III. Agree or disagree with the statements:

1. Today there are 40 private universities in Britain.

2. The course of study lasts for 3 or 4 years.

3. About 50% of students receive grants or loans covering tuition fees and maintenance (ac­commodation and food).

4. Students completing their undergraduate course of studies get a Master de­gree.

5. The Master degree takes 1 or 2 years.

6. Oxford and Cambridge, founded in the 13th and 14th centuries, are two oldest and most exclusive universities in the country.

7. Today Oxbridge continues to attract many of the best brains, due to its prestige and the beauty of its buildings.

8. Both universities are federations of independent colleges most of which were founded in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

9. Scotland has three ancient universities: Glasgow, Edinburgh and St. Andrews.

10. Scottish universities provide four-year undergraduate courses, compared with the usual three-year courses in England.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. What is the average course of studies at the university in Britain?

2. How students pay for tuition fees and maintenance (accommodation and food)?

3. What degree do the students completing their course of studies get?

4. What are two different types of post-graduate courses?

5. Does Scottish system of higher education differ from British?

V. Match the first part of the sentence (1-5) with the second one (a-e).

1	Even today Scottish universities provide four-year undergraduate courses,	a	are two oldest and most exclusive universities in the country
2	Both universities grew gradually,	b	direct grants from the central government.
3	Oxford and Cambridge	c	as federations of independent colleges.
4	There are two different types of post-graduate courses:	d	compared with the usual three-year courses in England and Wales.
5	All private institu­tions receive	e	the Master degree and the highest degree, Doctor of Philosophy.

VI. Make up a plan of the text.

VII. Retell the text in a written form (in English or Ukrainian). Text 6. Cambridge

I. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

Navigable – навігаційний, religious disputes – релігійні суперечки, a feud – ворожнеча, a murderer – вбивця, a scholar – вчений, life-size – справжнього розміру, dimensions – розміри, a chapel – каплиця.

II. Listen to the text: Cambridge

Cambridge has been an important town since Roman times as it is sited at the first navigable point on the River Cam (hence its name). In 1209, after academic and religious disputes, a group of religious scholars broke away from Oxford University and came here. Also, there had been a long feud between students and towns­people, and when three students were hanged after being found in the same house as the murderer of a local woman, a number of students and scholars fled to Cambridge terrified. Tension between students and townspeople developed in Cambridge not long afterwards. Only scholars were allowed to live and work in the early colleges. Hostels were built for the students, and these later became part of the colleges.

Cambridge University has 31 Colleges; the oldest is Peterhouse (1284). Clustered around the city center, many of the older colleges have peaceful gardens backing onto the River Cam, which are known as the “Backs”. The college buildings are generally grouped around squares called courts. Peterhouse is the oldest and also the smallest college.

Trinity College is the largest college; it was founded by Henry VIII in 1547. The Great Court fea­tures a late Elizabethian fountain - at one time the main water supply. The chapel has life-size statues of college members, notably statue of the scientist Isaac Newton (professor of mathematics at the University of Cam­bridge, 1673-1702).

King's College was founded by Henry I in 1441. Henry him­self decided that its chapel should dominate the city and gave spe­cific instructions about its dimensions. Work on the chapel took 70 years to complete. The 16th-century windows in the chapel depict biblical scenes.