Topical vocabulary 1. to enter university поступать
2. to pass examinations сдавать экзамены
3. to obtain получать, приобретать
4. fierce жесткий
tuition обучение
Ex.1.Suggest the Russian for: 1.fierce 2.to pass examinations 3.to obtain 4. Tuition 5.fee 6.expenses 7.undergraduates 8.postgraduates 9. to do research on 10.to do a lecture 11. Entirely 12.campus 13.to approve
14.adult 15.fresher 16.to persuade 17.exciting
Ex.2.Match the words and phrases in column A with those in column B
A B
1.adult вести конспекты
2. to approve территория университета
3. campus взрослый
4.tuition убеждать
5. to persuade захватывающий
6.exciting одобрять
7. entirely обучение
8. to take notes доход
9. income всецело
Ex.3.Find the required synonyms to the following words and phrases.
A B 1. to enter university to get 2. to obtain to go to university
3. teaching to do a lecture
4. to last to do research on
5. to do subject tuition
6.to carry out research to go on for
7.to give a lecture to study subject
Ex.4.What do we call:
1.the money some students receive if they get a place at university?
2.the qualification you get at the end of university?
3.the name we give students during the first period at university?
4. teachers at university?
5. students when they have completed their first degree?
6.students studying for a second degree?
7.the study of one subject in great depth and detail, often to get new information?
8. the talks that students go to while they are at university?
Ex.5. Translate into English.
1.Не очень то просто поступить в университеты Англии. 2. В основном принимают туда хорошо подготовленных студентов. 3.Студенты первых курсов живут в студенческом общежитии. 4. Некоторые студенты получают грант от местных властей. 5. В большинстве случаев возраст поступающих 18 лет.6. По окончании первой степени вы являетесь выпускником.
Ex.6.Answer the questions on the text and summarize the text.
1. How can you enter university in England?
2. How long do university courses last?
3. When do students receive a degree?
4. How many degrees are there?
5. Why do 18 and 19 olds choose a college as far away from home as possible?
6.Where do often freshers live?
7.What do all the clubs and societies do to persuade the new students to join their society?
8. How often do they have seminars and tutorials?
9. What do students do at seminars?
Grammar: The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
I’ve been working He’s been working I haven’t been working He hasn’t been working
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
Inclusive: denotes an action which began in the past, has been going on up to the present and still going on. It is usually used with: -since, for I have been learning English for 10 years.(It is rendered in Russian by the present.)
Exclusive: denotes an action which was recently in progress, but is no longer going on at the present moment. There are puddles everywhere. It has been raining hard.