Education in Great Britain. Бояринцева Е.И - 22 стр.

      3. What is wrong?                                                   ___ that amount of money. These days though unfortunately even the
         In the University library you could …                            grant has been ___________ and this will be ___________ by a system
      a) take books and work there;                                       of _______ through which students can __________ as much money as
      b) always find any book you needed;                                 they think they need from the banks but they'll have to pay them back.
      c) take books out.                                                         Everyone is ____________ to a free higher education*. But
                                                                          whether or not you can enter University depends on the grade that you
             Part 10. Life as a Student / Student's Life                  __________ at "A" level. "A" level stands for «advanced» level and
                                                                          these are examinations you take in your final year at school at the age
      to spend on going out to night clubs or that kind of thing –        of 18, usually. You don’t have to take examinations again to enter Uni-
тратить на ночные клубы или что-то в этом роде                            versity because the "A" level results are used by the University to judge
      receive a grant – получить грант / безвозвратную ссуду /            whether you are good enough to _____________ the course.
единовременное денежное пособие на конкурсной основе
      enough money to take you through about two-thirds of your                                  Part 12. University Life
course – этого хватит примерно на 2/3 вашего курса обучения
      you're going to have to put up the rest of the money somehow              people ... used to disperse ... and make their own
– вам необходимо будет как-то восполнить недостающую сумму                entertainment – люди обычно расходились ... и каждый находил
      system of loans through which students can borrow ... money         развлечение на свой вкус
– система кредитования / ссуд, посредством которой студенты мо-                 theatre productions could be mounted (don’t understand
гут получить заем                                                         meaning of mounted here) – можно было посмотреть театральное
                                                                          представление
                     Part 11. Grades and Levels                                 the University sports fields in New Molden – спортивные
                                                                          площадки университета в Нью-Молден
      everyone is entitled to free higher education – каждый имеет              away-matches were held – устраивались (выездные) матчи
право на высшее образование (зд.: свободный доступ)                             the University of London through the Central Students' Un-
      the grade that you attain at "A" level (advanced) – ваша            ion provided facilities at the University of London Union building
оценка на экзаменах продвинутого уровня                                   (ULU) [ju:'lu:] – Лондонский университет силами Центрального
      to assimilate the course – усваивать учебный материал курса         союза студентов предоставлял возможность пользоваться разно-
обучения                                                                  образными услугами и специально оборудованными помещения-
                                                                          ми в здании университетского студенческого клуба
Task to Parts 10 and 11: Fill in the missing words                              package deals – зд.: транспортные услуги
       So what about life as a student, then, in London? Well, life was
pretty busy, it wasn’t quite as _________ as you might ___________        Tasks to Part 12: Answer the questions and express your opinion on
because people didn’t have a great deal of money to spend on going out                      the following
to night clubs or that kind of thing. Most people __________ __
                                                                                1. Was there any particular centre for University life?
_______ to go to University and this amounts to about 3.000 pounds.
                                                                                2. In which way did a typical student make his/her own enter-
That's enough money to ______ you ___________ about two-thirds of
                                                                          tainment?
your course, I mean you’re going to have to put up the rest of the
money somehow: either by working or, perhaps, your parents will help
you, because life in London is simply too expensive to __________            *
                                                                                 Not any more.
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