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5.Born in India, he attended … high school and medical school in Madras.

6.A school system … one country is not identical … the system … any other country.

7.The economy of Kenya is based … agriculture and tourism.

8.There are difficult exams … entrance to all universities in Japan.

9.Results of these exams affect … the whole family.

VI. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.

1.What _________ does that point have to the discussion?

2.Would you ________ your job if you inherited lots of money?

3.For them, the house's main ________ lay in its quiet country location.

4.Everyone should have _______ access to healthcare services.

5.The party's principles are basically _________.

6.Our organization seeks to improve the social _________ of disabled people.

7.You could have showed more ________ in front of the children.

8.The meeting is on the fifth and we're hoping everyone _______.

9.The Swedes regard _________ training as a part of a youngster's education.

10.There is no money __________ for this project.

Value, available, relevance, vocational, to quit, egalitarian, status, self-control, to

attend, equal.

VII. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1.Существуют преимущества и недостатки в различных образовательных системах.

2.Любая образовательная система отражает культуру страны.

3.Люди западной культуры ценят индивидуализм.

4.Азиатские культуры отражают веру общества в групповые цели.

5.Дети часто работают вместе и помогают друг другу выполнить задание.

6.Я всегда ценил твою дружбу.

7.Я был удивлен, когда услышал эти цифры.

8.В сельских местностях дети часто вынуждены бросать школу, чтобы помогать родителям работать на ферме.

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9.Высшее образование в США не бесплатное, но оно доступно почти каждому.

10.Почти 80% всех американцев являются выпускниками средней школы.

11.Около 60% выпускников средней школы посещают колледж или университет.

12.В некоторых средних школах существуют проблемы с наркотиками и преступностью.

13.Студенты в американских школах не запоминают информацию, они учатся формировать свои собственные идеи и мнения.

14.Между российской и американской образовательными системами много сходств.

15.Плата за обучение в университете возросла на 10% в этом году.

16.Эти документы не имеют никакой ценности для наших конкурентов.

17.Мужчины и женщины должны получать равную оплату за равную работу.

18.Он надеялся получить хорошую работу, поскольку был выпускником Оксфордского университета.

Part 2: Campus Life in the United States Today

Words to remember

major (n.) – the most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself

major in smth (v.) – to study something as your main subject at university campus (n.) – an area of land containing all the main buildings of a university

full-time (adj.) – done for the number of hours that people normally work in a complete week. Part-time work or study is done during just some of these hours. majority (n.) – most of the people or things in a group

intuitive (adj.) – based on your feelings rather than on facts or evidence:

sensing (adj.) – being aware of something or experience it without being able to explain exactly how

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creative (adj.) – producing or using original and unusual ideas: creative thinking advantage (n.) – something that makes one person or thing more likely to succeed than others: the advantages of a good education / be at an advantage

disadvantage (n.) – something that makes someone or something less effective, successful, or attractive: at a disadvantage

drawback (n.) – a disadvantage or the negative part of a situation

match (up) (v.) – to be as good as someone or something else; to find a similarity or connection between two things or people

demonstrate (v.) – to protest about something with other people in a public place: demonstrate against

email address – a name and address that you use to receive email on the Internet volunteer (v.) – to do some work without getting paid: Claire volunteers at the homeless shelter once a week.

access (n.) – the right or opportunity to have or use something that will bring you benefits: access to smth

online (adj.) – connected to or available through a computer or a computer network (=a group of connected computers), especially the Internet: an online bookshop application (n.) – a written request for a job or a place at a college, university etc: a letter of application

Exercises

I. Give English equivalents of the words and word combinations from the text.

Общежитие, большинство, по низкой цене, быть неуверенным в себе, творческое мышление, творческие идеи, уникальный, быть в невыгодном положении,

участвовать в демонстрациях, вызываться добровольно (сделать что-л.), давать частные уроки, доступ к Интернету, специализироваться в чем-л., выбрать специализацию, интуитивный, гуманитарные науки, общественные науки.

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II. Match the words with their meanings.

III.Paraphrase using your active vocabulary.

1.In 1970s many students held protest meeting against government.

2.In the USA many students today are working to help people without payment.

3.The most people in the USA are high school graduates.

4.The opportunity to get up-to-date financial information is important to our success.

5.More and more people are getting this information through a computer network.

6.Many students prefer a practice-to-theory method of learning, but others prefer a theory-to-practice method of learning.

7.Many students teach privately children in trouble.

8.What is your main subject at the university, English or French?

9.We offer people opportunity to produce original and unusual ideas.

IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary.

1.In the 1970s many students in Europe and North America demonstrated … the government.

2.Students all over the world are majoring … more practical studies.