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Exercises


       79.1    Read  these  sentences  spoken  by  university  students.  What  is  each  person  studying?
               1  We  have  to  know  every  bone  in  a  person’s  body.
               2  I’m  concentrating  on  the  modernist  style  and  the  work  of  Le  Corbusier  and  Frank  Lloyd
                 Wright.
                SIN   I’ve  been  reading  some  books  on  time  management.
                WD   The  way  we  use  fertilizers  is  much  more  precise  than  twenty  years  ago.
                BR   We’re  going  to  concentrate  on  Freud  and  Jung  this  term.
                HA
                 Expressionism  was  really  a  reaction  to  the  work  of  the  Impressionists.
                 We  ‘ve  spent  a  lot  of  time  on  American  foreign  policy  and  how  it  has  been  affected  by
                 various  domestic  problems.
               8  You  must  know  this  case  —  it’s  one  of  the  most  famous  in  legal  history.
               Now  mark  the  stress  on  each  of  your  answers,  check  with  the  answer  key,  and  practise  saying
               the  words.

       79.2.   What  do  you  call:
                WNP   the  money  some  students  receive  if  they  get  a  place  at  university?
                 the  qualification  you  get  at  the  end  of  university?
                 the  name  we  give  students  during  this  period  at  university?
                AR   teachers  at  university?
                 students  when  they  have  completed  their  first  degree?
                ArnIN   students  studying  for  a  second  degree?
                 the  study  of  one  subject  in  great  depth  and  detail,  often  to  get  new  information?
                 the  talks  that  students  go  to  while  they  are  at  university?
       79.3    Replace  the  underlined  verbs  with  different  verbs  that  have  the  same  meaning  in  the  context.
                 Who  is  giving  the  lecture  today?
                eR   Did  she  receive  a  grant  for  her  course?
                PWN   Is  it  more  difficult  to  obtain  a  place  at  university?

                 You  have  to  pass  the  exams  before  you  can  enter  university.

                OnNNN   He’s  studying  physics,  I  think.
                 I  think  they’re  carrying  out  some  research  into  the  cause  of  asthma.
                 I  didn’t  take  any  notes  in  the  lecture  yesterday.
                 The  course  goes  on  for  three  years.

       79.4    How  similar  is  university  education  in  your  own  country?  Answer  these  questions.  If
               possible,  compare  your  answers  with  someone  else  from  your  own  country  and/or  someone
               from  a  different  country.
                  Do  you  need  to  pass  examinations  before  you  can  go  to  university?
                WN   Is  the  tuition  free  if  you  go  to  university?
                  Do  some  students  get  a  grant  to  study  at  university?
                NR   Do  most  students  go  to  university  at  the  age  of  18  or  19?
                  Do  more  students  go  to  university  in  your  country  than  in  Britain?
                DYN   Do  most  degree  courses  last  three  years?
                 What  is  your  equivalent  of  the  British  BA  or  BSc?
                 Do  you  have  similar  postgraduate  degrees  in  your  country?






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