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1. Listen to the text and fill in the blanks with the suitable words from the text:
My School Day.
This text is about one English boy. He is ... (1) years old. He studies in the ... (2) form. He is rather careless and in the morning he cannot find his ... (3). So he is late for his school as the rule. The first lesson on Monday is ... (4). But the boy does not like to work hard on it. He asks the girl who sits next to him what the answers are. The girl ... (5).
Then at ... (6) o'clock the schoolchildren have time for a break. After break they have two lessons of ... (7). At ... (8) o'clock it is time to have lunch. They usually have ... (9) for lunch. After that the children may go to the playground. The boys play football there.
Then the children have their last lesson. It is ... (10). After school the boy goes for a walk with his friends and comes home very late. He has no time to do all his homework as there is interesting program on TV.
2. Study the table showing the difference between the American and the British systems of education:
THE USA | BRITAIN |
Public school (a school paid by the | Public school (an expensive private |
government) | school) (Eton, Harrow, Winchester) |
Kindergarten (the first year of school | Kindergarten - nursery for children |
school at the age of 5) | aged 4 or 5 |
Elementary school (grade school) - | Primary school - children aged between |
children aged between 5 and 11 | 5 and 11 |
Grade | Form |
Junior high school (12/13-14) | Secondary school (11-18) |
High school (14-17) | Sixth form college |
To graduate from school | To finish school |
A university = a college = a school | A college does not give a degree. |
(gives a degree) | A university gives a degree. |
A graduate course = a course taken | A post graduate course |
after graduation from the university | |
or college | |
To be in School / College / University | To be at School / College / University |
A freshman | A first year student |
A sophomore | A second year student |
A junior | A third year student |
A senior | A fourth year student |
A semester - one of the two periods | A term - one of the three periods a |
that a year is divided into at schools | year is divided into at schools and |
and universities | universities |
First semester | Autumn term |
Second semester | Spring term |
A quarter - one of the four main | Summer term |
periods a year is divided into at some | |
some American schools | |
Instructor | Lecturer |
Dean | Professor |
Department | Faculty |
Student | Pupil |
To take a class (in business) | To take a course (in business) |
To flank out - to leave school before | To drop out - to leave school before |
you have finished it | you have finished it |
2.1 Match the types of schools to the descriptions. Then read the text to check your guesses. 2.2 Which are the most common/uncommon in your country?
1. Boarding school | ||
2. Single-sex school | ||
3. Co-educational school | ||
4. State school | ||
5. Private school | ||
6. Specialist school |
a) A school for boys and girls.
b) A school you usually have to pay to go to.
c) A school students go to for a particular reason (e.g. to become actors)
d) A school for only boys or only girls.
e) A school owned by the government.
f) A school which students live in during school term
3. Read the text:
For answering these questions, answer other questions below. | Each heading below summarizes one of the paragraphs in the text. Read the text and match the headings to the correct paragraphs. | Listening | Grammar | Look at the pictures. Then discuss the questions below. | Body Language. | Look through the text and try to explain the words in bold. | Eye contact | Speaking | Worries about Physical Appearance |