- •Higher education
- •Учебное издание
- •Higher education
- •614000, Россия, г. Пермь, ул. Петропавловская,23
- •Предисловие
- •My Academy
- •1. Remember the words and word-combinations:
- •5. Odd one out.
- •6. Pay attention to the reading of the following words:
- •7. Find the united word:
- •8. Mark the statements true (t) or false (f). Correct the sentences.
- •9. Complete the sentences with suitable words from the box.
- •10. Match antonyms:
- •1. Read the article and complete it with correct words and word-combinations. From the history of Perm Agricultural Academy
- •Experimental and Training Farm
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- •2. Complete the following sentences:
- •3. Sum up about:
- •4. Test yourself.
- •History of education
- •1. Words and expressions:
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- •Higher education
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- •4. Complete these sentences:
- •5. Read the clues. Then find the words and circle them. The answers are written across or down. The first two answers are given.
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. Say which facts given in the text were new to you?
- •8. Make up a story about the system of Higher education in Russia.
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- •3. Translate into English:
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- •5. Make up a story about the system of Higher education in the uk
- •6. Use the situations in the conversation:
- •History of university and college
- •1. Words and Expressions
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- •Part II
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- •Oxbridge
- •History
- •Amazing facts
- •Lots and lots of colleges
- •Teaching system
- •Societies
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- •3. Find sentences with the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Russian:
- •The University of London
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- •4. Read and complete the e-mail with the verbs from the box.
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- •6. Give the Russian equivalents to the following:
- •Education in the united states
- •Elementary Schools, High Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning
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- •Higher Educational Institutions
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- •Colleges which are as different as geese are different from swans
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- •2. Say which facts given in the text were new to you.
- •Private and State Colleges and Universities
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- •Colleges and Universities
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- •2. Say what information given in the text specifies the old facts you knew.
- •3. Say which facts given in the text were new to you.
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- •3. Read each sentence below. Underline every sentence that gives a reason for Robbie’s feeling scared and excited.
- •4. Read each of the following statements. Circle true or false according to the information in Act 1. If the sentence is false, change the underlined part.
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- •3. Word search. Read the clues. Then find the words and circle them. The answers are written across or down. The first two answers are given.
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- •Higher education system in canada
- •Land Administration Certificate
- •What People Say About Us:
- •Interesting Facts:
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- •Information about University of Toronto, Ontario
- •Interesting Facts:
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- •Information about University of Waterloo, Ontario
- •Interesting Facts:
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- •2. Match the information with the names of universities:
- •1. Complete the sentences with suitable words:
- •2. Choose the correct options:
- •Bibliography
1. Remember the words and word-combinations:
Cambridge ['keimbriʤ]
restriction [ri'strikʃən] - ограничение
to be in residence - проживать
to receive a degree of the Honorary Doctor of Cambridge - получить ученую степень почетного доктора Кембриджа
2. Complete the following sentences:
1. Cambridge is … university in Britain.
a) the oldest
b) the second oldest
c) the youngest
2. The University is a collection of … Colleges.
a) 28
b) 30
c) 35
3. The first women’s college was founded in …
a) 1284
b) 1869
c) 1918
4. The city of Cambridge is situated on the river …
a) Thames
b) Cam
c) Severn
5. The students wear … in our days.
a) dark clothes
b) academic caps
c) dark blue trousers
6. All students have …
a) to live in inns
b) to rent a house
c) to live in the college
Text 6
Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest and most prestigious universities in Britain. Known together as “Oxbridge” (the word was invented by Lewis Carroll, the author of “Alice in Wonderland” and a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford), they have been chosen as national icons.
History
Of the two universities Oxford is the oldest. Nobody knows for sure when it was founded but teaching was already going on there by the early 12th century. Life was hard at Oxford at that time because there was constant trouble, even fighting, between the townspeople and the students. Then one day a student accidentally killed a man of the town. The Mayor arrested three other students who were innocent, and by order of King John they were hanged. In protest, many students and teachers left Oxford and settled in another little town, and so the University of Cambridge was born.
Since then there has been constant friendly (and sometimes not-so-friendly) rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge.
Amazing facts
In the early centuries, Oxford and Cambridge were the only universities in the country – if you wanted a university education, that’s where you went. But in those days student life was very different from what it is now. Students were not allowed to play games, to sing or to dance and all the lessons were in Latin.
Until the late 19th century, only men were allowed to be students at the two universities.
Both Oxford and Cambridge students refer to each other as ‘the other place’. Oxonians sometimes call Cambridge ‘a pale imitation of the real thing’. (Cambridge’s colours are light blue). Cantabrigians (people of Cambridge) refer to Oxford as ‘the dark side’. (Oxford’s colours are dark blue).
Lots and lots of colleges
It might seem strange to you but there isn’t really any university at Oxford or Cambridge. Oxbridge is made up of independent colleges. The ‘University’ is just an administrative body that organises lectures, arranges exams, gives degrees, etc.
Today, there are 70 colleges at Oxbridge, and each college has its name, its coat of arms and its own buildings, including a chapel, a library, a dining hall and rooms for students to live in. Each college has its own character and its own traditions.
As well as the college libraries, there are two university libraries. They have the right to have a free copy of every book published in Britain.