Answer the following questions. Functional vocabulary

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Functional vocabulary

abolish v	отменять, упразднять
abolish a subject	исключить предмет из школьной программы
apply v	обращаться за (работой, помощью, разрешением и т.п.)
applicant n	проситель, претендент, кандидат
application form	заявление поступающего на работу
apprentice n	ученик, подмастерье
apprenticeship n	учение, срок ученичества
decline n	склон, падение, упадок, снижение (цен), ухудшение (здоровья и т.п.)
on the decline	в состоянии упадка
decline v	отклонять, приходить в упадок, ухудшаться
gear n	механизм, приспособление, снаряжение, перен. рабочий ритм
in gear	включенный, действующий
out of gear	не включенный, неработающий, перен. дезорганизованный, не в порядке
gear up to v	приспособиться
to be geared to	быть поставленным в зависимость от чего-л., быть приспособленным к чему-л.
inarticulate adj	нечленораздельный, невнятный
literacy and numeracy	умение читать и писать

mediocre adj	посредственный
mediocrity n	посредственность
overtax v	слишком напрягать силы
survey n	обзор, осмотр, инспектирование, опрос
conduct (carry out) a survey	проводить опрос, исследование
survey course	обзорный курс лекций
workforce n	рабочая сила
come into workforce	пополнять рабочую силу

1. Join the words from the columns to make word combinations. Translate them into Russian/Belarusian.

to conduct	ability
to apply for	new activity
to decline	a survey
to abolish	an offer
to gear up to	corporal punishment
to overtax	a job

2. Insert the right particle/preposition where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian/Belarusian.

1. It took the students a lot of time to shift back … normal gear for routine tasks.

2. The report states that in many schools the standards … basic skills seem to be … the decline.

3. They had since 2001 agreed to reduce the workforce …3 500.

4. The country’s industrial system has always made heavy demands … school-leavers.

5. The survey carried … among school-leavers threw some light … their job expectations.

6. The apprentice was very competent … his work.

7. I was busy drawing … a plan for a new survey course … history.

8. His English isn’t likely to be … scratch.

3. Translate from English into Russian/Belarusian.

1. Leave the car in gear.

2. We took off our riding gear.

3. She knew how to change gear in order to achieve the right result.

4. The country was not geared to armed combat.

5. Martin and Liz were gearing themselves up to a full-time job.

6. The state of Virginia is gearing up to enforce results of its tests on the class of 2004.

1. What importance for the passage do the words and phrases be geared, employment, workforce, standards, basic skills, job expectations, manpower needs have?

2. What ideas is the author of the article concerned with?

3. Why do employers attach so much importance to the study of foreign languages?

4. Do you share the opinion that education should be geared to all aspects of being an adult, including employment?

5. Do you think that our schools are integrated into the rest of society and meet its increasing demands?

6. If not, what (new) subjects, methods of teaching and learning would be appropriate to these aims? What subjects are irrelevant and could be abolished? What new teaching aids are needed?

7. How have the expectations of our young people changed recently?

8. What careers advice do they have, if any, at school or outside?

9. Why did you decide to go on for higher education after secondary school?

2. Exchange your views on the following points. For more information read the supplementary text “School and Life”.

· Educational standards have declined in recent years.

· Teachers don’t teach properly.

· School can never provide the learning each individual needs.

· Living teaches you more than school does.

· Most young people don’t know what to do after leaving school.

· Young people expect far too much of themselves these days.

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