Computers are a relatively new invention. The first computers were built fifty years ago and it is only in the last thirty or so years that their influence has affected our everyday life. Personal computers were introduced as recently as the early eighties. In this short time they have made a tremendous impact on our […]
Text I-A Secrets of Success. What Makes Societies Innovate? Genius and talent seem to know few national borders, and yet some countries clearly do better at invention and innovation than others. Why is this? The unsatisfying answer is that we really don’t know and that mostly common sense is of help. In two words: culture […]
Role of Temps Is the job of your dreams beyond your reach because some company’s computerized screening device doesn’t find the right buzzword on your resume? «If I could just get in the door for an interview,» you groan, «I could knock their socks off.» That’s where temping comes in. No longer just a fill-in […]
1. 1The organization of most newspaper publishing businesses has changed considerably in recent years. Many jobs that used to be done by hand are now done by machine, and there has beehj considerable unrest, because a lot of production workers have been made redundant. But the new technology cannot gather the news or write the […]
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Текст 1D: Textl-D Easy Living at Japan’s Colleges Undergraduate life in Japan is blissful, largely because school life is not. The Ministry of Education recently revealed that entrance exams for private high schools still include questions on subjects not covered by the state primary school curriculum: To get into a good school you have to […]
Текст 1C: Vocational Education Part 1 A passagefrom the article As well as academic subjects improve students’ minds and prepare them for college, a lot of high schools in the United States offer vocational courses. These prepare students for particular jobs. At different high schools in California, students can learn how to become cooks and […]
Текст 1A: Course Information (A lecturer is talking to students at the beginning of their course) Well, good morning, everyone. My first task this morning, and it’s a vciy happy one for me to perform, is to welcome all of you to this first tutorial for the University of Brancaster course A7 53 on Art […]
Текст 2B: Academic Standard Tests However, a high school diploma is not a ticket that allows someone to automatically enter a university. There are two widely used standardized tests for high school students who wish to attend a college or university. One is the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) consisting of three parts: Math, English and […]
Текст 2A: System of Higher Education in the USA ‘Americans regard education as the means by which the inequalities among individuals are to be erased and by which every desirable end is to be achieved.» George S. Counts Types of educational institutions. Basic subjects, grades, exams, certificates. Education in the United States comprises three levels: […]