unit 5: Reading 10

campus n the buildings of a university or college and the grounds around them: BEFORE YOU READ To live on campus: sống trong khuôn viên trường đại học Khuôn viên trường đại học... It was

Warm-up: Matching these Vietnamese names of some

universities with their English name:

1) ĐẠI HỌC HUẾ 2) HÀ NỘI ĐẠI HỌC KHOA HỌC TỰ NHIÊN

A Hanoi University of

Natural Science B Hue University

3 HỌC VIỆN NGÂN HÀNG 4 ĐẠI HỌC Y HÀ NỘI

D) Banking Academy C) Hanoi Medical University

Work in pairs

Answer the following questions

1 Which university would you like to attend?

2 Pick out the adjectives you think you will feel when you

first start a new life at a university.

exciting / new / homesick/ difficult / dangerous / happy / funny / sad / frightening / disappointed / poor / free / lonely / lucky / proud

Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION

PERIOD 27 – PART A: READING

campus (n) the buildings of a university or college and the grounds around them:

BEFORE YOU READ

To live on campus: sống trong khuôn viên trường đại học

Khuôn viên trường đại học

mate (s ) = friend (s )

scary (a) = frightening

- blame / bleim/ ( v ) : to think or to say that

someone is responsible for something bad:

khiển trách, đổ lỗi.

* to blame sth on sb or to blame sb for sth

- daunting ['d :ntiη] ɔ (a) : something makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.

- challenging ['t∫ælindʒiη] (a) : something that is difficult tests

somebody’s ability and skills:

- Thoroughly (adverb) = completely:

Làm nản chí

Thách thức

* Challenge (v)

Hoàn toàn

• campus (n )

• mate (n)

• scary (a)

• blame (v)

• daunting (a)

• Challenging (a)

• Thoroughly (adverb)

['t∫ælindʒiη]

KHUÔN VIÊN BẠN

SỢ HÃI

ĐỔ LỖI, KHIỂN TRÁCH

LÀM NẢN LÒNG

THÁCH THỨC HOÀN TOÀN

=completely:

Task 1: Complete the following sentences, using the right forms of the words in the box.

• campus blame scary challenge amazing

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.

scariest campus

challenges

amazing blamed

WHILE YOU READ

Task 2 Find out who Activities Sarah Ellen Brenden

a attended a 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.

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Sarah

• On the first weekend I went out with my new friends, walking around

campus It was exciting , thinking how I was at college, meeting people who could become good friends of mine The most exciting thing was that I didn’t have to explain to my parents where I was going , who with, or what time I’d be home.

• On Saturday night, I followed my room mate to a party The people at the

party were busy playing some game, and no one seemed to notice my existence I suddenly felt so lonely Fighting back tears , I ran back to my room, thinking I

would never feel at home at college.

Ellen

My room mate left the window open all the time, even when it was 10 degrees Celsius out, and went to bed at 10 every night When she got sick after midterms, she blamed my typing and having a light on while she was trying to sleep

At first, college was a little daunting I graduated from a small school After seeing the same people over and over for many years, it was amazing, but a little

scary, to be in place where it seemed like I never saw the same person twice

Brenden

The first year at college was probably the best and most challenging year of my life Academically, I enjoyed it thoroughly Taking part in the advanced Engineering

project gave me a chance to use my creativity and knowledge to help society

Socially, I made lots of new friends both through engineering and living at St John’s College on campus The social calendar of the colleges provides plenty of

opportunities to meet non- engineering students as well as other engineers, many of , whom have become my best mates

On the first weekend I went out with my new friends, walking

around

campus It was exciting , thinking how I was at college, meeting people who could become good friends of mine The most exciting thing was

that I didn’t have to explain to my parents where I was going , who with,

or what time I’d be home.

On Saturday night, I followed my room mate to a party The people at the party were busy playing some game, and no one seemed to notice my existence I suddenly felt so lonely Fighting back tears , I ran Back to my room, thinking I would never feel at home at college.

1.What did Sarah do on the first weekend ?

2.Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party ?

 She went out with her new friends, walking around the campus.

Because the people at the party were busy playing some games and

no one seemed to notice her existence

Task 3: Answer the questions

My room mate left the window open all the time, even when it was

10degrees Celsius out, and went to bed at 10 every night When she

got sick after midterms, she blamed my typing and having a light on

while she was trying to sleep.

At first, college was a little daunting I graduated from a small

school After seeing the same people over and over for many years, it

was amazing, but a little scary, to be in place where it seemed like I

never saw the same person twice.

3.What problems did Ellen have with her roommate?

Ellen’s roommate blamed her typing and having a light on while

she was trying to sleep

The first year at college was probably the best and most

challenging

year of my life Academically, I enjoyed it thoroughly Taking part in

the

advanced Engineering project gave me a chance to use my creativity

and knowledge to help society

Socially, I made lots of new friends both through engineering and

living at St John’s College on campus The social calendar of the

colleges provides plenty of opportunities to meet non- engineering

students as well as other engineers , many of whom have become my ,

best mates.

4 What did Brenden think about his first year at college?

5 What does the social calendar of the college provide him?

 Brenden thought the first year at college was probably the best and most challenging year of his life.

students as well as other engineers and many of them have

become his best friends.

AFTER YOU READ Work in pairs

These are the feelings that Sarah, Ellen and

Brenden have in their first year at university.

Think what kind of feelings each has by putting the adjectives under each column.

daunting /exciting /challenging / lonely /scary / free

exciting

free

lonely

daunting amazing scary

challenging

-Learn the new words by

heart and make sentenses with them.

-prepare a next lesson.