Ведущий: Today our panel looks on such burning problems as drug and alcohol addiction, AIDS and others. Let me introduce to you Mr. Smirnov, a psychologist. Mrs. Krasina, a school -teacher. You are welcome with your questions.
Студент: Do you really consider these problems so vital? It seems to me ecological threat and ozone layer destruction are much more important. It beats me why we talk so much about drug eaters and alcoholics. Just let them drink themselves to death – they deserve no better luck. It’s their own business after all.
Учительница: No doubt it is. But do remember that an addict is rapidly degrading and inevitably lost for society. His family is suffering. It’s a tragedy. The more so if the addict is a teenager.
Психолог: Can’t agree more. Drug and alcohol abuse are tragically destructive. They ruin youngster’s health, produce insensibility, apathy, frustration and what not! All human values lose their significance. It may leads to crimes and suicides. You see, it tends to be more of a social or individual problem.
Учитель: I fully share my colleges’ opinion. It breaks my heart to see normal young people turn into desperate good- for- nothing creatures. They are often doomed to die from an overdose or be killed in drug wars.
Студент: I wonder where they get the money to buy the stuff.
Психиатр: That’s quite to the point! They may steal or rob- which is also a social crime. They often indulge in various other intoxicants; pain killers, chemical goods… All these abominable mixtures are chewed, inhaled or smoked to produce a state of euphoria. It is nothing but hair- raising lunacy.
Студент: Why is the rate of drug addiction increasing?
Психолог: The causes are many and various. First comes the distortion of the eternal conceptions of right and wrong, low cultural standards, social injustice. The influence of such an environment is anything but beneficial.
3. Reconstruct the text.
Ведущий: Today our panel ____ on such ____ problems as drug and alcohol _____, AIDS and others. Let me _____ to you Mr. Smirnov, a _____. Mrs. Krasina, a _______. You are ____ with your ____.
Студент: Do you really _____ these ____ so ____? It seems to me ______ threat and ozone layer ______ are much more _____. It ____ me why we ___ so much about ___ eaters and _____. Just let them ____ themselves to ____ – they ____ no better ___. It’s their own _____ after all.
Учительница: No ____ it is. But do _____ that an ____ is rapidly ______ and inevitably lost for ____. His family is _____. It’s a _____. The more so if the ____ is a _____.
Психолог: Can’t ____ more. Drug and alcohol ____ are tragically _____. They ruin youngster’s _____, produce _____, apathy, _____ and what not! All human _____ lose their _____. It may leads to ____ and ____. You see, it ____ to be more of a ____ or individual ____.
Учитель: I fully ___ my colleges’ _____. It breaks my ____ to see normal young people ___ into desperate ______ creatures. They are often ____ to ___ from an overdose or be ___ in drug ___.
Студент: I wonder where they get the ___ to buy the ___.
Психиатр: That’s quite to the ____! They may ____ or rob- which is also a social ___. They often ____ in various other _____; pain killers, chemical goods… All these _____ mixtures are _____, inhaled or _____ to _____ a state of _____. It is nothing but hair- raising ____.
Студент: Why is the ___ of drug addiction _____?
Психолог: The ____ are many and _____. First comes the _____ of the eternal ______ of right and wrong, low cultural ______, social ____. The influence of such an ________ is anything but ____.
1. Vocabulary
| a gloomy prospect | мрачная перспектива |
| a barbarian | варвар |
| a moron | идиот |
| a warning | предупреждение, предостережение |
| be cautious | быть осторожным |
| to prevent | предотвратить |
| to enlighten | просветить |
| to fail in the duty | не выполнять обязанности |
| overindulgence | чрезмерное потакание |
| severity | строгость |
| strict supervision | строгий надзор |
| utter negligence | полная небрежность |
| drug user | наркоман |
| disease | болезнь |
| AIDS | СПИД |
| a syringe | шприц |
| a cure | лечение |
| scientific data | научные данные |
| to spread | распространять |
| through blood | через кровь |
| an infected mother | инфицированная мать |
| prophylactic prevention and treatment | профилактическое мероприятие и лечение |
| disposable | одноразовое |
| to test people for AIDS | проводить анализы на СПИД |
Ст: Do you mean to say that the future has nothing good in store for us? It turns out we have to face rather a gloomy prospect: the world of barbarians and morons if things are progressing (or people regressing in this way).
Пс: I’m sorry I didn’t really intend my words to produce such a nightmarish effect. It was rather a warning or a call to be cautious. It is your duty to prevent these ghostly things from spreading, to enlighten your pupils and their parents.
Уч: That brings me to what I was going to say. Parents fail in their duty that’s where the shoe pinches. It is their overindulgence and severity, strict supervision and utter negligence that throws the young in the abyss. Many teenagers develop various complexes, have psychiatric problems, and take to drugs or alcohol.
Тер: I might as well add there is one more side to the problem. Drug users belong to the so-called risk group, which means drug addiction is inseparably connected with another disease AIDS. They help spread AIDS through dirty syringes.
Ст: May I ask you a question? Why is AIDS called the plague of the twentieth century?
Тер: You see, it is a global epidemic. It spreads disastrously. No cure has been found
as yet. More over, some people have developed the so called AIDS phobia.
Ст: How do people contact AIDS?
Тер: According to scientific data it spreads in three ways: through sexual contact, through blood, from an infected mother to her child.
Ст: And what about casual contacts? Are they dangerous?
Тер: No, they are not. AIDS is not believed to spread through every day’s ways: hand shake, mosquitoes, cats, sweat or saliva.
Ст: What should be and is being done to prevent the infection from spreading?
Пс: Association for combating AIDS has been founded in this country. Its main goals are to organise education, prophylactic prevention and treatment; to produce disposable equipment; to test people for AIDS and others.
Уч: But alongside with it each person should be cautious. It’s necessary to avoid casual love- affairs. Hygiene and marital fidelity may save you from getting infected. In plainer words, defence against AIDS depends on all of us taking responsibility for our actions.
В: Thank you for the participation in our talk. Our next meeting will be devoted to non- formal groups.
3. Reconstruct the text.
Ст: Do you mean to say that the ___ has nothing good in ___ for us? It turns out we have to ___ rather a gloomy ____: the world of barbarians and ____ if things are _____ (or people regressing in this way).
Пс: I’m sorry I didn’t really ____ my ___ to produce such a nightmarish ___. It was rather a ____ or a call to be ______. It is your duty to _____ these ghostly things from _____, to enlighten your ___ and their ____.
Уч: That brings me to what I was going to ___. ____ fail in their ____ that’s where the shoe ____. It is their overindulgence and ______, strict _____ and utter ______ that throws the ____ in the abyss. Many _____ develop various _____, have psychiatric _____, and take to drugs or ____.
Тер: I might as well ____ there is one more _____ to the _____. Drug users ___ to the so-called ___ group, which means drug ____ is inseparably ____ with another ____ AIDS. They help spread AIDS through dirty ____.
Ст: May I ask you a _____? Why is AIDS called the ___ of the twentieth ____?
Тер: You see, it is a global _____. It spreads _____. No ____ has been ____ as yet. More over, some people have _______ the so called AIDS ____.
Тер: According to scientific ___ it spreads in three ____: through sexual ____, through blood, from an infected ____ to her ___.
Ст: And what about ____ contacts? Are they _____?
Тер: No, they are not. AIDS is not believed to ____ through every day’s ____: hand ____, mosquitoes, cats, sweat or ____.
Ст: What should be and is being done to _____ the infection from ______?
Пс: Association for ______ AIDS has been _____ in this country. Its main ____ are to ____ education, prophylactic prevention and ______; to produce _____ equipment; to test people for AIDS and others.
Уч: But alongside with it each ____ should be _____. It’s necessary to avoid casual ___- affairs. Hygiene and marital _____ may save you from getting _____. In plainer ____, defence against AIDS _____ on all of us taking _____ for our actions.
В: Thank you for the _______ in our _____. Our next meeting will be _____ to non- formal ____.
Topic
British Universities
1. Vocabulary
| state | государственный |
| a university | университет |
| independent government | независимое управление |
| to receive charters | получать права (устав) |
| status | положение |
| to define | определять |
| to grant degrees | жаловать (присуждать) степени |
| the form of examination | форма экзамена |
| the standards of knowledge | нормы знаний (уровень) |
| syllabus | программа обучения |
| to pass examinations | сдать экзамены |
| history | история |
| philosophy | философия |
| language | язык |
| literature | литература |
| social studies | общественные науки |
| commerce | коммерция |
| the first post graduate degree | первая степень |
| science | наука |
| faculty | факультет |
| post-graduate work | дипломная работа |
| to pay fees | платить деньги (вносить плату) |
| to award degrees | присуждать степени |
| to take degree courses | проходить курсы |
| polytechnics | политехник |
| college of Technology | технический колледж |
| to accept | принимать |
| to offer the lectures | предлагать лекции |
| to mark students work | оценивать работу студентов |
| local tutor | местный руководитель (репетитор) |
| to provide university level education | обеспечить образование на университетском уровне |
2. Text
There are no state universities in Britain, each of the universities, of which there are 36 in England, one in Wales, eight in Scotland and two in Northern Ireland, has its own independent government. It is from the state, however, that they receive charters, which define their status and give them the power to grant degrees to students.
Each university it self decides on what conditions it will grant degrees, but the form of examination and intelligence required for a first degree (Bachelor of Arts or Science etc) are about the same at all the universities.
Each university has its own syllabuses and there are some quite important differences between one and another.
The Bachelor’s degree is given to students who pass examinations at the end of three or four years of study (Bachelor of Arts for history, philosophy, language and literature and sometimes some social studies or technology, or Bachelor of Science, of Commerce or of Music).
The first post-graduate degree is normally that of Master. In most universities it is only in the science faculties that large number of students stay to do post-graduate work. Oxford and Cambridge are unique in that, they give the Master of Arts degree automatically to any Bachelor who pays the necessary fees at any time after the seventh year from his first admission to the university.
In addition to the forty seven universities which can award degrees, there is a body called the National Council for Academic Awards (NCAA), which gives degrees to students who have taken degree courses at Polytechnics or Colleges of Technology.