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