Лекция: IV. Paraphrase using your active vocabulary.
1. She is a bright student and is going to be a lawyer.
2. Does she carry on her social work at the university?
3. I’m not satisfied with the professional level of some of our teachers and I would like to change a number of chief subjects.
4. She spends a lot of time in that music shop. I fear she fell in love with the guy who sells CDs.
5. He immediately gave most of his attention to the unfinished project so as not to think about her.
6. What stopped you from picking up the money?
7. You’ll have to face a lot of problems if you don’t deal with all this work at once.
8. I am desperately longing for home for I don’t know what expects me in the future.
V. Give well-motivated answers to the suggested questions.
1. Is it okay to be nervous about college? Why? 2. What is the best way to combat being homesick or lonely? 3. What kind of extracurricular activities does college present? 4. Is it easy to meet new people at college? In what places is it likely to happen? 5. What are the chances of being pressured over engaging in dubious activities? 6. Why are the fears of not being able to handle the workload groundless? 7. What is the key to handling the workload? 8. What help can a student receive at college if he runs into problem? 9. Which major should a student choose if he hasn’t decided on his career yet? Is there any opportunity for him to switch majors if he eventually makes his choice? 10. How would you describe college life?
VI. Get ready for a round table talk. Divide into groups: freshers, senior students and teachers.
Freshers: see everything in black colours – share their fears concerning living conditions, relationships with peers; question senior students and teachers about academic and extracurricular opportunities, support system, the ways of handling the workload.
Senior students: seasoned pros trying to explain what lies down the road for a beginner; are very optimistic about college life considering it ultimate fun; show the advantages of living in a dorm, challenge the freshers to engage in social life.
Teaching staff: give practical advice; try to calm the freshers’ fears.
Journalist: conducts the show.
CRITICAL THINKING
Reading Extra. Discussion
Parental Relationships – A Guide for Incoming Freshmen
By Josh Mlot, Sophomore, Miami University
The time is approaching when new freshmen will be entering college. For some people, that means leaving home for the first time ever. I know that for me, getting away from home and the lack of parental control was a big factor in choosing where I’d go to school. Getting far away from home isn’t for everyone though.
No matter where you end up going to college, the relationship you have with your parents will most likely change and evolve. Even if you’ve been waiting years to live under a different roof than your parents, remember there are many issues involved with moving away from home. Everyone’s experience is a little different – some people become very homesick, while others love freedom from the very first moment.
Having to cope with life on your own will not only make you learn more about yourself, but may also make you realize how much your parents have done for you throughout your life, especially when many parents are the ones footing the bill for their child’s college education. After having to hunt down a meal on your own, clean up after yourself, pay your own bills, do the dreaded laundry and conquer life’s crises on your own, you’ll be reminded of how convenient it was to always have a parent there to help and tell you everything would be okay. Not only will these experiences result in a newly found appreciation of your parents, who previously seemed overbearing, but they will also cause you to learn more about yourself.
As cliché as it sounds, college is the time when you discover many things about who you were, who you are, and who you want to be. Part of it is because our parents aren’t always there to bail us out when we find ourselves in deep trouble. It’s amazing how much we learn when forced to do things on our own. All of this boils down to a growing respect for ourselves and for our parents. As we begin to take ourselves more seriously, so does everyone else.
The most common change in parental relationships between new college students and their parents is a greater amount of respect exhibited by each side for the other. Our parents see us as more mature individuals with something to contribute to the world, and we see our parents less as tyrannical dictators and more as fellow human beings.
Jonathan Saphire, a Miami University junior, says, “They expect more and limit me less. I have seen more of the human side of them. They still find things to get angry about, but they respect me more, and get along better.”
Not everyone will have the same experiences when they go to college, but many times people find that respect increases in their relationship with their parents. This is important as families learn to no longer interact on a parent-to-child basis, but on an adult-to-adult level.