Text C. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pre-text Exercises

1. Read the names of the schools. Give Ukrainian equivalents:

– School of Architecture and Planning;

– School of Engineering;

– School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences;

– Alfred P. Sloan School of Management;

– School of Science.

2. Read the names of the departments. Give Ukrainian equivalents:

Architecture; Media Arts and Sciences; Urban Studies and Planning; Aeronautics and Astronautics; Biological Engineering Division; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Engineering Systems Division; Materials Science and Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Nuclear Engineering; Ocean Engineering; Anthropology; Comparative Media Studies; Economics; Foreign Languages and Literatures; History; Humanities; Linguistics and Philosophy; Literature; Music and Theatre Arts; Political Science; Science, Technology, and Society; Writing and Humanistic Studies; Biology Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; Physics.

3. Look through the email and answer the following questions:

1. What institute is the letter about?

2. Is the history of the institute described?

3. Are the schools and departments mentioned?

4. Are undergraduate academics described?

5. Is the campus described?

6. Are the most famous alumni named?

4. Read the email. To understand it better consult active vocabulary:

Date: Sun., 2 Oct. 2012 20:44:35

From: Mike Nilson <mison@gesp.com>

To: Maksym Marchenko<m.marchenko@gmail.com>

Subject: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dear Maksym,

Thank you for the letter. It was really interesting to read about your University. I had a rather tight day L. But before going to bed I decided to write about my Alma-Mater. MIT has also a Museum. I visited it last year and got some information. I think you will enjoy reading it. Today I shall write about Institute’s history, campus, undergraduate academics, and alumni.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks among the best universities in the world. It is a leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. MIT is a private non-for- profit institution with mostly four-year programs and enrollment of 4,112 undergraduate, and 6,228 graduate students. It’s motto is “Mens et Manus ("mind and hand")” MIT is organized into five schools which contain 27 academic departments:

• School of Architecture and Planning: Architecture, Media Arts and Sciences, Urban Studies and Planning;

• School of Engineering: Aeronautics and Astronautics, Biological Engineering Division, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Systems Division, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Ocean Engineering;

• School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: Anthropology, Comparative Media Studies, Economics, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, Humanities, Linguistics and Philosophy, Literature, Music and Theatre Arts, Political Science, Science, Technology, and Society, Writing and Humanistic Studies;

• Alfred P. Sloan School of Management;

• School of Science: Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Mathematics, Physics.

Among its most famous departments and schools are the Lincoln Laboratory, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Media Lab and the Sloan School of Management.

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