Education in Britain Учебное задание 1: 1) Where do British children go when they are five? − When British children are five, they go to infant school. 2) Where do they go at the age of seven? − At the age of seven they go to junior school. 3) What school subjects are at junior schools? − School subjects at junior schools are English, arithmetic, history, geography, nature study, swimming, music, art, religious instruction and organized games 4) What do British children have to write at the end of the junior school? − At the end of the junior school British children have to write their Eleven-plus Examinations. 5) What school do 40 % of elementary school leavers in Britain go to? − 40 % of elementary school leavers in Britain go to secondary modern schools. 6) Why don’t modern schools provide complete secondary education? − Modern schools don’t provide complete secondary education because study programs are rather limited in comparison with other secondary schools 7) What does the grammar school after? − After five years at grammar school (a secondary school which offers a full theoretical secondary education) students may take the General Certificate of Education at the ordinary level. 8) What allows pupils to enter University? − The General Certificate of Education at the advanced level allows pupils to enter University. 9) What does the comprehensive school combine in one school? − The comprehensive school combines in one school the courses of all types of secondary schools. 10) What difference is between private and state schools? − Private schools are not controlled financially by the state, whereas state schools are funded by the state or national government. Учебное задание 2: Ходить в дошкольное учреждение − (to) go to infant school; первые шаги в чтении, письме и счёте − the first steps in reading, writing and using numbers; покинуть дошкольное учреждение − (to) leave the infant school; начальная школа − junior school; школьные предметы − school subjects; средняя школа определенного типа − secondary school of a certain type; средняя современная школа − secondary modern school; не обеспечивать полное среднее образование − not (to) provide complete secondary education; обучать общеобразовательным предметам − (to) teach general subjects; предлагать полное теоретическое среднее образование − (to) offer a full theoretical secondary education; получить аттестат о среднем образовании − (to) obtain the General Certificate of Education; поступить в университет − (to) enter a university; общеобразовательная школа − comprehensive school; частные школы для мальчиков и девочек − private schools for boys and girls; независимые и подготовительные школы − independent and preparatory schools.
