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My Biography

INTRODUCTORY TEXT

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

Моя биография

Unit 2. My Biography

1. to be born 1. родиться

2. full name 2. полное имя

3. make up one’s mind 3. принять решение

4. enter 4. поступать (в учебное заведение)

5. pass an exam 5. сдать экзамен

6. to be made up of 6. состоять из

7. educational program 7. учебная программа

8. general education 8. общее образование

9. professional education 9. профессиональное обучение

10. surgeon 10. хирург

11.to graduate from 11.закончить (высш. уч. заведение)

12. nurse 12. мед.сестра

13. pharmaceutist 13. фармацевт

14. term 14. срок

15. physician15. терапевт

16. for some years16. в течение нескольких лет

17.a hospital 17. больница

18. elder brother 18. старший брат

19. to be unmarried 19. быть неженатым

20. to be married 20. быть женатым (замужем)

Are you married? Вы женаты?

Yes, I am. Да.

No, I am not. I am single. Нет, я холост.

21. wife (pl. wives) 21. жена

22. a fourth year student 22. студент 4-го курса

23. Teachers’ Training Institute 23. педагогический институт

24. he is six years older than I 24. он на 6 лет меня старше

25. interpreter 25. переводчик

26. husband 26. муж

27. son 27. сын

28. nephew 28. племянник

29. niece 29. племянница

30.Who is this? 30. Кто это? Как его зовут?

31. Who is she (he)? 31. Кто она (он)? Как ее (его) зовут?

32. What are you? 32. Кто Вы (по профессии)?

What do you do?

33. What is your mother 33.Чем занимается ваша мама

(father)? (отец)?

My first name is Boris. My full name is Boris Smirnov. I am seventeen years old. I live in Kazan. I was born in 1995 in Bugulma in the family of the doctor. My father is a surgeon. He works at a hospital. My mother is a nurse. She works at a hospital too. My parents have been married for 26 years. They have much in common.

When I was in the eleventh form I made up my mind to enter the Kazan State Medical University and become a pharmaceutist.

The term of study at the pharmaceutical facult lasts five years. Educational program is made up of general and professional subjects. We master fundamentals of theoretical and practical pharmacy. We study Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Physics, Foreign Language, Latin, Botany and others.

My family is not large. I have a brother and a sister. My elder brother is ten years older than I. He is 27 years old. He graduated from Kazan State Medical University. He is a physician. He is married. His wife is a fourth-year student of the Teachers’ Training Institute. He has a great talent for languages. She speaks English very well and she knows French and German, too. My sister is 25 years old. She is an interpreter. She is single.

I want to become a highly-experienced and qualified specialist. I’d like to get deep knowledge of pharmacy and learn foreign languages.

I am seventeen. - I was born in 1995 in Bugulma.

We are students of the pharmaceutical faculty. – We were happy and friendly.

Exercise 1. Tell your fellow students about yourself using the following questions.

1. What is your name?

2. How old are you? (What is your age?)

3. Where were you born?

4. What are you? (What do you do?)

5. Where do you study?

6. What course do you study on?

7. What subjects do you study?

8. Is your family large?

9. What are your parents? (What do your parents do?)

10. What is your mother (father, sister, brother)?

11. How old are your parents?

12. Do your parents have much in common?

13. Do you have any sisters or brothers?

14. How old is your sister (brother)?

Remember!

1900 (nineteen hundred) - 1900 год

1987 (nineteen eighty seven) – 1987 год

in the year of 2000 (in the year of two thousand) - в 2000 году

2003 – two thousand and three OR twenty oh three

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