Education in Great Britain. Бояринцева Е.И - 20 стр.

____________ and Soviet economic development which was an inter-                                  Part 5. Examinations
esting subject, bearing in mind all the changes that have been taking
                                                                                 we could take up to half (exams) – мы могли сдавать до по-
place in this country over the past few years. And also I've been study-
                                                                           ловины (экзаменов)
ing Russian _____________ ____________ , that is Russian and So-
                                                                                 that worked out quite well – что достаточно хорошо срабо-
viet, leading up to the present day. And that, too, involved a lot of
                                                                           тало
change: all of the textbooks that we had were _____ __ _____ and so
                                                                                 the questions I was set in the examination papers – вопросы,
we had to use much photocopied material and up-to-date journals and
                                                                           на которые мне предстояло отвечать на экзаменах
newspapers. We were told, in fact, that we were to watch the television
pretty regularly, otherwise we wouldn’t get enough ____ __ _____ ma-
                                                                                                     Part 6. Degrees
terial to pass our exams.
                                                                           take / earn                                            получить
                            Part 4. Terms                                  be awarded / a Bachelor's / Master's / Doctoral degree присуждать
                                                                           conferred
        trimester – период занятий, когда учебный год разделен на 3
                                                                           offer                                                  предлагать
части
      Lent Term – триместр перед Пасхой
                                                                                stay on to do a Doctoral thesis – продолжить учебу для рабо-
      start to run up to the examination – начать готовиться к экза-
                                                                           ты над докторской диссертацией
менам
                                                                                to miss out that Master's degree study – обойтись без степе-
      the long summer break – продолжительные летние канику-
                                                                           ни магистра
лы
                                                                                a taught course – учебный курс (в виде занятий)
      do some studying in the holidays – учиться в каникулярное
время
                                                                           Task to Parts 5 and 6: Answer the questions
      make up the short fall in their financial position – поправить
/ пополнить свой бюджет                                                          1. In which schemes can the examinations be taken?
                                                                                 2. Which scheme worked well for David and why?
Task to Part 4: Complete the time-table of studies at London School              3. What degrees does London School of Economics offer?
                of Economics                                                     4. Is there a one-to-one correspondence between British and
                                                                           Russian degrees?
          Time                Beginning                   End                    5. What must one do to get a Master’s degree? A Doctor’s
                                                                           degree?
 The first term                                                                  6. How long does it usually take to earn these degrees?
 Winter break
 The second term                                                                                Part 7. Method of Study
 Spring break
 The third term                                                                  the method of study employed ... goes something like this –
                                                                           примерная учебная стратегия, которой придерживаются
 Summer break
                                                                                 it was just a matter of writing down – здесь лишь требова-
                                                                           лось конспектировать
                                                                                 make a presentation – выступать с сообщением / докладом
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