Practice

2. Find words which mean the same as:

   a first year student to go off to go on foot to arrive to have a bite to study to say ‘Good morning’

   to talk over to finish one’s studying at school to know troubles of life to have no family of one’s own usually on Saturday and Sunday

3. Look back at the text and find examples of

1. Present Simple (Indefinite)

2. Past Simple (Indefinite)

3. Present Continuous

2. Work with a partner.

Ask and answer questions about Ann’s student life/ your groupmate’s life.

2. Write your own letter like this one about you students’ day to your friend.

Conversational English

Learn the dialogues by heart and dramatize them.

Hurry Up! The car is coming!

(Scene: a father and his son. The father's looking out of the window, the son is writing something).

FATHER: What're you doing?

SON: I'm writing my paper.

FATHER: Well, stop now. And put your new jacket on.

SON: Why? What's happening?

FATHER: The Fedorovs are coming. They're having dinner with us, SON: Fin sorry, Dad, but I have much work to do. Can't you have dinner without me?

FATHER: Well. They're bringing Nina to dinner too. SON: Are they? Well, my work can wait after all. Just a minute, Dad, I’m brushing my hair.

FATHER: Hurry up! Their car is just coming along the street.

I'll Do That, If I Remember

A: Will you be at the Club next Saturday?

B: Yes, if I'm in town, I'll go to the Club.

A: If you are at the Club on Saturday, you'll see

Boris.

B: Well, if I'm there, I may see him.

A: If you see him, tell him I'll come on Tuesday.

B: All right, I'll tell him that if I see him.

A: Say that I'll come if the weather is good.

B: I see. If I'm in town,* and if I'm at the Club, and if I see Boris, I'll tell him that you'll come on

Tuesday, if the weather is fine.

A: Yes, that's what I ask you to tell him. B: Well, I'll do that, if I remember.

Dramatize the following scene:

Your friend and you are planning the coming weekend.

Just for Fun

Toо Big To Be Lost

The young teacher was giving her class of young pupils a test at a natural history.

“Now Bobby,” she said, “tell me where the elephant is found.”

The boy thought for a moment, then his face brightened.

“ The elephant,” he said, “is such a large animal that it is hardly ever lost.”

A Friendly Young Man

Charles had just entered the University.

“ What’s your name?” the teacher asked.

“Charles,” was the answer.

“Charles what?” the teacher questioned.

“ Oh, that’s all right,” he said, “just call me Charles.”

Text II

1. Read the text and try to translate it without a dictionary.

STUDYING AT A BRITISH UNIVERSITY

If you want to go to (=enter) university, you must first pass examinations that most students take at the age of eighteen (called ‘A’ level). Most students take three ‘A’ levels (three examinations in three different subjects) and they must do well in order to get/obtain a place at university because the places are limited. At the moment, approximately 30% of young adults go to university in Britain.

If you get a place at university, the tuition (= the teaching) is free, and some students also get (= receive) a grant (= money to pay for living expenses, e.g. food and accommodation) as well. Students at university are called undergraduates while they are studying for their first degree.

You can normally do/study these subjects at university but not always at school

Medicine psychology business studies law sociology agriculture philosophy architecture history of art engineering politics

Most university courses last (= go on for/ continue for) three years, some courses last four years, and one or two courses, e.g. medicine, may be even longer, during this period students can say that they are doing/studying history, or doing/studying for a degree in history, for example. When they finish the course and pass their examinations, they receive a degree (the qualification when you complete a university course successfully). This can be a BA (=Bachelor of Arts) or a BSc (=Bachelor of Science), e.g. I have a friend who has a BA in history, and another who has a BSc in chemistry.

POSTGRADUATE COURSES

When you complete your first degree, you are a graduate. Some students then go on to do a second course or degree (postgraduate course/ postgraduate degree). These students are then postgraduates. There are three possible degrees

MA (Master of Arts) or MSc (Master of Science); usually one year

MPhil (Master of Philosophy); usually two years

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy); at least three years

When people study one subject in great detail (often to find new information), we say they are conducting/ doing/ carrying out research (U); e.g. I’m doing some research into the languages of different African tribes.

COMPREHENSION CHECK

2. What do you call

1. The money some students receive if they get a place at university?

2. The qualification you get at the end of university?

3. The name we give students during this period at university?

4. Teachers at university?

5. Students when they have completed their first degree?

6. Students studying for a second degree?

7. The study of one subject in great depth and detail, often to get new information?

8. The talks that students go to while they are at university?