Geology. Козлова Е.П. - 5 стр.

     1.2 Прочтите и переведите следующие словосочетания

   - establishment, educational establishment, higher educational establishment;
   - science, life sciences, geological sciences, natural sciences, The Faculty of
   Natural Sciences;
   - geology, geodesy, geography, geochemistry, geophysics;
   - language, foreign languages;
   - well-equipped, well-equipped laboratories, it will be equipped;
   - scientific, scientific research, scientific achievements;
   - field, magnetic field, radiation field.

     1.3 Прочтите и переведите текст 1А

                                    My speciality

       The Orenburg State University is the largest higher educational establishment
in our town. It has 1 Institute and 15 Faculties. I study at the Faculty of Natural
Sciences. Our faculty was organized in 1998. It trains specialists on the following
specialities: geography, biology, chemistry and geology. My future specialization is
“Geological surveying and prospecting for mineral deposits”.                 We study
mathematics, history, physics, chemistry, philosophy, computer studies and some
others subjects. There are also such specialized subjects as geodesy, mineralogy,
geochemistry, topography, principles of palaeontology, crystallography. Mastering
one of the foreign languages enables us to read foreign literature and learn about the
latest scientific and technical achievements abroad.
       At our disposal we have lecture halls, well-equipped laboratories, library, large
sport centre. Up-to-date personal computers are used in the academic process and in
scientific research. The computer network of our University is connected to the
“Internet” system. The university has geological stations (Kuvandyk Region) for
students’ practice and grounds for geodetical and mining surveying practical training.
A course of study lasts five years. While studying at the University we are to fulfil
course papers and a diploma paper (graduation thesis), which is submitted at the end
of the fifth year. After graduating from the University students can continue their
studies at the post-graduate course. The graduates of our faculty can work as
engineers, teachers, research workers, inspectors, managers, etc.
       The word “geology” is derived from two Greek words meaning “ the study of
the Earth”. By studying mountains, valleys and rivers, the geologist has amassed a
necessary store of knowledge about the formation of the Earth, and the endless
changes which have taken place since its formation. From fossils, he has read the
story of life on the earth of years ago. With the microscope, he has discovered tiny
minerals in thin slices of rock and fine sands, and by knowing the secrets of geology,
he has found valuable ores and other mineral deposits that are indispensable in daily
life.
       Geology includes the study of the continents, the ocean, the atmosphere, and
the earth’s magnetic and radiation fields. Clearly, this scope is too broad for any one
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