Deeper Understanding

1. Deeper Understanding Read the sentences from the text and answer the questions. 1. When a regular teenager passes out of high school, he is often in a dilemma whether to continue studies or to start working and become independent. What does the writer say about those students who choose to work and become independent once they graduate from high school? The option to start work straightaway sounds very attractive to them at that age as it is a ticket to freedom and to live his life the way he wants to. But before taking such a hasty decision, it is very important, either for the teen himself or for his parents, to make him understand the importance of college education.

2. Read the sentences from the text and answer the questions. 2. People are no longer hesitant to move countries for better job opportunities. What result can be brought once people are heading forward for good jobs around the world? It will increase the competition in the job market considerably.

3. Read the sentences from the text and answer the questions. 3. College is not only about getting bookish knowledge, but to experience life as a whole. What experience can students gain during college? They tend to learn many important life lessons since they have to deal with all the life's ups and downs on their own.

4. Read the sentences from the text and answer the questions. 4. People, who have been to college, in other words are well educated, raise better families, and are the ideal employees as well as ideal citizens of the society. Why are those people having higher education regarded as the ideal employees as well as ideal citizens of the society? Because well educated people are peace loving and tend to follow the rules and norms of the society, more than the lesser educated or the uneducated ones.

5. Vocabulary Building Ⅰ. Spell the words according to the phonetics. 1. ['benɪfɪt] benefit 2.['sɪtɪzən] citizen 3. [mə'dʒɔrɪti] majority 4. [ə'saɪnmənt] assignment 6. ['ɔltɚrnet] 5. [ɪ'mens] immense alternate

6. Ⅱ. Answer the questions about the words and expressions. 1）If you are in a dilemma, you (a) know exactly how to choose or (b) don’t know how to choose? 2) Does a hasty discussion indicate that the discussion lasts for (a) a long time or (b) a short time? 3)Do Ambitious people refer to those who (a) have a great desire to be successful or (b) have little desire for success? √ √ √

7. 4) We should know the benefits of going abroad. Does this sentence mean we should know the (a) advantages or (b) disadvantages of going abroad? 5) Jim is an expert in computer, so when we come across some problem in computer, we (a) can ask Jim for help or (b) can’t ask him for help? 6) The majority of my classmates will go to the park today, so (a) few of my classmates or (b) a lot of my classmates will still stay in school. √ √ √

8. Ⅲ.Read the sentences below and match the boldfaced words with their corresponding meanings in the box. A. a task or piece of work that sb. is given to do B. Something such as a line on a map that marks where one area of land ends and another begins C. the activities of competing D. a required or agreed standard, amount, etc. E. a person or a thing that is not included in a general statement F. a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country.

9. B ______ 1) The boundaries between countries have become almost non existent. ______ 2) This has increased the competition in the job marketconsiderably. ______ 3） Although, this is not a hard and fast rule and exceptions are always there. ______ 4） The students get to read a lot, study and do regular assignments. ______ 5) Well educated people are peace loving and tend to follow the rules and norms of the society. ______ 6) People who have been to college, in other words are well educated, raise better families, and are the ideal employees as well as ideal citizens of the society. C E A D F

10. IV. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words and expressions in the box. hesitant talented average access bookish utilize enroll ambitious • 1). Take a self defense course or _________in a martial arts school that has a strong self defense component. • 2). I’m not surprised that Mary has married Jack, they are both _________people. enroll bookish

11. 3). And when I sat down to write my next piece I found myself _________, unsure of my writing, concerned about how it would be perceived. 4). Local users who do not know English had been somewhat restricted in their _________to the Internet. 5). Top Training programs are designed to allow you to understand and _________the most effective facilitation methods. hesitant access utilize

12. 6). Women also quickly judge how he interacts with her friends and whether he is successful or _________ 7). But perhaps just as significant as increasing diversity is the _________age of incoming students. 8). Many colleges try to find students _________ in music , art and theater. ambitious average talented

13. II. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese given in brackets into English. • He said that if he had known how it worked he could have told me ___________(做什么） • 2 ___________________ （何时开会）has not been decided yet. • 3. There is not any difference between the two. I really don’t know _______________ (选哪个) what to do When to hold the meeting which one to choose

14. 4. John did not know______________________________ (哪里找如此好的一位老师) 5. The mother didn’t know _____________(该责备谁) for the broken glass as it happened while she was out． 6. It has not yet been decided ____________________________(是否在这里建立一所学校) 7. The question _____________________________________(是否从银行借钱) troubled Mr. White 8. They haven’t decided________________________.(什么时候修铁路) where to find such a good teacher. who to blame whether to set up a school here. whether to borrow money from the bank when to build the railway