Answer the questions

1. Where can a school leaver go if he/she wants to continue his/her education?

2. Do students have to pay for their studies at college?

3. What does the cost of education depend on?

4. What degrees are awarded at the university?

5. What courses are provided at the technological universities?

6. What is an important feature of the university work?

7. What are methods of the university instruction?

8. How many terms is the academic year at British universities divided into?

9. What social and life facilities do British universities have?

10. What have you found out from the text about the role of Student Union?

British Rails Basic vocabulary

a smoker carriage	вагон для курців
a non – smoker carriage	вагон для некурців
a face to direction seat	місце в напрямку руху
a back to direction seat	місце в зворотному напрямку руху
pay phones	таксофони
far off parts	віддалені частини
advertisement	оголошення
a one-way/ single ticket	квиток в одному напрямку
around trip ticket/return ticket	квиток в два напрямки
a day return ticket	квиток в два напрямки на один день
railtraveller	подорожуючий залізницею
half-price	півціни
at reduced rates	за зниженим тарифом (за пільгами)
travel card	проїзний квиток
extra-cost	додаткова плата
destination	місце призначення
miles better	набагато краще
valid	діючий
issued	виданий
aisle	прохід
extra cost	додаткова вартість

The railway network is very wide. You can travel to many places by Inter-City trains. When you buy a ticket, you can choose a smoker or a non-smoker carriage, you can choose a face to direction or a back to direction seat, you can also choose a window or an aisle. In some trains there are pay phones.

Travel by British Rail is fast, comfortable and easy. Air-conditioned Inter-City-125 services (travelling at speeds up to 125 miles per hour, or 201 kilometres per hour) link London with South and West Wales, the West of England, the Midlands, the North-East of England and Scotland. For example, you can reach Cardiff, Leeds and York, each in less than two hours.

New Inter-City-225 services link London with far-off parts of Britain in record time. It is now possible to travel from London to Edinburgh in as little as 3 hours 59 minutes.

Inter-City trains usually have a restaurant and/or buffet cars, where hot meals or, in the case of buffet cars, light snacks and drinks are served.

Railway travel in Britain is expensive, more expensive than in European continent.

There are two classes of carriages in these trains: first and standard. First class carriages are more comfortable and the tickets are more expensive.

A one-way ticket is called a single ticket and a round-trip ticket is called a return ticket. If you are going to return on the same day, buy a day return which is considerably, or miles, cheaper.

In the English language the word «miles» is often used in the meaning «much», «a lot». For example, you can see an advertisement of some dish, which, as it says, «tastes miles better».

A Railcard is a card sold by British Rail (BR) to certain groups of railtravellers, enabling them to travel at half-price or at specially reduced rates. Among such travellers are old age pensioners (OAPs), young people under 24 or disabled people. The Railcard is valid for one year only.

A Travelcard (in full, a One Day Travel-card) is a special ticket issued at a reduced rate by British Rail for travel on a single day within the Greater London area by any train, including those of the Underground, and also some buses.

BR operates a service of 1600 trains a day serving over 2.000 stations; there’s hardly a part of Britain that can’t be reached by train. A fast Inter-City network links London with all major cities as Bristol, Cardiff, York an train d Edinburgh with trains leaving the capital every hour during the main part of the day. Also, at no extra cost, you can travel up to 125 mph (200 kph) on the High Speed Inter-City Trains to many major destinations.