Unit 5. Higher education

school year: 2010-2011
Welcome to our class!
Presented by Do Thi Huong
ly thuong kiet Upper Secondary School
Ly Thuong Kiet Upper Secondary School
WARM-UP
What will you do after you finish
upper secondary school?
TO GET HIGHER EDUCATION
What for?

Unit 5:
HIGHER EDUCATION
Lesson 1: Reading



PRE-READING

Matching these Vietnamese names of some universities with their English names:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Tokyo University (Tokyo-Japan)
Harvard University (Massachusetts -USA)
James Cook University (Queensland-Australia)
What university would you like to apply for? Why?



PRE-READING
VOCABULARY

Campus (n)[ `kæmpəs] :
khuôn viên (của các trường đại học, cao đẳng)

mate (n)[meit] =
friend (n) : B¹n
scary (a)[`skeəri]=
Frightened: Sî h·i
Vocabulary
1. campus (n )/`kæmpəs/ : Khuôn viên
2. mate (n)/meit/= friend : B¹n


3. scary (a) /`skeəri/= frightened Sî h·i

4. challenge (v)/`t∫ælindʒ/: Th¸ch thøc

5. blame (v)/bleim/: §æ lçi, khiÓn tr¸ch

6. daunting (a)/`dɔ:ntiη/: N¶n lßng

7. amazing (a)/ə`meiziη/: Kinh ng¹c

Checking(TASK 1): Complete the following sentences, using the right forms of the words in the box.
Campus(n), blame (v), scary(a), challenge(v), amazing(a)
The new library was built in the centre of the __________.
2. They ________ the rise in oil price for the big increase in inflation.
3. That’s the _______ story I’ve heard.
4. Intelligent boys like to study something if it really ___________ them.
5. The new car goes at an ________ speed.
campus
blamed
scariest
challenges
amazing



WHILE-READING
TASK 2: Find out WHO:
Sarah (S), Ellen (E) or Brenden (B)
a. attended the party on the first weekend at college.

b. didn’t get on very well with the roommate.

c. was not used to meeting different people every day at college.
d. liked having a chance to be creative.

e. was very excited about going to college.

f. enjoyed the first year at college.

Task 3: Answer the following questions.Work in pairs.
1 What did Sarah do on the first weekend?
2 Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?
3 What problems did Ellen have with her roommate?
4 What did Brenden think about his first year at college?
5 What does the social calendar of the college provide him (Brenden)?
1. what did Sarah do on the first week?
She went out with her new friend, walking around campus.
2. why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?
Because at the party everyone was busy playing some games and no one seemed to notice her.
3.what problem did Allen have with her roommate?
Her roommate left the window open when it was cold outside. She went to bed early. She blamed Ellen for making her sick

4. what did Brenden think about her first year at college?
She thought the first year at college was the best and the most challenging of her life.
5. what does the social calendar of the college provide him?
It provides him of opportunities to meet non –engineering students as well as other engineers and many of them have become his best friends
Task 3: Answer the following questions.Work in pairs.



POST-READING
Discuss the question: “Is the university study important to you? Why? Why not?”
Suggested ideas:
university study is important because:
-it helps to get well-paid jobs
- it helps to broaden knowledge.
- it helps you to work better
- It’s easy for you to get promotion
- There is often a big difference in salary between the directors and workers.
Homework
Learn by heart the new words
Do the reading tasks in students` book
Prepare for the next lesson
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR ATTENTION!