WELCOME TO
CLASS 12K2
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Match the pictures with their names
a. An Giang University b. Can Tho University c. Ho Chi Minh University
of Natural Science
d. Ho Chi Minh Nong Lam University
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Higher Education
Lesson 1 READING
Unit five
Vocabulary
1. chance cơ hội
2. get on with (v) 3. creative (adj.)
4. challenging (adj.) 5. notice (v)
6. existence(n)
hoà đồng sáng tạo
sự sáng tạo thách thức
chú ý, để ý sự tồn tại
= opportunity (n)
creativity (n)
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Choose the adjectives describing first impressions of university life that you think will appear in the passage
. 1. exciting 2. happy
3. lonely
4. daunting 5. wonderful
6. scary
7. amazing 8. sad
9. challenging
Task 1. Complete the following sentences, using the right forms of the words in the box.
campus scary blame 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 have ever heard.
4. Intelligent boys like to study something if it really __________ them.
5. The new car goes at an________ speed.
blamed
scariest challenges
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Task 2. Find out who:
b. didn’t get on very well with the roommate.
a. attended a party on the first weekend at college.
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
Brenden Ellen
1. 2.
3. 4.
6.
5.
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Task 2. Find out who:
b. didn’t get on very well with the roommate.
a. attended a party on the first weekend at college.
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
Brenden Ellen
1.
2.
4.
3.
6.
5.
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Task 3. Choose the best option to complete each sentence
1. Sarah ______ on the first weekend.
A. walked around the campus with her new friends
B. met her good friends C. thought how her college was D. explained to her parents where she was going
2. Sarah felt so lonely at the party because _______.
A. she ran back to her room
B. she followed her roommate to a party
C. she fought back to tears D. no one noticed her existence 3. Ellen _________.
A. left the window open B. got sick after midterms
C. went to bed early D. didn’t get on well with her roommate 4. According to Brenden, __________.
A. the first year at college was not challenging
B. the first year at college gave him a chance to help society C. he enjoyed the first year at college thoroughly
D. he didn’t have many new friends
What would you like to do after finishing secondary education?
Why?
I would like to apply to AG/Can Tho university (because…)
-be near my house.
- be famous.
- make new friends.
- discover a new place.
- have a job after graduation
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