Brenden first year at college was probably the best and ’ most ……… year of his life, because he had a lot of chances to use his creativity and knowledge to help society.. scary.[r]
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English
(2)Matching these Vietnamese names of some universities with their English names:
English names Vietnamese names 1 Hanoi Cultural
University. A Đại học S phạm Ngoại ngữ Hà Nội 2 Hanoi Medical
University B Đại học Văn hoá Hà Nội 3 Hanoi University of
Architecture C Đại học Khoa học Tự nhiên Hµ Néi 4 Hanoi University of
Natural Science D Đại học Y Hà Nội 5 Hanoi Foreign Language
(3)(4)Before you read:
Ask and answer the
questions:
1 Are you going to enter a university after you finish high school?
2 How will you feel when you first start a new university?
(5)1 Campus (n) /'kỉmp sə /: khn viên tr ngườ Fight back tears /'fait bæk ti sə /: nén khóc Blame (v) /bleim/: đ l i ổ ỗ
4 Daunting (a)/'d :ntiηɔ /: chán n nả
5 Amazing (a) / 'meizi /ə ɳ s ng s t, ng c nhiênử ố Scary (a) /'ske riə /: s hãiợ
7 Challenge(v) /'t∫ỉlindʒ/: th tháchử Challenging (a): tính th tháchử
8 Mate (n) /meit/: = friend: b nạ
(6)Checking: Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B
A B Campus Blame Daunting Scary Challenge Mate
7 Fighting back tears Creative
9 amazing
a Th tháchử
b S hãiợ
c B nạ
d Khuôn viên tr ngườ
e Nén khóc f Đ l iổ ỗ
g Sáng t oạ
h Ng c nhiênạ
(7)(8)Task 1:
Read the passage and find out who:
Three students talk about their
first impressions of university life
Read the passage, and then the
tasks that follow
Who are three students?
Sarah Ellen
(9)Who?
Sarah Ellen 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.
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(12)(13)Task 1: Fill in the blanks with given words
scary challenging amazing daunting excited lonely
1 On the first weekend, Sarah was , because she didn t have to explain to her parents where she was going ’ However, she felt………… after attending a party with her roommate, because no one attended her existence
2 Having problems with her roommate, Ellen thought college was a little………She felt ………….but a
little………after seeing the same people over and over for many year
3 Brenden first year at college was probably the best and ’ most ……… year of his life, because he had a lot of chances to use his creativity and knowledge to help society.scary
excited challenging scary amazing daunting lonely
Task 2: Using these adjectives to tell about your felling when you start the first days in a
university
(14)-Learn by heart new words
-Imagine and write a paragraph (about 80 words) to tell about your felling
when you start your first week in a university
- Prepare the next lesson
(15)(16)1
On the first weekend Sarah .A went out with her new friends B walked around campus
C went out with her roommate to a party D All are correct
(17)2
Sarah felt so lonely at the party _A because she didn’t see any one B because she couldn't dance
C because no one paid attention to her existence D because they were busy eating
(18)(19)3
Ellen didn’t get along well with her roommate becauseA her roommate let the windows open all the time B her roommate went to bed at 10 evey night
C her roommate blamed Ellen’s typing and having a light on while she was trying to sleep
D All are correct
(20)4
Brenden thought that his first year at college .A was the best and most challeging year of his life B was the boring time of his life
C gave him a chance to use his creativity and knowledge to help society
D A, C are correct
(21)5
The social calendar of the colleges provides Brenden .A plenty of time to make new friends
B plenty of opportunities to meet non-engineering students as well as other engineers
C plenty of time to play sports
D plenty of chance to go sightseeing
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