Matching Dreams with Education I

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Unit 5

• Matching Dreams with Education (I)

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Part I Warming up

• A.   key words job offers increase major
  (upcoming) college graduates
• B.    Vocabulary
• renege fail to keep a promise or ones words
  etc.
• snap up obtain or buy sth. quickly and eagerly
• The cheapest articles at the sale were snapped
  up.
• grads short form for graduates

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C.   Instructions

• You are going to hear some employment facts and
  prospects for college graduates in the U.S. Fill
  in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.
  Focus on number
• D.   Key
• 1.     4 30 hired
• 2.     25 18 increase
• 3.     4.5 very good news younger cheaper
  lay-offs job prospects
• 4.     Liberal arts snapped up a tougher time
  computer science finance hot on the rise

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Part II University Life

• Pre-listening activities 1. Think of words that
  are associated with university life. 2. Describe
  your own university life. 3. What do you know
  about university life in the United States.
• A Key words life American university student
  body undergraduate school graduate school

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B. Vocabulary

• racial and ethnic minority ????
• versed (in) knowledgeable about or skilled in
  sth
• She is well versed in classical languages.
• rule of thumb n a useful principle having
  wide application but not intended to be strictly
  accurate or reliable in every situation.
• e.g. As a rule of thumb, you should cook a
  chicken for 20 minutes for each pound that it
  weighs. (?????,??????20??)
• seminar a meeting for an exchange of ideas a
  conference
• A group of students engaged, under the
  guidance of an instructor, in original research
  in a particular line of study, and in the
  exposition of the results by theses, lectures,
  etc. -- called also seminary.

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While Listening

• Task A Listen to a lecture on university life in
  the U.S. First, listen to the first part of the
  lecture. Complete the outline.

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University Life (I)

• I.      Diverse student population
• A.   Age
• B.    Socioeconomic backgrounds
• C.   Racial and ethnic minorities
• D.   Foreign student population

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II Undergraduate school

• A. Course syllabus
• 1. Number of classes per semester 5
• 2. Class time per week 15hrs (2 or 3 for lab)
• 3. Class size
• a. Introductory class 100
• b. Discussion group 15-20
• c. Language class much smaller
• 4. Teacher-student relationship informal,
  friendly
• 5. Assignments reading other work
• 6. Preparing hours for class 2-3 hrs 1hr

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Task 2

• Listen to the second half of the lecture. Finish
  the outline
• University Life (II)
• II. Undergraduate school
• A.   Course syllabus
• B.    Student academic obligations
• 1.     Assignments
• 2.     Examinations
• 3.     Paper
• 4.     Quizzes
• C.   Attendance policiesregular attendance

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• III. Graduate school
• A.   Students highly qualified and highly
  motivated
• B.    Much more independent work
• C.   Seminars
• 1.     Reading widely on topics
• 2.     Preparing for thorough discussion
• D.   Working independently in some area of
  interest and making presentations
• E.    Writing a research paper

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After-listening Discussion

• Compare your own university life with that in the
  United StatesDifferences and Similarities.

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Part III. Life after Graduation
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Princeton Review

• Career Research Planning on The Princeton Review

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Pre-listening activities

• Pre-listening activities
• 1.Questions
• What would like to do after graduate from the
  college? Will you find a job immediately or you
  would like to continue your education? Why?
• 2) Have you planned your future career yet? Have
  you thought about where to live and to work? Will
  you be doing the same job all your life or would
  you like to change your job a few times? What are
  you interested in doing?

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• 3) What if you cant find a job right after
  college graduation?
• 4) Some of the American university graduates may
  not have a clear idea of what they are going to
  do after graduation. Do you know what problems
  they might come across?.

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• 2. key words new book after graduation tips
  challenge better news time
• 3. Vocabulary
• mentor
• a wise and trusted advisor or teacher
• roam
• to move about without purpose or plan wander
• magnet
• a person, a place, an object, or a situation
  that exerts attraction
• crash
• adj. Informal Of or characterized by an intensive
  effort to produce or accomplish a crash course
  on income-tax preparation a crash diet.

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B. While-listening

• Task 1. Listen to the talk and fill in the
  missing information in the chart.
• Task 2. Take notes while listening and answer the
  questions with the help of the notes taken.

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C. Key to Tasks 1 2

• Author Tara Bray
• Aim providing college graduates with the kind of
  information they didnt get in college
• Book title Why Wont the Landlord Take Visa?
• Content Tips on how to live independently and
  make practical plans for the future.

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Questions

• 1. What does Tara Bray mean when she says that
  college grads are freshmen in life?
• handle a new set of realities / pay off loans /
  finding health insurance / budget money/ food /
  housing / other necessities
• 2. According to Tara Bray, what is the biggest
  challenge lying ahead of college grads? What can
  they do to deal with that?
• finding a place to live / flexible / shared
  housing / cities / not as popular with young
  people

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• 3. What is some good news for college graduates
  when it comes to job hunting?
• 80 / graduates /find work /end of first year
  of graduation / up 18 employment / Internet
  /easier to hunt jobs.
• 4. Why is it said by many people that your first
  job out of college is very often not a job that
  leads you to your ultimate job? Do you agree?
• first job / be told / discover / what really
  what to do

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• 5. Why should a college graduate give himself a
  little bit of time right after college?
• go through many moods / after college / to
  discover / what really want / takes time

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Part IV

• Listen and Relax

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Words Expressions

• a bolt of / from the blue
• a sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events.
• hangout
• (slang) a frequently visited place
• zero in
• to converge intently close in The children
  zeroed in on the display of toys in the store
  window.
• intercede to plead on another's behalf.

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• constitution
• the aggregate ( ???)of all one's inherited
  physical qualities the aggregate of the vital
  powers of an individual, with reference to
  ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.
  as, a robust constitution