Unit 5 Reading sang tao

After seeing the same people over and over for many years, it /ˈskɛːri/ was amazing, but a little scary, to be in a place where it seemed like I never saw the same person twice.... /ˈdɔː[r]

TO OUR

CLASS

Thai Binh Education and Training Department

Nguyen Duc Canh High School

Unit 5: Higher Education

Part A: Reading

Hanoi National University Foreign Trade

University

Hanoi University of Science and

University

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P R E -R E A D I N G

(?) What kind of feelings did Sarah, Ellen and

Brenden have

in their first year in university?

amazing, daunting, exciting, challenging, lonely, scary, free

lonely, exciting, free amazing, daunting, scary challenging

A B

1 scary

2 daunting

3 campus

4 to blame

a to consider or say that somebody is responsible for something done (badly or wrongly) or not done

b discouraging

c grounds and buildings of

a university/ college

d causing fear

While-reading Task 1 Match each of the word in column A with a suitable definition in column B:

At first, college was 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 a place where it seemed like I never saw the same person twice

/ˈskɛːri/

At first, college was 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 a place where it seemed like I never saw the same person twice

/ˈdɔːntiŋ/

The campus of Hanoi University of Science and Technology

My roommate 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

/bleɪmd/

Activities Sarah Ellen Brenden

1 attended a party on the first weekend

at college.

2 didn’t get on very well with the

roommate.

3 was not used to meeting different

people every day at college.

4 liked having a chance to be creative.

5 was very excited about going to

college.

6 enjoyed the first year at college.

Task 2 Put a tick to find out who …

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1 What did Sarah do on the first weekend?

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

2 Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?

- Because at the party everyone was busy playing some game and no one seemed to notice her.

3 What did Ellen’s roommate blame her for?

- Her roommate blamed Ellen for making her sick.

4 What does the social calendar of the colleges provide Brenden?

- It provides him plenty of opportunities to meet non-engineering students as well as other engineers and many of them have come his best friend

Task 3 Read the text again, then answer the questions:

1 What problem do you think you may have in

your first year at university?

2 How do you solve it?

1 Do Task 1 – P 54

2 Prepare Part B: Speaking