ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ЯЗЫК В ТЕХНИЧЕСКОМ УНИВЕРСИТЕТЕ (И. В. Орловская, Л. С. Самсонова, А. И. Скубриева - Учебник английского языка), страница 4

the details of the schedule?
Ted: Oh. Yes, please.

Ted's ins.: You'll have four examinations. General mechanics is in

the morning of January 8th, physics is on the afternoon of

January 13th, maths is on the morning of January 18th,

and information technology in the afternoon of January

23rd.

Mr.R.: Good morning. Have a seat.

Bob: Good morning. Thank you.

Mr. R.: I have your application here. Your name is Robert Smith,

right?
В.: That's right, sir.

Mr. R.: And you hope to enter our university this year?
В.: Yes sir, if I can make it.

Mr. R.: Fine, Bob. You finished school a year ago. Why didn't you

enter college that year?
В.: Well, I have a sister in college now. And there is another

one who'll be going next year. So I need money to pay for

my education.

All right. How were your grades (отметка, оценка) at

school?

Well, pretty good. Until my last year I got a little too in­terested in sports. But I know I'll work hard in college.

It's hard to keep up both sports and studies.

Yes sir, I know.

Fine. Well, we'll let you know in about two weeks, good

luck (удачи).
В.: Thank you, sir. Goodbye.

Exercise 3. Speak about:

1. My University.

2. Academic Year at My University.

3. I am a first-year student.

Use text «My University» and text 1A for your topic.

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Exercise 4. Read and smile:

Mary: Professor, I think you can speak several languages.

Professor: Yes, I'd say about five.

M.: French, I think? And German?

P.: No, neither. I read them well, but have never learned to

speak them.

M.: Italian? Chinese?

P.: No, I am afraid not.

M.: You must be kidding me (обманывать, смеяться).

P.: Not at all. First, there is a language we are using now.

Then there is the language I use in the classroom, in my lectures. Next, there is the speech I use when I go back to my home town. And I have another that I use with my lit­tle daughter, and still another with my dog. Then there's...

M.: But those are all English.

P.: Yes, of course. You speak differently to every person.

Fortunately (к счастью), everybody does all this quite naturally.

He was a Rising Star

Max Born, who later became an outstanding German physicist,

took an exam in astronomy. He was examined by a professor. Here

is their conversation:

Professor: What do you do when you see a falling star?

Born: I think up of a wish (задумать желание).

P.: Is that all?

В.: Then I take a look at my watch, mark the time and the

constellation (созвездие) from which the star appeared,

determine the direction of its movement and the length of

its path, then go home and calculate the orbit of the star.

The professor asked no more questions. He was satisfied (быть

удовлетворенным).

Text IB

Прочитайте текст. Расскажите об особенностях обучения в Кембридж­ском университете.

Cambridge

Cambridge is one of the two main universities of England which is located at the Cam River. It was founded at the beginning

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of the 12th century. The University consists of (состоит из) 24 different colleges including 4 colleges for women. Each college is self-governing (самоуправляется).

The head of the University is the chancelor who is elected for life. The teachers are commonly called «dons» and «tutors». Part of the teaching is by means of lectures organized by the University. Besides lectures teaching is carried out by tutorial system for which Cambridge University is famous all over the world. This is a system of individual tuition (обучения) organized by the colleges.

Each student has a tutor who practically guides him through the whole course of studies. The tutor plans the student's work and once a week the student goes to his tutor to discuss his work with him. The training course lasts 4 years. The academic year is divided into 3 terms. The students study natural and technical sciences, law, history, languages, geography and many other subjects.

After three years of study a student may proceed (получить ученую степень) to a Bachelor's degree, and later to the degrees of Master and Doctor. Students are required to wear gowns (мантия) at lectures, in the University library, in the street in the evening, for dinners in the colleges and for official visits. All the students must pay for their education, examinations, books, laboratories, univer­sity hostel, the use of libraries, etc. Very few students get grants. Not many children from the working class families are able to get higher education, as the cost is high. The cost of education depends on the college and speciality.

A number of great men, well-known scientists and writers stud­ied at Cambridge. Among them are: Erasmus, the great Dutch scholar, Bacon, the philosopher, Milton and Byron, the poets, Cromwell, the soldier, Newton and Darwin, the scientists.

Text 1С

Прочитайте текст. Расскажите об особенностях системы высшего образования в нашей стране и в США.

Higher Education in the USA

There is no national system of higher education in the United States. Higher education is given in colleges and universities. There are over 2100 various higher educational institutions, including colleges, technological institutes and universities. The average col­lege course of study is 4 years. The academic year is usually 9 months or 2 terms (semesters) of four and a half months each. Classes usually begin in September and end in June. The first-year students are called freshmen.

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Students choose a major subject (профилирующий предмет, дисциплина) and take many courses in this subject. After four years, they get a traditional Bachelor's degree. Then the students may go on to graduate school (старшие курсы) and with a year or two of further study get a Master's degree.

After another year or two of study and research, they may get a still higher degree as Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.). The student's progress is evaluated by means of tests, term works and final exami­nations in each course. The student's work is given a mark, usually on a five point scale (5-балльная система). Letters indicate the level of achievement. «A» is the highest mark. «F» denotes a failure.

Most American colleges and universities charge for tuition. The methods of instruction in the universities are lectures, discussions, laboratory and course works and seminars.

Most cities have colleges or universities that hold classes at night as well as in daytime. In this way people may work for a de­gree or just take a course in the subject that interests them.

Text ID

Прочитайте письмо и напишите ответ.

A Letter Dear Sergei,

How are you? I have received your letter of 10-th June for which I thank you very much. I am sorry I haven't written to you sooner, but I have had many things to do. You know it was a very hard year for me. I spent my time getting ready for my exams and I was doing well in many subjects. After passing the exams I was enroled into the University. The whole course of study is four years. My major subject is mathematics. It is my favourite and my hobby. I am good at it and do maths whenever I have a chance. I take many courses in this subject. I like to take part in mathemati­cal competitions organized at our department and at the Univer­sity. I think that mathematics is «the language of science» and plays an important part in many sciences. We are lucky to have a brilliant lecturer in mathematics this term. He has a talent to take a difficult subject and make it simple. You leave the lecture hall with a feeling that mathematics is the most interesting subject under the sun. Next term I'll do research in the field of computer engineering.

And how do you feel about maths? Please, write to me, I am es­pecially interested in your life in students' hostel.

Good-bye for the present, your friend Mike

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ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ЗАДАНИЯ

Упражнение 1. А. Прочитайте текст и постарайтесь догадаться о значе­нии выделенных слов.

Computers are now essential in many areas of life — modern banking, information technology and many others. However, this is not true for education.

There are some subjects which may be better taught using com­puters. Elementary mathematics, elementary language learning, any subject that requires a student to memorize basic facts through repetition (повторение) is good to computer learning. The com­puter can be programmed to provide an endless number of simple questions, and as the student answers these questions the facts are learned.

However, in the learning and practice of more complex ideas, the computer is not adequate. A computer can evaluate (оценить) an answer as right or wrong, but it cannot determine why. It cannot find out why a student is making mistakes, and then explain impor­tant concepts in a different way so the student will understand. Task connected with explanation cannot be taught by computers as there are too many variables for a computer to deal with successfully.

Thus, while computers may be useful for practising simple skills, they are not an essential feature of modern education. Until further developments in computers are made, the human teacher will remain indispensable.

В. Подберите к каждому слову или словосочетанию в колонке А соответ­ствующее из колонки В.

А В

С. Заполните пропуски антонимами и синонимами.

right ... ... new, up-to-date

... complex most important ...

adequate ... ... absolutely necessary

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Упражнение 2. Составьте возможные словосочетания глаголов из колон­ки А с существительными из колонки В.

1. go to/enter/be enrolled into/graduate from

1. read for/take/pass

2. do/study

3. take/make

4. get/receive

5. make

6. be

7. take part

9. do/conduct/carry out
10. give/do