N. Kryazheva - The United States and the United Kingdom. Past and Present (doc) (798446), страница 25
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235. The British may be conservative about the times at which they take their holidays.
236. Many games are English in origin and they have been adopted to other countries, but cricket has been seriously adopted only in Great Britain.
237. When looking at Britain today, it is important to remember the great benefits from the past.
238. No other country has so long a history of political order, going back almost without interruption to the Norman Conquest.
239. There are at least five different Washingtons and each has its supporters who earnestly believe that theirs is the only true Washington.
240. New York and Washington, leading centre in the USA, have several distinguished art museums forming the nucleus of a great national collection.
241. The paintings and sculptures given by the founder, including works by the greatest masters from the 13th trought the 19th centuries , have formed a nucleus around which the collection have grown.
242. We will not be able to see everything there is worth seeing in one day.
243. If you go through a college gate, you will find yourself in a square the size of which varies from college to college.
244. There are now twenty-four colleges for men, five for women and another five which have both men and women members, many from overseas studying for higher degrees.
245. Edinburgh is considered by some as one of the greenest and most architecturally beautiful cities in Europe often referred to as the "Athens of the North".
246. In the decades immediately after the Second World War, Harvard reformed its admissions policies as it sought from a more diverse applicant pool.
247. Yale has 3,300 faculty members, who teach 5,300 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students.
248. So, now California Institute of Technology is one of the main universities in the USA, specializing on exact sciences and engineering.
249. Undergraduates are required to complete an extensive core curriculum called the General Institute Requirements (GIRs).
250. Stanford is considered to be one of the best universities in the world.
251. Manchester has the largest total income of all UK universities, standing at £640 million as of 2007.
252. The Open University's style of teaching is called supported open learning.
253. In the new millennium there is not a university in the land that does not make use of OU materials and study methods.
254. Ivy League colleges are sometimes considered to be too proud of their high social position.
255. The first thing you should do is contact your tutor before the cut-off date.
CONTENTS
Preface 2
Part I. The United States 3
Three Branches of Government 5
The Fourth of July - the US Independence Day 8
American Presidents: 10
George Washington (1732-1799) 10
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 10
Now He Belongs to the Ages 11
Washington, D.C. 13
Philadelphia 17
New York (NYC) 18
Los Angeles 23
San Francisco 25
The US Mass Media 26
Radio and Television 26
Cinema in the USA 27
Some Facts about Hollywood 28
The Family 28
House and Home 29
Sport in the United States 32
Meals 34
Education 35
Colleges and Universities 37
Holidays in the USA 40
In the End 50
Part II. Great Britain 52
It is Interesting to Know about the English Language. 52
British and American English 55
Britain: Past and Present 56
The Role of the Monarchy 60
Parliament 62
The Government 63
Cities and Towns: 64
London 64
Cardiff 68
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