Робота над текстом за темою змістового модуля

Cambridge

When I came to Cambridge I was surprised a lot. Any student cannot escape the influence of the Cambridge traditions. Here I have felt at one and the same time the Past, the Present and even the Future. It’s easy to see in the old grey stone buildings how the past has influenced the present and how the present is giving shape to the future. So let me tell you a little of what this University town looks like. The story of the University begins as I know, in 1209 when several hundred students and scholars arrived in the little town of Cambridge from Oxford. Then they united into a "Universitas" of Society - the word "University", like the word "College", meant a society of people with a common employment.

These students were all churchmen and had been studying in Oxford at that city’s well-known schools. Then one day a student accidentally killed a man of the town. The Mayor arrested three other students, who were innocent, and by order of King John (who was fighting with the Church and knew that the death of three clergymen would annoy it) they were put to death by hanging (повішання). In protest, all the students moved, some coming to Cambridge; and the University began.

The University wanted to be independent of the Town, and the Town was anxious for authority over the new student population. "Town" and "Gown" battles were frequent. All the students organized themselves under an elected leader called a Chancellor. The students were armed. Life in College was strict; students were forbidden to play games, to sing (except sacred music), to hunt or fish or even to dance.

Task 1. Доберіть найбільш вдалий варіант заголовку до тексту.

Task 2. Визначте, які з поданих нижче речень є правдивими по відношеню до тексту.

1. The author of the story was not surprised at all visiting Cambridge for the first time.

2. First students and scholars came to Cambridge from Oxford.

3. In the 13^th century all the students in Cambridge were merchants.

4. The University fought for its independence from the Town.

5. The students’ leader name was Bachelor.

6. Students’ life was very difficult; students even had no opportunity to have rest and fun.

Task 3. Складіть словник до тексту у відповідності до теми модуля.

Індивідуальна робота за семестр:

1. Індивідуальне читання за фахом.

2. Словник-мінімум (за професійним спрямуванням).

“The National Allergy Epidemic”.

One person in three in the UK now suffers from some kind of allergy. We have the highest allergy rate in Europe and the numbers are continuing to grow, outstripping the NHS's ability to deal with the problem, according to a new report from the Royal College of Physicians. Many of the allergies are relatively trivial, but the report warns of an alarming increase in serious allergies that can provoke life-threatening condi­tions. Hospital admissions for serious anaphylaxis, a sudden and severe allergic reaction that leads to shock and collapse, have increased sevenfold in the past decade. Multiple allergies, in which sufferers react to a range of substances, have also increased. The causes range from yeast and citrus fruit to peanuts and latex. "This is not an increase in perception of disease, it is a real increase," says Pamela Ewan, a consultant allergy specialist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. "There is good data showing a doubling or trebling of allergic diseases over the last ten to 20 years." Specialists think our obsession with hygiene may be partly to blame for the increase. The environment is so clean that children's immune systems do not develop folly.