Стр.56-57 Unit 3-4 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс
Culture today ... The best standards of higher education A Read the introduction. What other universities besides the ones mentioned in the introduction are considered top-notch educational facilities?
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Culture today ...
The best standards of higher education
A Read the introduction. What other universities besides the ones mentioned in the introduction are considered top-notch educational facilities?
In the United States, there is a group of educational institutions known as Ivy League universities. What does taskIvy Leaguetask mean exactly? The term arose from those New England universities that had ivy growing on the walls of the buildings that dotted the campus landscapes. It has come to mean much more than that, however. As these particular American universities offered the best standards of higher education in the country - and at quite a cost, the term taskIvy League’ became synonymous with taskprivileged elitetask, a meaning it still carries today. There are eight universities which belong to this club and whose sporting teams forrm the Ivy League athletic conference, including Harvard. Princeton and Yale, and all of these universities offer grants and scholarships so that students from meagre means can have an opportunity to attend, providing they have the smarts.
B Now read the leaflet about Harvard University. What makes it so famous, do you think?
C Use the information in the leaflet about Harvard University to answer the questions that follow.
1 Who made a donation to the university?
a Charles W. Eliot
b Barack Obama
c John Harvard
d Tommy Lee Jones
2 In what way was Tommy Lee Jones different to Obama and Portman?
a He earned a bachelortasks degree
b He was not involved with journals
c He became an actor
d He was a Harvard graduate.
3 When were many more schools set up?
a about 100-150 years ago
b in the 1930s
c in the 21 st century
d in the 17th century
4 When were the first doctors trained at Harvard?
a in 1909
b when Eliot was president
c after the course was offered at Oxford
d before the law school was founded
5 According to the text, what is one reason why Harvard is the worldtasks top university?
a It has the most members of staff
b It gets the best students
c It offers the most courses
d It conducts the best research.
6 What is unique about Harvard?
a It has produced the most presidents
b It has a House Plan
c It was established before any other US university.
d It gives the most scholarships.
7 What is notable about Radcliffe?
a It was a part of Harvard.
b It agreed with Harvard
c It offered accommodation
d It allowed women to study.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge. Massachusetts. USA.
Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University, including Barack Obama.
Which is the oldest university in the United States? Harvard.
Early History
The university has grown from nine students with one master to more than 18,000 degree candidates, including undergraduates and graduate students. Over 14.000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2.000 faculty members. Harvard was established in 1636 and was named after John Harvard, who left his library and half his estale to the new learning institution when he died during its early years. Harvard offered courses similar to those of the English universities, particularly Oxford and Cambridge.
Later History
As the university grew in the 18th and 19th centuries, so did the curriculum, particularly in the sciences. Charles W. Eliot, who was university president from 1869 to 1909, changed Harvard from a small provincial institution into an impressive modern university. During his presidency, the graduate schools of Business. Dental Medicine, and Arts and Sciences were established. Enrollment rose from 1,000 to 3.000 students, and the faculty grew from 49 to 278 members.
By the 1930s the House Plan had been established.
This provides a small college atmosphere within the larger university. After their first year, students go to one of 12 campus Houses and live there for the remainder of their undergraduate courses. Each House has a master and teaching staff, as well as a dining room and library, and offers a large range of athletic, social and cultural events.
Recent History
In the 20th century, the quality of undergraduate and graduate education at Harvard continued to improve. The university - keen to make higher education available to everyone - provided more and more scholarships to poorer students. In 1943 Harvard and Radcliffe signed an agreement which allowed Raddiffetasks women students into Harvard classrooms. Al this time, the university also firmly established its role as an outstanding research institution.
Harvardtasks excellence has continued into the 21st century. It is consistently the number one university in the world in international college and university rankings. The university makes every effort to ensure it attracts the best teaching staff, and the strongest students regardless of financial circumstances.
Important Events
1636 Founded and initially called New College
1639 Named Harvard College
1643 First scholarship granted
1653 First Native American begins studying at Harvard
1780 Harvard officially recognized as a university
1782 Harvard Medical School founded
1817 Harvard Law School founded (oldest in the United States)
1879 Affiliated college for women opens (Radcliffe College)
Famous Harvard Graduates
US President Barack Obama is a graduate of Harvard Law School. While there, he was president of the Harvard Law Review - a legal journal published by students at Harvard Law School. In fact, he was the Reviewtasks first African-American president.
Tommy Lee Jones, an Academy Award-winning actor, attended Harvard on a scholarship, was a roommate of future US Vice President Al Gore, and played for the university football team. He graduated with a degree in English.
Actress Natalie Portman graduated from Harvard with a bachelortasks degree in psychology. While there she was a research assistant in a psychology lab and she co-authored two research papers which were published in scientific journals.
D Your voice Would you like to go to university? Is there a university in Russia that you admire? Why?