Read and translate the dialogue.

Ann: Hullo, Steve. Have you got a minute?

Steve: Sure, yes. “What can I do for you?

A.: I've read a number of books on the British system of higher education but I can't make head or tail of it.

S.: Mm… no wonder. What’s the problem?

A.: Quite a lot of problems. What I want to discuss is the difference between a university and a college.

S.: It's like this, you see... The program is different. At the university it is much wider. Great attention is paid to scientif­ic subjects.

A.: It sounds as though most people prefer a university.

S.: Well... that rather depends.

A.: Speaking about universities I'm not quite clear about tutorials there. What is a tutorial exactly?

S.: Oh, it's when students discuss topics with a tutor in very small groups — usually there are riot more than three or four students and sometimes only one.

A.: I see... And coming back to colleges... I'm still not terribly sure what a residential college is.

S.: Er... It's a college with a hall of residence¹ on the same grounds as the principal building. In fact all the stu­dents live in hall.

A: Really? And what about the teaching staff?

S.: Actually the majority of the teaching staff lives there too. But there are also quite a lot of non-residential colleges.

A.: And you studied at university?

S.: Yes...

A.: I'd like to find myself in that university. What was it like?

S.: Well... a big grey building surrounded by trees.

A: Beautiful?

S.: Nothing very remarkable. Of course there were lec­ture halls, classrooms and a number of laboratories.

A: Any facilities for sport and Physical Education.

S.: Let me see... Yes... A gymnasium with changing rooms and showers, a tennis court... What else... A playing field for netball and football...

A.: I believe students spend a lot of time together, don't they?

S.: Definitely. We had students' societies and clubs.

A.: Am I right to believe that they are for those interested in drama and music?

S.: Quite... and also politics, modern languages, litera­ture, science and athletics.

A.: Ah... that's worth knowing.

S.: And what I'd like to add is that students themselves or­ganize all those clubs and societies. There is usually a Stu­dents' Council or Union.

A.: Well Steve. Thanks very much. You've been most helpful.

4.3.2 Find in the dialogue English equivalents of the following
words and phrases

Cистема высшего образования, практические занятия, колледж с общежитием, колледж без общежития, общежитие (студенческое), территория колледжа (университета), жить в общежитии (о студентах), педагогический состав, лекционный зал, гимнастичес­кий зал, раздевалка, студенческое общество, студенческий совет, ба­калавр гуманитарных наук, магистр гуманитарных наук, доктор фило­софских наук.