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Часть 1. Высшее образование.

Текст.

UNIVERSITY

I was given the choice of going on to the University of British Columbia, a traditional conservative university with high academic standards, or of going to the brand new university of Simon Fraser. I, of course, wanted Berkely in California, but that was out of the question. My father, in his usual inimitable way, helped me make the decision: he announced that if Lin and I opted for U. B.C. – both universities were some half hour’s drive from my parents’ house – then we could make our own way there. If on the other hand we agreed on Simon Fraser, he would buy us a car. The friendly persuasion worked, and we acquired a Volkswagen.

Simon Fraser had been built on top of a mountain overlooking Vancouver: the long curvy road that led up to it added to the sense of isolation and remoteness. My first year was simply an extension of my schooldays: a continuation of middle-class respectability. I was a good student; I excelled in sociology and won myself a first-class scholarship.

The second year everything changed. As a university Simon Fraser was an exciting place to be. The classes were kept very small. And the architect of the place, Arthur Erickson, had had the ingenious idea of modeling his university on a Greek academy, with the central mall off which opened the library, the theater, the cafeteria and the lecture rooms. Staff and students were quite literally forced to mix as they moved about the campus, and so to speak and get to know each other.

Student activism in Canada was born my second year, 1966. And that mall provided a natural forum for student meetings and for spreading the word if anything happened.

I was studying political science, sociology and anthropology, and my education took place continuously both inside and outside the classroom. The dean of my department was Thomas Bottommore, a Marxist scholar who influenced me deeply. There were Maoists and Liberals, Conservatives and Trotskyists among us.

M. Trudeau. Beyond reason

VOCABULARY

I was given the choice – мне был предоставлен выбор brand new – нового типа that was out of the question – об этом не могло быть и речи inimitable - неподражаемый persuasion – настойчивость, убеждение

acquired - приобрели over looking – (зд.) с видом на scholarship - стипендия staff – сотрудники, персонал get to know - узнать influenced – оказал влияние на

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Упражнение 1.

Составьте вопросы к словам из текста и ответьте на них по-английски

a traditional conservative university 2. in California 3. in his usual inimitable way 4. some half hour’s drive 5. a Volkswagen 6. an extension of my schooldays 7. everything changed 8. forced to mixpolitical science, sociology and anthropology.

Упражнение 2.

Выпишите из текста предложения со словами и выражениями из словаря к тексту и переведите их на русский язык.

Упражнение 3.

Перескажите текст по плану

1. Margaret’s choice of universities. 2. Her father’s role in her choice. 3. The Simon Fraser University. 4. Arthur Erickson and his idea of a university. 5. Student activism in Canada and its influence on Margaret.

Упражнение 4.

Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в соответствующие времена

Yesterday we (to tell) our customers that the suppliers (not to effect) delivery. It (can) cause problems. And there (to be) another difficulty. All the instructions (to be written) in English, therefore translation into Russian (to be required). The Danish delegation will not be able to visit Moscow in June. So their arrival (to be postponed) till August. We (to have to prepare) a new program of their visit. The theaters (to be closed) at this time. Our director said that our department should (to have thought) of this variant well in advance. Last summer we (to be travelling) around Moscow and (to expect to see) a lot of interesting towns and churches. The guide (to tell) us that in an hour we (to come) to Sergiev Possad, a historical town which previously (to be named)

Упражнение 5.

Выберите из предложенных необходимые формы герундия и, поставив их в соответствующие предложения, переведите последние на русский язык.

Варианты: receiving, smoking, skating, discussing, being done, mishandling, asking, shipping.

1. I dislike his ______ so many questions. 2. Try to avoid ______ the goods. 3. Are you really interested in _____ the draft of a new contract? 4. Everybody likes _____ in winter, when a white forest is around, and everything is so calm and quiet. 5. Some people really enjoy _____ but it’s hard to give up this habit. 6. I hate the homework _____ so late. 7. Our partners faced a lot of difficulties with prompt _____ of the goods. 8. I suggest _____ this confidential matter only in the presence of my lawyer.

Упражнение 6.

Переведите на русский язык словосочетания с причастием I (Participle I)

1. the sponsoring structure 2. the remaining goods 3. the dancing teenagers 4. the arriving tourists.

NB! Причастие I употребляется в тех случаях, когда можно задать вопрос Что делающий? или Что делавший? На вопрос Что сделавший? мы отвечаем по-английски придаточным предложением.

We are now testing your equipment which arrived from the manufacturing plant

Сейчас мы проводим испытания вашего оборудования, прибывшего от завода-изготовителя.

Часть 2. Международное сотрудничество. Деятельность ЮНЕСКО.

Текст.

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH: THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION

The information age is upon us. Who today doubts the power of the media in “spreading the world” – whether that world be the latest news, educational material, development issues or even social values? The millions of people around the globe without access to radio, television or newspapers, are distinctly disadvantaged, i. e. cut off from the rest of the world with no voice to represent them. UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication works to right that situation by encouraging the growth of an independent and pluralistic media.

If the IPDC didn’t exist, many communities that are isolated physically, linguistically or mentally from the mainstream media would have no access to information and no voice to make themselves heard.

The IPDC was created in 1980 by UNESCO’s General Conference with the aim to increase cooperation and assistance for t he development of communication infrastructures and to reduce the gap between various countries in the communication field. Since then it has allocated almost $ 60m to some 600 projects in more than 100 countries, setting up national and regional news agencies, providing audio visual equipment for radio and television stations, and training journalists, technicians and managers.

The achievements of its decade were undoubtedly significant. The key change came in 1992, when the IPDC agreed to support projects submitted by private and non-governmental media organizations. This sector has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years and provides the best opportunities for the development and pluralistic media.

The main problem with this new approach is choosing which projects to support. In Africa, for example, hundreds of newspapers have appeared over the past few years but very few have managed to survive: only five newspapers out of the 30 created in the euphoria of Benin’s democratization are still being published three years later. A new system of obligatory and through evaluation of projects has also shown the need for more rigour.

“There is too much IPDC equipment – too many computers and transmitted – standing idle around the world because follow-up training for their use and maintenance has not been sufficient,” says the Danish IPDC Chairman, Torben Krogh. “We should not approve projects that are exclusively based on technology transfer. Training should be a key component,” he added.

Thus, the Programme has become much stricter in selecting the projects it chooses to support.

UNESCO sources. № 64. December 1994

VOCABULARY

whether that word be – будь это слово… development issues – вопросы развития without access to – без доступа (не имеющие доступа) к… are distinctly disadvantaged – явно находятся в невыгодном положении to right – (зд.) исправить to reduce the gap between – уменьшить разрыв между allocate – выделять денежные суммы, кредиты key change – коренное, принципиальное изменение

in leaps and bounds - стремительно, очень быстро have managed to survive – сумели (ухитрились) выжить euphoria - эйфория standing idle – стоящие (пребывающие в бездействии) follow-up training – последующее обучение maintenance – содержание в исправности, уход (технический)

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Упражнение 1.

Найдите в тексте и запишите выражения:

век информации сомневается в силе средств массовой информации социальные ценности «отрезаны» от остального мира исправить эту ситуацию коммуникационные инфраструктуры принципиальное изменение неправительственные (негосударственные) организации средств массовой информации все еще издаются три года спустя передача технологий.

Упражнение 2.

Составьте 10 пунктов плана для пересказа текста (письменно). Подготовьте устный пересказ текста в соответствии с вашим планом.

Упражнение 3.

Выпишите все сказуемые из текста, определив, в каком времени употреблено в предложении каждое из них.

Упражнение 4.

Выпишите из текста все неличные формы и сгруппируйте их по категориям: 1 – причастие I, 2 – причастие II, 3- инфинитив, 4 – герундий

Упражнение 5.

Переведите на русский язык предложения, которые содержат инфинитив.

To read something in the evening is a good way to relax before going to sleep. To understand the reason is to understand the whole case. To give a true picture of social life is the task of mass media. People learn foreign languages to read books and to be flexible. We were too tired to do something. Diamonds are cut, and their facets are ground and polished so as to reflect light beams. To find the potential leader of the whole movement was at that time a prime importance issue. Any feature of character is rarely to be found in real life. Care is to taken of the children having meals regularly. The intention of the author has been to show the provincial life of the XIX century.

Упражнение 6.

Письменно переведите текст.