PART I. Education in Ukraine

EDUCATION IN UKRAINE, GREAT BRITAIN AND THE USA

Read the English proverbs.

Make up a dialogue based on the following situation and act it out.

Apple Cake

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Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd’s Pie is a very popular English dish. It originated in the north of England, but it’s now eaten all over the country.

1. Slice the onions, carrots and mushrooms.

2. Fry them in a pan with the minced beef for about 8–10 minutes, stirring all the time.

3. Add the flour and stir for one more minute.

4. Add the beef stock and some salt and pepper and stir again until the mixture becomes thicker.

5. Transfer to a casserole dish and put into the oven at 190oC for 25 minutes.

6. Then drain and mash together with the butter and milk.

7. Put the potato on top of the mince mixture, grate the cheese and put it on top.

8. Return the dish to the oven at 200 oC for 15 minutes.

Serve hot with green vegetables

 

1. Peel and chop the apples.

2. Mix together the apples, raisins, milk and sugar.

3. Mix together the flour and butter (softened) in another bowl.

4. Add the fruit mixture and the egg and mix very well.

5. Put into a buttered 20-centimetre square cake tin. Put a little white sugar on the top.

6. Cook in the oven at 170 oC for 1 hour 45 minutes.

Serve hot or cold with fresh cream.

 

A couple goes to a restaurant.

A couple arrives at a restaurant and the waiter makes them sit. The waiter should ask if they prefer smoking or non-smoking table, by the window or in the centre. He brings the menu. The couple discusses the prices. They order. The waiter brings the food but the woman says that it’s cold. The waiter brings a new plate. They have their meal and ask for the bill. The guests pay and leave happily because it was not very expensive.

 

Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following proverbs. Learn them by heart and use them in your own situations or dialogues:

1. Tastes differ.

2. As like as two peas.

3. As hungry as a wolf (hunter).

4. His eyes are bigger than his stomach.

5. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

6. Hunger is the best sauce.

7. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad dinner.

8. After dinner sleep a while, after supper walk a mile.

 

Have Fun!

 

Jokes and Funny Stories

He didn’t notice it.

Mother: I left two pieces of cake in the cupboard this morning, Johnny, and now there is only one piece left. Can you explain that?

Johnny: Well, I suppose it was so dark that I didn’t notice the other.

 

Father doesn’t eat hay.

Boy: I want a bundle of hay.

Farmer: For your father?

Boy: No, for the horse. Father doesn’t eat hay.

 

The same fish.

”Here, waiter. It seems to me that this fish is not as fresh today as the fish you served us last Sunday”.

”Pardon, sir, it is the very same”.

hay – сіно

very same – той самий

 


Pre-reading Activities

1. Match the following English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:

 

1. appointment of staff a) обов’язковий

2. nursery school, kindergarten b) аспірант

3. compulsory c) призначення кадрів

4. headmaster / headmistress d) кандидат наук

5. deputy head e) початкова школа

6. school leaver f) директор школи

7. postgraduate g) дитячий садок

8. Candidate of Science h) агрономія

9. fee-paying i) профтехучилище

10. vocational training school j) завуч

11. primary school k) випускник школи

13. psychology l) платний

14. law m) психологія

15. sociology n) правознавство

16. agriculture o) соціологія

17. engineering p) предмет

18. subject q) машинобудування

 

Reading Activities

 

Read Text 1 and compare what you know about the system of education in Ukraine with the information in the text: