Colleges and universities in the usa

Young people in the USA get higher education in colleges and universities. Students choose a “major” subject and do many courses in this subject.

After four years of study students get the degrees of Bachelor of Science (B. Sc), Bachelor of Philosophy (B. Phil.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A., if they study Greek or Latin). After a year or two of further study they get a Master’s degree. If they go on in their study and research, they will get a still higher degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D).

Higher education trains people to become teachers, engineers or to do other professional work.

College students often continue their study at universities. Not all the students get grants. The minimum period of study is two years (in this case they don’t get the degree of Ph. D.), three or even four years.

Many cities have colleges and universities that hold evening classes as well as daytime classes. People who work in the daytime can get higher education attending evening classes.

2.7 Complete the sentences with the words from the list.

Draft diploma form instructor

1.A person who teaches at a British university is called a tutor but at an American university a teacher is called an __. 2.Fill in the application __ and send it, with a letter, to the college. 3.He has passed the certificate course and now he is doing a __. 4.When you do a task, first do a __ then write it out again.

Grammar: Degrees of Comparison

	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
I	long easy big	longer than easier than bigger than	(the) longest (the) easiest (the) biggest
II	interesting	more interesting than	(the) most interesting
III	good bad far	better than worse than farther than further than	(the) best (the) worst (the) farthest (the) furthest
IV	much many	more than	(the) most
	little	less than	(the) least

2.8 Change the adjectives according to the model.

Model: This text is difficult. – That text is more difficult, and that text is the most difficult of all.

1.This problem is interesting. 2.This lecture is good. 3.This engine is powerful. 4.This border is long. 5.This area is large. .6.This answer is bad. 7.This test is useful.

Grammar: Conjunctions of Comparison

than	— чем
as … as	— так же (такой же) … как
not so / as … as	— не так (не такой) … как
the … the	— чем …, тем

2.9 Translate the sentences.

1.Tom is as intelligent as Mark. 2.The Moskva river is less navigable than the Neva. 3.The more we study, the more we know. 4.Jane is not as pretty as Alice. 5.The more attentive we are at the lessons, the more we learn. 6.The voyage to Odessa is as beautiful as the voyage to Sochi. 7.This shipyard is not so well-known as the Admiralty shipyard. 8.Russia has more natural resources than any other country in the world.