II. Think of the title to the text

I. Read the text and define the main idea of it.

III. Put 10 questions to the text.

II. Look through the text again, find unknown words and write down them into your vocabulary.

IV. Find all irregular verbs in the text, give 3 forms and translate them.

TEXT 15

Education today is perhaps more important than at any previous time in our history. It helps young people to meet challenges of life and to see the world with greater understanding. Today we depend on science and technology, so everybody should know about it and its contribution to society, understand its potential and limitations. This course is for large number of students of natural sciences to whom English will be a vital part of their scientific life. English is the lan­guage of international scientific communication; it is the language of all scientific conferences, of major scientific journals and informal discussions in hallways of symposia and congresses of sci­entists all over the world.

So, the focus of education is on the learner and the goal is to help each student to get as much knowledge as possible, to become a creative thinker, to develop a good self-image when he takes his place in the working world. Studies should help students to discover that dealing with scientific issues is fun, interesting and important to their lives.

The objective of a study programme is to provide good knowledge in science and in a spe­cial field of student's interest. Students learn to carry out and interpret investigations, and acquire teaching and technical skills in sciences.

The faculty develops a curriculum that produces a well-rounded student with good training in a chosen area of research.

Computer scientists trained at faculties of cybernetics are wanted at scientific laboratories, schools and universities, industrial facilities, banks and commer­cial companies.

At higher schools basic material is presented in the form of lectures supplemented by class discussions, seminars and laboratory exercises. Students work in laboratories to learn various ex­perimental techniques and to become familiarised with instrumentation and other faculty facilities.

Besides studies and research work students can take part in numerous social activities offered by their department or university. They attend interesting meetings, lectures, films, exhibitions; join various sports and art clubs or societies.

The department actively helps its students to find their professional positions, placing them in jobs for which they are well prepared and in which they can prosper. Graduates of the depart­ments of natural sciences can take industrial posts or choose academic career both in teaching and research fields.

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