2. Thai Binh Education and Training Department
Nguyen Duc Canh High School
Unit 5: Higher Education
Part A: Reading
3. Hanoi National University Foreign Trade University
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Hanoi Architectural University
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4. (?). What kind of feelings did Sarah, Ellen and Brenden have
in their first year in university?
Sarah Ellen Brenden
amazing, daunting, exciting, challenging, lonely, scary, free
lonely, exciting, free amazing, daunting, scary challenging
5. A B
1. scary
2. daunting
3. campus
4. to blame
a. to consider or say that somebody is
responsible for something done (badly
or wrongly) or not done.
b. discouraging.
c. grounds and buildings of a university/
college.
d. causing fear
While-reading
Task 1. Match each of the word in column A with a suitable
definition in column B:
6. At first, college was daunting. I graduated from a small school.
After seeing the same people over and over for many years, it
was amazing, but a little scary, to be in a place where it seemed
like I never saw the same person twice.
/ˈskɛːri/
7. At first, college was daunting. I graduated from a small school.
After seeing the same people over and over for many years, it
was amazing, but a little scary, to be in a place where it seemed
like I never saw the same person twice.
/ˈdɔːntiŋ/
8. The campus of Hanoi University of Science and Technology
9. My roommate left the window open all the time, even when it
was 10 degrees Celsius out, and went to bed at 10 every night.
When she got sick after midterms, she blamed my typing and
having a light on while she was trying to sleep.
/bleɪmd/
10. Activities Sarah Ellen Brenden
1. attended a party on the first weekend
at college.
2. didn’t get on very well with the
roommate.
3. was not used to meeting different
people every day at college.
4. liked having a chance to be creative.
5. was very excited about going to
college.
6. enjoyed the first year at college.
Task 2. Put a tick to find out who …
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11. 1. What did Sarah do on the first weekend?
- She went out with her new friends, walking around campus.
2. Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?
- Because at the party everyone was busy playing some game
and no one seemed to notice her.
3. What did Ellen’s roommate blame her for?
- Her roommate blamed Ellen for making her sick.
4. What does the social calendar of the colleges provide
Brenden?
- It provides him plenty of opportunities to meet non-
engineering students as well as other engineers and many of
them have come his best friend.
Task 3. Read the text again, then answer the questions:
12. Post-reading
1. What problem do you think you may have in
your first year at university?
2. How do you solve it?
