Text 2. British Schools.

All British children must stay at school from the age of 5 until they are 16. Many of them stay longer and take final examinations when they are 17 or 18. There are different types of sec­ondary schools.

State schools are divided into the following types:

Grammar schools. Children who go to grammar schools usually prefer academic subjects, although many grammar schools now also have some technical courses.

Technical schools. Some children go to technical schools. Most course there are either commercial or technical.

Modern schools. Boys and girls who are interested in working with their hands and learn­ing in a practical way can go to a technical school and learn some trade.

Comprehensive schools. These schools usually combine all types of secondary education. They have physics, chemistry, biology, laboratories, machine workshop for metal and woodwork and also geography, history and art departments, commercial and domestic courses.

There are also many schools which the state does not control. They are private schools. They charge fees for educating children, and many of them are boarding schools, at which pupils live during the term time.

After leaving school many young people go to colleges of further education. Those who become students at Colleges of Technology come from different schools at different ages be tween 15 and 17. The lectures at such colleges, each an hour long, start at 9.15 in the morning and end at 4.45 in the afternoon.

Exercise 1. Find in the text the English for: выпускные экзамены; сдавать экзамены; го­сударственная школа; средняя школа; технические предметы; современная школа; про­фессия, ремесло; общеобразовательная школа; мастерская; домоведение; частная школа; брать плату за образование; школа-интернат; семестр; технический колледж; лекция.

Exercise 2. Transcribe the words. Read them aloud: final; through; commercial; physics; chemistry; biology; geography; workshop; private; boarding; further; technology.

Exercise 3. True or false? Give your arguments.

1. All British children must stay at school from 7 until 18.

2. State schools are divided into 2 types.

3. In grammar schools most courses are either commercial or technical.

4. Modern schools usually combine all types of schools.

5. In comprehensive schools pupils mostly study academic subjects.

6. Technical schools teach children to work with their hands.

7. The state controls all private schools.

8. After leaving schools all pupils must start to work.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions.

1. When do British children start going to school?

2. When do they take their examinations?

3. Do children pay money for their studies in all schools?

4. In what type of school do pupils learn to work with their hands?

5. What is grammar school?

6. What school combines all types of secondary education?

7. What is boarding school?

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Британские дети должны учиться в школе с 5 до 16 лет.

2. Ученики сдают экзамены в 16 лет.

3. Общеобразовательная школа учит физике, химии, биологии, математике, истории, ис­кусству, коммерции и домоводству.

4. Большинство частных школ - школы-интернаты, где ученики живут во время учебно­го семестра.

5. В 16 лет многие ученики заканчивают школу и идут в колледж дальнейшего образова­ния.