Unit 5. Higher education

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Class 12A1
Unit 5 Higher education
I. Befor you read
Matching these Vietnamese names of some universities with their English name:

Work in pairs
Answer the following questions
1. What are you going to do after you finish high school?
* How do you feel when you first start a new university?
new/ dangerous/ happy / funny/ sad / challenging / disappointed / poor / heavy / lonely / lucky / proud / small ....
2. What university would you like to apply for and why?
New words:
II. While you read
Read the passage in the text book
Find new words and phrases
khuôn viên
Bạn cùng lớp
Tồn tại
Làm nản chí
Tốt nghiệp
Đổ lỗi
Sợ hãy
Thử thách
Mate (s ) = Friend (s )
Find the words in the passage that mean:
1- the buildings of a university or college and the land around them.
2- say that sb/ sth is responsible for sth bad
3- frightening
4- test sb’s ability and skill especially in an interesting way
5- making sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth

Key
1- campus 2- blame (v) 3- scary (adj) 4- challenge (v) 5 - daunting
* Task 1 : Complete the following sentences, using the right forms of the words on the left
campus
Amazing
scary
challenge
blame
1. The new library was built in the centre of
the _________.
2.They________the rise in oil prices for
the big increase in inflation.
3.That’s the _______ story I’ve ever
heard
4.Intelligent boys like to study something if
it really
__________ them.
5.The new car goes at an ______ speed.
scary
campus
challenges
amazing
blame
Information from Sarah, Ellen and Brenden
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.


Sarah :

Ellen :

Brenden:
1a - 2e
3b - 4c
5d - 6f
Task 2: Find out who:
She went out with her new friends.walking around campus.
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?
Because at the party everyone was buzy playing some games and no one seemed to notice her .
Task 3: Answer the questions?
Her roommate lefe the window open when it was cold outside.She went to bed early.She blamed Ellen for making her sick.
It provides him with plenty of opportunities to meet non- engineering students as well as other engineers and many of them have become his friends.
5.What does the social calender of the colleges provide him?
4.What did Brenden think about his first year at college?
Brenden thought the first year at college was the best and most challenging of his life.
III. After you read
Read the text again and find out what each person likes or doesn’t like about their first year at college?
Thank you very much !