XII. Make up a dialogue and dramatize it.

A: Say that the traffic on our roads has increased considerably during the past years.

B: Answer that a lot of people have private cars and move about more easily. At the same time air pollution has increased.

A: Reply that he visited several cities in Western countries and that air pollution is much worse there.

B: Answer that this is certainly true but a lot of people in Ukraine denounce increasing air pollution. Add that it is a big problem and that it can only be solved step by step because it is very complex and costs a lot of money.

A: Ask what is at present being done to solve the problem.

B: Tell him that there are regular checks on air pollution in the big towns, that producers try to make better engines for vehicles.

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A: Suggest that improving the car engines is important, but that there are also other ways for solving the pollution problem.

B: Tell him that he is right and one of these ways is perfect purification plants.

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ЗМІСТОВИЙ МОДУЛЬ № 9

Education Systems in the USA, Great Britain and Ukraine

Pre-reading activity.

Read the topical words and expressions. Pay attention to their meaning.

To award нагороджувати

Bachelor’s degree ступінь бакалавра

Ban заперечення

Curriculum навчальний план

To complete завершувати

Crib шпаргалка

To cheat списувати, ловчити

Due належний, необхідний

Delay затримка

To expel виключати

To fail терпіти невдачу

To grade оцінювати (якість)

Grant стипендія

To graduate закінчити (ВНЗ)

Inclined схильний до чогось

Master’s degree ступінь магистра

Plagiarism плагіат

To review перевіряти, рецензувати

Sin порушення, гріх

Session сесія, навчальний рік

Utilitarian практичний

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I. Decide if the following statements are true or false according to the text below.

1. The tutorial model offers large group programmes.

2. A student is free in his choice of programmes and tutors.

3. Every country can afford the tutorial model because it is rather cheap.

4. Students are sure to be expelled from the University for cheating in exams and using cribs.

5. Education system is a kind of mirror of the nation.

6. Many students in the USA and Great Britain continue their education for taking the Master’s degree.

7. Dominating pragmatism and utilitarianism are the strongest points in education systems of the USA and Great Britain.

8. The Ukrainian education system is undergoing crucial changes.

9. There are state higher education establishments and those who are privately financed.

10. Many new specialities have risen in the curriculum of the Ukrainian higher education.

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