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162 Vocabulary: 1) an undergraduate – студент бакалавриата 2) a graduate student – студент магистратуры, аспирант, выпускник 3) a postgraduate – аспирант, магистрант 4) faculty – профессорско-преподавательский состав 5) a grant – стипендия, субсидия, грант 6) a faculty member – преподаватель данного факультета 7) a president –ректор (университетскогоколледжа илиуниверситета) 8) crimson – багровый, темно-красный 9) an alumnus ( pl. alumni) – выпускник (колледжа или университета) Text B. University of Cambridge Motto: Hinc lucem et pocula sacra (Latin) Motto (in English): From here, light and sacred draughts (literal) From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge (non-literal) Established: 1209 Type: Public Endowment: £4.1 billion (2006, incl. colleges) ($7.9 billion) Staff: 8,614 Students: 18,396 Undergraduates: 12,018 Postgraduates: 6,378 Location: Cambridge, England, UK The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University ), locat- ed in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English- speaking world. The University grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge that was formed, early records suggest, in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford after a dispute with local townsfolk there. The universi- ties of Oxford and Cambridge are often jointly referred to as “Oxbridge.” Academically, Cambridge is consistently ranked in the world’s top 5 uni- versities. Colleges All students and many of the academics are attached to colleges, where they live, eat and socialise. It is also the place where students may receive their small group teaching sessions, known as supervisions. Each college appoints its own teaching staff and fellows in each subject; decides which