Alice [email protected]/~mralice/ntust.htm CHAPTER 4 Life Is Full of Surprises Presenters: Amao and Ken Instructor: Alice Chen

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CHAPTER 4Life Is Full of Surprises

Presenters: Amao and KenInstructor: Alice Chen


1. Vocabulary log

2. Ch 4

3. Quiz 1 on Unit 1


Vocabulary Log

1. pa•tience

/ peī’ſəns/ noun [U] the ability to spend a lot of time doing sth d

ifficult that needs a lot of attention and effort

Eg:“if I had patience”.

It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife.

1單字 2音標 3詞類

4字義

5搭配詞


2 pa•tient

/ peī’ſənt/ noun [C]

a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital

Eg: cancer patients

She helps her patients feel calm and relaxed.


Life is full of surprises?


Can you identify which one is the instructor?


Your opinion?

1. ESL and EFL?

2. Do you think English teacher should be only native speakers of English?

3. Do you think nonnative speakers of English can be good teachers? Why or why not?


1. Where is he from?2. What does he do?3. What is his nativelanguage? Persian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1230274

Tahran


Paragraph 1

Mahmound Arani’s background

Where did he grow up?

Iran


Paragraph 2

Mahmound as an excellent student at school but he failed the exam.

What type of exam did he fail?


What type of exam did he fail?

The university entrance exam to get into a medical school.


Paragraph 3

He was interested in languages

After college, where did he decide to go? for what?


After college, where did he decide to go? for what?

He decided to go to the united states for an advanced degree in languages.


Paragraph 4

He was offered a job by a university in Tehran.

What agreement did the university make with him?


What agreement did the university make with him?

He would return to Buffalo (USA) to finish his degree, and school supported him, but he needs to come back (Iran) to teach.


Paragraph 5

His support from Iran was gone.

Why can’t the university in Iran continue supporting him?


Why can’t the university in Iran continue supporting him?

There was a revolution in Iran, so

they didn’t need English teachers.


Paragraph 6

Mahmound keeps working toward his goal without giving up.

How did he reach his goal?


How did he reach his goal?

He did not give up , but also he accepted a job at Sanit Michael’s College in Vermont after much hard work.


Paragraph 7

Mahmound’s current family life

How is his family life?


How is his family life?

He has a doctor wife from Iran and two children.


Compression check

1. T

2. T

3. F

4. T

5. F

6. T


Page 31 Developing your skills

1. T2. T3. F4. It doesn't say5. F6. T7. T8. F9. F10. It doesn't say


A Vocabulary

1. Medicine

2. Get into

3. Points

4. Disappointed

5. Subject

1. the study and treatment of diseases and injuries

2. to start a career in a particular profession

3. a mark or unit on a scale of measurement

4. because sth you hoped for has not happened or been as good, successful

5. an area of knowledge studied in a school,

college


1. Managed to

2. Agreement

3. Caused

4. Give up

5. Goal

6. Stage

Handle

an arrangement, a promise or a contract made with sb

to make sth happen,

stop doing

something that you hope to achieve

a period or state


c

Secure

Advance

Medical

Score


Phrasal verb

1. Get into

2. Give

3. Up

4. End up

5. Come up


7. Managed to

8. medicine

9. disappointed

10. goal

11. points

1. agreement

2. stages

3. subjects

4. caused

5. Gave up

6. Get into

Thinking about the VocabularyPART B


1. Professor

2. secure

3. advanced

4. Medical

5. score

Thinking about the VocabularyPART C

A teacher at a college or university

Not expected to change or be in any danger

Relating to a school subject at a difficult level

Relating to medicine and the care of people who are sick or hurt

The number of points someone gets on a test or in a game


2. he couldn’t get into medical school and he was also interested in languages.

3. he wanted to advance degree in English.4. he was from an ESL student to become

an ESL teacher which few others could.

5. there was a revolution in Iran, so his country didn’t need him to teach English back home.

6. he does not plan to make a career change at this stage in his life.

Developing your skillsUnderstanding Cause and Effect


Developing your skillsReading for Details

True False It doesn’t say

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Quiz 1 on Unit 1

Part 1 Reading

1Compression (True or False)

2. Reading skills

A. Write the paragraph numbers.

B. Complete each statement about the reading


Quiz 1 on Unit 1

Part 2 Vocabulary

1. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

2. Match the word and its definition.

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