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c) Speak about J.B.:

-as she thinks of herself;

-as her parents think of her;

-as you think of her.

d)* Write an essay (250 words) expressing your opinion concerning the problems J.B. experiences with her family. Explain the reasons of these problems as you see them and give some pieces of advice to J.B. Motivate your views.

On Your Own

59. a) Read the following dialogues.

HAPPY WIFE – HAPPY LIFE (2)

(Samuel Bradley’s telephone conversation with his friend Joseph K. Arnolds)

Samuel: Hello! Is it 47-649-82?

Joseph: It is!

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S.: It’s Samuel Bradley speaking. Can I speak to Joseph K. Arnolds, please?

J.: Hi, Samuel! It’s Joseph. Haven’t heard from you for ages! How are you, old man?

S.: I’m O.K., thanks. You know, Jose, I just couldn’t help calling you because something extraordinary is going to happen in my life.

J.: You’re so excited, Samuel! Is anything wrong with your mummy? S.: Oh, no, Mum’s O.K., Jose. I guess something’s wrong with me!

I’m absolutely happy. I’m going to marry this Saturday...

J.: Sorry?! I didn’t quite catch what you’ve said! You’re going to...

what?

S.: Marry! M-a-r-r-y!!! I’m happy, Jose! It’s a real love-match!

J.: Oh, dear God, no! I can hardly believe my ears! You, old bachelor, who always hated women and swore he was not of the marrying sort! Just tell me, who she is? Who is that woman?

S.: She’s awfully pretty, Jose! A regular beauty! Really!

J.: Is she? By the way, didn’t I ever happen to know her before?

S.: I don’t think so. She has the best name in the world – Juliet Oldridge. It sounds like music, doesn’t it?

J.: Maybe, maybe... What’s she like?

S.: You know, Jose, when I met her for the first time her beauty struck me. Just imagine a blonde charming delicate creature, refined like a goddess! A perfect blonde, Jose, with golden silky hair and green eyes. Her face is round, her nose is slightly turned up, and there are charming freckles on her nose and cheeks. Her complexion is fair and her eyes are big and wide-set. Her figure is graceful, her constitution is frail. She’s so bashful, so polite. Jose, I didn’t even suspect that there still existed such ladies! She seems to have refined manners and she’s so attentive to me and Mummy... I say, Jose, I’d like to see you at my wedding. You are my best friend and should be my best man at the wedding, of course. The wedding-service will take place this Saturday in Saint Mary’s Church at 11 a.m.

J.: O.K., O.K., old man. I’ll be there right in time, don’t worry. I’m so eager to meet your fairy. But remember, Samuel, all that glitters, is not gold.

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* * *

(Juliet Oldridge talks to her friend Madeline O’Casey)

Juliet: Hi, Maddy! I’m so glad you came to have lunch with me. I’ve got stunning news! Just sit over there or else you faint.

Madeline: Oh, Julie, what is it? Tell me at once! J.: I’m getting married this Saturday!

M.: Wow, Julie! You don’t say so! And who’s your prince? Do I know him?

J.: He’s Samuel Bradley, a bookkeeper. We’ve been engaged for three months...

M.(disappointed): Bradley?! That fussy, half-bald, lop-eared old chap with pimpled, sallow, puffy face and ridiculous moustache?

J.(embarrassed): Yes,... but he’s not so old as you think and he’s not at all lop-eared. Of course, he’s not exactly the prince I always dreamed of, but he’s got a charming new house and a good job...

M.: Are you crazy? Just don’t say you love him, Julie.

J.: Don’t be silly, Maddy. I’m quite all right. And, of course, I don’t love him. But he seems to be in love with me and he presented me with this engagement ring. Look! Isn’t it lovely?

M.: Yes, it is lovely, but how do you imagine your future life? Wouldn’t it be boring?

J.: I don’t think so, Maddy. Samuel is rather a flabby man, so I’ll be playing first fiddle in our family life.

M.: Well, Julie, but still waters run deep. By the way, what does your mum think about your marriage?

J.: You see, Mummy doesn’t seem to be very enthusiastic about all that. She thinks Samuel is not rich enough to be my husband. But I think that a living dog is better than a dead lion.

* * *

(Samuel talks to his friend Joseph K. Arnolds again)

Joseph: Samuel, hello! Glad to see you, old man! Are you all right? You look so sad, so pale, so nervous...

Samuel: Oh, Joseph, hi! I’m O.K.

J.: How’s your Juliet? How’s your family life, “Romeo”?

S.: Oh, Jose! Don’t ask me about it. I’m sick and tired of all that. You see, my family life is not exactly what I expected it to be. I mean, it’s quite different...

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J.: But what’s up? Your "awfully pretty" bride turned to be a pretty awful wife?

S.: Exactly! Just imagine, Jose, she’s not at all a blonde, she’s absolutely red with freckled face. She appeared to be prim and self-confident. She always gives herself airs. Besides, she’s putting on weight, so she’s no longer graceful, refined and delicate.

J.: Oh! I see...

S.: She pays attention only to her relatives; she buys presents for them; she goes to the movies or theatre with them; she has breakfasts and dinners with them...And I’m just paying for all that.

But Jose, I got used to live in a small way. I was dreaming of a quiet life in my new house with a loving charming wife, who would be cooking different tasty things for me and my Mummy and preparing coffee for me early in the morning... But what do I have?

J.: You just take it easy, old man! All wives are the same. They all are cunning and usually deceive their poor husbands. That’s why I’m not married. And I’m going to remain single forever.

S.: Yes, Jose, you were right when you told me that appearances were deceptive. And it was so stupid of me to get married. I seemed to be blind and deaf!

J.(irritated): I say, Samuel, don’t be so weak-willed. You are to change your behaviour radically. You must show Juliet and her relatives that you are the only host in your house. Be stern and strict, don’t give up, and you’ll see that your life will become quite

different!

S.: Are you sure it’ll work?

J.: If it doesn’t work, Samuel, you’ll have to divorce.

(from: Brush up Your Everyday English by T. Venkel and O. Val)

b)Translate the italicized sentences in writing.

c)Give the description of the appearance and character of Samuel, Juliet, Madeline and Joseph as you imagine them to be.

d)* What would you advise Samuel to improve the situation with his marriage? Write a letter to Samuel expressing your opinion and giving him your advice.

e)Translate the following sentences into English.

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UNIT 1.3. EDUCATION. ENGLISH AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

Vocabulary: Higher Education

Introductory Reading

60. Read the text and find out the meaning of the words in bold

type.

If all good people were clever and all clever people were good, the world would be nicer than ever. Education is a key to a good future. School is over! It's the summer when the school-leavers have no rest. Institutions of higher learning/further education (college of education/teacher-training college; technical college; polytechnic; university) are beginning admitting the applicants. One can get the prospectus, in which the rules of admission to the college are explained: applicants should submit their external independent evaluation (EIE) certificate1 or pass entrance exams and they can be admitted to the college according to their rating.

College life is something that one never forgets. It's a fascinating, fantastic experience, no matter whether one is a fulltime2 or a part-time student3. Who can forget the first day at the university? You are proud of yourself. You did it! You entered (got in to) the university! Then there was a solemn ceremony in front of the university building and serious people making speeches. Do you happen to know who they are – the rector, vice-rectors, deans, subdeans, heads of departments or senior lecturers? Some of them must be professors, some – associate or assistant professors, but, of course, all of them have high academic degrees. And those are our tutors (having no academic degree). A college or university building containing living quarters for students is called a dormitory (dorm for short) or hostel.

The monitors hand out student membership cards, student record books and library cards – one feels like a real person. The

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semester (term) is in full swing… So many classes, so many new subjects, required and selective (electives), to put on the timetable!

The curriculum (a list of all the courses of study offered by a college) seems to be developed especially for geniuses. Lectures, seminars and tutorials, home preparations, a real avalanche of homeworks…

If one can not cope with the work load of college he or she immediately starts lagging behind. It is easier to keep pace with the programme than to catch up with it later. Everyone tries hard to be, or at least to look, diligent. First tests and examination sessions.

How do you prepare for an exam? Do you study regularly, or leave it all to the last minute? Do you take extra lessons/have private tuition/private coaching (pay for a personal teacher to help you with the subject)? Do you revise/swot up (go over everything you've studied) systematically? Do you cram (try and force as much information into your head as possible) or learn it all by heart (memorise, try to remember facts etc., without necessarily understanding them). Isn't it better just to test yourself (try to test your knowledge of something so that you really know it, rather than just learning it by heart)?

The first successes and first failures. Someone is nervous to take/to sit/to do an exam. You can hear: "I have passed!" (got a good enough mark to succeed) or "He has not given me a pass!" (have not passed). Tears and smiles… and a long-awaited vacation.

The merry-go-round runs faster. Assignments, written exercises, oral presentations, compositions, tests. All of them checked up and marked. "Professor, I have never played truant/skipped the lectures, I had a good excuse for missing classes". Works handed in and handed out. "No, professor, I have never cheated – no copying, no cribs" (to use dishonest methods to try and pass the exam, such as copying someone else, or hiding notes so you can read them during the exam). Some students get good/high marks (do well in the exam) others get bad/low marks (do badly in the exam). A stellar (a star performer) and a straight A (a student who always gets top marks) pass with flying colours (pass with high marks); a hardworking student or a plodder (someone who works consistently, but isn't particularly brilliant) gets good marks, while a mediocre (not bad, average) passes with satisfactory marks. Abysmal (terrible) students often fail (do badly) in an exam and have to resit/to repeat an exam just to scrape a pass (only just pass).

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The student body of a university or college is divided into undergraduates (they haven't got their bachelor's degree jet) – freshmen (freshers), sophomores, junior and senior students – and graduates. Most schools also admit special students (who take a number of courses, but are not working towards a degree). Student bodies vary considerably from school to school. Some institutions are coeducational (with both men and women students). Others admit students of only one sex. A co-ordinate institution has separate men’s and women’s colleges. They are controlled by the same central authority and are usually located on the same campus or nearby campuses. The college campus has several functional institutions within it.

Meeting people, making friends, parting with people… Someone is going to be expelled and someone is going to graduate with honours. Yearly essays/projects, graduation dissertation (thesis), finals...

What? A Bachelor's1 diploma (certificate of degree)? You mean, I've got a degree in Maths? I am a graduate! A Master's2 diploma? I am happy! It is over!

61. a) Find in the text (Ex. 60) the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations.

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b)Do the following:

1.Say a few words about your university:

– say what it is called,

– speak about its faculties and their specializations.

2.What do you think of the first months at the university?

3.* They say that it is a poor soldier who does not want to become a general. Name the steps of the "social ladder" which a student must pass to climb up to the position of the rector. Use the words from Ex. 60, placing one word on one step.

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Reading

Pre-reading activities

Answer the following questions:

1) Was it difficult for you to get used to the university system of studies? 2) Do you live with your parents? If not, do you find it more complicated to deal with living arrangements, financial and everyday responsibilities? 3) Do you consider it fun to live in the hostel/rented apartment far from your parents? Do you miss your family?

63. a) Read and translate the text:

Higher Education in Great Britain

One of the most complex periods of adjustment for teenagers is the shift from high school to college. When they begin to advance to higher education they are also expected to become autonomous, abstract thinking, problem solving, and planning individuals. This type of transition is unique to their life experience. For many young people, this will be the time when they get the decision making power and the independence to explore life. In addition to the freedom, young people who attend college are also being prepared for their future, by the process of education, as well as life experience. The students shift to a state of independence. They may be living away from their parents and family, which would lead to a drastic increase in responsibility. They may also be facing new types of

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