Make a table comparing the two countries

Write a short summary of the text according to your plan.

4. Comment the following quotations.

٧ God made the Country, and man made the Town. (W. Cowper)

٧ East or West, home is best.

٧ Man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. (J. Moore)

٧ So many countries, so many customs.

٧ So many men, so many minds.

٧ There is no place like home.

Education

Освіта

I. Vocabulary.

Put the events in the order, in which they take place.

a) 1. take exam; 2. pass an exam; 3. study for an exam;

b) 1. go to college; 2. go to high school; 3. go to elementary school;

с) 1. learn; 2. listen; 3. forget;

d) 1. be a teacher; 2. be a college freshman; 3. be a college senior;

e) 1. go to class; 2. do homework; 3. take a test.

Read and translate the following into Ukrainian using a dictionary if necessary.

Stages of education: compulsory, primary, secondary, further, professional, higher.

Curriculum: academic course, board curriculum, common curriculum, to be encouraged to do smth, to have a set of periods, practical classes, full-time and part time student, finals, to observe a lesson, to hold exams, main subject.

Types of schools: primary, preparatory, secondary, vocational, technical, private (independent), public, nursery, infant, junior, grammar, secondary modern, single-sex, mixed, state, comprehensive.

Examinations: to sit for exam, grades, scholarship level, to pass an exam, to land the papers out, examining board, to fall behind, to keep up with the group.

3. Make sure you know the meaning of the following words.

Education — systematic training and instruction; knowledge that you have gained through systematic study;

Training — the process of learning the skills you need for a particular job or activity;

Qualification — an official record of achievements that you get when you have completed a course of training or passed an exam;

Ability — the quality or skill that you have; general level of intelligence or the level of skill in doing a particular thing.

4. Fill in the missing words {education, educated, educational, educate).

a) Many more schools are needed to ……… the young, b) I think this government's policy on ……… is a disaster, c) He was ……… at Eton, d) The villagers respected me because I was an ……… man. e) He was sent home as being impossible to ……… f) He had paid out good money to ……… Julie at a boarding school in Yorkshire, g) Only a small proportion of our children stay in full-time ……… after the age of 16. h) ……… should be a preparation for life. i) Wealth and ……… seem to be what you need to be successful in life. j) Does she have enough ……… to cope with this job? k) National wealth depends to a high degree on country's ……… standards. I) No country can afford to neglect ………

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