Harvard University
Dec 31, 2015
Harvard University
Hanoi University
Hochiminh City National University
HA NOI UNIVERSITY
Cambridge University
What are you going to do after you finish upper secondary school?
Which university would you like to attend?
Where will you live if you choose a university far from your home town?
Warm upAnswer the questions
• Look at the pictures in your books • How do you say in English?
- Hue University - Hanoi University of Architecture - Hanoi University of Natural Science
Pre-Reading
Vocabulary:- apply (v)
- campus (n)
- challenge (v)
- blame (v)
- daunting (a)
- scary (a)
- mate (n)
While Reading
- challenge(v): test somebody’s ability and skills, especially in an interesting way .
( thách thức )
- blame ( v ) / bleim/: to think or to say that someone is responsible for something bad.
( khiển trách )
- daunting (a): something that is daunting makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
( làm nản lòng, làm lo lắng, khó khăn )
Match the words in A with their definitions in B
a. A calendar of all scheduled social events (meetings, conference). b. Causing fear. c. To consider or say that somebody is responsible for something done (badly or wrongly or not done). d. Discouraging e. Grounds and building of a university/ college.
1.Daunting
2.Campus
3.Scary
4.To blame
5.Social calendar
Task 1
• Complete the following sentences, using the right form of the words .
1. 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 do something if it really…………. them.
5.The new car goes at an……………..speed.
campus.
blamed
scariest
challenges
amazing
Task 2Find out
who:
Sarah Ellen Brenden
amazing
daunting
exciting
challenging
lonely
scary
free
Sarah Ellen Brenden
amazing
daunting
exciting challenging
lonely scary
free
Sarah Ellen Brenden
amazing daunting exciting challenging
lonely scary free
Sarah Ellen Brenden
amazing daunting exciting challenging lonely scary free
There are the feelings that Sarah, Ellen, and Brenden had in their first
year at university.
amazing, daunting, exciting, challenging, lonely, scary, free.
Task 2Find out
who:
Sarah: ( A, E) - attended the party on the first weekend at the college.
- was very excited about going to college.
Ellen: ( B, C ) - didn’t get on well with the roommate.
- was not used to meeting different people everyday at college.
Brenden: ( D, F ) - like having a chance to be creative.
- enjoyed the first year at college.
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.
Task 3 : Answer the following questions
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
• 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.
Post-Reading
• Discuss the question: ”Is the university study important to you? Why? Why not?”
• Suggested ideas:
University study is not important because:- more skilled workers are needed than engineers in
the present situation of our country.- young couple can help their family out with money at
home when they go to work.- they can attend in-service schools to further their
education.
Post-Reading
Write a short paragraph about the important of university.
homework
Write a short paragraph about the important of university.
homework