15. Answer the following questions
What is your name?
Where are you from?
What is your telephone number?
What is your e-mail address?
What are you like?
Are you outgoing or reserved?
Are you afraid of black cats/dogs/snakes/spiders?
Are you fond of sports?
Are you fond of reading?
Are you interested in music?
What music are you fond of?
Who is your favourite singer?
Who is your favourite musician?
What is your favourite music group?
What are you interested in?
What is your favourite book?
Who is your favourite writer?
Who are your favourite sportsmen?
What sports are you keen on?
16. Interview your group-mates and fill in the chart below:
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17. Describe your friend (group-mate, roommate, neighbour, relative, etc). Questions for discussion
How important is person’s appearance?
Comment the saying “Handsome is as handsome does”.
What personal traits make people popular among their friends or colleagues?
What personal traits make people unpopular among their friends or colleagues?
How can personal traits influence the choice of future profession?
What personal traits are important for engineers?
Different professions require different features of character. Give examples of your own.
Describe appearance and character of an ideal friend (room-mate, student, tutor, etc.)
Unit 2 student life roller-coaster or why go to university?
1. Read the text and make up lists of new words according to categories: social roles, learning procedures and stages of education.
…What do you want to be – an engineer, a financial analyst, a surveyor, an accountant, or maybe the next Bill Gates? What study are as match the career you want to have?
A university degree is an investment in your future. To obtain your diploma you need a combination of the following: hard work, motivation, discipline, time management, good study habits, enthusiasm, ability to work independently, good communication skills, basic computer skills and a desire to learn. Having a supportive family and friends cannot be overestimated.
Studying at university is very different from going to school. You cannot do whatever you want, but it is less structured and you'll spend fewer contact hours (i.e. time in lectures and tutorials) at university than you did at school. In short, university will provide you with the chance to take control of your life and study what interests you. It will offer you independence and responsibility. Contacts for Life
Studying at university puts you in touch with people who'll become important professional and personal contacts for many years. You'll be part of University's graduates and alumni who are involved in exciting activities and who build the future of your country.
Campus Life
Campus life creates a lively and dynamic environment in which to study and play. University is more than lectures, tutorials and textbooks. There's also a range of social, sporting and cultural activities. Clubs and societies are an excellent way to meet other students with similar interests. University can help you not only reach your academic goals but also enjoy your time.
The roller-coaster of student life is something that one never forgets irrespective whether one is a full-time or a part-time student. Imagine pictures from your student life: Who can forget the day when you turned from an applicant into a first-year student? I entered, I got into university! Monitors hand out student membership cards, record books and library cards – one feels like a real person. First celebrations are over – it’s high time to hit the books. Where is the timetable? Oh, so many classes and so many subjects… Is the curriculum developed specially for geniuses? Lectures, seminars, home works. Everyone tries to keep pace with the programme – if you cannot cope with the work load, you immediately star to lag behind the group. Catching up with the programme is not easy. First tests and exams come with first successes and failures. “I have passed!” “Professor has not given me a pass!” … And long awaited vacations.
Roller-coaster runs faster. Workshops, calculations, laboratory works, drawing charts, course papers and a real avalanche of home preparations. Reading up for exams. “I had a good excuse for missing classes, I have never played truant” “Vlad passes everything easily because he is a teacher’s pet” – “He simply works systematically and “exact” sciences come easy to him” “I’ve been learning your subject day and night and can’t remember a word!” – “Cramming without understanding is wasting time” “You know, Alex is going to be expelled…” – “Really? Well, that’s not a surprise – his systematic cutting classes…” “Mary is going to graduate with honours…” – “Ah, an active beaver like her - no doubt she’ll pass the finals with flying colours”.
A solemn ceremony in front of the university building and serious people making speeches. I did it! I’ve got a certificate of degree! I cannot believe it is over…
Adapted from: http://content.cqu.edu.au and “English for University Students” by Merkulova E.M. at al.
