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A) Find the equivalents to the English expressions in the right-hand column.




1. public schools 2. prestigious universities 3. to denote an elitarian education 4. the main characteristic feature 5. to cling [kliŋ] (clung) to the traditions 6. majority 7. to maintain discipline 8. to appoint annually 9. former students 10. a profound influence 11. eminent a) обозначать элитарное образова-ние b) назначать ежегодно c) поощрение независимого суждения d) поддерживать дисциплину e) бывшие студенты f) выдающийся g) престижные университеты h) главная характерная черта i) большинство j) привилегированные частные

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12. encouragement [in’kʌriʤmənt] of independent judgement [‘ʤʌʤmənt] средние школы (для мальчиков) k) огромное влияние l) оставаться верным традициям

 

b) Answer the questions.

1. What does Oxbridge mean?

2. Which of them is older?

3. What makes these universities quite different from any other?

4. How long is the course of study?

5. What is the function of the University?

 

C) Fill in the gaps.

1. Only... people send their children to Oxbridge.

2. Each college is... and....

3. The university is an administrative body, which....

4. Chancellor is elected for....

5. Proctor's job is to....

6. The largest colleges have... students.

7. Oxford as a city had existed for at least... years.

8. The first regular quadrangle had … College.

9. The most popular sports is....

10. All the students have to wear....

 

D) Fill in the table.

University The time of foundation Number of colleges The oldest college The most famous college The main characteristic feature
Oxford          
Cambridge          

 

e) Make up a dialogue about your study at the University. One of you will be a student of Oxford, the other – of Cambridge.

 

f) Ask questions to the text and use them as a plan for retelling. Retell the text.

 

STUDENT’S LIFE AT OXBRIDGE

 

1. What tradition is popular to the students at Сambridge?

In two weeks I shall finish my first year at Cambridge. Let me tell you something about students' life and my impressions of it.

 

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The students are mainly English, but there are many others, particularly so in the block of rooms in which I live, for my neighbours include a Chinese studying law, an Indian studying English, a Canadian studying history and a Frenchman studying science.

The rooms have a pleasant outlook over the College gardens. There is a very small gas-stove on which we make coffee or tea. It is a popular tradition here to invite friends in the afternoon for tea and hot buttered toast' and jam. To each room there is a man-servant who with a woman-servant, known as a "bedder",2 keep it clean.

 

2. What are students "sconced" (штрафоваться) for?

In the old days when Colleges were religious institutions the students were clergymen (священник), and their life was much more strict and disciplined than now. Friendship with young ladies was not allowed and the only women inside the college were washerwomen. The legend is that these had to be "old and ugly" (уродливые).

The students eat their meals in the College dining-hall. At some Colleges there is an interesting tradition. It is known as "sconcing".3 If a student comes late to dinner or he is not correctly dressed, or if he breaks one of the laws (закон) of behaviour, then the senior student orders him to be "sconced".

A large silver cup, known as "sconce cup", filled with beer is brought and placed in front of him and he must drink it in one attempt without taking the cup from his lips (it holds two and a half pints, or 1.5 litres). If he can do it, then the senior student pays for it, if not, the cup is passed round and the student who has been "sconced" must pay for it. In general the discipline is not strict.

3. What do the so-called "Bulldogs" do if a student whom they come up to runs away?

 

The students can stay out till twelve o'clock. Each evening a Proctor4 with two assistants, called "Bulldogs", walks about the town keeping an eye on the students' behaviour. If he sees a student breaking a rule he will come up to him and say, "Are you a member of the University, sir?", and if a student runs away, then the "Bulldogs" run after him, and if they catch him (they are chosen, it is said, because they are good runners), fine (штрафовать) him.

Apart from fines a student may be dismissed (исключать) from the University for one term.

4. What students' societies are there at Cambridge and which is the most popular one?

 

We attend our lectures in the morning and in the afternoon we are free. I usually work in my room or play some sport. The most popular sport is rowing.

There are over a hundred societies and clubs. There are religious societies and a society for those who don't believe, political, sporting and dramatic societies. There is even one for people with beards. Perhaps the most popular is the Debating

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Society at which students debate political and other questions with famous politicians and writers.

The walks into the country, the talks, the games and the work, the traditions and the customs — all are part of the students' life which would be poorer if any of them was lost.

 

NOTES TO THE TEXT

1 hot buttered toast - нарезанный ломтиками и подрумяненный хлеб с маслом

2 a bedder - горничная в университетских общежитиях

3 sconcing - наложение штрафа на студентов за нарушение правил

4 a Proctor - административное лицо в университете, в чьи обязанности входит надзор за поведением студентов и наложение дисциплинарных взысканий

 





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