Harvard University

Founded in 1636, Harvard University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States. From its classrooms have emerged six American presidents – from John Adams to John F. Kennedy – and an impressive group of statesmen, business leaders, and literary figures. Its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just across the Charles River from Boston, provides a rich architectural mix that includes the ivy-covered brick of Puritan New England and the con­crete and glass of contemporary design.

Today, the university includes Harvard and Radcliffe undergrad­uate colleges, 10 professional schools, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and an extension school. There are some 1,600 students from every state and 45 foreign countries in it; tuition is about $22,000 a year (not including room and board), and 70% of those attending receive financial aid in the form of load or outright grants.

The university's library system is the largest in the world; it con­tains more than 10 million volumes and subscribes to 100,000 periodi­cals. There are three notable art museums, which house works from an­cient Egyptian to contemporary American. There are also the Botanical Museum, 40 acres of fields, an experimental forest located in New En­gland, a centre for a study of the Italian Renaissance in Italy, and a centre for Byzantine studies in Washington, D. C.

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Оглавление

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ …………………………………………………………….3

UNIT 1. Student Life……………………………………………………..........4

UNIT 2. The Belgorod Shukhov State Technological University.……………16

UNIT 3. The Russian Federation……………………………………………...29

UNIT 4. Moscow……………………………………………………………...42

UNIT 5. My Home Town……………………………………………………..54

UNIT 6. Higher Education of Russia………………………………………….67

UNIT 7. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland………..79

UNIT 8. London……………………………………………………………….93

UNIT 9. Higher Education of Great Britain…………………………………108

UNIT 10. The United States of America…………………………………….123

UNIT 11. Washington, D.C………………………………………………….138

UNIT 12. Higher Education of the USA……………………………………..153

TAPESCRIPTS………………………………………………………………169

БИБЛИОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ СПИСОК……………………………………..186

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