英国历史文化概况UNIT7Education

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1、Unit7EducationCONTENTSTeachingAimsTextATextBSupplementingReadingTEACHINGAIMSAfterstudyingthisunit,youarerequiredto:1.HaveageneralideaofColonizationandEducationinUK.2.LearnsomethingaboutUniversitiesintheUnitedKingdom.3.Masterthedifficultwordsandexpressions.TextABritishEduca

2、tionSystemTEXTAPreview英国是一个有悠久教育传统的国家。它的教育体系经过几百年的沿革，相当的完善和复杂。总体来说分为三个阶段：义务教育，延续教育和高等教育。英联邦国家在各自政府管辖下有独立的教育系统。英国政府对英格兰教育系统负责，而威尔士、北爱尔兰及苏格兰教育系统分别对威尔士、北爱尔兰及苏格兰教育系统负责。就课程和学历资格而言，英国存在两种不同的体制，一种是英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰教育体制，另一种是苏格兰教育体制。TEXTAReadingComprehensionReadthefollowingsentencesandd

3、ecidewhethertheyaretrue（T)orfalse（F)．1.Full-timeeducationiscompulsoryforallchildrenagedbetween5and17(inclusive).（）2.OnlystudentsatstateschoolsneedtotaketheGCSEexaminations.（）3.Allundergraduateeducationislargelystatefinanced,withasmallcontributionfromtop-upfees.（）4.Apostgra

4、duatedegreeincludes:Master‘sdegree(typicallytakenintwoyears)andDoctoratedegree(typicallytakeninthreeyears)（）TEXTAReadingComprehension5.Generallyspeaking,postgraduatefeesaremorethanundergraduatefeesaccordingtothedegreeanduniversity.（）6.Postgraduateeducationisnotautomaticall

5、yfinancedbytheState,andsoadmissioniscompetitive.（）7.EducationsysteminScotlanddiffersdistinctlyfromthatinotherpartsoftheUnitedKingdom.（）8.TheWorkers‘EducationalAssociationofferslargenumbersofsemi-recreationalcourses,withoutqualifications,aremadeavailablebyLocalEducationAuth

6、oritiesundertheguiseofAdultEducation.（）TEXTAReadingComprehension9.Traditionally,theScottishsystemhasemphasizeddepthacrossarangeofsubjects,whiletheEnglish,WelshandNorthernIrishsystemshaveemphasizedgreaterbreadthofeducationoverasmallerrangeofsubjectsatsecondaryschoollevel.（）

7、10.CatholicschoolsarepartiallyfundedbytheScottishGovernmentandadministeredbytheEducationandLifelongLearningDirectorate.（）TEXTANotes1.TheBusinessandTechnologyEducationCouncil:namelyBTECistheBritishbodywhichawardsvocationalqualifications.BTECqualificationsareundertakeninvoca

8、tionalsubjectsrangingfromBusinessstudiestoEngineeringandevenAnimalCare.Theyareequivalentt