Мета навчального посібника - розширення словникового запасу студентів, які продовжують вивчати англійську мову, вдосконалення навичок мовлення та активне включення до діалогу та полілогу на основі тем "Education in Ukraine", "Education in Great Britain", "Education in the U.S.A.", "My University", "Teaching and Learning". "Students at Leisure". "Foreign Languages Across College Curriculum", "Library", "Computers". Рекомендовано для студентів рівня Intermediate, Upper Intermediate. Contents Передмова 11 Introduction: EDUCATION IN UKRAINE 13 Part One: OUR UNIVERSITY 15 Unit 1: Welcome to our University 16 Unit 2: Campus 32 Language Achievement Test 1 39 Unit 3: Studies at the University 43 Language Achievement Test 2 58 Unit 4: Students at Leisure 61 Unit 5: Library 66 Unit 6: We Learn Foreign Languages 79 Unit 7: Research 96 Unit 8: Computers 103 Revision 117 Part Two: EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN & THE USA UNIT 1. EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN 122 Text 1: 123 Text 2: Post-school education in Britain 125 Text 3: Universities and polytechnics 126 Text 4: Levels of study and degrees 127 Text 5: Modes of study 128 Text 6: Oxford University 129 Text 7: Cambridge 132 Text 8: The University of London 134 Text 9: The University of Surrey 135 Text 10: The University of Manchester 136 UNIT 2: 1НЕ U.S. SYSTEM OF EDUCATION 138 Text 1: 139 Text 2: Some facts from history 140 Text 3: The organization of U.S. education (pre-elementary education, elementary education, secondary education, higher education) 141 Text 4: The George Washington University 148 Language Achievement Test 3. 151 UNIT 3: CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS 155 Part Three: FICTION READING 179 Text 1: I Love College (from "Daddy-Long-Legs" by J. Webster) 180 Text 2: A Student in Economics (after G. Milburn) 184 Text 3: Sitting for the Bar Final Examinations (after "The Conscience of the Rich" by C.P. Snow) 186 Text 4: Doctor in the House (from ""Doctor in the House" by 189 R. Gordon) Text 5: The Interpreters (by G.A. Birmingham) 196 Text 6: The Awful German Language (by Mark Twain),. 208 Text 7: Hoping for a Miracle (by A. Sloan) 224 Appendix 1: TEXTS FOR LISTENING COMPREHENSION 227 Appendix 2: TOPICS FOR ESSAY WRITING AND SPEECHES 232 References and Texts Credits 235