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The Fulbright Program

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  7. Exercise 6 b. Make similar conversations about these television programmes.

Fulbright Program, 1. international educational program of the United States government that provides 2. monetary awards, known as Fulbright grants or scholarships, to students, 3. scholars, professionals, and teachers from the United States and other countries. U.S. grantees travel abroad to lecture, conduct research, or teach, and foreign grantees travel to the United States for the same purpose. The awards are named after Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, who 4. conceived the program following World War II (1939-1945). Fulbright believed educational and cultural exchanges between nations would encourage 5. mutual understanding and 6. discourage war. The Fulbright Program operates in 140 countries and awards approximately 4,500 grants 7. annually.

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NB

STIPEND а) винагорода, платня, яку отримують священики, вчителі. Syn: salary

б) регулярна грошова допомога/винагорода.

GRANT - грант; дотація, субсидія, стипендія, безповоротна позика.

TARGET GRANT — цільова програма допомоги

RESEARCH GRANT - грант на проведення науково-дослідницьких робіт.


Idiom Box

7. (a) Consider the suggested idioms and phrases with the verb THINK


  1. think highly of somebody
  2. think for oneself
  3. think something up
  4. think big
  5. think outside the box
  6. think on your feet
  7. think positive

 

(b) Substitute the explanatory phrases in italics for the idioms from (a) in an appropriate form

  1. Failure to believe that you are going to be successful or that good things are going to happen means that negative thoughts have come into his mind.
  2. In this job you need to be able to think of ideas and make decisions very quickly.
  3. Do you need to plan to do things that are difficult, but will be very impressive or to pay a lot of attention to detail?
  4. She was trying to produce an excuse by thinking.
  5. All the students looked up to Professor Phillips because he could think of new, different, or unusual ways of doing something.
  6. I try to encourage my students to have ideas and thoughts of your own rather than believing what other people say.
  7. Most of the women were college graduates, admired and respected Smith, and were pleased that this stranger was so smart.

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