Upward Bound: First year. Воробьева М.Г - 32 стр.

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painting. Now, in college, she is learning to use her drawing and
painting in ways that will help her get a good job
Robert is Jodie’s brother, two years younger than she is. He is
still in nigh school. He has two interests: basketball and computers.
Next year he will have to decide which college he wants to go to.
The college with the best basketball team is not the one with the
vest classes in computers.
Sarah goes to elementary school. In fact, she goes to the same
elementary school that her sister and her brother went to. She is
eight years old and shows talent in many kinds of music. She takes
piano lessons and likes to sing.
Before sending their children to school, the parents of Jodie,
Robert, and Sarah had many questions. «How can we find a good
school for our children?» «Will some students come from other
languages besides English?» «Are the students all girls, or all boys?»
«Are sports important?» «Does the school teach children with learning
problems?» «Do the teachers belong to our church?» «Are private
schools better than public ones?»
B. You’ll find the answers to some of these questions in the
text your teacher will give you. Work through it looking up any
words you don’t know. In class, tell the rest of the students what you
have learned. Use the blackboard to illustrate your report with a list
of words /word combinations on the topic, a picture, a diagram, etc.
Prepare two or three questions to see how well they have
understood.
C. Give a 3 or 4 minute talk on the following topic: The life of
students in elementary school, high school, and college in the
USA today.
Ex. 5. Schooling in the States.
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words or word combinations.
A: At what age do children start school in the States?
B: Generally ___. That’s when I started.
A: And that goes up to what age?
B: That goes up to grade six, so that would be what? Twelve
years old? And then you go to ______ in Junior High
School, in fact you go for three years to a Junior High
School, 7
th
, 8
th
and 9
th
grades.
A: And then you go to real _______?

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