Physics as my future speciality

Let me introduce myself. My name is Igor. I was born on September, 15, 1995. I’m the only child in the family. I finished secondary school № 5 in Sterlitamak. My parents and I moved to Ufa in 2012. I decided to enter the Bashkir State University as it was my long-standing dream. And now I’m a first-year student of the Physical-Technical Institute of the BSU.

I got interested in physics when I was at school and it is my favorite subject at the University. It is also the main subject at our Faculty. We have lectures, seminars, practical classes. We have well-equipped laboratories, we work under the supervision of skilled analysts and scientific leaders. I think physics is one of the fundamental sciences. Nowadays physics as a science and industry has become one of the prime movers of progress. Practically the future of physics is unlimited.

The Physical-Technical Institute of the BSU provides excellent facilities for academic studies, practical and research work. The faculty has staff that cover all physics disciplines.

For me choosing a career is not only a matter of future prestige and wealth. In my opinion, a job should be interesting and socially important. That is why after graduating I would like to enter the postgraduate training and to continue my research work at the university.

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:

1. When did you get interested in physics?

2. Do you like studying at the Physical-Technical Institute?

3. What subjects do you study? Will they help you in future?

4. In what field would you like to work? Why?

5. What prestigious jobs can you get after graduation from the BSU?

6. What is more important for you: self-realization at work or getting much money? Why?

Exercise 2. Speak on your future speciality.

Unit III: Additional topics.

Text A. Read and translate the text.

Hobbies

A "hobby" is a special interest or activity that you do in your time off. Some people keep pets as hobby. They keep rabbits, or fishes. They train dogs to do tricks, or keep pigeons to race and carry messages. Some are crazy about plants. They try to grow cacti or rare tropical flowers in their kitchens and sitting rooms.

Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen а hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.

Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby grouрs is doing things. It includes а wide variety of activities. Everything from gardening to tгаvеlling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man's hobbies especially in some countries (Britain, for example). А relatively new hobby, which is becoming more popular is computer games.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists writе music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Chuгchill.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so largeе and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in а small way with or two items. People with а good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections аrе given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.

No matter what kind of hobby а person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of а hobby.