ответить на вопросы после диалогов!! Dialogue 1
Ann: Hullo, Steve! Have you got a minute?
Steve: Sure, yes. What can I do for you?
Ann: I’ve read a number of books on the British system of higher education but I can’t make
head or tail of it.
Steve: Mm… no wonder. What’s the problem?
Ann: Quite a lot of problems. What I want to discuss is the difference between a university and a
college.
Steve: It’s like this, you see… The programme is different. At a university it is much wider.
Great attention is paid to scientific subjects.
Ann: It sounds as though most people prefer a university.
Steve: Well… that rather depends.
Ann: Speaking about universities I’m not quite clear about tutorial there. What is a tutorial
exactly?
Steve: Oh, it’s when students discuss topics with a tutor in very small groups – usually there are
not more than three or four students and sometimes only one.
Ann: I see … And coming back to colleges… I’m still not terribly sure what a residential college
is.
Steve: It’s a college with a hall of residence on the same ground as the principal buildings. In
fact all the students live in hall.
Ann: Really? And what about the teaching staff?
Steve: Actually the majority of the teaching staff lives there too. But there are also quite a lot of
non-residential colleges.
Ann: And did you study at the university?
Steve: Yes…
Ann: What was it like? Beautiful?
Steve: Nothing very remarkable. Of course there were lecture halls, classrooms and a number of
laboratories.
Ann: Any facilities for sport and PE?
Steve: Let me see … Yes … A gymnasium with changing rooms and showers, a tennis court…
What else… A playing field for netball and football.
Ann: Well, Steve. Thanks very much. You’ve been most helpful.
Dialogue 2
J: Well, Arnold, I remember you said once you were a B.A. Perhaps you could tell me how
quickly you got those letters after your name?
A: At the University I studied History. It was a 3-year course. And after that I got a B.A. degree.
J: B.A. stands for Bachelor of Arts degree, doesn’t it?
A: Yes, which reminds me of my neighbour whose son has just got his B.A. A friend asked very
seriously: ”I suppose your son will try to get an M.A. or Ph.D., next to which my neighbour
answered: ”Not at all, now he is trying to get a J-O-B.”
J: Ah … he meant a job! That’s a good joke!
Exercise 2.Answer the questions:
1 Why it is preferable to study at the university?
2 What do you know about tutorials?
3 What is the difference between a residential and a non-residential college (university)?
4 Who lives in a hall?
5 What rooms can be found in a university building?
6 What sport facilities there are at a university?
7 What is a B.A. ?
8 How quickly one can get those letters after his name?
9 What is a M.A. ?
10 Which degree is higher: M.A. or Ph.D.?
2. Belarus was attacked and occupied by all sorts of aggressors many times.
3. The book-printing business in Belarus was started by Francisk Skaryna in the 16th century.
4. During the years of World War II many Belarusian woods were cut down and burnt by the fascists.
5. The economy of the republic was restored by the Belarusian people with the help of all people of the former Soviet Union.
6. The Independence Day is celebrated by the Belarusian people on the 3rd of July.
7. Tractors and automobiles, refrigerators and TV sets, computers and other goods are produced by the Belarusian industry.
8. Grain, vegetables, herbs and flax are cultivated by the Belarusian farmers.
9. The first dictionary of the Belarusian language was published by I. Nosovic in 1870.
10. The Belarusian language has been greatly influenced by the Russian and Polish languages.