- •Міністерство освіти і науки України
- •Unit One The English Language in Modern Life
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. Language in the life of man and human society
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Ukrainian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Answer the following questions on the text:
- •Unit Two About Myself and My Family
- •Reading Texts
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. Meet the family
- •II. Decide which of the statements are true and which are false.
- •III. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences choosing the right words from the box given below.
- •IV. Read and translate the following text.
- •V. Draw the family tree of this family and speak about each member of the family. Unit Three About My Friend
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. The intelligent young man
- •II. Answer these comprehension questions:
- •III. Read the following text and match the headlines given in the box to the appropriate paragraph. How to be a better friend
- •Unit Four My Daily Routine
- •Reading Texts
- •I. Read and translate the text. Out of work
- •II. Say if it is true or false.
- •III. Read the text and fill in the chart below the text. Use it to speak about the changes in Victoria's and her father's routines when they changed places for a day.
- •In another person's shoes
- •Unit Five My Day Off
- •I. Read the texts below and define which personality types the people in them belong to. Tastes differ
- •Unit Six My Flat
- •I. What are these parts of the house used for? Match each part of the house with what we usually do there.
- •II. Read the text and fill in the missing words.
- •Unit Seven My University
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. University days
- •II. Put 5-8 questions to the text.
- •III. Retell the story.
- •IV. Read the text for obtaining information. University life
- •V. Answer the questions.
- •Unit Eight Seasons and Weather
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. On the weather (an extract)
- •IV. Read the following sentences and put their numbers in the corresponding column.
- •Unit Nine Ukraine
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. The national emblems of ukraine
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian.
- •II. Use the words from the text to complete the sentences.
- •III. Are the statements true or false?
- •IV. Answer the questions.
- •Unit Eleven Glukhiv
- •Reading text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. At home
- •II. Retell the text in indirect speech.
- •Reading Text
- •Ukrainian science
- •II. Choose the words from the box to complete the sentences.
- •III. Are the statements true or false?
- •IV. Answer the questions.
- •Unit Thirteen Great Britain
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. England under elizabeth the first
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. Londoners
- •II. Answer the following questions on the text:
- •III. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. Ladies and gentlemen
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text. Albert einstein
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •Reading Text
- •III. Put questions to the words in bold type:
- •The childhood and youth of Dickens
- •Reading Text
- •I.Translate the text into Ukrainian. Dombey and son (an extract)
- •I. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •Dialogue
- •(After "Oscar Wants to Know")
- •By m. Quin
- •Notes on the Dialogue
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text. Anton semenovych makarenко
- •II. Find the Ukrainian equivalents in the right-hand column for the words in the bold type:
- •III. Insert a suitable word or an expression from the right-hand column.
- •IV. Find in the text words having the similar meaning:
- •Reading Text
- •Education in ukraine
- •Unit Nineteen The System of Education in Great Britain
- •Reading Text
- •I. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian. The idea of summerhill
- •II. Look at the list below of the possible aims of education.
- •Contents
Unit Nineteen The System of Education in Great Britain
The Education system in Great Britain is a divided one. It is class divided and selective. The first division is between those who pay and those who do not pay і the second, between those selected for an intellectual training and those not so selected.
There are 5 stages of education: nursery, primary, secondary, higher and further education. The years of compulsory schooling are from five to fifteen. There are state and private schools in Great Britain. The state schools provide the education free of charge but private schools are not free. The parents have to pay fees and these fees are very high at private schools. 80% of pupils are at state schools.
Pre-school Education is provided in nursery schools and nursery classes for children from the age of 2 to 5 years /under-fives/.
Primary schools consist of the infant schools and the junior schools. At infant school children aged 5-7 in the form of games learn the 3 R's:. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. It is learning through experience. Children sit at the tables that are grouped into 6 or 8 places. Much of the time is devoted to playing, drawing, painting and music. At 7 teachers measure children's progress in each subject.
The junior school is for children aged 7 to 11. Most junior schools carry out a policy of streaming: A - for the cleverest, В - for the next in ability, and С - satisfactory. A typical classroom is divided into "areas" for different activities. The children can work alone or in-groups under the guidance of the teacher. Pupils must know their multiplication tables, do basic algebra, and square and cubed roots.
At the age of 11 pupils pass the Eleven-Plus Examination / now - an assessment test/ of three papers: English, Arithmetic and Intelligence Test. About 25 % of children win places at the grammar school, which opens the way to the University. The other 75% will go to a secondary modern school. They prepare pupils for non-professional occupation.
State Secondary schools for children aged 11-16 fall into: secondary modern, grammar and comprehensive. Grammar Schools give the General Certificate of Secondary Education /GCSE/ of two levels О /Ordinary/ and A /Advanced/. The GCSE-O marks the end of school career and a start of some white-collar profession. A small number of pupils remain at school until they are 18 to pass to sit for the GCSE-A, which is required by most universities.
Secondary Modern Schools concentrate on practical work. Boys are Instructed in metal and woodwork, girls - in domestic science and cooking. The children leave this school at 15 with a certificate or Written Evidence of their studies.
Comprehensive Schools provide secondary education for all children of the district irrespective of their intelligence. Over 90% of the state secondary school population in England and Wales go to comprehensive schools. The comprehensive system aims to develop the gifts of all children to the full. These schools are usually very large. At 14 children have to take an assessment test. At 16 they take exams for the GCSE /English, French and Maths or the GNVQ -General National Vocational Qualifications /design, business and tourism/. At 18 pupils can take "A"-level examinations or "AS" /half of the content of A-level/.
Independent Schools provide education of the grammar school type and are completely independent of local authorities. They receive a grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Education. They include the preparatory schools /"prep"/ and public schools /for boys and girls over 13/.
About 7% of pupils go to independent schools. Parents pay fees. Most of the schools are for boys. They live in separate houses. A house has about 50 boys under the care of housemaster and his wife. Much attention is paid to sport. "Fagging" is a public school custom in which the preps act as servants of the older boys. Eaton and Harrow are the most famous of the public schools for boys and Cheltenham Ladies* College for girls. Nearly all the men holding leading position in Great Britain were educated at public schools.
In 1993, the government introduced a new type of secondary school called the City Technology College. They are in cities and concentrate on teaching science and technology.
There are also a small number of specialist independent schools - including theatre, ballet, and choir schools. There are over 1200 special schools in England for children who have learning disabilities or behavioural problems.