20.5. Домашнє завдання

Вправа 6. Заповніть пропуски модальними дієсловами can, may, must.

1. What ___ we see on this map? 2. ___ you speak Spanish? – No, unfortunately I ___. 3. At what time ___ you come to school? 4. Dear aunt, ___ we stay at your place for another week? We would like to see more sites of your beautiful city. 5. You ___ not smoke here. 6. ___ I take your book? – I am afraid not: I need it. 7. He ___ not speak English yet. 8. I have very little time: I ___ go. 9. They ___ not go to the park today because they are busy. 10. You ___ read this text: it is easy enough.

Вправа 7. Перекладіть англійською, використовуючи модальні дієслова.

1. Усі повинні виконувати закони. 2. Вам не потрібно перекладати цей текст. 3. Він, напевно, все ще в бібліотеці. 4. Вам не слід їсти так багато цукерок. 5. Вам необхідно відправити лист негайно. 6. Вам не слід говорити йому про це. 7. Вам доведеться переписати контрольну. 8. Я поспішав, і мені довелось взяти таксі. 9. Потяг повинен прийти через п’ять хвилин. 10. Мені потрібні кольорові олівці.

Вправа 8. Заповніть пропуски у реченнях словами: is situated, commercial, places of interest, educational, a seaport.

1. There are very many famous ___ in London. 2. The capital of Great Britain is not only a large city but also ___. 3. One of the districts in London, the City, is a business and ___ centre of the country. 4. London ___ on the Thames. 5. London is also a large ___ and scientific centre of the country.

Вправа 9. Складіть розповідь про Лондон з використанням активних слів та виразів.

Lesson 21. Education in Great Britain

21.1. Розмовна тема. Освіта у Великобританії

Прочитайте текст і знайдіть підкреслені слова у словнику.

Education in Great Britain has several stages. Three- and four-year-old children may start education in nursery schools and about 47% of underfives attend them. But this kind of education is voluntary. From 5 to 7 children go to infant school. At the age of 7 they move to junior school where they learn to write, to read, and to do mathematics. Boys and girls study at junior school for four years till they are 11. Then they enter the secondary school where they study up to 16. Education from 5 to 16 is compulsory.

There are two types of secondary schools in Great Britain: state schools, which are free of charge, and private schools, where parents pay fee for their children. They are called public schools and about 7% of students attend them. Most of public schools, like Eaton and Harrow, are single-sex boarding schools where students live during term-time.

The National Curriculum sets out in detail the subjects that children should study and the levels of achievement they should reach by the ages of 7, 11, 14 and 16. Under the National Curriculum schoolchildren must study English, Mathematics, Science (the core subjects), Technology, a foreign language, PT (physical training), History, Geography, Art, and Music. But the schoolchildren may choose the set of subjects to study according to their preferences: it may be either Arts or Science.

At the age of 16 all schoolchildren take their GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) exams. After that the pupils have 4 main “roads” of their next life: they can leave the school, stay at school in so-called “sixth form”, move to a college as a full-time student, and combine part-time study with a job. Those who choose to stay on at school after GCSE usually study for two further years for Advanced level (A-level) exams in two or three subjects. When the pupils are 18 they can enter the university, Polytechnics or college of higher education.

Вправа 1. Дайте відповіді на запитання, які починаються фразою How do they call ... . Зразок: How do they call a person that studies at school? – A person that studies at school is called a pupil.

How do they call ...

1) the schools that parents pay for? 2) the schools that children go to up to 5 years old? 3) the schools where students live during a term? 4) the money that parents pay for the education of their children? 5) the exams that a pupil has to pass to enter a university? 6) a plan of studying?