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— money given to a student to help pay for the cost of his or her education;
— a regular meeting in which a tutor and a small group of students discuss a subject as part of the
students' course of study;
— a block of flats where students live;
— a person who travels to work in town every day, especially by train;
— a large dining hall in a university.
* PhD — doctor of Philosophy (an academic degree, approximately equal to "кандидат наук" in Russia).
Exercise 2
Make up all possible derivatives from the stems of the verbs below.
Share, assert, adhere, complain, bore, accept, require, inspire, oppress, prompt, absorb, wrestle, report.
Exercise 3
Pronounce the words correctly and comment on the shift of meaning in the pairs of 1) one-stem nouns
and adjectives; 2) one-stem verbs and nouns.
1) advantage — advantageous
anxious — anxiety
extreme — extremity
attractive — attraction
greed — greedy
presence — present
conflicting — conflict
violent — violence
2) to note — note
to examine — examine
to receive — reception
to devote — devotion
to supply — supply
to concern — concern
to subject — subject
to absorb — absorption
Exercise 4
Pick out from the text 1) nouns, denoting different types of classes at the university; 2) nouns, denoting
money support for students; 3) nouns, denoting types of written works done by students.
Exercise 5
Give the English equivalents for the following and use them in sentences of your own.
A.
Получать стипендию; студенческое общежитие; страсть к чтению; читать за едой; делать пометки;
придерживаться чего-либо; семинар; немедленные результаты;
тема дипломной работы; учиться в
аспирантуре; последовать совету кого-либо; выиграть стипендию; работать над диссертацией; иметь
значение для кого-либо; признавать;
по образованию; не ложиться спать целую ночь; поглощать
(знания, информацию); достойный подражания.
В.
Не волноваться о деньгах; вместе жить в квартире с кем-либо; огромное удовольствие; встречать
день; помятое лицо; ноги в шл¸панцах; испортить утро; войти в привычку; пойти куда-нибудь;
подружиться; безошибочно;
скучать; состоять из чего-либо; требовать; вызывать чувства;
принуждать к чему-либо; влюбиться; иметь успех у кого-либо.
Exercise 6
Explain the meaning of the following English words or phrases and say how the corresponding notions in
Russian differ from the English ones.
A dissertation, a thesis, postgraduate work, a tutorial, a grant, a scholarship, an essay, an undergraduate, a
student counsellor, a commuter, a hall of residence.
Exercise 7
Complete the sentences.
1. The main advantage of being at college was that...
2. It was known that Ruth ...
3. There was also the extreme pleasure of ...
4. She was never happier than when ...
5. She found a style to which ...
6. As she opened the front door to leave ...
7.
There would be lectures until lunch time ...
8.
In the Common Room there was an electric kettle and 
she ...
9.
It was more of a home than ...
10. Needing a foil or acolyte for her flirtatious popularity, 
Anthea ...
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