unit 1 Passage A作业参考答案.ppt

;Related Information; United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy in northwestern Europe, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England is the largest and most populous division of the island of Great Britain, making up the south and east. Wales is on the west and Scotland is to the north. Northern Ireland is located in the northeast corner of Ireland, the second largest island in the British Isles. The capital of the United Kingdom is the city of London, situated near the southeastern tip of England.;;England;England;London; In Great Britain, universities enjoy almost complete autonomy from national or local governments in their administration and the determination of the curricula, despite the fact that the schools receive nearly all of their funding from the state. Entry requirements for British universities are rather complicated. A student must secure a General Certificate of Education by taking examinations in various subjects and receiving passing marks in them. The greater the number of “advanced level” passes, rather than “ordinary level” passes, ; that a student acquires, the better his chances are of entering the university of his choice. This selective admission to universities, combined with the close supervision of students through a tutorial system, makes it possible for most British undergraduates to complete a degree course in three years rather than the standard four years. Great Britain’s model of higher education has been copied to varying degrees in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. ;The Rhodes Scholarship;Marshall Scholarships;Yale University;The Mission of Oxford ;The Homepage of Oxford;Talk About It;Talk About It;distinct distinctive adj. ;eligible; the criminal enterprise a man of enterprise a spirit of enterprise undertake [take on] an enterprise sizeable enterprise minor enterprise contracting enterprise export-centered enterprise;grant;innovative;asset, property词义相似，