe myself as a … and … person.

* I enjoy going to parties where ….

* When I go out with my friends we usually ….

* When I am short of money I sometimes ….

* I am sometimes envious of people who ….

* I like (do not like) to have pets in my house because ….

* When I feel out of sorts (in a bad mood) I ….

* When I want to enjoy myself I usually ….

* I am not very interested in ….

* I find it very easy to ….

* I learn English because ….

* I like people who ….

* I try to avoid people who ….

* I am very proud of ….

* One day I hope to ….

* I don’t like films which ….

* I think I look like ….

 

Step 2. Answer the following questionnaire and find out how ambitious you are.

1. In 10 years do you hope to

a) be a married person with a family?

b) have an interesting but not very well-paid job?

c) have a well-paid job that isn’t very interesting?

2. In 20-year time do you hope to

a) have enough money to pay your bills?

b) have quite a lot of money?

c) have a lot of money?

3. Here is a list of ten jobs. Which would you like to do? Put number 1 next to your favourite job:

nurse accountant teacher politician policeman
builder journalist artist engineer actor / pop star

4. Is improving your standard of living important to you?

a) Yes b) No

5. Do you think people who have money should help people who do not have money?

a) Yes b) No

6. How old do you want to be when you have children?

a) 18 – 20 b) 23 – 26 c) 27 – 30 d) over 30

7. When you are playing a game, do you always want to win?

a) Yes b) No

8. Can you tell a white lie?

a) Yes b) No

9. Do you think that rich people are happier and more interesting than other people?

a) Yes b) No

10. Do you work hard because you want to be successful?

a) Yes b) No

11. If you have some work to do, do you do it immediately, or do you wait until the last moment?

a) Immediately b) I wait until the last moment

12. Would you have more money than your parents?

a) Yes b) No

13. Do you agree with the philosophy “Every man for himself”?

a) Yes b) No

14. Do you like hard work?

a) Yes b) No

15. Which of the following is the most important for you?

a) love b) happiness

c) money d) health

 

Answers:

1. a) 0; b) 5: c) 10.

2. a) 0; b) 5; c) 10.

3. nurse, artist – 0;

builder, policeman, teacher, journalist – 2;

engineer, actor, pop star – 5;

politician – 10.

4. a) 10; b) 0.

5. a) 0; b) 10.

6. a) 0; b) 2; c) 5; d) 10.

7-14. a) 10; b) 0;

15. a) 0; b) 2; c) 5; d) 10.

 

Explanation:

0 – 50. You are not very ambitious! You are happy with a quiet life.

50 – 100. You are quite ambitious, but you do not want to work too hard.

Over 100. You are very ambitious! Good luck and try to be nice to people.

National University of Water Management and

Nature Resources Use

1. Learn the following words and word-combinations:

come into existence виникати
grant the status надати статус
acquire the status набути статусу
research workers наукові співробітники
consider вважати
abroad за кордоном
enjoy reputation мати репутацію
skilled specialist кваліфіковані спеціалісти
enroll нараховувати
day-time денне (стаціонарне)
correspondence заочне
modular system модульна система
complete a course завершити курс
gain a degree отримати ступінь
last тривати, продовжуватись
run from... till... тривати з... до...
attend відвідувати
be accompanied by супроводжуватись
take exams складати іспити
yearly project курсова робота
staff штат
associate-professor доцент
profound глибокий
be engaged in... займатися
patent запатентувати
requisite відповідний
recreation відпочинок
undergraduate студент старшого курсу
graduate випускник
postgraduate аспірант
to graduate from закінчувати
lecture theatre лекційний зал
access доступ
hall of residence гуртожиток
be available бути доступним
offer пропонувати
choir хор
prestige престиж, престижний
to be highly rated мати високий рейтинг

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