Additional Language Exercises

34. Study the synonyms and fill in the gaps in the sentences below.

a) to teach someone a skill or how to do something

teach, train, coach, instruct

1. You should be _______ in how to use computer technology.

2. Sheila has a natural sporting talent. I don’t really need to ______ her.

3. The school runs courses for bank staff aimed at ________ them how to interview clients.

4. Children as young as eight are ________ to use tools.

b) to teach people that they should think or behave in a particular way.

educate, bring sb up to do sth, brainwash, indoctrinate.

1. The authorities worried that foreign teachers might ____________ their students.

2. What we are trying to do is to ________ young people to be responsible citizens.

3. For years we’ve been ________ by advertising into buying more and more needless things.

4. Children are often ______________ to tell the truth in all circumstances.

c) describing children and young people who are intelligent.

bright, prodigy, precocious, whizzkid.

1. They’ve got some ________ who’s already won National Geography Prize.

2. When I first met him he was a _________ young lawyer fresh out of law school.

3. A _________ child may appear to be cheeky, when having an intelligent conversation with an adult.

4. A 13-year-old child _________ has been awarded a mathematics degree at Polytechnic University.

d) to pass a test or examination.

Scrape through, sail through, qualify, get through

1. The entrance exam is very difficult and only a small proportion of candidates _________.

2. It’ll be a miracle if he ________ his examinations.

3. He hopes to _______ as a lawyer and then return to his home country.

4. She ________ her driving test with flying colours.

e) to help someone in something they are trying to achieve, by giving advice, support and confidence.

encourage, be supportive, spur sb on, give sth a boost

1. Smaller class-sizes are sure to _________ to literacy.

2. I would never have won the competition if my family and teachers hadn’t all _______ me on.

3. Our teacher was always _________ of everything we came forward with.

4. It was Dr. Sanders more than anyone who __________ the young scientist in his work.

Unit 3 Education

Part 3 Lifelong Learning

Lead-in

35. Learning is innate in human nature. The idea of education is ingrained in people’s minds although the reasons why people will want knowledge vary. Consider the motivations listed below. Which of them would you rate as two most important and two least important for yourself? Explain your priorities.

    become more useful to your community and country; fulfil yourself as a person; enter the beau-monde; equip yourself to fight for a place under the sun; gain freedom and independence; match and excel in qualifications; help to find identity;

    understand the surrounding world; add to life enjoyment and diversions; enable to cope with the pace of change; boost self-confidence and self-esteem; find a new social life; escape real-life problems; satisfy curiosity.

36. Listen to four stories of people who, at a certain age, started to be discontented with their knowledge and decided to study again. As a matter of fact, all of them had problems to overcome, but the efforts paid off. In the course of listening label the items in "The Challenges" and "The Rewards" with digits 1 through 4 according to who found themselves in which situation.

    The Challenges

    The Rewards

    disliked to leave the children alone at home; rugby competitions and running own sports café; had nothing in the CV to impress the employers with; was made redundant; terrified of trying anything new; worked part-time around family responsibilities; was likely to stagnate in the daily routine; lost all motivation and self-confidence; juggled studies with looking after children;

    increased confidence; became no longer daunted by numbers; studied in their own time and pace; can balance study with rugby commitments; improved social skills; found sites related to the favourite programme; found a new job; enjoyable social time; e-mail correspondence with siblings; awareness of a lot of new things; better at writing and researching information; mastery of every qualification in word processing.

37. Have you considered any further education after you successfully complete the 5-year university course, like doing the postgraduate course, doctorate, signing up for miscellaneous evening or correspondence courses or taking a degree in another specialist area? If so, share your reasons and expectations.

e.g. I will certainly continue studying	to becompetitive in the job.
	so thatIcan/willapply for better positions.
	with a view to/the aim ofbeingcompetitive.
	forgettinga better view of the industry where I work.
	in caseI'm offered a better job.
	so as not/in order notto be fired one day.
	for fearImight/shouldstagnate.
	for fear oflosingthe job.
	to preventmyselffromstagnation.
	to avoidbecomingbackward.

Make your answers more coherent with thelinking devicesfrom the chart in Part 2 of this Unit.

Add varied sentence patterns through the use of Clauses of Purposebelow: