Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest and most prestigious universities in Great Britain. They are often called collectively Oxbridge to denote an elite education. Only rich and aristocratic families can afford to send their sons and daughters to these universities.
The tutorial is the basic mode of instruction at Oxford and Cambridge.
The normal length of the degree course is three years, after which the students take Degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). Some courses, such as languages or medicine, may be one or two years longer. The students may work for other degrees as well. The degrees are awarded at public degree ceremonies. Only Latin is spoken at these ceremonies. Another tradition is to wear full academic dress at examinations.
Oxford and Cambridge universities consists of a number of colleges. Each college is different, but in many ways they are alike. Each college has its name, its coat of arms. Each college is governed by a Master. The larger ones have more than 400 members, the smallest college has less than 30. Each college offers teaching in a wide range of subjects. Within the college there is a chapel, a dining hall, a library, rooms for undergraduates, fellows and the Master, and also classrooms and laboratories.
Words:
to call - называть;
to denote - обозначать;
to afford - позволять;
tutorial - консультации, практические занятия с наставником;
the Degree of Bachelor of Arts - степень бакалавра гуманитарных наук;
to award - награждать, вручать;
full academic dress - парадная форма одежды (мантия, парик);
coat of arms - герб;
undergraduate - студент университета;
fellow - младший научный работник колледжа или университета;
Master - мастер (титул главы некоторых колледжей в Оксфорде и Кембридже)
Retell the text in Russian
1.16 In which of the passages traditions are described?
Find answers to the following questions
1 Who studies at Oxford and Cambridge universities?
2 What is the basic mode of instruction there?
3 How long do students study to get the Degree of Bachelor of Arts?
Find English equivalents for the following Russian ones
- основной вид обучения;
- ученая степень, звание;
- самые старые и самые престижные университеты;
- колледж;
- широкий перечень предметов.
1.19 Prepare a short report on the topic "The University of my dream"
Do the following grammar exercises
Глагол to be
| I am student. You are a student. He is a student. I was a student. You were a student. He was a student. I shall be a student. You will be a student. He will be a student. | We are students. You are students. They are students. We were students. You were students. They were students. We shall be students. You will be students. They will be students. |
Read the sentences. Change the Present Simple into the Past Simple
1 I am a first-year student.
2 My friend is a second year student.
3 The students are in the library.
4 We are full-time students.
5 My friend is a part-time student.
6 The group leader (староста) is in the Dean's office.
7 The methods of instructions are lectures, classes and seminars.
8 He is at the lecture on mathematics.
9 I am short of time.
Read the sentences. Give the negative and interrogative forms of these sentences
Образец 1:
They have classes every day.
Have they classes every day?
They have no (not any) classes every day.
Образец 2:
You'll have a test next week.
Will you have a test next week?
You will have no (not any) test next week.
1 The students had 3 lectures yesterday.
2 Our University has a part-time department.
3 We shall have an exam next month.
4 They will have a meeting tomorrow.
5 Students have monthly grants.
