Exercise 17

Insert articles where necessary:

Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,

You never answer any questions, you never show ... slightest interest in anything I do. I haven’t ... doubt but that you throw my letters into ... waste-basket without reading them. Hereafter I shall write only about ... work.

My re-examinations in ... Latin and ... Geometry came last week. I passed them both and I am now ... sophomore.

I came up ... fortnight ago, sorry to leave ... farms, but glad to see ... campus again. It is pleasant to come back to something familiar. I am beginning to feel at home in ... college.

I am beginning ... Chemistry, ... most unusual study. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I am also taking ... Logic, also History of … whole world. Also plays of William Shakespeare. Also French.

And here is ... news for you. I have begun to be … author. ... poem entitled “From my Tower”, appears in ... February “Monthly” — on ... first page, which is ... very great honour for ... freshman. My English instructor said it was ... charming piece of ... work except for ... sixth line, which had too many feet.

But sometimes ... dreadful fear comes over me that I’m not ... genius.

Yours truly,

Judy.

Exercise 18

Translate into English:

1. Студенти повинні відвідувати всі заняття, лекції, семінари та практичні заняття, тому що відвідування в нашому університеті обов’язкове. 2. Заступники декана перевіряють відвідування занять та студенти, що пропускають заняття, прогулюють, ”сачкують” або “линяють” з занять, будуть мати неприємності. 3. Так звані “сачки”, нероби, нікчеми та ті, хто ставляться легковажно до навчання, відраховуються з університету. 4. Студенти, що досконало/вільно володіють англійською мовою, роблять усе можливе, щоб бути добре обізнаними у мові, швидко набувають знання та роблять великий прогрес у навчанні. 5. Граматика - моя сильна сторона, тому вона мені дуже подобається. 6. Найгірші студенти у групі, яким набридли заняття і які почувають відразу до навчання, завжди роблять усе можливе, щоб використати слабкі місця в характері викладача в своїх інтересах. 7. Студентам, що відстають у навчанні, дуже важко наздогнати групу і тому вони часто не відвідують заняття.

University Life Pre-listening Activities

a) Read through the sentences, trying to imagine which words would fit in the blanks. Then listen to a dictation of the full sentences, and write the missing words in the blanks.

1. The student body on a U.S. campus is diverse; one meets students of greatly different ages, from different racial and ______________, and from different __________________ levels.

2. Let's begin by talking about an ______________ student entering his or her year.

3. Foreign students often find U.S. students less well-prepared for college than they expected. The U.S. students are often not very __________________ in international matters or very _________________ about foreign countries.

4. To _______________ how the average U.S. university class might be different, it will be helpful to begin by discussing the _____________________.

5. ____________ dates of assignments, dates of exams, and the teacher's hours are usually all found on the course syllabus.

6. A major difference in graduate school is that some classes are conducted as _________________, without exams and quizzes. This is possible only with highly _____________ and _________________ students, of course.

b) How much do you know about the university life in the U.S? Write the answers to the questions, then after listening to the text compare your answers with information from the lecture.

1. How many classes do American university students have in one week?

2. Do grades depend on attendance?

3. Do students have exams in all the courses on the syllabus?