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 Virtual  Universities.  Pros and Corns

Imagine being able to attend classes while wearing pajamas.  Or studying at a university located 500 miles away. These possibilities may become facts in the near future as more and more schools focus on the chartrooms as a place to educate rather than the classroom.

Universities that use the Internet to educate are often called “Virtual Universities”, where the education is real but the lessons take place in living rooms and libraries. They are viewed by many as being a tool that allows more people access to learning opportunities. Besides, a virtual university would lower tuition costs. However, these savings would come at the expense could become socially isolated. There would be less interaction or time to ask questions.

And sometimes the most important lessons are not taught in lecture halls but in residence halls and through extracurricular activities where students learn to become a part of a small society. While these aspects of universities may seem to represent the best possible situation, the reality is that many deserving people cannot afford to take classes, cannot find time to go during the day or do not have the ability to commute.

For many of these people, taking classes over the Internet has become a viable option and many public universities across the country have started to offer these classes, although on a very minor scale.

California is currently one of the leading states to offer access to online courses. The California Virtual University offers a Web site at http:www.California.edu with information and connections to more than 40 post-secondary schools in California that offer classes through the Internet.

The Virtual University is viewed by many as an absolute necessity because of the nearly 500,000 additional students who plan to enter the California higher education system in the next decade.

The Web site has proven very successful, and receives an average of 120,000 visits every month. Long distance learning has become more popular with colleges across the country. According to a 1995 report by the US Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 33 percent of all post-secondary institutions in the country offered distance education.

Students use e-mail to communicate with their professors as well as turn in assignments. They also have class discussions with other students using chatrooms and message boards.

Anyway although technology has made its way into the heart of the educational system, it has not yet taken on a dominant role.

Questions:

Would you like to study in a “Virtual University”? Yes. I would like to study in a “Virtual University”.

What are the weak points of such method of teaching? I think that there are no weak points of such method of teaching.

Do you think it is necessary to have an opportunity to interact with professors and other

students in a face-to-face way? Why? I think that it is necessary to have an opportunity to interact with professors and other  students in a face-to-face way, because it is a good wat to ask questions.

Is it in the classrooms that the student learns the most important things? Yes, it is.

Do you think that we must prepare for the future of electronically transmitted education? I think that we must prepare for the future of electronically transmitted education.

 Exercises

Переведите на русский язык:

To offer access to something, to take classes online, to collaborate with one’s peers, a viable option, on a minor scale, extracurricular activities, learning opportunities, virtual universities, long distance learning, to become socially isolated, to take dominant role, educational system.

Предложить доступ к чему-либо, посещать занятия онлайн, сотрудничать со сверстниками, жизнеспособный вариант, в незначительном масштабе, внеклассные мероприятия, возможности обучения, виртуальные университеты, дистанционное обучение, быть изолированным от общества, взять на себя главную роль, образовательные система.

Соотнесите слова с их значениями:

to commute  D                       a)  the price or payment for the instruction

peer    F                                 b)  a way things are arranged so that the public can reach, use,

enter, approach something

tuition    A                              c)  most noticeable or important

extracurricular activities J     d)  to travel a long distance every day to get to work (to school)

to afford   I                           e)  to make or become smaller in amount

access to something B           f)  a formal word meaning someone who has the same

background or  position in society as you

dominant   C                          g)  something necessary or useful for doing one’s job

to lower   E                            h) to be present at, go to

to attend   H                           i)  be able to buy or pay for without serious loss

tool     G                               j)  activities (such as sports, music, etc) not included in the

curriculum in school or college

  Измените прямую речь в косвенную, соблюдая правило согласования времён:

My sister asked me to turn off the TV-set. 2. Grandfather said that I would be taken to hospital on Monday. 3. My brother said that his friend did not want to study French at all.  4. Ben said that he had benn calling her the whole evening. 5. Andrew said that he had thought his friend would to the football match. 6. Ann said that she had had to leave then because her mother needed her help. 7. Mike proposed Nick to go to the stadium. 8. He asked me where George would go for holidays.  9. He said to me that Pete would enter the University when he left school. 10. He said that there were a lot of green trees in the South.  11. Fred asked me what subjects had been taught at his school.

Вставьте подходящие по смыслу слова в предложения и переведите их:

tool, chatroom, to communicate, according to, educational, to lower, dominant, access, tuition, to afford

My ex-husband has access to the children at weekends.  2. The king was just the tool of the military  government. 3. Students` grants cover their educational fees.  4. We will be paid according to to the amount of work we do.  5. Blue is the dominant colour in his later paintings. 6. Deaf people use sign language to communicate. 7. Thanks to the success of the business, we can afford a holiday this year. 8. Jerry was visiting schools and other tuition establishments in the area.  9. Only two hours later they realized that they were writing to each other in the same chatroom.  10. They lower the price from 15 dollars to 10.

Мой бывший муж приходит к детям по выходным. 2. Король был всего лишь инструментом военного правительства. 3. Студенческие гранты покрывают расходы на обучение. 4. Нам будут платить в зависимости от объема выполненной работы. 5. Синий — главный цвет в его поздних картинах. 6. Глухие люди для общения используют язык жестов. 7. Благодаря успеху бизнеса, мы можем позволить себе отпуск в этом году. 8. Джерри посещал школы и другие учебные заведения в этом районе. 9. Лишь через два часа они поняли, что пишут друг другу в одном чате. 10. Они снижают цену с 15 долларов до 10.

Употребите глагол в скобках в нужном времени страдательного залога, соблюдая правило согласования времён:

1. He said that his son had been interested in physics since his childhood. 2 Fred asked me what language was taught at school. 3. They say the main properties were determined when the experiment would be finished. 4. Father said that all the necessary information was stored in the computer now. 5. The teacher said that your report would be published by the beginning of the conference.  6. The professor said that the positive results would be obtained when a new device was installed. 7. He wondered if a lot of fruit trees were grown in our garden. 8.  He asked me if I was informed Ben had been sent for New York.  9. George explained that his mother had been taken to hospital. 10. I asked my friend why he had not been shown to the doctor.

Поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect Tense или в Past Continuous Tense:

When we had finished dinner, Susan took the dishes away. 2. The tower clock chimed two o’clock while Aunt Polly was eating her dinner. 4. As Mike was walking the street, Mr. Brown went by. 5. I remembered  Tom had brought a box of chocolate for you. 6. The dog opened its mouth, just as if it had talked.  7. Peter told us he had bought two new suits. 8. While the soldiers were marching, the rain began to fall. 9. John said to me that he had asked a friend to come for a chat. 10. I did not know Shakespeare had written more than thirty plays. 11.The children were working hard yesterday morning.

Вставьте правильные предлоги или наречия. Переведите устно предложения на русский язык:

If you are not sure how to spell a word, look it up  in the dictionary. 2. Who’s going to look for  the dog while you’re on holiday? 3. I can’t wait for the camping trip, I’m really looking for  it. 4. Tracy has lost her keys. She’s been looking for them all the morning. 5. When we were young, my grandmother used to look  after us at the weekends. 6. Excuse me. I’m looking for Mount Street. Could you tell me where it is?  7. I don’t remember Lisa’s address. Let’s look it up in the phone book.   8. Ted has got a dentist’s appointment on Monday. But he isn’t looking after it at all.

Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в нужной форме. Устно переведите предложения на русский язык:

If the weather is warm, we will go to the park. 2. If you learn how to swim, you will go with us to the beach on Sundays. 3. You look as if you are ill.  4. If I knew English better, I would read some English books. 5. I wish he knew English and French well. 6. It is time we had dinner. 7. I wish he had had more time to prepare for the examination last year. 8. If I had known her well, I would have spoken to her. 9. If I didn’t have to work today, I would go to the country. 10. I wish he were with us now.  11. If he had not wasted so much time in class, he would have made better progress.  12. The girl looked as if she were afraid of something.  13. I wish I were young. 14. It is time we went home.

Письменно переведите на русский язык предложения, обратите внимание на различное лексическое значение модальных глаголов:

Shall I show you how to do it?  2. Would you give me a glass of water, please? 3. My mother used to dance well when she was young.  4. Our granny would sit for hours without saying a word after Grandfather’s death. 5. Will you open the window, please? 6. You should stop smoking. – But I will! 7. She shall regret about this! 8. Nobody dare even think of it since. 9. The door won’t open! 10. Need we translate this text now? – No, you needn’t. 11. He used to be able to speak Japanese, but he has forgotten it now. 12.  How dare he come here? 13. Income tax would certainly be raised. 14. People’s life is easier nowadays than it used to be centuries ago. 15. Shall I read?  16. You needn’t type these letters!  17. He would do everything for me.

Могу ли я показать вам, как это сделать? 2. Не могли бы вы дать мне стакан воды? 3. Моя мама хорошо танцевала, когда была маленькой. 4. Наша бабушка часами сидела, не говоря ни слова, после смерти дедушки. 5. Вы откроете окно? 6. Вам следует бросить курить. – Нет! 7. Она пожалеет об этом! 8. С тех пор никто не смеет даже думать об этом. 9. Дверь не открывается! 10. Нужно ли нам переводить этот текст сейчас? — Нет, не нужно. 11. Раньше он мог говорить по-японски, но теперь забыл. 12. Как он посмел прийти сюда? 13. Подоходный налог наверняка будет повышен. 14. Жизнь людей сегодня проще, чем столетия назад. 15. Мне читать? 16. Вам не нужно печатать эти буквы! 17. Он сделал бы все для меня.

Переведите предложения на английский язык:

Завтра в это время профессор Блейк будет просматривать (look through) мой доклад (report). 2. Почтальон принес письмо. Я жду это письмо уже несколько недель.  3. К приходу друзей я прочи­тал уже две главы. 4. Не входите в класс. Студенты сдают сейчас экзамены. 5. Завтра к двум часам дня мы напишем сочинение.6. Она уже давно разговаривает по телефону. 7. Петр закончил вторую главу книги и сейчас пишет третью. Он работает над книгой уже год. Я думаю, что к концу будущего года он ее закончит. 8. Он вернулся домой, пообедал и стал читать газету. Он чи­тал газету уже 20 минут к тому времени, когда позво­нил его друг. 9. Завтра я буду писать сочинение (essay) по этой теме (on this subject). 10. За­втра в 10 часов утра мы будем писать сочинение на эту тему. 11. Я видел этот фильм. Он очень интересный.

Tomorrow at this time, Professor Blake will be looking through my report. 2. The postman brought a letter. I’ve been waiting for this letter for several weeks now. 3. By the time my friends arrived, I had already read two chapters. 4. Do not enter the classroom. Students are taking exams now. 5. Tomorrow by two o’clock in the afternoon we will write an essay.6. She’s been talking on the phone for a long time. 7. Peter finished the second chapter of the book and is now writing the third. He has been working on the book for a year now. I think that by the end of next year he will finish it. 8. He returned home, had lunch and began to read the newspaper. He had been reading the newspaper for 20 minutes by the time his friend called. 9. Tomorrow I will write an essay on this subject. 10. Tomorrow at 10 o’clock in the morning we will write an essay on this topic. 11. I saw this film. He is very interesting.

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 Вставьте вместо пропусков необходимый артикль:

Is  Spain in  the north or in the south of  Europe?  2. The capital of  Russian Federation is Moscow.  3. We have a lot of new cities in the east and in  the west, in  the north  and in the south of  our country.   4. The Ob,  the Lena,  are in Siberia.  5. Look at   the map of the world.  6. Do you know many states there are in the USA?  7. The western part of this country is densely populated.  8.  In the north  the Russian Federation is washed by  the Arctic Ocean.  9.   China  is one of  the largest states in the world. 10. Africa is  a large continent.  11. The Volga is  a European  river. 12.   Tokyo is the capital of  Japan. 13. The Indian Ocean in the south of Asia. 14. Glasgow is a large port.

Прочитайте следующие глаголы и существительные, определите способ словообразования. Поставьте ударение в двусложных словах.  Переведите слова на русский язык:

to import – imports,  to play – a play,  to export – exports, an increase – to increase, to contact – a contact, to walk – a walk, to comfort – a comfort, to need – a need, a contrast – to contrast, to present – a present.

импортировать – импорт, играть – пьеса, экспортировать – экспорт, увеличение – увеличивать, контактировать – контакт, гулять – прогулка, утешать – комфорт, нуждаться – необходимость, контраст – контрастировать, подарить – подарок.