Vocabulary

university, undergraduate studies, liberal arts/arts/liberals (humanities), sciences, major/to ma- jor, minor, undergrad(uate) students/undergrads.

3.Translate into English.

1. В течение всей жизни человекполучает

знания.

2. Также он изучал и другиедисциплины, та- кие как биохимия ииммунология.

according to appreciate (v) as well as

be allowed to behavior

by heart commonpeople consist of (v) decide (v) despise (v) develop (v) early

essential find out (v)

free of charge hard people include (v)

influence (v) invention

keep under adiscipline knowledge

liberal education necessary

pay special attention possible

produce (v) provide for (v) quite different run by (v)

sort out (v) store up(v)

the use of weapons therefore

throw(v)

3. Во время занятия преподаватель обратил внимание на спряжение неправильныхглаголов.

4. В отличие отначального и среднего, выс-шее образованиедаже в развитых странах не явля- етсявсеобщим.

5. После многочисленных неудач ученому удалось запатентовать свое оригинальноеизобре-тение.

6. Образовательный процесс в частной шко- леочень сильно отличаетсяот образования в го- сударственнойшколе.

7. За последние четыре дня я видел эту кар- тину четыре раза и знал ее почтинаизусть.

8. Хороший студент должен обладать не только знаниями и умениями, но и дисциплиниро- ваннымповедением.

9. Япрезиралего за трусость ислабость.

10. В государственной школе образование

2. Give Russian equivalents for the followingwords:

Primary school, secondary school, high school,

должно бытьбесплатным.

4. Give detailed answers to thequestions.

1. Why do we need to betaught?

2. When and where the first schoolstarted?

3. What made possible to store upknowledge?

4. Who were the pupils of the firstschools?

5. What was the organization of education in China until the 19^thcentury?

6. What was the difference between Spartan and Athenian educationalsystem?

7. What are the main principles of liberaleduca-

tion?

8. Who was the“grammatist”?

9. Were common peopleeducated?

10. What is the impact of Greek philosophers into the history ofeducation?

11. Who had the schools run by government free ofcharge?

12. What were the tree stages of Romaneduca-

tion?

13. Who were the first teachers inBritain?

14. What was the main system of teaching in the early 19^thcentury?

15. Who were“monitors”?

4. Arrange the following statements in their logi-cal order. Explain and expandthem.

• Spartans gave a military education to their children

• Only the priestly caste was allowed to learn the Hinduscriptures

• Greek ideas influenced Europeaneducation

• SchoolsfirststartedinEgypt5,000to6,000

years ago

• The Romans were very good atorganizing

• The “Monitor”system

• The first teachers were fathers andmothers

• People were divided into the fourcastes

• In Great Britain the first teachers werecrafts-

men

• Sometimes neighboring peoples produced dif- ferent types ofeducation

• Liberal education helped a man to develop all sides of hisnature

4. Speak on the new facts you found in the text.What wondered you or what information was new for you? Can you add some other historical information about the history ofeducation?

4. Think over the ways of retelling the story tostir up theaudience.

4. 	American education	British Edu- cation	Russian Edu- cation
   Children start and fin- ish school age when school starts marks payment

   Find information about modern British andAmerican education. Compare it with Russian accord- ing to the followingtable:

uniform exams other differences

4. Translate it into English using the wordsyou’velearned.

Образование — это целенаправленный про- цесс воспитания и обучения в интересах человека, общества, государства.

Обычно образование подразумевает, что учи- тель обучает учеников чтению, письму, математи- ке, истории и другим наукам. Преподаватели по узким специальностям, таким как астрофизика, право, география или зоология, могут обучать только данному предмету, обычно в университетах и других вузах. Существует также преподавание профессиональных навыков, например, вождения. Кроме образования в специальных учреждениях существует также самообразование, например, че- рез Интернет, чтение, посещение музеев или лич- ный опыт.

4. Writethe plural formof thefollowing.

story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, bush, chief, page, radio, roof, prize, child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth, fel- low-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by, sister-in-law, forget-me-not, room-mate.

4. Rememberthe numerals. Answer the ques-tions. Write the numbers infull.

1) How many minutes are there in two hours?2)

How many kilometers are there in a mile? 3) What is your normal temperature? 4) How much do you weigh? 5) How many cents are there in $2, 5? 6) How many days are there in a year? 7) When were you born? 8) What is your telephone number? 9) What is the number of your flat? 10) What is the approximate population of Russia?

4. Write these numbers inEnglish.

1)567 11) 3August

2)61/₂ 12) 969 64 85(phone)

3)3,267 13) - 3°C

4)8.93 14) (In)1907

5)0.34 15) +15°F

6)71/2 16)3,000,000,000

7)2,359,000 17)7,082

8)11.06 18) 40-0 (tennisgame)

9)58% 19)37%

10)9May 20) 4-1 (footballmatch)

4. Correct the mistakes (if any) in these sen-tences.

1) The radio said that there were more than ten thousand people taking parts in the meeting. 2) She bought two dozens eggs. 3) My birthday is on the twenty-one of March. 4) His telephone number is four six seven, five naught, nine two. 5) There are two hundred fifteen pages in this book. 6) Write down the following: zero point six hundred and twelve plus six

point naught two. 7) This is twenty-five per cents of the total. 8) The game ended with the score three zero.

4. RememberSimple Past. Choose out markersreferring to thistense.

Yesterday, now, never, 2 days ago, sometimes, for, today, 1 year before, at the present moment, the day before yesterday

4. Translate into English paying attentionto