1. As a rule, the most important courses a student completes during his or her studies at our University are skill courses in scientific writing.
2. Andrew isn't reading his course work now. He is translating a scientific paper.
3. This professor has already delivered five lectures for Ukrainian students. 4. Jessica has been preparing for her final exam since early morning.
5. The students haven't filled in the questionnaires yet.
6. Den sometimes gets to the university by tram, but usually his father gives him a lift.
7. The lawyer has been speaking to his client for an hour and a half now.
8. Are you busy now, Rachel? – Yes, I'm typing the report for the conference.
9. Jack has been writing an article for the university newspaper since 5 o’clock.
10. Have they obtained the results of the experiment yet?
11. The students are listening to the lecture in the lecture hall at the moment.
12. Molly has been attending language courses for three months now.
13. Is your friend still writing a test? – No, he is not writing a test, he is waiting for the teacher to know his mark.
14. The seminar has just started.
15. Janet has been studying Programming for two years now.
16. The police have been investigating the computer theft in our academic building for a month already.
17. Jenny hasn't graduated from this university yet.
18. I have chosen an elective course at last.
19. My roommate is currently writing his internship report.
20. PE is a compulsory subject in Ukrainian institutions of higher learning.
Good luck ;)
2.Families of the Orchestra
These characteristics ultimately divide instruments into four families: woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.
3.Families of Musical Instruments
Brass instruments include trumpet, trombone, tuba, French horn, cornet, and bugle.
Percussion instruments include drums, cymbals, triangle, chimes, tam-tam, glockenspiel, timpani, bells, and xylophone.
Stringed instruments include the violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, and dulcimer.
4.violin
The strings are the largest family of instruments in the orchestra and they come in four sizes: the violin, which is the smallest, viola, cello, and the biggest, the double bass, sometimes called the contrabass.
5.A modern full-scale symphony orchestra consists of approximately one hundred permanent musicians, most often distributed as follows: 16–18 1st violins, 16 2nd violins, 12 violas, 12 cellos, 8 double basses, 4 flutes (one with piccolo as a specialty), 4 oboes (one with English horn as a specialty), 4 clarinets (one with ...
6.baton
Nowadays conductors use either a baton (for a large ensemble) or just their hands. There are set patterns and gestures which communicate key features of the music, but since the players often already have those features written on their scores this isn't the conductor's main role.
