И. А. Курбасова Е. И. Силантьева

ACTIVE VOCABULARY
1. university [ju:ni'və:siti] n университет

2. college ['kכlidз] п колледж; college of advanced tech­nology [tek'nכləd3i] технологический колледж универ­ситетского типа; technical college ['teknikəl] техничес­кий колледж; teacher-training college педагогический колледж

4. standards of teaching ['stændədz] уровень преподавания

5. cost of living and education [kכst] стоимость жизни и образования

6. paid education [peid] платное образование; free of charge education [t∫a:d3] бесплатное образование

7. tutorial system [tju:'t:riəl] система прикрепления сту­дентов к отдельным преподавателям; tutor ['tju:tə] n руководитель группы студентов

8. discuss [dis'kΛs] v обсуждать

9. vacation [və'kei∫ən] n каникулы

EXERCISES

1. Read these words and word combinations. structure ['strΛkt∫ə] of education (зд.) система образо­вания, complex ['kכmpleks] сложный, medicine ['medsin], arts [a:ts] искусство, philosophy [fi’lכsəfi], law [lכ:] право, natural ['næt∫rəl] sciences естественные науки, agriculture [ægri'kΛlt∫ə] сельское хозяйство, commerce ['kכməs] тор­говля, theology [Ǿi'כiləd3i] богословие, Oxford ['כksfəd], Cambridge ['keimbnd3], "aristocratic" [æritə'krætik] uni­versities, unusual [Λn'ju:3əl] system необычная система, recommend [rekə'mend], status ['steitəs] статус, heating ['hi:tiђ] отопление, ventilation [venti'lei∫ən], refrigeration [ri,frid3ə’i∫ən]

engineering холодильная техника.

2. Answer these questions.

1. What are the four types of higher educational institutions in Great Britain? 2. Why are Oxford and Camb­ridge considered "aristocratic" universities? 3. Is higher education in Britain paid or free of charge? 4. Why is the system of teaching at Oxford and Cambridge unusual? 5. What does the tutorial system mean? 6. What education do the students of the colleges of advanced technology get? 7. What specialists do technical colleges train? 8. What colleges train teachers for schools, colleges, and universities?

3. Translate these word combinations (a) into Russian: to found a university, to enter a technical college, to

study at a college of advanced technology, to graduate from a teacher-training college, high standards of teaching, to have a high cost of living, free of charge education, teach­ing based on the tutorial system, to have vacations between the terms, to provide the students with higher technical education;

(b) into English:

четыре типа высших учебных заведений; университет, основанный в 12 веке; высокий уровень преподавания; платное образование; из-за высокой стоимости жизни; обсуждать работу с руководителем; учебный год, имею­щий три семестра; студент педагогического ' колледжа; поступить в технический колледж; курс обучения в тех­нологическом колледже.

4. Make up sentences using these words and word com­binations.

1. a large number of faculties, consist of, the British universities; 2. are considered, Oxford and Cambridge, the oldest and the best universities; 3. at Oxford and Camb­ridge, cannot study, young people from the working class families, because of a high cost of living and education; 4. are high, the standards of teaching, there; 5. is based, at Oxford and Cambridge, on lectures and the tutorial system, the system of teaching; 6. is paid, in Great Brit­ain, higher education; 7. vacations, have, between the three terms, the students; 8. the students, provide, the colleges of advanced technology, with higher technical education; 9. for one of the fields of national economy, technical colleges, train specialists; 10. are trained, at teacher-training colleges, highly educated teachers.

5. Agree or disagree with the statements given below. Use the following introductory phrases,