Studying Abroad

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Unit 4

• Studying Abroad

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• Group work
• Whats your opinion on studying abroad? If you
  have a chance to decide whether to study in a
  famous university in China such as Qinghua and
  Beijing University or in an ordinary university
  in Britain or the USA, what would you choose?
  Why? Give your reasons.

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• To get some ideas about the background
  information of the text
• host family
• Christianity, Christian
• income tax
• insurance

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• insurance
• Medical insurance, Health insurance, Unemployment
  insurance, Endowment insurance, Personal Accident
  insurance, Property insurance, Sickness insurance

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Guess the meaning of the italicized term in each
sentence.

• The timetable shows arrivals and departures of
  all the flights.
• To allow these changes would be a significant
  departure from tradition.

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• It is just a routine medical examination, nothing
  to get worried about.
• He went into his usual Im the head of the
  family routine.
• She found it difficult to set up a new routine
  after the end of her career.

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• It is abroad that she plans to leave the company.
• There is plenty of enthusiasm abroad.
• Beijing will be the host of the Olympic games in
  2008.
• The research group headed by Dr. Johnson is faced
  with a host of difficulties.

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• Tears came to her eyes when she accepted the
  certificate granted by the president.
• You can get a grant to repair your home.
• The designer specified the size of bricks to be
  used.

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• Deductions of points will be made if those who
  compete do not follow the rules.
• As we descended to the cave, we felt a little
  cold.
• Our eyes slowly adapted to the dark.

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• Many science books have been adapted for
  students.
• She certainly has been pining since you left.(be
  very unhappy)
• They were pining for their homeland back in
  Europe.(long for or miss)

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Match the synonyms and antonyms in column B with
those in column A.

• fluent luggage article domestic estimate nourish
  regulation command await
• fare

overseas stammering nurture submit rules
expect item baggage fee evaluate
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Homework

• Learn the new words and expressions of the text
  by heart.
• The students are to be divided into several
  groups. Each group will be responsible for one
  part of it. Then in the class time, students may
  ask questions about some words or sentences in a
  certain part, and then the group, which is
  responsible for it, will answer the questions.

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• Language Points
• Every year the United Sates is host to an average
  of 78,000 foreign high school level students, of
  which 3,000 are Brazilian. (para. 3)
• Even young students who plan on studying in the
  a host family. (para. 5)

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• Very few arrive in the country with all the
  details worked out. (para. 5)
• I think it all depends onhere in Brazil. (para.
  5)
• I didnt economize on words. (para. 5)

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• She hit the target. (para. 5)
• Hit the target
• 1) You certainly hit the target when you said
  that he was lazy.
• 2) He hit the target when he became president of
  the class.

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• American families, which host foreign students,
  are not paid, though they are allowed a small
  income tax deduction. (para.5)

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• Each teenager is expected to cover his or her own
  expenses for articles for personal use,
  entertainment, long-distance telephone calls and
  clothing. (para. 6)

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• Cover
• 1) The amount of money can hardly cover the loss.
  
• 2) The Greens had to economize because Mr.
  Greens income could hardly cover the expenses.

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• Basically, most students leavetake care of
  themselves. (para. 7)
• 1) He came running all the way from the bus stop.
  
• 2) He tripped over the carpet leaving the room.
• 3) Leaving the room, he tripped over the carpet.

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• One student from the Brazilianluggage as well.
  (para. 7)
• To (ones) capacity
• 1) This ship was filled to capacity with goods.
• 2) The hall is filled to capacity.

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• Another moment of tensionhome in American.
  (para. 9)
• descend
• A feeling of sadness descended on him and made
  him leave the sitting-room quietly.
• Domestic flight

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• From then on its everyone for himself. (para. 9)
  
• Another big problemaway from home. (para. 10)
• This in turn pushes up including air fare.
  (para 12)

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• Simulated writing
• (see exercises 7, 8)
• Very few arrive in the country with all the
  details worked out.
• I think it all depends on how you answer the
  survey sent by the overseas study company here in
  Brazil.

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• Each teenager is expected to cover his or her own
  expenses for articles for personal use,
  entertainment, long-distance telephone call and
  clothing.
• This in turn pushes up the program cost,
  estimated at about 3,800, including air fare.

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• Writing
• The phenomenon is due to a couple of factors. One
  major factor is can be another factor. A
  further factor is
• Two main factors contribute to On the one hand
  On the other hand

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• A number of factors, both individual and social,
  can account for / explain/ result in the
  phenomenon. For one thing, For another, A
  third contributing factor is

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• There are many reasons forbut generally they can
  come down to three. One reason for this is
  Another reason is One strong reason for my
  argument is

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• One major reason is The fact that can be
  another reason. A further reason is that
• Crime is frequently connected to poverty. Social
  factors may also have led to It is generally
  true to say that

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• Reasons for are numerous. The chief reason is
  thatA second good reason is thatStill another
  reason is that
• One may ascribe / attribute / owe the change to
• One may trace the phenomenon back to

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• A number of / A multitude of factors could
  account for / conspire towards / contribute to
  the increase / change / success in

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• The main factor underlying is that
• Beyond these obvious reasons, however, lies a
  deeper cause

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• Develop a paragraph of a general statement
  followed by some reasons by trying to use some
  of those sentence patterns
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• Homework
• Why Do People Keep Pets?
• 1. ???????????
• 2. ??????
• 3. ???????????
• Section B, Section C