26. Express your opinion answering the questions.
1. Why do young people enter high schools?
2. What can you say about the curriculum of your higher school? Give your examples.
3. What is more difficult: to be a full-time or a part-time student? Give your reasons.
4. Do you think there are a lot of opportunities for the young people in our country to get higher education? Give your examples.
27. Speak on the university you study at. Check List to Module II
1. Where do young people of Russia get higher education?
2. What competition is there usually at our higher schools?
3. What opportunities have those young people who have failed to become full-time students?
4. What kind of higher institutions are there in Russia for the people who want to combine their work with study?
5. What privilege have evening and extramural students?
6. How long does the course of study run?
7. What curriculum have our higher schools? 1
8. Which faculty was the first one?
9. In what year the Institute became Omsk State Technical University?
10. What can you say about the teaching stuff of the University?
11. Which degrees does the University give the students?
12. Is Post-Graduate Study available to the students?
13. What are the three types of universities in Great Britain?
14. What grants do students receive?
15. What other institutions of higher education are there in Great Britain?
MODULE III
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Part 1. Geographical position of Great Britain
Vocabulary training
1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations.
to ʼseparate – отделять(ся) to in′clude – включать to wash – омывать to de′pend on – зависеть to occupy – занимать to be ʼsituated – быть расположенным to be bound – быть ограниченным ′island – остров peʼninsula [ pɪʼnɪnsjulə] – полуостров county – графство ′coast – берег, побережье surface[′sə:fis] – поверхность harbour[′ha:bə] – гавань a number of – ряд, несколько |
′current – течение inde′pendent – независимый flat – плоский, равнинный mountainous – гористый ′rocky – скалистый ′changeable – изменчивый ′moderate– умеренный deep – глубокий mild – мягкий wet – влажный ′cloudy – облачный ′total – полный, весь in length – длиной, по длине as a rule – как правило in addition to – в дополнении к |
2. Work in pairs. Student a translate these sentences into Russian, student b translate them into English.
1) to in′cludе – включать Great Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales. 2) to de′pend on – зависеть As a rule the climate depends on the geographical position of the country. 3) to wash – омывать The warm sea washes the country. 4) to be bound – быть ограниченным, граничить On the west Great Britain is bound by the Atlantic Ocean. 5) ′coast – берег, побережье The northern coasts of the country are washed by the North Sea. |
6) ′harbour – гавань The coast line has excellent harbours. 7) flat – плоский, равнинный The greater part of the surface of England is flat. 8) ′mountainous – гористый 9) ′rocky – скалистый The northern part of the country is mountainous and rocky. 10) mild – мягкий 11) ′cloudy – облачный 12) wet – влажный The England weather is mild, wet and cloudy.
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