ответить на вопросы после диалогов!! Dialogue 1
Ann: Hullo, Steve! Have you got a minute?
Steve: Sure, yes. What can I do for you?
Ann: I’ve read a number of books on the British system of higher education but I can’t make
head or tail of it.
Steve: Mm… no wonder. What’s the problem?
Ann: Quite a lot of problems. What I want to discuss is the difference between a university and a
college.
Steve: It’s like this, you see… The programme is different. At a university it is much wider.
Great attention is paid to scientific subjects.
Ann: It sounds as though most people prefer a university.
Steve: Well… that rather depends.
Ann: Speaking about universities I’m not quite clear about tutorial there. What is a tutorial
exactly?
Steve: Oh, it’s when students discuss topics with a tutor in very small groups – usually there are
not more than three or four students and sometimes only one.
Ann: I see … And coming back to colleges… I’m still not terribly sure what a residential college
is.
Steve: It’s a college with a hall of residence on the same ground as the principal buildings. In
fact all the students live in hall.
Ann: Really? And what about the teaching staff?
Steve: Actually the majority of the teaching staff lives there too. But there are also quite a lot of
non-residential colleges.
Ann: And did you study at the university?
Steve: Yes…
Ann: What was it like? Beautiful?
Steve: Nothing very remarkable. Of course there were lecture halls, classrooms and a number of
laboratories.
Ann: Any facilities for sport and PE?
Steve: Let me see … Yes … A gymnasium with changing rooms and showers, a tennis court…
What else… A playing field for netball and football.
Ann: Well, Steve. Thanks very much. You’ve been most helpful.
Dialogue 2
J: Well, Arnold, I remember you said once you were a B.A. Perhaps you could tell me how
quickly you got those letters after your name?
A: At the University I studied History. It was a 3-year course. And after that I got a B.A. degree.
J: B.A. stands for Bachelor of Arts degree, doesn’t it?
A: Yes, which reminds me of my neighbour whose son has just got his B.A. A friend asked very
seriously: ”I suppose your son will try to get an M.A. or Ph.D., next to which my neighbour
answered: ”Not at all, now he is trying to get a J-O-B.”
J: Ah … he meant a job! That’s a good joke!
Exercise 2.Answer the questions:
1 Why it is preferable to study at the university?
2 What do you know about tutorials?
3 What is the difference between a residential and a non-residential college (university)?
4 Who lives in a hall?
5 What rooms can be found in a university building?
6 What sport facilities there are at a university?
7 What is a B.A. ?
8 How quickly one can get those letters after his name?
9 What is a M.A. ?
10 Which degree is higher: M.A. or Ph.D.?
