Vocabulary. currently — в настоящее время

currently — в настоящее время

to be enrolled — числиться в списках студентов

full-time students — студенты дневного отделения

part time-students — студенты вечернего отделения

course of study — курс обучения

industrial automation — промышленная автоматика

robotics — робототехника

plastics — пластмассы

machine-tools — станки

metalworking — металлообработка

noisy — шумный

to chat — беседовать, болтать

to be equipped with — быть оборудованным

up-to-date equipment — современное оборудование

carry on — проводить

research work — исследовательская работа

one-storeyed — одноэтажное

tasty — вкусный

affordable — доступная (to afford — позволять)

classroom — класс, аудитория

lecture hall — лекционный зал

laboratory — лаборатория
semester (term) — семестр
school year — учебный год
course of studies — курс обучения

teaching instructor (TI) — преподаватель
teaching staff, faculty members — преподавательс­кий состав

student of distant education — студент(ка) «заочник»

Hello! Now let me tell you about my Polytechnical College. I am really glad that I study here. It is one of the finest country's polytechnical colleges. Many famous people have graduated from my college. Studying at our college gives a solid background in all spheres of knowledge and prepares for practical work.

Our college is quite large and old. It was founded in 1973. It is a large school where more than 3, 000 students are currently enrolled. About 2, 000 are full-time students, like me, and the rest are part time-students.

The course of study at my college lasts four years. There are many departments in my college. Here are some of them: the department of industrial automation and robot­ics, the department of plastics, the department of machine tools and the department of metalworking.

Our college is large and we have several buildings. One of the buildings is for lessons only. There are many large halls there so that students of 3-4 groups together can fit in there. And that is more than 100 people. The acoustics in such large halls is very good but sometimes it is very noisy when students chat during the lesson.

We have two laboratory buildings which are equipped with up-to-date equipment and there students can carry on lab works and conduct various experiments. Many students from my group do their own research work.

There are several cafes at the academy. My favourite one is situated in a separate one-storeyed building and people say that this is the oldest canteen or student's cafe. The food there is tasty and very affordable.

There are also several dormitories or hostel buildings where students from other cities live. I don't live in a dormitory — I rent an apart­ment.

Answer the following questions:

1. When was your Polytechnical College established? 2. Who was the first Diector? 3. How many people are currently enrolled? 4. What is the most popular department in your College?