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2. Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from the box
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1. Universities in the UK usually have three _________ in a year.
2. The first degree most students get at university is also known as a __________degree.
3. What does PhD mean? __________
4. If a degree course includes a one-year industry placement, it’s also known as a _________ course.
5. Imperial College in London is famous for its teaching and research in __________.
6. Oxford and Cambridge universities are two of the most ________ universities in the country.
7. The first week of your first year at university is called _______ week.
8. A lesson at university which takes place in a big hall with lots of students and one teacher is called a __________.
3. Look at the idioms below. Each one is in some way connected to university life. Match each idiom with its definition.
| 1. | To fly the nest | A | Not to be aware of the realities of everyday life |
| 2. | Saved by the bell | B | Learning from daily life and work rather than going to university |
| 3. | To live in an ivory tower | C | To leave your parents' home for the first time in order to live somewhere else |
| 4. | The university of life | D | Something that you say when a difficult situation is ended suddenly before you have to do or say something that you do not want to |
4. Complete the sentences below by using one of the idioms above. Some of them can be used more than once.
1. Now that the kids have _______________, I'm thinking about taking a job abroad.
2. My grandfather began to work in the print shop when he was fifteen and learned everything from _______________.
3. We were _______________ when the fire alarm went before we had to give a very badly-prepared presentation.
4. Like most professors, Jason seems ______________. He has no idea how ordinary people cope with life.
5. Parents give their children thousands of pounds to help them ______________ and get a foot on the property ladder.
5. Read these sentences spoken by university students. What is each person studying?
1. We have to know every bone in a person's body.
2. I'm concentrating on the modernist style and the work of Le Corbusier and
Frank Lloyd Wright.
3. The way we use fertilizers is much more precise than twenty years ago.
4. We're going to concentrate on Freud and Jung this term.
5. I've been reading some books on time management.
6. Expressionism was really a reaction to the work of the Impressionists.
7. We've spent a lot of time on American foreign policy and how it has been
affected by various domestic problems.
8. You must know this case – it's one of the most famous in legal history.
6. What do you call:
1. the money some students receive if they get a place at university?
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2. the qualification you get at the end of university?
3. the name we give students during this period at university?
4. teachers at university?
5. students when they have completed their first degree?
6. students studying for a second degree?
7. the study of one subject in great depth and detail, often to get new
information?
8. the talks that students go to while they are at university?
7. Replace the underlined verbs with different verbs that have the same meaning in the context.
1. Who is giving the lecture today?
2. Did she receive a grant for her course?
3. Is it more difficult to obtain a place at university?
4. You have to pass the exams before you can enter university.
5. He's studying physics, I think.
6. I think they're carrying out some research into the cause of asthma.
7. I didn't take any notes in the lecture yesterday.
8. The course goes on for three years.
8. Write a new sentence with the same meaning, beginning as shown.
a It seems that more and more young people will go into higher education in future. It seems as if …
b Most parents want their children to study a useful subject leading to a good job. Most parents would rather…
c Students, however, usually want their parents to let them make their own choices. Students, however, usually wish …
d Later on, though, some students regret not having chosen their courses more carefully. Later on, though, some students wish…
e University advisers don’t usually want students to choose a subject simply because they think they are good at it. University advisers usually prefer students …
f The usual advice is: 'Think about what kind of work you want to do in the future. ' The usual advice is: 'If I…
g Some students seem from their behaviour to be only interested in having a good time. Some students behave as …
h When they leave university, many students regret not having worked harder. When they leave university, many students wish …
i They also think they will never repay their student loans. It also seems to them as …
j Universities should now pay more attention to students’ financial problems. It’s ….
9. Study the text and choose the correct variant.
UNIVERSITIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
Britain has more than 90 universities. British universities (1) into several categories. The foremost universities are the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, both founded in the Middle Ages. The term Oxbridge (2) to refer to both schools as a single entity. Another type of university is the so-called redbrick variety – old and solid schools that (3)in the 19th century. In those days bricks (4) as the standard building material. The large number of ultramodern universities that sprouted up in the last half of the 20-th century (5) cement block and plateglass universities. London has its own great schools, the enormous University of London and its world-famous college, the London School of Economics.
Students interested in advanced education can also attend polytechnics, which are schools dedicated to the sciences and applied technology. An education act in
1992 (6)the status of these colleges to universities. Higher education (7) through the Open University, which (8) in 1969. The University (9) extension courses taught through correspondence, television and radio programs, and videocassettes. It also (10) local study centres and residential summer schools. The purpose of the Open University is to reach people who may not ordinarily be qualified for university study.
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