21_B2_U02A

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21st Century College English Book 2
Unit 2 Part A
Why They Excel
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Unit 2 Part A

• Pre-reading Activities
• Intensive Study
• Exercises
• Assignment

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Pre-reading Activities

• Preview
• Pre-reading Listening

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Pre-reading Activities Preview
Preview
What is the aim of education? This question
depends completely on culture. Every society has
a set of deep cultural attitudes that are clear
to the majority of its members so clear, in
fact, that they may seem like the only right way.
And the deep cultural attitudes of any society
are reflected in its system of education. The
three texts in this unit explore some of the
different ways culture affects education. Not
only surface differences like the content of the
lessons or whether the students stand up when the
teacher enters the room, but also on deeper
levels that are rarely discussed or even thought
about until two cultures meet in a classroom.
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Pre-reading Activities Listening
First Listening
Before listening to the tape, have a quick look
at the following blanks to prepare yourself to
listen for the figures.
Asian and Asian Americans make up only ________
of the US population, but they come up to
____________________ of the undergraduates at
Harvard, _______ at MIT, _______ at Yale and
_____________ at Berkley.
Check-up
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Pre-reading Activities Listening
First Listening
Asian and Asian Americans make up only ________
of the US population, but they come up to
____________________ of the undergraduates at
Harvard, _______ at MIT, _______ at Yale and
_____________ at Berkley.
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more than 17
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16.5
over 27
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Pre-reading Activities Listening
Second Listening
Read the following words first to prepare
yourself to answer the questions to the best of
your ability.
talent effort money concentration
ambition intelligence pressure sacrifice traditio
n discrimination
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Pre-reading Activities Listening
Second Listening
Why are these statistics amazing? Whats
the explanation?
Script
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Pre-reading Activities Listening
Radio Announcer Good evening ladies and
gentlemen, and welcome to Just Statistics, our
weekly collection of odd statistical facts. Did
you know that Asians and Asian Americans make up
only 2.4 percent of the US population? 2.4
percent, thats right. And did you know that more
than 17 percent of the undergraduates at Harvard
are Asians and Asian Americans? Isnt that
amazing! But thats not all Asians and Asian
Americans make up 18 percent of the student body
at MIT, 16.5 percent at Yale and over 27 percent
at Berkeley! Those are among our best schools,
ladies and gentlemen how do those Asian and
Asian American students do it?
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Intensive Study

• Intensive Study
• Difficult sentences
• Key words, phrases usages
• Comprehension exercises

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Intensive Study
Text A
Why They Excel
by  Fox Butterfield
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Intensive Study
Why They Excel by Fox Butterfield 1 Kim-Chi Trinh
was just nine when her father used his savings to
buy a passage for her on a fishing boat that
would carry her from Vietnam. It was a
heartbreaking and costly sacrifice for the
family, placing Kim-Chi on the small boat, among
strangers, in hopes that she would eventually
reach the United States, where she would get a
good education and enjoy a better life.
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Intensive Study
2 It was a hard journey for the little girl,
and full of risks. Long before the boat reached
safety, the supplies of food and water ran out.
When Kim-Chi finally made it to the US, she had
to cope with a succession of three foster
families. But when she graduated from San Diegos
Patrick Henry High School in 1988, she had
straight As and scholarship offers from some of
the most prestigious universities in the country.
3 I have to do well, says the 19-year-old,
now a second-year student at Cornell University.
I owe it to my parents in Vietnam.
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Intensive Study
4 Kim-Chi is part of a wave of bright,
highly-motivated Asian-Americans who are suddenly
surging into our best colleges. Although
Asian-Americans make up only 2.4 percent of the
nation population, they constitute 17.1 percent
of the undergraduates at Harvard, 18 percent at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
27.3 percent at the University of California at
Berkeley. 5 Why are Asian-Americans doing so
well? Are they grinds, as some stereotypes
suggest? Do they have higher IQs? Or can we learn
a lesson from them about values we have long
treasured but may have misplaced like hard
work, the family and education?
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Intensive Study
6 Not all Asians are doing equally well
poorly-educated Cambodian refugee children, for
instance, often need special help. And many
Asian-Americans resent being labeled a model
minority, feeling that this is reverse
discrimination by white Americans a contrast to
the laws that excluded most Asian immigrants from
the US until 1965, but prejudice nevertheless.
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Intensive Study
7 The young Asians achievements have led to a
series of fascinating studies. Perhaps the most
disturbing results come from the research carried
out by a University of Michigan psychologist,
Harold W. Stevenson, who has compared more than
7,000 students in kindergarten, first grade,
third grade and fifth grade in Chicago and
Minneapolis with counterparts in Beijing, Taipei
and Sendai. On a battery of math tests, the
Americans did worst at all grade levels.
8 Stevenson found no differences in IQ. But if
the differences in performance are showing up in
kindergarten, it suggests something is happening
in the family, even before the children get to
school.
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Intensive Study
9 It is here that various researchers different
studies converge Asian parents are motivating
their children better. The bottom line is, Asian
kids work hard, Stevenson says. 10 The real
question, then, is how Asian parents imbue their
offspring with this kind of motivation.
Stevensons study suggests a critical answer.
When asked why they think their children do well,
most Asian parents said hard work. By contrast,
American parents said talent.
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Intensive Study
11   From what I can see, criticizes
Stevenson, weve lost our faith in the idea that
we can all get ahead in life through hard work.
Instead, Americans now believe that some kids
have what it takes and some dont. So we start
dividing up classes into fast learners and
slow learners, whereas the Chinese and Japanese
feel all children can succeed in the same
curriculum.
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Intensive Study
12 This belief in hard work is the first of
three main factors contributing to Asian
students outstanding performance. It springs
from Asians common heritage of Confucianism, the
philosophy of the 5th-century-BC Chinese sage
whose teachings have had a profound influence on
Chinese society. One of Confuciuss primary
teachings is that through effort, people can
perfect themselves.
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Intensive Study
13 Confucianism provides another important
ingredient in the Asians success as well. In
Confucian philosophy, the family plays a central
role an orientation that leads people to work
for the honor of the family, not just for
themselves. One can never repay ones parents,
and theres a sense of obligation or even guilt
that is as strong a force among Asians as
Protestant philosophy is in the West.
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Intensive Study
14 Theres yet another major factor in this
bond between Asian parents and their children.
During the 15 years I lived in China, Japan, and
Vietnam, I noticed that Asian parents establish a
closer physical tie to their infants than most
parents in the United States. When I let my baby
daughter crawl on the floor, for example, my
Chinese friends were horrified and rushed to pick
her up. We think this constant attention is
old-fashioned or even unhealthy, but for Asians,
its highly effective. 15 Can we learn
anything from the Asians? Im not naive enough
to think everything in Asia can be transplanted,
says Stevenson. But he offered three
recommendations.
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Intensive Study
16 To start with, he says, we need to set
higher standards for our kids. We wouldnt expect
them to become professional athletes without
practicing hard. 17 Second, American parents
need to become more committed to their childrens
education, he declares. Being understanding when
a child doesnt do well isnt enough. Stevenson
found that Asian parents spend more time helping
their children with homework or writing to their
teachers than American parents do.
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Intensive Study
18 And, third, our schools could be reorganized
in simple but effective ways, says Stevenson.
Nearly 90 percent of Chinese youngsters say they
actually enjoy school, and 60 percent cant wait
for school vacations to end. This is a vastly
more positive attitude than youngsters in the US
express. One reason may be that students in China
and Japan typically have a break after each
class, helping them to relax and to increase
their attention spans.
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Intensive Study
19 I dont think Asians are any smarter, says
Don Lee, an Asian-American student at Berkeley.
There are brilliant Americans in my chemistry
class. But the Asian students work harder. I see
a lot of wasted potential among the
Americans. (975 Words)
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passage n. (cost of a ticket for) a journey by
ship or plane from one place to another

• e.g.
• He is too poor to afford a passage home.
• Oliver has booked a passage to New York.

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safety n. a place where one is safe from a
particular danger

• e.g.
• The firefighters were busy helping survivors to
  safety.
• They ran to safety, away from the fire.

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make it (to somewhere) succeed in getting
somewhere usu. in time to do sth., or in doing
sth.,or getting sth. wanted

• e.g.
• Despite the heavy rain, she made it to the
  airport just in time to catch her plane.
• After failing three times in the exams, Jack
  feels he will never make it in computer.

Translate ???????????
Key Will you be able to make it to the meeting
on time?
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cope with manage successfully be able to deal
with (sth. difficult, unpleasant, etc.)

• e.g.
• Poor families have to cope with a lot of
  problems.
• cope with the water shortage/ his rival / the
  budget deficit

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foster a. giving or receiving parental care
although not related legally or by blood v. to
bring up

• e.g.
• With a home full of foster children she was
  always busy.
• She decided to foster the abandoned child
  despite her difficulties in her life.

• Cf.
• adopt
• take a child of other parents, as approved by
  law, and bring up as ones own child
• e.g.
• Many childless couples adopt homeless orphans.

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owe to have (sth. good) because of (sth./sb.)

• e.g.
• I owe my knowledge of music to my mother.
• I owe it to my friends that I have been able to
  finish this work.

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a wave of an unusually large number of

• e.g.
• a wave of new comers
• a wave of buying
• a wave of terrorism

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More to learn
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Kim-Chi is part of a wave of bright,
highly-motivated Asian-Americans who are suddenly
surging into our best colleges.
Paraphrase ?
Kim-Chi is part of a wave of brilliant, ambitious
Asian immigrants who are rushing into our best
colleges.
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stereotype n. a fixed general image,
characteristic, etc. that is believed to
represent a particular type of person or thing

• e.g.
• Young and modern, she does not fit the
  stereotype of a woman who spends all her time
  doing housework.
• Whats the stereotype of a grind?

More to learn
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as some stereotypes suggest?
Paraphrase ?
like the general impression created by some
typical Asian Americans
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label v. put into a particular kind or class
describe as

• e.g.
• His neighbors labeled him a thief.
• He was labeled a snob.

Translate ????????????
Key His rival labeled him a cream puff.
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Text-related information
U.S. immigration laws against Asians Asians
overseas migration has been limited by both
natural and artificial factors. The Chinese,
earliest to arrive, and the Japanese were long
victims of racial discrimination. They suffered
from the discriminatory laws that limited and
excluded the Asian immigrants from the United
States. The Chinese Exclusive Act in 1882
suspended Chinese immigration for 10 years. In
1965, a law was passed to allow immigrants from
Asia to the United States.
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counterpart n. a person or thing that has a
similar function or position in another place or
organization

• e.g.
• the Foreign Minister and his French counterpart
• the Prime Minister and his European counterparts
• the English Merchant Bank and its American
  counterpart, the Wall Street Investment Bank

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converge vi. (tend to) become similar or
identical

• e.g.
• Our previously opposed views are beginning
  to converge.
• Their ideas seem to be converging.

More to learn
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It is here that various researchers different
studies converge
The structure it is/was that/who can be used
to emphasize the main point of a sentence.

• e.g.
• The various studies converge here.
• ? It is here that the various studies converge.
• We made all these sacrifices for you.
• ? It was for you that we made all these
  sacrifices.

More to do
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It is here that various researchers different
studies converge

• Drills
• Rewrite the sentences below as it is/was
  that/who sentences. The idea to be emphasized
  in each one appears in colored letters.
• We organized this volunteer group for the
  benefit of the old people in the neighborhood.
• We realize how far we have come only when we
  look back.
• 3. His secretary does all the work.

It was for the benefit of the old people in the
neighborhood that we organized this volunteer
group.
It is only when we look back that we realized how
far we have come.
It is his secretary who does all the work.
More to learn
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It is here that various researchers different
studies converge
Paraphrase ?
It is on this point that various researchers
different studies become identical.
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bottom line the deciding or crucial factor the
essential point

• e.g.
• The bottom line is that we need another ten
  thousand dollars to complete the project.

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imbue with fill with (a kind of idea,
feeling, etc.)

• e.g.
• She tries to imbue her husband with a sense of
  responsibility.
• She tries to imbue her children with sympathy.

Translate Churchill tried hard to imbue
Englishmen with patriotism.
Key ????????????????
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have what it takes have the right qualities or
skills required for success

• e.g.
• I dont think Rebecca has what it takes to be a
  ballet dancer.
• Do you have what it takes to become a general
  manager?

More to learn
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, Americans now believe that some kids have what
it takes and some dont.
Paraphrase ?
Americans now think that some kids have the right
qualities required for success and some dont.
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whereas conj. while at the same time while on
the contrary

• e.g.
• The elephant weighs about 3,600 kg.
• The blue whale weighs up to 130,000 kg.

Whereas the elephant weighs about 3,600 kg, the
blue whale weighs up to 130,000 kg.
More to do
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whereas conj. while at the same time while on
the contrary

• Drills
• Combine the following sentences using the
  conjunction whereas.
• The word youngster has a cheerful
  connotation.
• Offspring sounds rather clinical.
• Confucianism emphasizes family ties.
• Protestantism teaches individual responsibility.

Whereas the word youngster has a cheerful
connotation, offspring sounds rather clinical.
Whereas Confucianism emphasizes family ties,
Protestantism teaches individual responsibility.
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spring from result from have ones origin in

• e.g.
• Her doubts spring from too much experience of
  failure.
• Her unhappiness springs from her pursuit of fame
  and wealth.

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tie n. a connection, relationship, or feeling
that links a person with another person, a
place, etc.

• e.g.
• The tie between mother and child
• I no longer feel any ties with my hometown.

More to learn
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Asian parents establish a closer physical tie
to their infants than most parents in the United
States.
Paraphrase ?
Asian parents take more bodily care of their
infants than most parents in the U.S. do.
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American parents need to become more committed to
their childrens education.
Paraphrase ?
American parents should take on more
responsibilities for their childrens education.
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cant wait for sth./ to do sth. be very excited
about sth. and eager for sth./ to do sth.

• e.g.
• He couldnt wait to tell the good news to his
  parents.
• All kids couldnt wait for the Spring Festival
  to come.

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span n. the length of time between two dates
or events or during which sth. exists or
functions

• e.g.
• life span
• memory span
• span of knowledge

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potential a. n. the inherent ability or
capacity for growth, development, or coming into
being

• e.g.
• industrial potential
• acting potential
• potential customer
• potential resources

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Exercises

• Comprehension
• Vocabulary
• Listening

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Exercises Comprehension
A. Decide whether the following statements are
true or false, and underline the sections of
the passage that supports your answer.
???? II Ex. II, p. 46
1. Kim-Chi Trihns father sent her to the US as a
reward for her hard work at school.
F
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Exercises Comprehension
A. Decide whether the following statements are
true or false, and underline the sections of
the passage that supports your answer.
2. The percentage of Asian-Americans entering
prestigious US universities is very high.
T
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Exercises Comprehension
A. Decide whether the following statements are
true or false, and underline the sections of
the passage that supports your answer.
3. The author feels that values like hard work,
the family and education are unfamiliar to
Americans.
F
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Exercises Comprehension
A. Decide whether the following statements are
true or false, and underline the sections of
the passage that supports your answer.
4. Stevensons research showed that Asians and
Asian-Americans are more intelligent than other
students.
F
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Exercises Comprehension
A. Decide whether the following statements are
true or false, and underline the sections of
the passage that supports your answer.
5. The author agrees with the idea that Confucian
family values contribute to excellence at school.
T
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Exercises Comprehension
A. Decide whether the following statements are
true or false, and underline the sections of
the passage that supports your answer.
6. Stevenson says that American parents shouldnt
be so understanding when a child doesnt do well.
F
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Exercises Comprehension
A. Decide whether the following statements are
true or false, and underline the sections of
the passage that supports your answer.
7. The author suggests that having breaks after
each class may improve youngsters performance
in school.
T
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
1. Kim-Chi Trihns feeling that she owes
something to her family springs from Confucianism.
I
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
2. The author believes Americans can learn
something from Asian and Asian-American
students success.
I
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
3. Many Asian-Americans resent reverse
discrimination because it is a form of racial
prejudice.
I
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
4. The author finds it alarming that Asian
students performed so well on Stevensons tests.
N
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
5. The author finds it alarming that American
students performed so poorly on Stevensons
tests.
I
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
6. Americans have lost faith in the value of hard
work because of economic factors.
N
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
7. The author considers it normal for babies to
crawl on the floor.
I
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Exercises Comprehension
B. Read the following statements and mark each I
(implied in the article), or N (not implied). For
each statement you mark, underline the sections
of the text that supports your answer.
8. The authors 15 years living in Asia convinced
him that American parents dont love their
children as much as Asian parents do.
N
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Vocabulary

• Vocabulary
• Ex. III
• Ex. IV
• Ex. V

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Exercises Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
???? II Ex. III, p. 47
1. Please _____ all the boxes clearly so that
well know which ones are ours and which belong
to you.
? label
2. Its not a simple question. Many different
factors have _____ to create the current crisis.
? converged
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Exercises Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
3. I can never repay my parents for the many
_____ they made for me.
? sacrifices
4. Research shows that humor and fear are two
excellent ways to _____ students.
? motivate
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Exercises Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
5. At first tea was produced only in China it
was later _____ to India and Japan.
? transplanted
6. The sight of the animals sufferings so _____
him that he vowed never to visit the zoo again.
? horrified
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Exercises Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
7. A mothers _____ with her newborn baby is an
infinitely deep one that nothing can replace.
? bond
8. In Australia, women _____ 51 of the
population, but occupy only 19 of the
managerial positions.
? constitute
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Exercises Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
9. Thousands of striking workers _____ into the
city square, demanding higher wages and better
working conditions.
? surged
10. There was a deep-rooted racial _____ long
before the two countries became rivals and went
to war.
? prejudice
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Exercises Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
11. Mary _____ having to go to work while her
husband sits about the house all day.
? resents
12. Not all of the authors _____ for improving
students performance at school are logical.
? recommendations
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Exercises Vocabulary
???? II Ex. IV, p. 48
IV. Rescue these sentences! An underachieving
student wrote the sentences below, trying to use
an expression from the text in each one but he
got all the prepositions mixed up. Correct all
the sentences, using expressions from the text,
then put a definition, synonym or translation of
the corrected expressions in the spaces provided.
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Exercises Vocabulary

• Research carried up at Berkeley shows that Asian
  children are motivated by a sense of guilt.
• correct form
• synonym

carried out
conducted
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Exercises Vocabulary
2. Professor Glover explained how 19th-century
social policies led through a loss of faith in
the value of hard work. correct form synonym
led to
resulted in, caused
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Exercises Vocabulary
3. The controversy about multiculturalism
springs at recent changes in the curricula of US
public schools. correct form synonym
springs from
arises from, comes from
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Exercises Vocabulary
4. A good education will make it easier for you
to get up. correct form definition
get ahead
make progress in life achieve more
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Exercises Vocabulary
5. Ted finally showed to a little after eleven.
He said hed overslept. correct form synonym
showed up
appeared, arrived
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Exercises Vocabulary
6. Women now make out two-fifths of the work
force in this country. correct form synonym
make up
constitute, comprise
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Exercises Vocabulary
7. Kim says she works hard because she owes it
for her parents. correct form translation
owes it to
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Exercises Vocabulary
8. She found herself unable to cope over all the
work she had been assigned to do. correct
form definition
cope with
find a way of dealing with
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Exercises Vocabulary
9. The girls carefully divided out the cake from
seven pieces. correct form translation
divided the cake into
?????
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Exercises Vocabulary
10. Immigrants are excluded out of many of the
rights that citizens have. correct
form translation
excluded from
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Exercises Vocabulary
11. As a teacher, Henry is committed at awakening
his students to the joys of education. correct
form synonym
committed to
devoted to, dedicated to
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Exercises Vocabulary
12. In the mid-1960s, many Frenchmen wondered if
the Americans would ever make it on the moon if
they insisted on calculating distances in feet
and inches. correct form definition
make it to
arrive at or on after some effort
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Exercises Vocabulary
V. Replace the underlined parts in the following
sentences with words or expressions from the text
that closely match the original meaning.
1. His knowledge that hed done wrong led him to
surrender to the police.
???? II Ex. V, p. 49
sense of guilt
2. It was a long and difficult journey, full of
strange adventures, but in the end we reached our
destination.
finally
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Exercises Vocabulary
V. Replace the underlined parts in the following
sentences with words or expressions from the text
that closely match the original meaning.
3. Her early life filled her with deep respect
for traditional family values.
imbued her with
4. Dont go too close! Elephants are very
protective of their children.
offspring
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Exercises Vocabulary
V. Replace the underlined parts in the following
sentences with words or expressions from the text
that closely match the original meaning.
5. When I first saw my test results I was shocked
but they gave me a strong reason to study
harder.
horrified
motivated me to
recommendations

• The study ended with several pieces of advice for
  improving the education system. First of all, it
  said, we have to lengthen the breaks between
  classes.

To start with
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Exercises Vocabulary
V. Replace the underlined parts in the following
sentences with words or expressions from the text
that closely match the original meaning.
7. Dont be too willing to believe! If he
intended to give you the job, he would have
called you by now.
naive
8. According to the stereotype, boys perform well
in math and science on the other hand, girls are
better at languages.
by contrast
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Exercises Listening
Youre going to hear a conversation related to
Text A. The conversation printed in your textbook
is not in the correct order. As you listen to the
first time, number the speeches in the order in
which you hear them. (The first three have been
numbered for you as examples.)
???? II Part 3.3, p. 23
Answer Questions
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Exercises Listening
Answer Questions
1. Why did Chang turn off the television?
He is not interested in the program.
2. Why is Li interested in the investigations?
Because he thinks its interesting.
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Exercises Listening
Answer Questions
3. What is Chang a good example of, in Lis
opinion?
In Lis opinion, Chang is a good example of
successful Asian-American students.
4. What does Chang not want his teachers to think?
Chang doesnt want his teachers to think that he
gets good grades because he is an Asian-American.
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Exercises Listening
Answer Questions

• How does Chang explain his good grades?

He deserves good grades.
Script
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Exercises Listening
1 TV Announcer What makes Asian-Americans
perform so well at school? Our program today
discusses the amazing success of Asian-American
students who are taking our best universities by
storm and 2 Li Peng Peng Hey, whyd you turn
it off?! I want to watch that show. 3 Chang Ming
Zhong Are you kidding? Im sick of all these
investigations into how much better
Asian-Americans are than everybody else.
4 Li Well, I think its interesting. We are
getting better grades than other students. Isnt
it worth trying to figure out why? 5
Chang Theres no why! I dont believe were
better than anyone else, and I dont like it
when people say we are. I have the right to be
an underachiever if I want to be, even if I am
Asian- American! 6 Li But you arent an
underachiever in fact youre a pretty good
example of just what the research is talking
about. Asian-Americans do get better grades, on
the average, than other ethnic groups. All the
studies show the same thing. Why do you have a
problem with it?
7 Chang Look, if I get an A I want to know I
earned it that it wasnt a case of some white
teacher thinking Oh, an Asian-American hell
get good grades because they all do. 8
Li Dont be silly! Teachers dont think that
way. 9 Chang Well, maybe not all of them. But
there are too many people who think
Asian-Americans study hard because their
parents make them or theyre following the
teachings of Confucius. 10 Li So what? Theres
a lot of truth in that.
11 Chang If thats what you want to think, I
cant stop you. But I get good grades because I
deserve them, and I work hard in school because
I like to learn not because of Confucius and
not because anyone makes me. And I dont do it
for my familys honor, either. I do it for myself.
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Assignment

• 1. Ex. VI, p. 50
• Ex. VII, p. 50
• Ex. VIII, p. 51
• Ex. XII, p. 53
• Ex. XIII, p. 53