Unit 8 – learning lessons core vocabulary

School (n) 1) учебное заведение, школа; занятия в школе, уроки

at/ in school The kids will be at school until 3.00 today.

start/ leave school – пойти в школу/ закончить школу

school-leaver – выпускник школы

comprehensive school – общеобразовательная школа

nursery school (Br)/ pre-school (Am) – детский сад

primary (Br)/ elementary (Am) school – начальная школа

secondary (Br)/ high (Am) school – средняя школа

boarding school – школа –интернат

state (Br), public (Am)/ private school – государственная/ частная школа

co-educational/ single sex school – школа с совместным/ раздельным обучением мальчиков и девочек

Note: Comprehensive schools in the UK are for all abilities, but grammar schools are usually by competitive entry. Public schools in the UK are very famous private schools.

2) факультет в университете, колледж the Slade School of Fine Art

medical/ law/ drama school – медицинский/ юридический факультет; театральное училище

3) школа (в науке, литературе, искусстве) the Impressionist school of painting

school (v) 1) (usually passive) обучать кого-л

school sb in sth He had been well schooled in the art of diplomacy.

2) (usually passive) получать образование

She was schooled in London.

College (n) 1) колледж, училище (педагогическое, техническое)

teacher-training colleges, technical colleges, colleges of further education

be at college – учиться в колледже

go to college – пойти в колледж (начать обучение в колледже)

Paul’s going to college in September

2) университетский колледж King’s College, Cambridge

3) (Am) университет

Note: In the UK, a college usually means a place where students over 18 are trained in a particular subject or skill, earning a qualification that is not usually an academic degree. People studying for an academic degree go to a university. In the US, a college is a place where students can earn a bachelor’s degree, and a university offers both bachelor’s degrees and advanced degrees.

University (n) – университет the University of Leeds; He studied at Bristol University.

be at university – учиться в университете They met while they were at university.

go to university – начать обучение в университете

He’s taking a year off before going to university.

Graduate (n) 1) (Am) выпускник средней школы, колледжа a high school graduate

2) выпускник университета careers for history graduates

+ of a graduate of Aston University

+ in graduates in science

graduate (v) 1) окончить университет или колледж

+ from He graduated from Yale University in 1936.

2) выпускать Universities in Thailand graduate 6,000 engineers each year.

Degree (n) – диплом о высшем образовании, ученая степень a biology degree

+ in a master’s degree in English literature

do/ take a degree – получать высшее образование

She’s doing a degree at Exeter University.

have/ hold a degree – иметь диплом о высшем образовании

Lori has a degree in chemistry from Harvard.

Term (n) – семестр, часть учебного года

What classes are you taking this term?

Note: In the UK there are usually three terms: the autumn term, the spring term, and the summer term.

Course (n) – курс (лекций, занятий) a drama/ secretarial/ Spanish course

do/ take a course (in sth) – изучать курс чего-л

You could do an introductory course in economics.

run/ offer a course – предлагать обучение

The school runs courses for beginners.

Lecture (n) 1) лекция a lecture on Dickens

give a lecture – читать лекцию

2) нотация, наставление, мораль I don’t need any lectures from you about being late!

lecture (v) 1) читать лекции

She lectures on Greek Literature at the Sorbonne.

2) читать нотации, отчитывать

My doctor’s been lecturing me on the dangers of not getting enough exercise.

Seminar (n) – семинар a business seminar

Tutorial (n) – консультация, урок, встреча с преподавателем/руководителем

We had a very interesting tutorial on climate change.

Exam (n) – экзамен; + in an exam in history

an entrance/ final exam – вступительный/ выпускной экзамен

do/ take/ sit an exam – сдавать экзамен

pass/ fail an exam – сдать/ провалить экзамен

resit an exam – пересдавать экзамен

Ex. 1 – Vocabulary practice.

Put each of the following words or phrase in its correct space in the passage below.

state terms seminar degree co-educational

private primary tutorial graduate nursery school

grant secondary lecture break up compulsory

fees academic

When children are two or three years old, they sometimes go to a (1) ______________, where they can learn simple games and songs. Their first real school is called a (2) __________ school. In Britain children start this school at the age of five. The (3) ______________ year in Britain begins in September and is divided into three (4) _____________. Schools (5) ___________ for the summer holiday in July. (6) ______________ education begins at the age of about eleven, and most schools at this level are (7) ______________, which means boys and girls study together in the same classes. In Britain education is (8) ________________ from 5 to 16 years of age, but many children choose to remain at school for another two or three years after 16 to take higher exams. Most children go to (9) _____________ schools, which are maintained by the government or local education authorities, but some children go to (10) _______________ schools, which can be very expensive.

University courses normally last three years and then students (11) _____________, which means they receive their (12) _______________. At university, teaching is by (13) _____________ (an individual lesson between a teacher and one or two students), (14) ______________ (a class of students discussing a subject with a teacher), (15) _______________ (when a teacher gives a prepared talk to a number of students) and of course private study. Most people who receive a university place are given a (16) ___________ by the government to help pay their (17) _____________ and living expenses.