Part III. Exercise 1. What are A and B talking about?

Exercise 1. What are A and B talking about? Render their talk in Russian.

A: Hello! Can I speak to B?

B: That’s me.

A: It’s A speaking. How are you?

B: Fine. Thank you. How are things with you?

A: I am a student now.

B: Good for you! (Молодец!) What Institute have you entered?

A: I've entered the University of Cardiff.

B. And what department do you study at?

a) I study at the department of Computing Mathematics.

b) You liked mathematics at school, didn’t you? Mathematics was my favourite subject at school too. Do you use computers at the University?

A: Certainly. We have the best Micro-Computing Laboratory in the country which is used exclusively by the staff and students in computing.

B: Wish you luck (Желаю тебе удачи) in your studying.

A: Thank you. So long! (Пока!)

Exercise 2.Reproduce the dialogue in exercise 1 as close to the text as possible.

Exercise 3. Complete the dialogue:

A: What Institute have you entered?

B. …

A: What department do you study at?

B:…

A: You liked mathematics at school, didn’t you?

B: …

A: …

B: Certainly. Both the staff and the students use computers.

Exercise 4.Try to imagine that a small group of Russian students has come to the USA (Great Britain) and visited the University of Houston (Cardiff, Essex). Tell them everything you can.

Exercise 5.Imagine that you are to make a report at a conference about the technical education abroad. Use the information of texts A, B, C.