kind of sport, that’s why it has so many advantages and difficulties, at the same time.
VII. Compose an essay on the topic «My favourite sportsman». Be ready to retell it.
Topic 4. SIBERIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORT
I. Match English and Russian words and word combinations.
1) graduates, 2) secondary schools, 3) technical schools, 4) to be founded, 5) an educational establishment, 6) to train qualified specialists, 7) an admission, 8) a staff, 9) to rename, 10) to be headed by, 11) a rector, 12) to receive the status of the university, 13) to give a qualification, 14) a Bachelor, 15) accommodations, 16) buildings for study, 17) libraries, 18) sport facilities, 19) a track-and-field indoor stadium, 20) swimming pools, 21) stadiums, 22) sport halls, 23) skating rinks, 24) football fields, 25) hockey grounds, 26) tennis courts, 27) full-time tuition, 28) extramural tuition, 29) faculties, 30) a dean, 31) chairs (departments), 32) to fulfill post-graduate training, 33) magistrate, 34) post-graduate course, 35) doctorate, 36) Institute of Improvement of Professional Skill, 37) a council, 38) to defend candidate and doctor theses, 39) to defend the honour of the university on sport arenas, 40) to participate, 41) Olympic champions, 42) World champions.
1) спортивные залы, 2) набор, 3) защищать кандидатские и докторские диссертации, 4) быть возглавляемым кем-либо, 5) футбольные поля, 6) магистратура, 7) олимпийские чемпионы, 8) библиотеки, 9) декан, 10) докторантура, 11) совет, 12) штат, 13) спортивные сооружения, 14) выпускники, 15) средние школы, 16) переименовывать, 17) чемпионы мира, 18) присваивать квалификацию, 19) подготавливать квалифицированных специалистов, 20) факультеты, 21) быть основанным, 22) техникумы, 23) образовательное учреждение, 24) ректор, 25) получить статус университета, 26) бакалавр, 27) помещения, 28) учебные корпуса, 29) легкоатлетический манеж, 30) бассейны, 31) стадионы, 32) катки, 33) хоккейные коробки, 34) теннисные корты, 35) заочное обучение, 36) очное обучение, 37) кафедры, 38) осуществлять послевузовскую подготовку, 39) аспирантура, 40) Институт повышения квалификации, 41) участвовать, 42) защищать честь университета на спортивных аренах.
II. Repeat the words after your teacher then read them yourself and guess their meanings.
1. Subjects: theory and history of physical culture, life safety providing, pedagogy, psychology, economic theory, philosophy and history, Russian and foreign languages (English, German, French), biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biorhythmology, anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, mathematics, physics, informatics, sport metrology, sport management, valeology, age pedagogy, sport journalism, adaptive physical culture, sport rehabilitation, sport hygiene, sport medicine, therapeutic massage.
2. Sports: swimming, track-and-field athletics, hockey, football, wrestling, weight-lifting, cycling, skating, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, acrobatics, calisthenics, sport gymnastics, sport dances, basketball, volleyball, handball, badminton, skiing, biathlon, lawn tennis, tourism, shaping, aerobics, martial arts.
III. Read and translate the text.
Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sport is a large educational, scientific and sport centre. One may meet its graduates in the Urals, in the Far East, in towns and villages of European part of Russia. They work at secondary schools and technical schools, in sport clubs, sport teams, sport organizations.
The first Institute of Physical Culture was founded in Siberian city Tomsk in 1920. But due to economic and political hardships it existed only 3 years. But such vast territory of the country as Siberia needed educational establishment to train qualified specialists in physical culture and sport. In 30–40-es technical secondary schools of physical culture were opened in Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Omsk. In 1950 the Institute of Physical Culture was founded in Omsk. Its first admission was 100 young men and women. The staff numbered 10–15 teachers. It had the only building in Lenin Street.
In 1994 the institute was renamed into Siberian State Academy of Physical Culture. It is headed by a rector. In 2002 Siberian State Academy of Physical Culture received the status of the university.
The university trains specialists in physical culture and sport for the vast territory of Siberia and the Far East giving a qualification of a coach and a school teacher in physical culture and the title of a Bachelor or a specialist in physical culture and sport.
Students have good accommodations for study, trainings, rehabilitation and rest. There are 5 buildings for study, computer halls, libraries. Students have all necessary sport facilities: track-and-field indoor stadium, swimming pools, stadiums, sport halls for wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, badminton, volleyball, basketball, handball, skating rinks, football fields, hockey grounds, tennis courts, and others.
Students can choose a full-time or an extramural form of tuition. Students are trained in 5 faculties: 1) faculty of cyclic, complexcoordinating sports and martial arts; 2) faculty of wrestling, playing and power sports; 3) faculty of tourism, recreation and rehabilitation; 4) humanitarian faculty; 5) extramural tuition faculty. Each faculty is headed by a dean.
There are more than 20 theoretical and sport chairs (departments) at the university. The teachers of the university train specialists in theoretical subjects including: theory and history of physical culture, life safety providing, pedagogy, psychology, economic theory, philosophy and history, Russian and foreign languages (English, German, French), biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biorhythmology, anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, mathematics, physics, informatics, sport metrology, sport management, valeology, age pedagogy, sport journalism, adaptive physical culture, sport rehabilitation, sport hygiene, sport medicine, therapeutic massage.
Coaches of high qualification train students in sports including: swimming, track-and-field athletics, hockey, football, wrestling, weightlifting, cycling, skating, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, acrobatics, calisthenics, sport gymnastics, sport dances, basketball, volleyball, handball, badminton, skiing, biathlon, lawn tennis, tourism, shaping, aerobics, martial arts.
The university fulfils post-graduate training in magistrate, postgraduate course, doctorate, Institute of Improvement of Professional Skills for teachers and coaches. The university has a special council to defend candidate and doctor theses in such subjects as: theory and methods of physical education, sport training and health-improving physical culture, sport psychology, physiology of humans and animals, social philosophy.
Students and graduates defend the honour of the university on sport arenas. Many students participated in Olympic Games and became Olympic champions and World champions. Here are some of them: Olympic champions – Konstantin Vyrupayev, Alexander Karelin, Shamil Khisamutdinov, Mikhail Mamiashvili are champions in Greco-Roman wrestling, Gennady Komnatov and Sergei Shelpakov – in cycling, Vladimir Barnashov – in biathlon, Yury
