Task 1. Find in the text the right word for:

1. working for only part of each day or week

2. someone who is in charge of a large company or organization

3. a rich and powerful person in industry or business

4. all the hours of a week during which it is usual for people to work, study etc

5. someone who owns shares in a company or business

6. someone who starts a new business or arranges business deals in order to make money, often in a way that involves financial risks

7. a job or profession that you have been trained for, and which you do for a long period of your life

8. the sets of programs that tell a computer how to do a particular job

Text B. Donald Trump

Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, author, and television personality. He is the Chairman and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of The Trump Organization, a real-estate developer based in the United States. Trump is also the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates numerous casinos and hotels worldwide. Trump's extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner have made him a celebrity for years, and more recently with his NBC reality show, The Apprentice, where he serves as host and executive producer. In 2010, Trump expressed interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in 2012. On May 16, 2011, he announced he would not run.

In 2011, he ranked #17 on Forbes Celebrity 100 List.

Trump is the fourth of five children of Fred Trump, a real-estate tycoon and developer based in New York City. Donald was inspired to follow his father into real-estate development, and began working on projects for his father's real-estate firm while still in college. Upon his graduation from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, Trump formally joined his father's company, Elizabeth Trump & Son. He took the helm in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization.

Task 1. Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of family was Trump born in? Is he the only child in his family?

2. What education did Trump get?

3. What are the sources of Trump’s wealth?

4. What made Trump famous besides his successful business career?

5. Is Trump going to be the President of the USA?

3. FAMOUS CANADIANS

Text A. Timothy Eaton

Task 1. The passages in the text are jumbled up. Put them into the right order.

A He was born in Ballymena, Ireland. His parents were Scottish Protestants, John Eaton and Margaret Craig. As a 20-year-old Irish apprentice shopkeeper, Timothy Eaton sailed from Ireland to settle with other family members in southern Ontario, Canada. On 28 May 1862, Eaton married Margaret Wilson Beattie. They had five sons and three daughters.

B In 1865, with the help of his brothers Robert and James, Timothy Eaton set up a bakery business in the town of Kirkton, Ontario, which went under after only a few months. Undaunted, he opened a dry goods store in St. Marys, Ontario. In 1869, Eaton purchased an existing dry-goods and haberdashery business in Toronto. In promoting his new business, Eaton embraced two retail practices that were ground-breaking at the time: first, all goods had one price (no haggling) with no credit given, and second, all purchases came with a money-back guarantee (a practice expressed in what would become the long-standing store slogan of "Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded").

C Timothy Eaton created a colossal retail empire that his offspring would expand coast to coast, reaching its high point during World War II, when the T. Eaton Co. Limited employed more than 70,000 people. Although Timothy Eaton did not invent the department store, nor was he the first retailer in the world to implement a money-back guarantee, the chain he founded popularized both concepts and revolutionized retailing in Canada.

D Timothy Eaton (March 1834 – January 31, 1907) was a Canadian businessman who founded the Eaton's department store, one of the most important retail businesses in Canada's history.

E Starting in 1884, Timothy Eaton introduced Canada to the wonders of the mail-order catalogue, reaching thousands of small towns and rural communities with an array of products previously unattainable. In these tiny communities, the arrival of Eaton's catalogue was a major event. More than clothing, furniture, or the latest in kitchen gadgetry, the catalogue offered such practical items as milking machines, in addition to just about every other contraption or new invention desirable.

Task 2. Answer the following questions:

1. Where was Eaton born? What was his nationality?

2. What was the beginning of Eaton’s career?

3. What was Eaton’s innovation in the sphere of selling goods?

4. Who helped Eaton in his business?

Text B. Céline Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born March 30, 1968), better known as Celine Dion, is a Canadian recording artist and entrepreneur. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the English-language album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.

Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time, is the second best-selling female artist in the U.S., and is the only female artist to have two singles that have sold more than a million copies in the UK. In addition, her 1995 album D'eux, is the best-selling French-language album of all time. In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of all time. According to Sony Music Entertainment, Dion has sold over 200 million albums worldwide.

Task 1. Why are the following dates important for Celine Dion’s biography?

1968

1986

1995

1999

2002

2004

Task 2. What do the following proper names mean in Dion’s life?

Angelil –

Chopard –

Sony –

D'eux –

Unison –

Las Vegas –

Yamaha –

Eurovision –

4. A FAMOUS NEW ZEALANDER

John Colin Scott (9 June 1924 - 30 July 1992) was a New Zealand architect of the 20th century, known for his unique buildings that incorporated ideas from Maori and cultural architecture.

John Colin Scott was born in Haumoana, Hawke’s Bay on 9 June 1924, the third of seven children of Kathleen Hiraani Blake and Charles Hudson Scott, a farmer. His mother and father both had British ancestry.

John Scott had a typical Hawke's Bay childhood, riding to Haumona School on horseback. Then attending St John's College in Hastings where he was head prefect and captain of the school's First XV rugby team. After leaving school he found work as a shepherd, before volunteering for the air force as the Second World War came to an end.

In 1946 he studied at the School of Architecture at Auckland University College, but he was unsure of what he wanted to do. He disliked the university academic environment and by 1950 he reduced himself to studying part-time. Scott never achieved his architecture diploma from the College, but he was influenced by teachers Vernon Brown and Bill Wilson. In 1951 he married Wilson's sister-in-law Joan Moffatt in Auckland.

After leaving University he worked for two architectural firms for many years. Then he decided to move back to Haumona in the Hawke's Bay with his wife and work for himself. His initial jobs were mostly private houses, like the Savage House and the Falls House in Havelock North (1952–53). As he developed his individual style, he became inspired by traditional New Zealand buildings such as the whare and woolshed, elements of which can be seen in his later work. Much of his work is characterised by strong geometric shapes.

His first church was designed for St John's College in Hastings (1954–56). This led to the commission of a Marist chapel in Karori, Wellington. This project, the Chapel of Futuna (1958–61) is arguably the best work of his career, and is recognised nationally and internationally. The chapel incorporates ideas from a whare - a central pole, ribs of rafters and low eaves. The building won the New Zealand Institute of Architects gold medal in 1968 and the first 25-year Award in 1986.

Scott mostly worked on private commissions, although he did design several other public buildings. The Maori Battalion Memorial Centre in Palmerston North (1954–64) used carved panels and tukutuku for decoration. The Urewera National Park Headquarters building (1974–76) was designed as a pavilion to suit the neighbouring bush, and shows that sense of place and landscape were critical to his architectural thinking.

Task 1. Answer the following questions:

1. What do you learn about Scott’s childhood?

2. What do you think were the most important events in his life?

3. What education did Scott get?

4. What are his most famous works?

5. What is special about Scott’s architectural style?

UNIT 4.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE AND THE UK

Text 1. Higher Education in Ukraine

Ukraine is a member of the UNO, Council of Europe, UNESCO and nearly 40 other influential international organizations, such as The International Monetary Fund, International Labour Organization, etc.

Higher education in Ukraine has always been and still preserves high quality of education. Over 20 years of independence the country has built a well-developed, competitive and ramified system of national education in the European educational area.

At the moment Ukraine runs over 800 higher educational institutions of all accreditation levels and forms of ownership: universities, academies, institutes, conservatories, colleges, technical and specialized schools. Our graduates, especially those who have diplomas in mathematics, physics, medicine, aviation and naval professions, engineering and chemical technologies are in demand all over the world which is evidenced by the fact that Ukraine has signed the Lisbon Convention on Mutual recognition of qualifications of higher education in European region.

The academic year in higher educational establishments in Ukraine starts on the 1^st of September. It is divided into two terms, the first term is from September to the end of January and the second begins in February and ends in June. Each term lasts 17 - 18 weeks, followed by a 3 week examination period.

Foreign citizens who would like to enter the higher educational establishments in Ukraine get visas at the Embassy or diplomatic representative offices of Ukraine in their countries and on the grounds of invitation from Ukrainian State Center of International Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine or a higher educational institution.

All leisure and sports facilities are available both for foreigner and Ukrainian students. Tuition, accommodation and other facilities fees are fixed in the corresponding agreements. In comparison with the western countries education and accommodation fees are quite reasonable in Ukraine for all strata of population. Almost all institutions offer accommodation at a moderate price. You can also rent an apartment.

Ukrainian higher educational establishments welcome everybody giving them an opportunity to obtain education of the international level.

Comprehension check

Task 1. Answer the following questions:

1. Are Ukrainian diplomas recognized abroad?

2. What is the Lisbon Convention?

3. What facilities are available for both foreigners and Ukrainian students?

4. How do foreign students can enter the higher educational establishments in Ukraine?

5. Is it expensive to get the higher education in Ukraine?

Education in England

Key words and word combinations: to attend school, bachelor’s degree, compulsory, corporal punishment, gap year, nursery school/playgroup, optional, P.E., pre-school-education, school uniform, to specialize

The School System

Exams

GCSEs = General Certificate of Secondary Education – students usually take GCSEs in five to ten subjects at the age of 16.

A-levels = Advanced Level – students usually take two or three subjects at the age of 18. You usually need A-levels to go to university.

Look at the table and answer the questions.

1. How old are children in Britain when they start their education?

2. At what age can they legally finish their education?

3. How many years of compulsory education do students have before they take their school-leaving exams (A-levels)?

4. How old are most students when they finish university?

Text 1. Higher Education in the UK

There are more than 60 universities in the UK. The leading universities are Cambridge, Oxford and London. English universities differ from each other in traditions, general organization, internal government, etc. British universities are comparatively small, the approximate number is about 7-8 thousand students. Most universities have fewer than 3000 students, some even less than 1500 ones.

London and Oxford universities are international, because people from many parts of the world come to study at one of their colleges. A number of well-known scientists and writers, among them Newton, Darwin, Byron were educated in Cambridge. A university consists of a number of departments: Art, Law, Music, Economy, Education, Medicine, Engineering, etc. After three years of study a student may proceed to a Bachelor’s degree, and later to the degrees of Master and Doctor.

Besides universities there are 300 technical colleges at present in Britain, providing part-time and full-time education. The organization system of Oxford and Cambridge differs from that of all other universities and colleges. The teachers are usually called Dons. Part of the teaching is by means of lectures organized by the university. Teaching is also carried out by tutorial system. This is the system of individual tuition organized by the colleges. Each student goes to his tutor’s room once a week to read and discuss an essay which the student has prepared. Some students get scholarship but the number of these students is comparatively small.

There are many societies and clubs at Cambridge and Oxford. One of the most famous is Debating Society at which students discuss political and other questions with prominent politicians and writers. Sporting activities are also numerous. The work and games, the traditions and customs, the jokes and debates – all are parts of students’ life there.

It should be mentioned that not many children from the working-class families are able to receive higher education as the fees are very high. Besides that special fees are taken for books, for laboratory works, exams and so on.

Task 1. Answer the following questions:

1. In what way are English universities different from each other?

2. What famous people were educated in Cambridge?

3. Who are Dons?

4. What is Debating Society?

5. Why is it a problem for children from the working-class families to get higher education in Oxford and Cambridge?

Text 2. Universities in Great Britain

There is now a gradual progress away from exclusiveness in British education.

Nowhere is this progress more evident than in the universities. Formerly they were restricted to the rich. Now thanks to the many scholarships awarded both by the state and by local authorities, they are open to all intelligent pupils both male and female: and the proportion of ex-State school students to ex-public school students continues to increase. This is not because fewer (редкие) public schoolboys are going on to universities indeed they still tend to predominate in Oxford and Cambridge, but because the total number of students of all kinds especially those studying science and technology is increasing to meet the needs of modern civilization.

There are well over forty universities in Britain as follows:

1. Oxford containing about thirty separate colleges, dating from the twelfth century.

2. Cambridge with about twenty separate colleges dating from the thirteenth century.

3. Four Scottish universities, dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh.

4. Three other universities containing several colleges dating from the nineteenth century: Durham; London, with many different colleges and schools and far more students than any other British university; Wales, with colleges at Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Bangor and Swansea.

5. A large group of nineteenth – and twentieth – century universities which all started as university colleges preparing students for London degrees, but which now award degrees of their own: Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, Sheffield, Birmingham, Nottingham, Reading, Exeter, Southampton, Leicester, Hull.

6. A group of post-war universities, or university colleges many of which are trying to break away from the traditional specialist courses and to teach a more balanced mixture of subjects: Keel, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick, York, Newcastle, Dundee.

7. A dozen universities of technology, promoted during the 1960s from older colleges.

The universities in group (e) and (f) are those usually referred to by the term ‘red-brick’. This describes their construction which is contrasted with the more dignified and solid-looking ancient stone architecture of Oxford and Cambridge (Oxbridge).

Two features of Oxford and Cambridge are widely admired and are being gradually extended to other universities. One is the college system whereby all students live in college during at least part of their course. The value of this lies in fostering a community spirit in which a useful mingling of intelligence can take place. In Oxford and Cambridge these colleges include tutors as well as students and largely self-governing.

The other feature is the tutorial system whereby each student gets personal tuition once a week in his tutor’s own room.

Recently, recognizing that everyone has the right to higher education but that for economic or social reasons many people may not get the opportunity the government decided to set up an Open University. As its name suggests this is open to everybody and does not demand the same formal qualifications as the other universities. It is non-residential and the courses are followed in the students’ spare time while they carry on some other full-time occupation. Lectures are broadcast on television and radio and students correspond with their tutors by post. There are also some classes in the evenings and residential courses for two or three weeks in the summer. At the end of the course successful students are awarded a university degree.

Task 1. Find the words in bold type in the text that mean:

1. to officially give someone something such as a prize or money to reward them for something they have done ____________________

2. an amount of money that is given to someone by an educational organization to help pay for their education _____________________

3. limited or controlled __________________________________________

4. a job or profession _______________________

5. a course of study at a university or college, or the qualification that is given to you when you have successfully completed the course _____________________________

6. the attitude that you have towards something or while you are doing something ___________________

7. to have the most importance or influence, or to be most easily noticed _________________

8. to send out radio or television programmes _________________

9. happening slowly over a long period of time ________________

10. a teacher in a British university or college_______________

11. a skill, personal quality, or type of experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or position_______________

12. easy to see, notice, or understand _________________

13. a society that is well organized and developed,___________________

14. to become bigger in amount, number, or degree __________________

UNIT 5.

COMPUTERS

Key words to memorize:

1. browser - браузер

2. file - файл

3. software - програмне забезпечення

4. World Wide Web – всесвітня павутина

5. Internet - Інтернет

6. on-line – он-лайн

7. chip - чіп

8. site - сайт

9. e-mail – електронна пошта

10. directory – каталог, довідник, дирекція

11. electronic commerce – елетронна торгівля

12. remote – далекий, віддалений

16. to elaborate – (детально) розробляти, розвивати

17. to encrypt - шифрувати

18. network – сітка, мережа

19. intranet - інтранет

20. extranet – екстранет

Task 1. Read and translate the text. Pay attention to the usage of the key words.