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right bank. The deep-coloured brick or stone of the College walls, some-
times red and sometimes grey, is 500 years old. The Colleges join one
another the curve of the river. The Colleges are built on a plan common to
all. There is a chapel, a library, and a large dining-hall. One court leads
into another and each is made beautiful with lawns or a fountain or charm-
ing old stone path. The students get a good impression of all the English
architectural styles of the past 600 years.
There are nineteen Colleges, excluding two for women students,
which were built near the end of the last century. King’s College Chapel is
the largest and most beautiful building in Cambridge and the most perfect
example left of English fifteenth-century architecture.
In 1440 King Henry VI founded King’s College. Many great men
studied at Cambridge, amongst them Bacon, Milton, Cromwell, Newton,
Byron and Tennyson. Erasmus, the great Duch scholar, was at Queens’
College, from 1511 to 1513.
Notes:
Don = tutor - преподаватель, который руководит и
направляет работу студентов
willow tree - ива. Обычно это дерево, которое растет над
водой, и чьи ветви свисают прямо в воду
I. Read and translate the text.
II. Speak according to the following plan:
1. Oxford is one of the most famous towns in Europe.
2. Colleges present a lovely picture.
3. The role of the central University.
4. Great emphasis is laid on «tutorials».
5. In Cambridge everything is very green and peaceful.
6. What is the «common plan» on which the Colleges are built?
7. The most perfect example of the 15 th century architecture.
8. Which is the older University, Oxford or Cambridge?
Text 7
Oxford University
The University consists of 32 colleges: 27 colleges for men and 5
colleges for women. There are 16 faculties there. Oxford (like Cambridge)
is a collection of colleges, each self-governing and independent. The col-
right bank. The deep-coloured brick or stone of the College walls, some-
times red and sometimes grey, is 500 years old. The Colleges join one
another the curve of the river. The Colleges are built on a plan common to
all. There is a chapel, a library, and a large dining-hall. One court leads
into another and each is made beautiful with lawns or a fountain or charm-
ing old stone path. The students get a good impression of all the English
architectural styles of the past 600 years.
       There are nineteen Colleges, excluding two for women students,
which were built near the end of the last century. King’s College Chapel is
the largest and most beautiful building in Cambridge and the most perfect
example left of English fifteenth-century architecture.
       In 1440 King Henry VI founded King’s College. Many great men
studied at Cambridge, amongst them Bacon, Milton, Cromwell, Newton,
Byron and Tennyson. Erasmus, the great Duch scholar, was at Queens’
College, from 1511 to 1513.

     Notes:
     Don = tutor - преподаватель, который руководит и
направляет работу студентов
     willow tree - ива. Обычно это дерево, которое растет над
водой, и чьи ветви свисают прямо в воду

       I.      Read and translate the text.
       II.     Speak according to the following plan:
1.   Oxford is one of the most famous towns in Europe.
2.   Colleges present a lovely picture.
3.   The role of the central University.
4.   Great emphasis is laid on «tutorials».
5.   In Cambridge everything is very green and peaceful.
6.   What is the «common plan» on which the Colleges are built?
7.   The most perfect example of the 15 th century architecture.
8.   Which is the older University, Oxford or Cambridge?

                                    Text 7
                              Oxford University
       The University consists of 32 colleges: 27 colleges for men and 5
colleges for women. There are 16 faculties there. Oxford (like Cambridge)
is a collection of colleges, each self-governing and independent. The col-
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