количество

I bought the dress and has $10 over. after - после, в честь

After he had passed his exams, he went home. The University is named after M.V. Lomonosov.

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Distance Education over the World

The distance education over the world has a history more than 100 years long. The very first application was carried out by the University of London in 1836. But the method gained popularity after 1970's.

At the moment many countries like China, Australia, England, Russia, Japan, Spain, the USA and others are using this method, especially in higher education.

The organizations of distance education programs and their capacities are getting larger every day. For example, the Open University of England has more thаn 80 000 students who are taking more than 140 courses per year. This university has 260 local teaching and 13 regional information centres.

After a series of observations and research work it has been cleared out that the quality of instruction provided in the programs of distance education is not worse than that in traditional higher education.

Nothing like age, place, daily activity and the like serve as limiting factors in open education. Does this mean a compromise in the quality? Certainly not!

Open education has proved its superiorities to the traditional classroom education. One of the superiorities is this: open education has found an effective solution to the problem of qualified teaching staff shortage which is a serious obstacle in traditional classroom education. In open education the best teachers of the country can be called to cooperate, and the advanced technologies in mass media can be used. The second superiority is the lowered cost of

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education which gives an indisputable advantage to open education over all other systems of education.

In open education, video, television, radio, printed materials and face– to–face education are used only in needed proportions. A dynamic team of administrators and a highly qualified teaching staff are used to realize such a "miracle". The problem to be solved now is how to provide favorable conditions for practical work in this system.

Послетекстовые упражнения

(The exercises to be done after reading the text)

IX. Заполните пропуски инфинитивом в соответствующей форме.

X. Определите время и залог выделенных сказуемых и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Many countries are using this method now.

2.Distance education is used in many countries.

3.The Open University in England has more than 80000 students.

4.It has been cleared out that the quality of instruction provided by distance education is high.

5.What does distance education mean?

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6. Open education has proved its high quality.

XI. Переведите с русского языка на английский слова и словосочетания:

Заочное обучение (образование) _______________________________

быть популярным ___________________________________________

высшее образование _________________________________________

возможности________________________________________________

качество ___________________________________________________

районный (местный) центр обучения ___________________________

исследовательская работа_____________________________________

традиционное обучение ______________________________________

решение____________________________________________________

решать_____________________________________________________

преподавательский состав ____________________________________

обеспечивать _______________________________________________

при условии ________________________________________________

благоприятные условия_______________________________________

XII. Соедините слова с помощью предлогов: by, in, of, over, per, for.

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XIII. Ответьте на вопросы:

1.When and where was the distance education carried out for the first time?

2.Are many countries using this method of education?

3.In what countries is this method used?

4.Do age, place, nationality and the like limit the population in open education?

5.Has open education superiorities to the traditional classroom education?

6.What are the advantages of open education?

a)teaching staff shortage..

b)advanced technologies..

c)cost of education..

7.Which problem in this system must be solved now?

XIV. Переведите с русского на английский.

1.Впервые заочное обучение было начато в Лондонском Университете в

1836 году.

2.Внастоящее время эта форма обучения используется во многих странах.

3.Заочное обучение имеетпреимущества по сравнению с традиционным (дневным) обучением.

4.Этими преимуществами являются:

а) решение проблемы недостатка в квалифицированном преподавательском составе; б) использование современных средств и методов обучения;

в) низкая стоимость обучения.

XV. Сравните перевод пословиц.

No fool like an old fool. Неттакого дурака, как старый дурак. (Старого дурака ничем не исправить).

Like to like. Подобное к подобному. (Рыбак рыбака видитиздалека).

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