Text IV. Stanford University - раздел Иностранные языки, Английский язык
Stanford University, Famous As One Of Northern California’S S...
Stanford University, famous as one of northern California’s several institutions of higher learning, is called “the Harvard of the West”. Its reputation is based on its location, its intelligent students, its distinguished faculty, its overseas programs, its substantial endowment, and its recent extensive growth.
The closeness of Stanford to San Francisco, a city thirty-two miles to the north, gives the university a decidedly cosmopolitan flavor. Equally cosmopolitan is the student body. Students enroll principally from the western United States. But most of the fifteen states send students to Stanford, and many foreign students study here, as well. Young men and women are selected for admission to the university from upper fifteen percent of their high school classes. Not only because of the high caliber of its students but also because of the desirable location and climate, Stanford has attracted to its faculty some of the world’s most respected scholars. Among them have been Dr. Rober North in Asiatic studies and Dr. Albert Guerrard in humanities. Stanford’s undergraduate school of engineering and its graduate schools of business, law, and medicine are particularly strong. Recently the university established overseas branch study centuries in Germany, Italy, France, and Japan for its third-year students. In addition to financial support from alumni, Stanford receives grants from the government and from private philanthropic foundations. In recent years, government grants have made possible advanced studies in the fields of history, psichology, education, and atomic energy. At present Stanford is carrying out an ambitious building program, financed in part by the Ford Foundation’s 25 million grant. Rising now on the campus are a new physics building, a new graduate school of business, a student union, and an undergraduate library.
Founded only in 1891, Stanford is now considered comparable in quality to such other longer established, major American universities as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia.
Notes to the text: faculty-профессорско-преподавательский состав.
Text V. UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
Degree structure New undergraduates might wish to note that first degrees are made up of credits, a minimum of 16 for the General degree and a minimum of 22 for the Honours degree. A credit is achieved when a unit (one subject taken for 15 weeks, or one semester) is satisfactory completed, although some units are worth more or less than one credit, and credits may be awarded on admission in respect of previous study. Full-time undergraduates usually take 3 units per semester and part-time undergraduates usually take one or three; they may not take more than 2 per semester. Within the total of 16 credits for the General degree, there must be a minimum of 6 credits in the main subject, a minimum of 4 credits in a second subject.
A minimum of 22 credits must be achieved for the award of all Honours degrees. Some programms, which also lead to professional qualifications, require the completion of more than 22 credits, and for students following the Initial Teacher Education programm, the minimum requirement of 22 credits must be fulfilled before the final teaching practice is begun.
Students may apply to exit with a Diploma in Higher Education on completion of 11 credits, of which at least four and not more than six must be in one subject, or with a Certificate in Higher Education on completion of 6 credits of which at least two and not more than three must be in one subject. The University (Evening Programme) requires completion of 6 credits in one subject.
Attendance requirements. Undergraduate students are asked to note carefully that:”Students are expected to attend all prescribed classes. With good cause shown a student may be permitted to miss up to one third of prescribed classes but any further non-attendance at such prescribed classes will result in no grade being awarded for that unit or module.”Students should be aware that the University enforces this rule and it is in their interests to ascertain at the beginning of semester which classes are compulsory in respect of each unit students are taking.
Transfer between full-time and part-time undergraduate study is possible but requires the permission of the Board of the Faculty responsible for the student programme.
The Summer Academic Programme offers undergraduate degree study to full-time, part-time and visiting students during a seven week period from the beginning of July to the third week in August and provides opportunities for students to gain credits towards their degree programmes out with the normal semesters.
Undergraduate examinations. There are two main diets of examinations during the academic sessions, one at the end of each semester in December and May. A draft examination timetable is issued in October for the December diet and in March for the May diet. Students should check the draft timetable for time, date and place of their examinations. If they notice examination clashes, ieany two units they are registered for that have been timetabled for the same morning or afternoon session, students should inform the appropriate department. Students who require special examination conditions should contact the appropriate departmental Examinations Officer with documentary evidence well in advance of the examination period.
If a student is permitted to take a deffered examination he/she will be notified by the Faculty Office and Registry will subsequently send him/her a copy of the resit/deffered examination timetable. The Registry notifies students who are being offered a resit examination.
Notification of results is sent to student home address as held by the Student Record Office. The timescale between publication of the results of the December examinations and the beginning of the January resit period is very tight and if a student is in any doubt whether he/she may have failed an examination, he/she should contact the Student Record Office before the beginning of the resit period. January resit and deffered examination results are often available only before the beginning of the Spring semester and if a student is concerned about his/her academic progress following the January resit examinations, a student should contact his/her Faculty Officer for advice at the end of the first week in February.
Graduation and graduates’ association. Students in their final semester should expect to receive information about graduation from the Student Records Office before the mid-semester break. A student will be asked to complete and return a graduation form, indicating whether he/she wishes to graduate in person or in absentia. Graduating students are required to apy a graduation fee which varies according to whether he/she attends the graduation ceremony or not, and whether he/she wishes to have life membership of the Graduates’ Association.
When a student graduates with a degree, diploma or certificate he/she remains a member of the University and becomes a member of the University Graduates’ Association which was reformed in 1994. All graduates are automatically members of the Association, the membership fee for the first two years being included in the graduation fee.
In return, the Association publishes Bulletins of general interest to all graduates, maintains a database of names and addresses and will put graduates in touch with friends.
Academic appeals procedure. Although very few students ever have recourse to appeals in respect of their academic performance, it is important that all students are aware that there is a clear set of grounds for appeal and that appeals are only considered if students fall within the approved grounds. All students, whether undergraduate or postgraduate, who have been required to withdraw from the University because of unsatisfactory academic progress, have the right to make an appeal to be considered for readmission. However, there is no appeal against the professional judgement of examiners, therefore there are no appeals against grades awarded or against degree classification.
Notes to the text:
resit examination-пересдача письменного экзамена, переэкзаменовка
deferred examination-отсроченный, отложенный экзамен
Exercise 8. Read the text again and be ready to answer the following questions:
What is the difference between attendance requirements in Great Britain and in Russia?
Compare degree structure at University of Stirling and at ASTU. Which structure is better?
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ACCOMMODATIONS AND CATERING
EXERCISE 1 Read the information about types of accommodation and catering and translate it into Russian.
Camping or caravanning means tra
EXERCISE 2 Read the text, understand its contents and give a short review of this text.
A wide variety of accommodations is available to the modern tourist. They vary from the guest house or tourist home with one or two rooms to grand luxury hotels with hundreds of rooms.
Bef
EXERCISE 4 Read the text and understand its contents.
Major tourist attractions include large cities like London, Moscow, Paris, New York; seashore areas in warm climates like the Caribbean and the Mediterranean; and ski resorts like t
EXERCISE 6 Make up a brief summary of the text.
EXERCISE 7
A) There are twelve famous places on these pictures. Identify them and say which city or country they are in. Fill in the first two columns of the tab
THOMAS COOK
For millions of people around the world, the name Thomas Cook means traveller's cheques and travel agencies -but w
FREDDIE LAKER
Freddie Laker was one of the pioneers of modern passenger air travel. He was born in England in 1922, and from an early age he was involved with aircraft. He was an aircraft engineer in the Second
CESAR MANRIQUE
The tribute most often paid to Cesar Manrique is that without his efforts tourist development on Lanzarote would have followed the
AROUND THE WORLD IN 222 DAYS
The history of modern tourism began on 5 July 1841, when a train carrying 500 factory workers travelled from Leicester to Loughborough, twelve miles away, to attend a meeting about the dangers of a
Add the missing words to this puzzle.
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The laws of health
One of the first duties we owe to ourselves is to keep our bodies in perfect health. If our body suffers from any disorder, our mind suffers with it, and we are unable to make much progress in know
Ex. 2.Read and act out the dialogues.
At the doctor`s
PATIENT.May I see doctor N., the therapeutist?
CLERK.Doctor N. is not receiving just now. You can see doctor M.
Ex.3. Read and translate the text, retell it as if you are the dentist.
At the dentist`s
Once I had had a toothache for several days, but I couldn`t pluck up courage to go to the dentist. As a matter of fact I went twice, but just as I got on
Ex.4. Master the active vocabulary
assistance –помощь
ladder –лестница, трап
hurt –причинять боль
to hurt oneself –ушибиться
At the Hospital
Doctor:Lie down, please. Do you feel nauseous?
Patient:Pardon?
D:I mean are you sick?
A) Read the story and insert the necessary modal verbs (may, can, to be able, must, to have (to), to be (to), should (ought).
The Doctor`s Advice
Mr. Bell felt very bad. Every day he had bad headaches, he…eat and sleep. One of his friends said that Mr. Bell… see doctor Green who always gave his p
Astrakhan
Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it dischar
The land of blooming lotus
No one plant in the world was connected so closely with the life of the primitive man and the culture of the first civilization as lotus. We can observe the motion of the people following the place
New Zealand
Island- остров
Indigenous language- местный диалект
Isolation- уединение, изоляция
Descent- происхождение
To certain- полагать
To coin- создать новый те
Australia
Commonwealth- содружество
Settlement- поселение
To explore- исследовать
Democracy- демократия
Bicameral- двупалатный
Coral reef- коралловый риф
Great Britain
Kingdom-королевство
To conquer- завоевывать
To subdue- подчинить
To contribute to- способствовать
Domination- гсподство
To win (won won) - завоевывать
THE USA
To stretch-простираться
Densely-плотно
A canal-канал
Wheat-пшено
Solid-твердый
To adopt- внедрять
Amendment-поправка
Generation- покол
WASHINGTON, D.C.
independent- независимый
with its own laws- со своими законами
a plot of land- участок земли
the Capitol- Капитолий
in honor of- в честь
a discoverer- п
Exercise 24. Read and translate the text
London is a capital of the United Kingdom, its economic, political and cultural centre. London has been a capital for nearly a thousand years. Many of its ancient buildings still stand. The most fa
Canberra
capital city - столица
location - местоположение
court - суд
agency - агентство
to derive - происходить
to cover - охватывать
bushland – простр
Wellington
urban area – городская территория
rural area – сельская местность
to cover - охватывать
peninsula - полуостров
to be notable for – быть примечательным
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Высшее образование в России.
VOCABULARY
be situated - располагаться
fisheries – зд. рыбная промышленность и хозяйство
rename into - переименовать,
generation
Exercise 5. Ask questions for which the following statements may serve as answers.
1 Our course of studies runs for 5 years.
2 I fell behind the group because of my illness.
3 My favourite subject is physics.
4 We’ll have a seminar on chemistry tomorrow
Exercise 7. Read and translate the text. Formulate the topic sentence of each paragraph. Express the main ideas of the text.
Nowadays there exist many universities in Russia. But not all universities are equal. They differ from one another in history, tradition and academic organization. Moscow State Lomo
Higher education in Great Britain
Exercise 1. Study the list of the given words:
1 degree-степень,
2 a graduate-выпускник учебного заведения,
3 arts- гуманитарные нaуки,
4 to awa
Exercise 6. Read and practice the following. Act as interpreter.
Mr. Brown (B.): So sorry to have kept you waiting. I was on the phone.
М-р Соколов (С): Пожалуйста, пожалуйста. Я рад, что вы нашли время побеседовать со мной. Я знаю, как вы заняты.
Exercise 7. Choose the right answer.
1. New students must____ for classes before term begins.
a) teach b)join c)enter d)enroll
2. This course _____ no previous knowledge of the subject
TEXT I. Read the text to yourself and suggest a title.
The typical academic programme for university students in Great Britain is composed of a varying number of courses or subjects within a field of specialisation.
The academi
EALING COLLEGE OF HIGHER LEARNING.
The College has a 50 year tradition of developing and teaching undergraduate courses. At present it offers twelve degree courses which are validated by the Council for National Acad
Text III. Read the text to yourself and suggest the title.
In the early 19-th century Oxford and Cambridge were the only two universities in England. The cost of education at these universities was so high that only the sons of the wealthie
Text III. STUDENT LIFE AND CUSTOMS.
We lack sufficient evidence to make many statements about student life in ancient times. It was in the medieval universities that we first hear of those student groups which gave co
Text VI. CHN University of Professional Education (CHN)
CHN University of Professional Education is located in Leeuwarden, capital of the province Fryslan in the northern part of the Netherlands. Situated on the North Sea, and partly sur
The Big Stores of London
One of the features of London is the number of big stores, most of which are to be found in or near the West End. These stores are a mixture of tradition and modernity.
The
Departments Отделы
Textiles dept. Тканей
Drapery dеpt. Декоративных тканей
Ready-made clothes dept. Готового платья
Ladies/men’s/children’s wear/outfit Готовая женская/мужская/детская одежд
Shopping phrases
I have some shopping to do today
Мне нужно сделать сегодня кое-какие
покупки.
I want to go and buy —.
Я хочу пойти купи
Exercise 6. Answer the following questions using active vocabulary.
1. What do we buy at dairy shop?
2. What do we buy at greengrocer's?
3. What do we buy at florist's?
4. What do we buy at confectionary shop?
5.
Exercise 8. Make up a dialogue.
Situation 1: You are a very capricious and rather rude customer. You are looking for something special but don’t know what. Your partner is a shop-assistant who really wants
World at war
January 1, 2000 was a "triple" beginning - a new year, a new century, and a new millennium. Yet there remained much unfinished business from the last year, the last decade, indeed the ent
Terrorism
Terrorism is unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments
Exercise 5. Read English words and word combinations and give their Russian equivalents.
Unlawful; violence; intimidating; coercing; a climate of fear; to bring about a political objective; destabilizing; overthrowing; political institutions; to suppress dissent; deadliness; technologi
THE EU FIGHTS AGAINST THE SCOURGE OF TERRORISM
Terrorism takes many forms and uses ever more sophisticated and deadly organizational techniques and operational methods .
Bioterrorism and chemical threats are all too real. Well organize
Part 10. Страны третьего мира. Проблемы миграции.
Exercise 1. Master the active vocabulary:
developing country развивающая страна
developed country развитая страна
low level of material b
List of emerging and developing economies
The following are considered emerging and developing economies according to the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Report, October 2009.
Developing countries not listed by IMF
· Cuba
· North Korea
Graduated developing countries (Fo
Industrialization
While the pace of migration had accelerated since the 18th century already (including the involuntary slave trade), it would increase further in the 19th century. Manning distinguishes three major
Informatization
Informatization or informatisation refers to the extent by which a geographical area, an economy or a society is becoming information-based, i.e., increase in size of its informati
Globalization and informatization
Over the years, globalization and informatization have "redefined industries, politics, cultures, and perhaps the underlying rules of social order". Although they explain different phenom
Definitions
An early description of globalization was penned by the American entrepreneur-turned-minister Charles Taze Russell who coined the term 'corporate giants' in 1897, although it was not until the 1960
Information technology
Information technology (IT) is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly soft
Information Age
The Information Age, also commonly known as the Computer Age or Information Era, is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals
The Internet
The Internet was originally conceived as a fail-proof network that could connect computers together and be resistant to any one point of failure; the Internet cannot b
Progression
The proliferation of the smaller and less expensive personal computers and improvements in computing power by the early 1980s resulted in a sudden access to and ability to sh
The Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network
Information
Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web, or just the Web, interchangeably, but the two terms are not synonymous. The World Wide Web is a global se
Communication in our life
E-mail is an important communications service available on the Internet. The concept of sending electronic text messages between parties in a way analogous to mailing letters or mem
Social impact of the Internet
The Internet has enabled entirely new forms of social interaction, activities, and organizing, thanks to its basic features such as widespread usability and access. Social networkin
Part 12 . Область моих научных интересов
What is Science?
In ancient times science (from the Latin word scientia) meant knowledge or learning. Today we define science as the study of the world around us. The stud
Exercise 5. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
1) Technology is the use of scientific discoveries.
2) Plants that don’t get sick easily, shots that prevent mumps and measles, X rays that show cavities
Technology
Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques and crafts, or systems or methods of organization, or is a material product (such as clothing) of these things. The word
Science, engineering and technology
The distinction between science, engineering and technology is not always clear. Science is the reasoned investigation or study of phenomena, aimed at discovering enduring principles among elements
Exercise 16. Master the active vocabulary.
distinction – разница
endure – длиться
utility – полезность
usability – пригодность
safety – безопасность
to exploit – разрабатывать
electrical
Exercise 20. Insert the necessary word. Consult the text.
1. Technology is often … of science and engineering.
2. The … knowledge may be used by engineers to create … and machines.
3. Science is the reasoned … or study of phenomena, aime
Exercise 21. Find the meaning of each word.
1. способность
a) opportunity,
b) ability, с) difficulty,
d) property
2.значение
a)understanding,
b) beginning,
c
Exercise 24. Read and translate the following word combinations into Russian.
to care for children
to have an excellent opportunity
while he was translating the article
to win victory
Word Bingo
Look at the list of words given below. Write down any five words. The teacher is going to read the definitions of all the words in' random order. If you hear the definition of one of the words you
ALFRED NOBEL - A MAN OF CONTRASTS
Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was the son of a bankrupt, but became a millionaire, a scientist who cared for literature, an industriali
Exercise 28. Find the key words to speak about the Nobel prize.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh in 1847. His father was a world-famous teacher of speech and the inventor of a system which he calle
LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE
1. Was Einstein a capable or a backward (умственно отсталый) child?
Albeit Einstein is one of the greatest scientists of our age, yet in his childhood he was slow, shy
Part 13 Современные достижения науки. Перспективы развития науки.
Text 1. The implications ofnanotechnology
Exercise 1.Work with your partner. In your own language, think of four-six words to describe nanotechnology. Com
Exercise 4. Find the English equivalents.
Проблема, промежуточный, хранение, значение, избыток, борьба, нанотехнология, угол конвергенции, достоинство, увеличение, наночастицы, затраты, органы управления, питание, иметь дел
Exercise 7. Translate into English.
1. Нанотехнология имеет большое значение в медицине, инженерии, биологии, коммуникации.
2. Продукты, сделанные при помощи нанотехнологии не требуют большего труда и больших затрат.
Exercise 11. Complete the sentences.
1. Nanotechnology is the study of …................
2. We can directly control matter ....................
3. There has been much debate on the future .................
4
Exercise 20. Answer the questions.
1. What is the International Linear Collider?
2. Is it planned to have a collision energy of 500 GeV or 600 GeV?
3. What is the host country for the accelerator?
Exercise 24. Answer the questions.
1. Where is Silicon Valley situated?
2. What does Silicon Valley mean?
3. Why does Silicon Valley continue to be the leading high-tech hub?
4. By whom was
Exercise 29. Read the text quickly and choose the best title, A, B, or C.
A. The history of cabling and telecommunications.
B. A short introduction to optical fibres.
С. Uses of glass in industry and technology.
Exercise 43. Read the descriptions (A-D) of following things.
A. Letter opener clock
Desktop clock, thermometer, calendar, and letter opener
This gadget has got lots of helpful information -with the added ben
Exercise 45. Complete the definitions (1-7) with the highlighted words in the text. Use the glossary or your dictionary to help you.
1. A _________ is a good thing.
2. A __________ is a triangular block of glass.
3. ____________ are the pieces of glass you look through.
4. ____________
Exercise 51. Read and translate the text.
The first use of the concepts found in 'nano-technology' (but pre-dating use of that name) was in "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," a talk given by physicist Richard
Exercise 53. Read and translate the text.
A number of physical phenomena become pronounced as the size of the system decreases. These include statistical mechanical effects, as well as quantum mechanical effects, for exampl
Exercise 54. Give the summary of the text.
Molecular nanotechnology
Exercise 55.Read and translate the text.
Molecular nanotechnology, sometimes called molecular manufacturing, describes engineered nanosys
Exercise 57. Read and translate the text.
The electron source for the ILC will use 2-nanosecond laser light pulses to eject electrons from a photocathode, a technique allowing for up to 80% of the electrons to be polarized;
Exercise 61. Now complete the definitions (1-11) below with the units from Exercise 2 and the people in the box.
Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1836) ■ Anders Celsius (1701-1744) Marie Curie (1867-1934) ■ Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) ■ James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) «Lord Kelvin (1
Cosmology - космология
Postulation – постулат, предварительное условие
Unification – объединение, унификация
To hinder – мешать, препятствовать, быть помехой
Elliptic - эллиптический
Spectrum of colours – цветовой спектр
Binomial theorem – бином Ньютона
Angular momentum – угловая скорость движения, кинетическая энергия
Equinox - равноденствие
At rest – в покое, неподвижный
To resolve the disagreement – разрешать разногласие
Pestilence – бубонная чума, мор, эпидемия ,поветрие
Dominant thread- доминирующая нить
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich is aRussian poet, scientist, and grammarian who is often considered the first great Russian linguistic reformer. He also made substantial contribution
Solution - раствор
Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist. He is credited as being the primary creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk,
Global warming
For millions of years, layers of gases have kept the Earth warm enough so that people, plants, and animals can live here. But some scientists are now concerned that the Earth' surface will warm up
Exercise 10. Read the article and choose the best title for it.
1. Teenagers ignore litter bins "to stay cool"
2. More litter bins in the streets!
3. Teenagers against litter
Teenagers have admitted they drop
Exercise 15. Study the grid of possible word combinations and solve the riddles.
bin
pipe
Can
waste
+
+
litter
How the greenhouse effect works
Gases like (1) carbon dioxide are important for the Earth's temperature. They let heat from the Sun reach the ground, and keep it there. In this way, they help to keep the E
GLOBAL WARMING
The Earth's climate is a very complicated system. What's more, it is now widely (0) .A. that human activity is having an effect on it. The pollution which (1).....from the use of oil and coa
Exercise 1. Read the text.
ATOMS, MOLECULES AND COMPOUNDS
Water is abundant on Earth today - as a gas, as a liquid, and as a solid. The physical state of water depends on temperature. If the temperature is high enou
CARBOHYDRATES
All known types of living cells contain carbohydrates (KAR both HY drayts; carbo = carbon, hydrate =water). In addition to carbon atoms, carbohydrates contain hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the same
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