МИНИСТЕРСТВО НАУКИ И ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РФ
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ
ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ
ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ
УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»
STUDENTS’ LIFE IN THE MODERN WORLD
PART 2. SOCIAL LIFE
Учебно-методическое пособие
Составители:
О.В. Тихомирова, Е.С. Селезнева
Воронеж
Издательский дом ВГУ
2019
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СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
Пояснительная записка…………..………….…………………..……….4
Unit 1
Non-academic life …………………..…..…………..….…………..……..5
Unit 2
University student traditions………..………………….…………….…….8
Unit 3
Balance between social and academic life……………..…………..……..11
Unit 4
Life as a student………………………………………………………...…14
Библиографический список…………..………..……..……..……...….18
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Harvard guarantees College housing to every student for four years, and 98%
of all students choose to live on campus throughout their undergraduate careers.
At the end of the first year, students form their own groups from among their
friends to go into the lottery for a suite at one of the 12 upperclass Houses. Each
House has its own dining hall, common rooms and facilities for academic,
recreational and cultural activities. A broad mix of students and faculty makes
each house a microcosm of the College.
2. Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular opportunities at Harvard are virtually limitless. Students become
involved in activities early on, and often make good friends through these links.
With 42 top level athletic teams and over 400 official student organizations, the
societies cater for anything from casual beginners to accomplished masters.
Typically, students spend half to two-thirds of their time on academic matters and
the rest on social and extracurricular activities.
Below is a small sample of some of the student organizations, ranging from
pure fun to serious political and social work.
Harvard Anime Society
Global Health & AIDS Coalition
Society of Arab Students
Bach Society Orchestra
Harvard Ballroom Dance Team
Lowell House Society of Russian Bell Ringers
Chinatown Big Sibling Program
Cambridge Microfinance Initiative
Early Music Society
Society for Creativity and Innovation
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Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Institute of Politics
Harvard Magic Society
Harvard Rugby Club
British Undergraduate Club
What is a typical week at Harvard like?
Most students will take four courses with 3 hours of class per week, plus
possibly a lab or discussion section. This means only about 16 hours per week in
class. A typical class schedule might be Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 10-12
and Tuesday/Thursday from 1 – 4, leaving most of MWF afternoons and TTh
mornings, plus the whole weekend, for other activities. Academic activities
naturally include reading assignments, work on papers and problem sets, meeting
with faculty members and advisers, study group meetings plus time for language
lab or library research.
Non-academic activities might include daily workouts or practice with an
athletic team, rehearsal for a musical or dramatic performance, attendance at a
public lecture or seminar, serving meals at a local homeless shelter, paid work in
a campus office, plus time for dining, catching a film, sharing news via e-mail,
Skype, Facebook or phone with family and friends and yes, time for sleep! Each
student decides how much time to spend on studying, socializing, and other
activities, and that balance is likely to change over the course of the four years as
academic and extracurricular interests change.
Comprehension
C. Read the article more carefully. Which of these statements are true?
Correct the false statements.
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1. All first-year students live fare Harvard Yard, the University’s historic
central quad, where newly renovated classrooms and dormitories sit in a
space reminiscent of a large British garden square.
2. Harvard guarantees College housing to every student for four years.
3. At the end of the second year, students form their own groups from among
their friends to go into the lottery for a suite at one of the 12 upperclass
Houses.
4. Extracurricular opportunities at Harvard are limited.
Writing
C. Using the information from the text write a paragraph about your
extracurricular opportunities at university.
Unit 2
Starting up
A. Discuss the following:
1. What student traditions are there at your university?
2. Is it important for students to socialize with other students? Why?
Reading
B. Read the article about student traditions at Cambridge. Are there any
similar traditions at your university?
University student traditions
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1. What tradition is popular among the students at Cambridge? In two weeks I
shall finish my first year at Cambridge. Let me tell you something about students'
life and my impressions of it.
The students are mainly English, but there are many others, particularly so in
the block of rooms in which I live, for my neighbors include a Chinese studying
law, an Indian studying English, a Canadian studying history and a Frenchman
studying science.
The rooms have a pleasant outlook over the College gardens. There is a very
small gas-stove on which we make coffee or tea. It is a popular tradition here to
invite friends in the afternoon for tea and hot buttered toast and jam. To each
room there is a man-servant who with a woman-servant, known as a "bedder",
keep it clean.
2. What are students "sconced" for?
In the old days when Colleges were religious institutions the students were
clergymen, and their life was much more strict and disciplined man now.
Friendship with young ladies was not allowed and the only women inside the
college were washerwomen. The legend is that these had to be ''old and ugly''.
The students eat their meals in the College dining-hall. At some Colleges there
is an interesting tradition. It is known as "sconcing". If a student comes late to
dinner or he is not correctly dressed, or if he breaks one of the laws of behavior,
then the senior student orders him to be "sconced".
A large silver cup, known as "sconce cup", filled with beer is brought and
placed in front of him and he must drink it in one attempt without taking the cup
from his lips (it holds two and a half pints, or 1.5 litres). If he can do it, then the
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senior student pays for it, if not, the cup is passed round and the student who has
been "sconced" must pay for it. In general the discipline is not strict.
3. What do the so-called "Bulldogs" do if a student whom they come up to runs
away?
The students can stay out till twelve o'clock. Each evening a Proctor with two
assistants, called "Bulldogs", walks about the town keeping an eye on the
students' behaviour. If he sees a student breaking a rule he will come up to him
and say, "Are you a member of the University, sir?", and if a student runs away,
then the "Bulldogs" run after him, and if they catch him (they are chosen, it is
said, because they are good runners), fine him.
Apart from fines a student may be dismissed from the University for one term.
4. What students' societies are there at Cambridge and which is the most
popular one?
We attend our lectures in the morning and in the afternoon we are free. I
usually work in my room or play some sport.
There are over a hundred societies and clubs. There are religious societies and a
society for those who don't believe, political, sporting and dramatic societies.
There is even one for people with beards. Perhaps the most popular is the
Debating Society at which students debate political and other questions with
famous politicians and writers.
The walks into the country, the talks, the games and the work, the traditions and
the customs — all are part of the students' life which would be poorer if any of
them was lost.
Writing
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