Upward Bound: First year. Воробьева М.Г - 30 стр.

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2. Here are two young British people with different educational
experiences. Fill in the missing words to complete the story of their
lives at school. Use the information on the preceding pages to help you.
My name’s Maggie Turnbull, and I’m seventeen. I first went to
1............ school when I was 2............. years old. I left there at the age
of nine, and went on to a 3............ school, and then to a comprehensive.
I took ten 4........... and now I’m in the 5............ form studying maths,
chemistry and physics for my 6............ exams.
I’m Philip Powell. I’m seventeen, and I work in a factory. After
7............. school I failed my 8............ exam, and went to a 9............
school. I passed four 10........... and left school when I was 11...........
Ex. 2. Going through the system.
1. Listen to the text.
2. Fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape.
a. So there were three ..... in each year.
b. It’s interesting that there was no ..... specialist on the staff.
c. If you were gonna leave at 16 after your ..... then you left at 16.
d. They had a very high rate of successful University ......
e. That was a very ..... school, very rigid ......
f. One (basic criteria) was that we would not send our children
to ..... school.
g. And they both in fact attended state ..... schools.
h. She went to a similar school to mine, a ..... ..... school for girls.
3. Answer the questions.
1. Did the speaker attend a comprehensive school?
2. Was it coeducational?
3. Was it a church school?
4. How did the school help children who left at 16?
5. Where did the speaker send his own children to school?
How was their school different from his own?
6. Did the speaker’s wife have a similar education to his?
4. Discussion.
1. In what sense was the speaker’s school «successful»? And
in what sense was it «unsuccessful»?
2. What does the speaker mean when he describes his school
as «a socially divisive institution»?
3. What features do you think a «successful school» should have?

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