ТЕМА 1: Teaching

to make a (real) difference at the school one works

to explore new ideas

to be open to change

It matters to this one!

a trainee

a trainee teacher

to plan (very) good activities

to work at a state school

to tell somebody about one’s experiences in her school

the conditions in state schools

to be paid more / less

the budgets of the schools

to be low (about school budgets)

to provide Internet access for students

to be (very) lucky to have someone as a teacher

one’s passion and dedication

to feel a bit isolated

to be enthusiastic

to share one’s experiences with other people who care

to make presentations at conferences

to meet enthusiastic teachers like herself

to keep a blog

to connect with the other teachers

to inspire someone with their great ideas

to keep one’s enthusiasm alive

to share one’s ideas and experiences via presentations and blogging

a blog post

to make more difference by ‘sharing’

to be gifted with the ability to make a difference

have the power to shape the future

Опорный текст 2: ‘Mistakes I made as a New Teacher’ (Video)

a high school teacher

a first-year teacher

the mistakes that someone made as a new teacher

to fall back into making the mistakes

to plan one’s lessons for the entire week / day to day 

as a new teacher your time is scarce

to think ahead even as far as (three) days

to have a general idea to what your week is going to look like

to plan one’s entire week

to be (really) behind in content

to plan ahead

to grade (students works)

one’s learning objective

to do an activity

to create an activity

to wrestle with content

to engage with each other

the assignment

to stress someone out

to have a lack of organization

a hot mess (AmE)

a (huge) mismanagement of time

to get overwhelmed with tasks

to be important but not urgent

to put something off to the side

to lead to stress

to get sick from stressing

to do a work life (and a personal life) balance

to live a balanced life

to manage your time

to strive for perfection

to be a part of one’s personality

to do well

to prove that you belong there

to beat oneself up about certain things that one didn’t get a chance to do or didn’t do well

to meet the learning objective\

the hard way becomes exhausting

be content with what you currently have

to improve one’s experience as a first-year teacher

Опорный текст 3: Interview with Michael Beresford

teaching as a career

a nursery school

primary school / secondary school

the vast majority of

a career which many take up with enthusiasm

at this level

a kind of a substitute for the mother

to figure

a natural development

secondary education

a secondary school teacher

to start one’s teaching career

to be in teaching for a long time

to put up resistance

to cope with problems

to get disillusioned

to give up teaching

to be short of good teachers

to recruit people

to pay somebody better salaries

to have few problems of recruitment

state secondary schools

comprehensive schools

one’s idea of a good teacher

to know his or her own subject

to be skilful with the subject he or she is teaching

to be a person with a pleasant nature, pleasant personality

to be sympathetic to young people and their problems

to be understanding

not to be full of sarcasm.

to be educated

to put scorn on children

to make a slight mistake

to be taught with great scorn and contempt

to make somebody look foolish and ignorant

to make somebody feel uncomfortable

the opposite approach is required with somebody

children who are most lacking confidence

to encourage somebody from the part of a teacher

to improve the child’s learning

to learn from a teacher

the matter of personality (is a problem of teaching)

to know the subject perfectly

to be a good and sympathetic person

to be first and foremost

training and skill and knowledge

to come second

Опорный текст 4: Survived My First Week

to “survive” one’s first week (as a trainee teacher)

the children didn’t eat me alive, nor did the staff

to have a great, although incredibly tiring week

so many things happened in my first week teaching as a ‘proper teacher’ 

I could go on for ages,

to stand in front of one’s class  

an incredibly frightening moment but an enjoyable one none the less 

the first time one really realized that one is a ‘proper’ teacher

a great feeling to know that …

the children sitting there looking expectantly at (the teacher)

One of the strangest  things to get used to (was…)

to have someone frequently in one’s lessons

to check somebody’s plans

to be incredibly frightening

overall it was great

to have the freedom to use my ‘professional judgment’ to decide how to approach things

the ability to do things in one’s own way

the staff at a school

ТЕМА 2: Education in Britain and USA

to receive full-time education

to be financed from public funds

fee-paying

independent schools

non-selective comprehensive education

selective school entry

to ensure that only the highest achieving pupils succeed

to be selected as a result of one’s academic ability

to be assessed through the 11+ test

state grammar schools

private schools

academic assessments

qualify for a place

comprehensive schools

admit children of all abilities

a comprehensive education

compulsory

to legally attend primary and secondary education

runs from (about 5 years old) until the student is (16 years old)

further education

non-advanced education

to be taken at further education colleges

HE institutions

an optional final stage of formal learning

at a higher level than secondary school

full-time students

Early Years education

not to be yet old enough to start school

state nursery schools

nursery classes

voluntary pre-schools

privately run nurseries

a childminder

home childcare

nanny

to offer full day care

to offer sessional care only

primary education

to start school in the year in which he/she turns five

to start reception

reception classes within primary schools

to cater for (younger children)

public sector primary schools

to transfer straight to secondary school at age (11)

primary education

to achieve basic literacy and numeracy

to establish foundations in science, mathematics and other subjects

secondary education

to be publicly funded

to benefit from greater freedoms

to innovate

to raise standards

freedom from local authority control

to set their own pay and conditions for staff

the delivery of the curriculum

the ability to change the lengths of terms and school days

to admit pupils based on academic performance

to be entered for a range of external examinations

post-compulsory education

to be distinct from the education offered in universities

education for people over 16

excluding universities

work-based learning

adult and community learning institutions

post-16 courses

FE courses

to be offered in the school sector and at some universities

an advanced level of education beyond a full course of secondary education

to be provided in distinct institutions

at postgraduate level

bachelor’s / master’s/ doctoral degree

first degree courses

‘degrees with honours’

to take three years to complete

a period of practical work outside the institution

specialist courses

vocational or professional degree courses

further specialist training

Опорный текст 6: Education system in the USA

to be provided in public, private, and home schools

to do a better job of educating students

to have a federal system of government

to have historically valued local governance

to have (no) country-level education system or curriculum

(not) to operate public schools

to set guidelines for the schools

to receive funding from the individual state

public colleges and universities

to pay tuition

to earn a scholarship

to receive a loan

to lie in the hands of each local school district

to be governed by a school board

national curriculum

to guide school instruction

to set general policies for the school district

to meet state guidelines 

elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools

to be composed of students in kindergarten and grades 1-5

to attend kindergarten

to begin 1st grade at age six

to be composed of students in grades 6-8

to contain grades 9-12

a wide variety of courses in English, mathematics, science, and social science

to be required to take foreign language or physical education

to elect to take music, art, or theatre courses

to offer vocational training courses

to be one semester or two semesters in length

the academic year

to be compulsory for all students until ages sixteen to eighteen depending on the individual state

high school graduates

to graduate at the age of seventeen or eighteen-years-old

to pass all of the required courses

the grading scale

to fail a required course

to repeat the course

to be enrolled for an undergraduate degree

to have the option of attending a two-year community college

to apply to a four-year university

admission to community college

a high/low tuition

to transfer up to two years of course credits to a university

admission policies

to vary from one university to the next

to determine admission based on several criteria

a student’s high school course of study

a student’s accumulated grades

university admissions officers

applications from high school students

to participate in extracurricular activities

voluntary participation

to learn valuable life lessons

teamwork, leadership, civic responsibility

write an essay as part of the application process

admissions office

to determine the length and content of the essay

an applicant

to have a personal interview with a representative from the admissions office

to pursue a Bachelor’s /a Master’s / Doctoral degree degree

a graduate student

to attend university

a liberal education

to take courses across several disciplines

to specialize in a major field of study

one’s major (field of study)

to be one semester long

to be assigned a number of credit hours

to be 1, 2, 4 or 5 credits (about a course)

to complete a minimum number of credit hours before graduation

to require students to write a final thesis

admission to a graduate program

to be based on several criteria

completion of a Bachelor’s degree

the student’s undergraduate coursework

to be expected to write an essay as part of their application

Master’s programs

to have a minimum score on (an examination)

to test verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills

to take a course at the graduate level

to earn enough credit hours to attempt one’s qualifying examinations

to pass one’s qualifying exams

to be advanced to candidacy

to write one’s dissertation

to be given a degree 

a completed dissertation

to be orally defended before the candidate’s faculty committee

ТЕМА 3: Illnesses and their Treatment

to stay healthy

to keep fit

the doctor’s prescription

approved medical treatment

health foods

vitamin pills

keep-fit books and videos

to live to a hundred

a keep-fit fanatic

a non-smoker

a teetotaler

to be very detailed about what one eats

to languish in bed

in plaster

healthy lifestyle

to acquire a (broken wrist)

(not) to be just a matter of a good diet and plenty of exercise

to be harmful (to one’s health)

a jogger

to eat the right food

to become an obsession

to overwork

to afford one’s membership of  a (health) club

health food

a few holidays in peaceful and healthy places

Опорный текст 8: Examination Fever

to be allergic to

allergy

a history of (diseases) in a school

a case of (a disease)

to prove (very) contagious/catching

to suffer a mild attack of (influenza)

to give (a disease) to the others

to spread

rather rapidly

a serious outbreak of  (a disease or medical condition)

infectious

to catch (a disease) from somebody

a chronic case of (a disease, e. g. traumatic brain injury)

to be down with ( a disease)

to reach epidemic proportions

to suffer from (a disease)

amnesia

to make a total recovery

to develop into 

a touch of

to have a sudden fit of (a disease or a condition, e.g. weakness)

a terminal disease

a convalescence and recuperation period

Опорный текст 9: What Seems to be the problem?

not to have  been feeling well recently/not to be feeling very well

to get out of breath very easily (when one climbs stairs or walks short distances)

to get pains in one’s chest

to break the habit

to cut down on the amount of … you (eat)

eating habits

to put on weight

to be a little overweight

to tend to drive everywhere (because of one’s job)

to be out of condition

to take some regular exercise

to take up jogging

to lose some weight 

to go on a diet

to cut out fatty foods

to cut out drinking completely (for the next few months)

to change one’s lifestyle

to be in trouble

That’s easier said than done

What seems to be the problem?

to stay up late at night studying

to pass out

to come round (after a few seconds)

to feel a bit off colour 

to get splitting headaches

to burn the candle at both ends

to be overdoing it

to be overtired

to take it easy for a while

to get enough sleep

to have a few early nights

to be absolutely worn out at the end of the day

to eat regular meals

to be (a bit) run down

to write out a prescription for some extra iron and vitamins

to come back in a couple of weeks

to feel a bit under the weather

Опорный текст 10: National  Health Service in   Great   Britain

put time, money and energy into keeping well and keeping fit

go to see your GP

a GP (a general practitioner, or family doctor)

to write a prescription for somebody to take to a chemist’s or pharmacy

to have to pay to see your doctor

to have to pay part of the cost of your medicine

to get one’s medicine free

to be over (sixty)

to be expecting a baby

to see a specialist doctor 

to have medical tests or an operation,

to send somebody to a hospital 

to be part of the NHS (the National Health Service)

NHS hospital treatment 

to provide free medical care for everyone in Britain from the very young to the very old

to provide free visits to doctors and dentists, free treatment, free prescriptions, free eye tests and free glasses

to have to pay for prescriptions for eye tests and glasses and for trips to the dentist.

one of the highest levels of (heart disease) in the Western world

to have a very high level of cancer

to have to wait a long time before one can see a specialist or have an operation. 

to see private doctors 

to use other kinds of treatment 

to use alternative medicine (like reflexology , homeopathy and acupuncture)

not to hurt at all

alternative medical practitioners 

to stay healthy

to eat well

to have a longer and healthier life

to raise life expectancy

on average

to live to the age of …

to live to …

to reach the age of 100