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READING

1. Read and translate the following international words:

2. Answer the following questions to make a short monologue about one-

self:

1.What is your name?

2.How old are you? When were you born?

3.What town are you from?

4.What is your nationality?

5.Do you have a big family?

6.What members of the family do you have?

7.How many children are there in your family? Who is the youngest?

8.Can you tell us something interesting about your relatives?

9.Do you have a hobby? What is it?

10.Have you got a friend whom you never want to lose? Explain why he or she is so dear to you.

3. Complete the following description list not showing the information to your groupmates:

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4. Read and translate the biography of a famous person and guess the name of him and his author:

There are plenty of fictional private detectives that we base our idealism about private detectives on. These are the figures of our childhood, both from books and television that we have come to depend on as super sleuths, radical private investigators that provide bone chilling suspense. Undoubtedly, when you say, «private investigator» or «private detective», his name is the first that jumps to your lips. This character was a fictional private detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was devised by Scottish author and surgeon.

He describes himself as a consulting detective, someone who is only used when other private detectives cannot break the case. Often, he solves the case without ever leaving his home. His acute observation techniques and keen logic solved many perplexing cases created by the author. He is fond of playing the violin. Soon the author had already been tired of his creation and had once tried to kill him off, but public pressure had secured his return.

However, contrary to popular belief, the author did not give birth to the genre

of murder mystery. The character and the private detective story line were inspired by

AЮРЮЬЭО DЮЩТЧ, К ПТМЭТШЧКХ МСКЫКМЭОЫ МЫОКЭОН Лв EНРКЫ AХХКЧ PШО, КЧН DЮЩТЧ’Ь ЭОМh- niques for solving crimes. Our favorite private detective from 221 B Baker Street in London will undoubtedly give rise to any conversation when private detectives are

mentioned. The famous phrase «Elementary, my dear Watson» was never uttered by the СОЫШ, ТЭ’Ь К ХКЭЭОЫ invention.

Vocabulary notes:

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6.surgeon –

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9.pressure –

10.murder –

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12.invention –

VOCABULARY WORK

5. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian wordcombinations given below:

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7. Describe a real or fictional person, his or her traits of character, behaviour in order that your groupmates guess the puzzle:

Text II

8.Read and translate the text. Then answer the following question:

-Do you know similar examples in history?

The road to success is paved with failures

Would you have given up politics if you had been

defeated 7 times in your run for political office? I’Ц РХКН ЭСКЭ AЛЫКСКЦ LТЧМШХЧ НТНЧ’Э РТЯО ЮЩ. HО аКЬ НОПОКЭОН ПШЫ legislature, de-

feated for speaker, defeated for nomination to Congress, defeated for Sen-

ate, defeated for nomination to Vice Presidency, defeated again for Senate. Yet he hung in there and succeeded in becoming the 16th and one of the most respected Presidents of the United States.

And what about the cartoonist whom no one would hire? The one who was told that he had no talent? The old garage, where he worked in, was in such a bad shape

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that it had mice. One day, he sketched one of those mice. The mouse one day became famous as «MТМФОв MШЮЬО». The artist, of course, was Walt Disney.

One student showed a «conspicuous lack of success» on his report card. He failed three times to enter the British Military Academy.

Many of us would have given up after one rejection. But Winston Churchill stubbornly refused to accept defeat and became one of the greatest men of the 20th Century. Though he was rejected many times by the voters of Great Britain, he finally became the Prime Minis-

ter, standing between Hitler and the other world.

Vocabulary notes:

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VOCABULARY WORK

9. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian word-combinations given below:

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10.Tell your groupmates about your success or failure.

11.Combine the whole information about oneself and make a short mono-

logue.

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READING

1. Read and translate the following international words:

2. Read and translate the text. While reading the text try to find answers to these questions:

-What specialists are millions of young people going to be?

-What are the Open Days of the University?

-Who is a «fresher»?

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

We are living in the epoch of scientific and technological progress in all spheres of life that requires an ever increasing number of specialists of higher education. Millions of young people are studying at the institutes, universities, academies and special higher schools. They are going to be highly qualified specialists – teachers, doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc.

All British universities are private institutions. Students have to pay fees and living costs, but every student may obtain a personal grant from local authorities. If the parents do not earn much money, their children will receive a full grant which will cover all the expenses. Students studying for first degrees are known as «undergraduates». New undergraduates in some universities are called «fresher». They have lectures and regular seminars.

After three or four years the students will take their finals. Those who pass examinations successfully КЫО РТЯОЧ ЭСО BКМСОХШЫ’Ь НОРЫОО: BКМСОХШЫ ШП AЫЭЬ ПШЫ HТЬЭШЫв

or Bachelor of Science. The first postgraduate degree is Master of Arts, Master of Science. Doctor of Philosophy is the highest degree. It is given for some original research work which is an important contribution to knowledge. Open Days are a chance for applicants to see the university, meet students and ask questions. All this will help you decide whether you have made the right choice.

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Higher educational institutions are usually governed by a board of regents or a board of trustees in the English speaking countries. The executive head of a college or a university is usually called the president. Various colleges or schools which form a university are headed by deans. Within a school or college there may be departments according to subject matter fields, each of which may be headed by a professor who is designated as department head or chairman. Other members of the faculty hold academic ranks, such as instructor, assistant professor and professor. Graduate students who give some part-time service may be designated as graduate assistants or fellows.

The most famous universities in Britain are Oxford and Cambridge. They are the two oldest English universities and they both have a long and eventful history of their own. Oxford and Cambridge are regarded as being academically superior to other universities and as giving special privilege and prestige. Cambridge University consists of a group of 32 independent colleges. The first students came to the city in 1209 and

studied in the schools of the cathedral.

The most famous university in the USA is Harvard College. It was established in 1636. Harvard College was a small institution, enrolling only 20 students in 1642. It soon became more than a theological training school and established itself as a liberal arts college. The next institution of higher learning established in the American colonies was the College of William and Mary, which opened in 1693 at Williamsburg, Virginia. Other colleges were founded in the next century, but all of them remained small schools for a long period.

Vocabulary notes:

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2.increasing number –

3.fee –

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5.to obtain –

6.to earn –

7.to cover all the expenses –

8.undergraduate –

9.fresher –

10.finals –

11.successfully –