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C
And of course we spent a lot of time walking along the streets of Bath. It is
one of those rare cities which are very easy to fall in love. Two thousand years
ago, with most of the world at their feet, the Romans recognized the unique
qualities of Bath and settled there. It is a little wonder: set in a sheltered valley,
surrounded, like Rome, by seven wooden hills and nourished by Britain’s only
natural hot springs, it is to this day a natural heaven.
D
There were special people, the so called student helpers, who assisted us in
difficult situations and gave us valuable advice. They were also responsible for
the social program which included such evening activities as cinema trips, sports
activities and weekend visits to different places of interest. During 4 weeks we
managed to visit Cardiff, London, Oxford, Bristol, Stonehenge and Salisbury,
Cheddar Gorge and Wells, Stourhead garden.
E
We also experienced a taste of history at the oldest house in Bath – «Sally
Lunn’s». The world famous buns are still baked by hand to Sally Lunn’s original
secret recipe.
F
This comfortably sized city is packed with places to visit. First of all we
visited the Roman Baths built around the natural hot spring which temperature
rises to 46°C. The remains are remarkably complete and among the finest in
Europe. They include sculptures, coins, jewellery and the gilt bronze head of the
goddess Sulis Minerva, which is considered to be the symbol of Bath.
G
Bath is a birthplace of Jane Austen that’s why we went to the Jane Austen
Centre which celebrates Bath's most famous resident with a permanent exhibition
with displays of her life and family, unique photographic enlargements, elegant
costumes, a specially made film, well-stocked Gift shop and much more.
H
We are sure that there is no girl who could pass such a place as the Museum of
Costume, the finest museum of fashionable garments in the world. The story of
fashion over the last 400 years is brought alive there. We could see the displays
which include 200 dressed figures to illustrate the changing styles in fashionable
clothes from the late 16th century to the present day.
K
We are convinced that we will never forget this trip because it was our first
visit abroad and it impressed us greatly. We were not only able to see so many
picturesque and beautiful places of England, but we could touch the English
culture as well.
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J Kate Podkolzina,
Irina Zotova
Department of Romance and Germanic Philology
I
So if you want to spend a month in the unique natural resort and improve your
English at the same time, don’t hesitate - go to Bath!!!
2c Some of the paragraphs in the article sound like pieces of advertisement.
Find them.
Which of the “ads” appeals to you most of all? Why?
2d You are going to read an article
by the students of Voronezh State
University who studied in summer school in Europe.
How much do you know about summer schools in Europe? Are there any
opportunities for students of different countries to have summer schooling in
Russia?
Read the text. Consider the headings that you think best summarize each
paragraph.
Summer School in Italy
A
Hot summer 2004. August. Students are enjoying themselves on the beaches
in Crimea and (of course!) at the native river Usmanka. But as for my friend and
me, we decided to… study. Well, we are normal students and like to have a rest.
But to spend 5 weeks in Italy, training your English and Math with an
opportunity to visit Rome, Florence, Venice; to live in a small picturesque Italian
town – I think all this justify our “crave” for studying during summer holidays.
B
Our summer courses took place in an ancient town, called Perugia from the
2
nd
of August till the 4th of September. We attended classes in Probability and
Statistics: two lectures in the morning and one seminar after traditional “siesta”.
This long afternoon Italian rest is justified: it’s really difficult to make yourself
do something in such heat. Though Italians said that we were lucky: this summer
wasn’t hot - “only” +35
0
C - +40
0
C.
C
As the summer school which we attended is international, lectures were in
English. It happened so that our group consisted mainly of Italian students and
our both lecturers were also Italian. So the most complicated problems were
explained in Italian, which, of course, wasn’t easy for us. But we had another
advantage – nobody could understand Russian. So we could prompt our Russian
friends who came to the blackboard (there were five of us from Russia). There
was a French boy in our group, who knew neither English nor Italian. But he was
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really clever and knew Math well. As a result, he somehow understood the
lectures and the lecturers sometimes understood him. So not only English can be
an international language.
D
This International Mathematical Summer School in Perugia has existed for 30
years already. Professors from Germany, the USA, Israel, Hungary are invited to
lecture there. Our lecturers Pietro Rigo (Siena University, Italy) and Alberto
Gandolfi (Florence University, Italy) attended these summer courses
correspondingly 15 and 30 years ago as students and this year returned to lecture
there.
E
Pietro Rigo, who was teaching Statistics, was apologizing constantly for his
bad English (his pronunciation of English words wasn’t clear even for Italian
students) and often repeated that Russian Mathematical School, especially in
Probability was always very strong. Once he asked us to write the Russian
equivalent of “Probability” and said that he recognized this word as he knew
Russian magazine with such title. As for the other professor, Alberto Gandolfi,
he said, when he was 30 years ago in this school he was studying all the time. No
wonder both his Math and English were so good. Every lesson he gave us a
written homework and provided us with a lot of extra information about the
topics we were studying. At the end of the course we had so many copies from
different books that our luggage became 3-4 kg heavier.
F
There is a good tradition in the school to organize a party for every group. So
at the beginning of the course we went out for dinner twice – with Statistics and
Probability’s groups and, of course, with our lecturers. As these two
mathematical subjects are closely connected, almost all who listened to one
subject, also attended classes in the other one. So we had a very friendly
international company. We still keep in touch with some of our new friends:
share photos and recall our “hot“ days in Perugia.
G
At the end of the courses we had control tests (with such strong Russian
mathematical school and clever new friends we couldn’t fail them) and the final
party with the staff of the school and all the students.
H
During our stay at the school we were torn between the necessity of not
changing the opinion about Russian mathematical school for the worst and the
wish just to enjoy holidays abroad. As for us we still don’t know what was more
important for us: the knowledge we got or the impressions of being there. As
Italians say: “Chi vivra`, vedra…” (Let’s live and we will see).
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I
Being in the country with such ancient history we couldn’t lose an opportunity
to get acquainted with its great culture and feel the spirit of this country. No
wonder that impressions overwhelmed us.
Here are some of the brightest… During our stay in Italy we plunged into the
total calmness of the small ancient town Assisi. It is situated on the mountain and
when you are higher than clouds and everything at the bottom is unnaturally
small you feel absolute freedom and only a huge old castle at the very top
reminds you that you are not alone. We were also able to visit the Adriatic Sea
and have a real rest, lying on the beach, swimming and enjoying the nice views of
mountains, ships and the company of our new friends.
J
Of course we would never forget the ancient town Perugia, where we walked
every evening, went shopping, talked with our Italian friends. One of our
brightest recollections of Perugia is the festival of light and water, when at the
central square there were built many fountains, there was the music of the
symphony orchestra and a great presentation with the scenes from the history of
Italy. We brought a lot of souvenirs to remind us about our admirable Italian
holidays. And the most valuable present, which we brought home, are our Italian
friends.
Dasha Vorogushina
Ann Zenchuk
Forth year students of AMM
2e Answer the questions:
1.
What questions would you like to ask these students about their trips?
Think of 10 possible questions.
2.
Were you amazed by some information?
3.
What was predictable / unpredictable about their trips?
2f The authors of the article originally mentioned about:
One more very interesting and unusual place is Vatican.
Being in Italy you are impressed by the Colosseum.
The main street of Rome is via del Corso, it stretches from Piazza Venetia
to Piazza del Popolo... We were a little bit surprised to see the monument
to A.S. Pushkin and N.V. Gogol there.
A walk in Venice is like a small trip, when you may visit many islands,
have a water walk by canals.
Find in the Internet some information about these sights. Share it with your
group mates.
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2g Make the plan of the article and summarize it in 15 – 20 sentences taking
into consideration your plan.
3.READING AND SPEAKING
3a You’ve got an invitation to participate in the Utrecht Summer School.
What information will you ask about if you have a talk with the representative of
Organizing Committee:
Firstly?
Secondly?
Afterwards?
(For help look at the box below.)
Courses /About Utrecht & NL / Housing / Social Program / Application /
Contact us
3b Here is some information you’ve got from a leaflet about the Utrecht
Summer School. Be ready to inform your group mates about the program in
general.
130 fascinating courses. Don't wait - apply now!
Utrecht University (the Netherlands) presents the 2010 edition of the Utrecht
Summer School. The program is more elaborate than ever before. The selection is
characterised by strong,
academic summer courses
on a very wide range of
subjects.
Courses
(
see below
)
130 academic courses, in all disciplines
Utrecht University is offering. Lasting
1 to 6 weeks. European Credits
provided for most courses.
Social Program
(
see below
)
Social activities, including sports, museum
visits, drinks, city trips, parties and even
our own film festival!
Accommodation/ Housing
(
see below
)
If you like, we can arrange fully
furnished student accommodation for
you. Safe rooms, close to the
university.
About Utrecht
(
see below
)
With 65.000 students Utrecht is a real
student city. Utrecht has a historical city
center and a state-of-the-art university
campus.