Unit 15 lesson 1 Warmingup Read the email
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Unit 15 lesson 1
Warming-up • Read the e-mail sent from my father • Do you think what cause my father to learn to use e-mail or QQ ? • Because the changes in telecommunications and electronics
Pre-reading 1. If you failed in the college entrance exam, will you continue to study? In what way can you continue to learn ? 2. If you would be laid off, what would you do?
We learn when they were children…
We are young they must work hard.
They are a little old, but they still learn…
• It seems that we have entered to a world of lifelong learning… Read the texts and fill in the table with the correct information.
Name Sun Wen What did they study? computer engineering Reason for study How did they study? Result for their study give himself a second chance to study for a degree distance learning be about to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree and getting promoted at work
Name What did they study? Reason for study How did they study? Result of their study Ms Tang business course be laid off and bored at home to school prepared a business plan for setting up a company
Name Grandpa Chen What did they study? internet Reason for study How did they study? Result of their study for setting email to daughter in the USA asking grandson to instruct setting email ; see and talk to grandchildren in the USA
• 高考 Read the text again and try to find out the following words and expressions. college entrance exam • 即将，将要 be about to • 坦白说 frankly speaking • 下岗 lay off • 成立 set up • 上涨，上升 go up • 亲自 • 关掉，不理不睬 in person switch off
Complete the sentences with the words below. qualification, postage, suspect, aside, secure, frankly, swell, status, throat, blank, 1. What is the status _____ of your project? Are you finished yet?
2. Frankly _______ speaking, I don’t really like him at all. postage stamps. 3. I like to collect _____ 4. Aside _____ from making dinner, she also baked a cake.
5. I suspect _______ that Jim stole the book. secure 6. Mary feels very ____ knowing that she has a good job. 7. Take a _____ blank page and write your name at the top.
8. A Bachelor of Arts degree is a qualification but it’s not good ______ enough for this job. 9. If you have a sore throat _____ , drink lemon and honey in hot water. 10. My shoes are too small so swell when it’s hot and my feet_____, they are really uncomfortable,