- •Unit 1. Medicine
- •2. How far do you agree with the man in the third dialogue “You’d have much more energy if you took regular exercise”? making an appointment (00:59)
- •1. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the questions. Who is Tina speaking to?
- •2. Use the prompts below to act out similar dialogues.
- •3. Discuss the following questions.
- •2. Listen only to an introduction and complete the notes below.
- •3. Listen again and answer the following questions.
- •Back pain
- •3. Answer the questions using the words and word-combinations given in brackets.
- •Reflexology
- •A long trip
- •3. Listen to the story. Then check the best headline.
- •4. What accommodation possibilities would you be interested in? Why? Discuss you ideas in class. Transport problems (03:25)
- •1. Try to guess the meanings of the word combinations and then discuss your ideas in class.
- •2. While you listen, decide whether the following sentences are true or false.
- •3. Listen again and complete the information while listening.
- •4. Discuss the advantages and possible drawbacks of transport infrastructure of mega cities. What can be done to solve their transport problems?
- •2. Listen to the person talking about ethical shopping. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
- •3. Listen again and discuss the questions.
- •Charity shops (05:13)
- •1. You are going to listen to the man talking about charity shops in England. Look at the pictures. What things do charity shops sell?
- •2. Listen to the person talking about charity shops and match the following.
- •3. Listen to the person talking about charity shops and complete the sentences.
- •4. Answer the questions using the word and word-combinations given in brackets.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •3. What words and expressions used in the recording have a meaning similar to “very intelligent students”, “deep learning”?
- •3. Listen again and find the words and expressions that mean the following.
- •3. How do you like the idea of such a university? Do you agree that ‘it’s never late to learn’?
- •4. Speak on what you have learnt from the presentation. Give your own opinion about the Bologna process and the changes it has involved. Going to secondary school (05:43)
- •1. You are going to listen to the man talking about secondary schools in Great Britain. Before listening complete the sentences using the words in the box below.
- •2. Listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •Lifelong learning (02:36)
- •1. You are going to listen to a radio advertisement for university courses. Listen and choose the best answer.
- •2. Listen again and answer the questions.
- •Student money (04:46)
- •1. Before you listen do the vocabulary activity below. Match the words and phrases to the definitions.
- •2. Listen and put the experiences and tips about student money in the order you hear them.
- •3. Discussion.
- •2. Listen to the article and complete the information according to the listening.
- •3. Answer the questions using the words and word-combinations in brackets.
- •What’s a university education worth? (04:23)
- •1. Before you listen do the vocabulary activity below. Match the words and phrases to the definitions.
- •2. Listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
- •3. Listen again and complete the sentences.
- •4. Discussion.
- •The changing of the guard
- •On the road with the chief beefeater at the tower of london (video 26:25)
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Uk parliament tour
- •2. Enumerate the reasons for football violence.
- •2. Listen again and discuss the following questions.
- •Water sports (06:11)
- •1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
- •2. Listen to the article and discuss the following questions.
- •Surfing (04:45)
- •1. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing words in this summary.
- •2. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •Child athletes
- •The olympic games (05:54)
- •1. Listen to the article “The Olympic Games: then and now” written by Craig Duncan. Answer the questions about the text according to the listening.
- •2. Listen again and complete the sentences according to the listening.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •The two ronnies
- •What hands do you have? (03:35)
- •1. Match the adjectives with the underlined phrases in the sentences.
- •2. Listen to two friends, Helen and Daniel, talking about the connection between your hands and your personality. Which sentences from above are true for Daniel?
3. Answer the questions.
Why doesn’t the woman like shopping?
When is she content to do the shopping?
What kind of shop is Ross?
What hobby does the woman have?
Why does she like second-hand store shopping?
Why does she like shopping at Ross?
Why does she consider her latest purchase a good deal?
UNIT 4. EDUCATION
HOW IS THE COURSE GOING?
(02:19)
1. You are going to hear two friends, Daniel and Paulina, talking about a course Paulina is doing. Listen and complete the questions.
1. How is the course going? Are you _____ ?
2. So what does it involve, then? I mean, what _____ do you have to study?
3. And what are the other students like? Do you _____ them OK?
4. And what about the tutors? What are they _____ ?
5. How long does the course last? When _____ ?
6. And what are you going to do once the course is finished? Have you _____ yet?
2. Listen again and make notes on the answers to the questions.
3. Act out similar dialogues discussing one of the courses you are doing this year.
WHAT IS EDUCATION?
(04:14)
1. Read and paraphrase the following statement:
Education is a matter between the person and the world of knowledge; school or college has little to do with it.
2. Listen to some students and teachers discussing the statement given above and fill in the missing words from the list. Sometimes you will have to change the form of the word.
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Benefit, enable, essential, bright, compulsory, immersive, direction, involve, academic, independent, dispense, creative, shallow, level, meaningful, fulfill, profound, engage, objective, participant, deliver, academically able, glean, expand |
STEPHEN ARNOLD, HEADMASTER
What is education? A formal learning process _____ by schools, colleges and universities, or the sum of information we _____ from our contact with the world around us? In today’s discussion, a student, a university professor and a politician will all share their thoughts on the subject. If I may, I would begin by talking about students and their educational needs. A criticism that is _____ at my school is that highly intelligent, gifted children are given a raw deal. Are schools mostly concerned with helping less _____ children to achieve? Perhaps it is so. After all, it is true that the _____ children need little support and can cope easily. They are able to learn _____ .
PAUL LLOYD, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
I do believe school is helping intelligent students to _____ their potential, and I don’t just mean academic potential. School does more for me than just that, and so it should. We spend so much time there. From five to sixteen years old we have no choice, school is _____ , and most of us stay on after that because we know that education is good for us, it _____ the mind. School offers children knowledge, and _____ . It was in school that I had my first contact with computers. An experience that has been of enormous ______ to me. I don’t believe that I have been given a raw deal because I am of above average intelligence. On the contrary, I believe that my _____ and social experience at school will serve to steer me into the future, a future in which computer knowledge will be _____ .
SARAH FORD, UNIVERSITY TEACHER
I believe that teachers are very good at _____ a range of skills and a body of knowledge to their students, this is clear from the results we get from across the board. All students are equally important and all students need to develop _____ thinking. The research I did for my university department shows that three types of learning exists: ______ , when students are not engaged, and deeper, when they are, and the deepest learning of all takes place when students are engaged and working together. An example of this ______ learning is when information technology is used to prompt students through _____ experiences to explore and collect information. I think it will be the future of learning.
ALAN CRINKLY, GOVERNMENT MINISTER
We want learning to be deep and _____ for all young people and if computers _____ children, so much the better. I am a strong believer in developing children’s interests in the learning process, wherever it may be. The important thing is for children to be _____ . In fact, I strongly approve of a development which forces children to think about the quality of education they receive. This is necessary if our schools are to be the best the country can provide. Students must see themselves as _____ in an educational process, to have a voice and to use it. Education should have two _____ : to supply the skills needed by the employment market and to _____ each and every child, average or gifted, to develop his or her potential to the maximum.