Weaknesses - недостатки Inadequate - низкий Literacy - грамотность Distracted by - отвлекаться To cope - справляться Insist on - настаивать Uncooperative - конфликтный To challenge – бросать вызов Curricula – учебный план Racial - расовый The contraversial method –

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Researchers studying the schools and the standard of education in the US have found that the American educational system has many weaknesses.

Among them are the inadequate level of literacy and a poor knowledge of history and literature.

Many students simply do not study enough.

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American teenagers are often distracted by part-time jobs, sports, and other school activities, TV and socializing.

Some cannot cope with emotional problems, use illegal drugs or simply lack motivation.

Clearly, if Americans are to become better educated , one study showed, students must study more, and parents must insist on it.

A large number need help in learning English. In some classrooms, teachers have difficulty keeping the students` attention because disrespectful uncooperative students disturb the class.

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Certain problems come about as a result of trying to educate everyone together. The pressing problemis how to challenge the personof above-average academic ability while taking care of the average student. The

problem is solved in part by differentiated by curricula. There is a wide variety of courses offerings in a American high school.

The problem of racial unbalance in school exists in all parts of the United States, not just in the South.

Despite numerous efforts the problem remains unsolved. The most contraversial method has been busing school children from their neighborhoods to schools in more distant neighborhoods in order to achieve a better balance of black and white children in the school.

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Americans deeply believe in education as the best vehicle for individual and social advancement. Even though for most young Americans, formal education does not end with high school graduation improving the basic school system is one of the nation`s top priorities.

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Низкий уровень грамотности; Система имеет много недостатков; Разрушать; Сохранение внимание студентов; Средневозрастная академическая

способность; Образование, как лучший транспорт.

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Differentiated curricula partially help solve the problem of different academic abilities.

Many difficulties arise because the classroom population is often likely to change.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/education http://images.google.ru/usa N. Tokareva “What it is like in the USA”

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ex. 1 the inadequate level of literacy the system has many weaknesses to destroy keeping the students` attention the above-average academic ability education as the best vehicleex. 2 distracted socializing disrespectful uncooperative to became insist on

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