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Advanced 1 Workbook Unit 8
Advanced 1 Workbook Unit 8
Unit 8
How Smart Are You?
Quiz
a. Do you remember the quiz program from the computer lesson. Answer the following
questions about the program.
1. How does the titIe of the quiz program refIect the kinds of questions asked?
The title refers to the past, present, and future.
______________________________________________________________________
2. How does the quizmaster ask the questions? Write the question words.
What kind&?
______________________________________________________________________
b. After the program, Rachel and Jason talked about their experience. Complete the
conversation with appropriate words and phrases below.
Rachel: So, teII me, Jason, how do you feeI about the program?
Jason: WeII, when PauIa assumed that we both knew the (1) __________________
rules at
the beginning of the program, she wasn’t entireIy correct.
Rachel: What do you mean? You played correctly. In fact, your onIy mistake was when
you didn’t know the (2) _____________________
technology question.
Jason: That was the problem. I knew the technology question. I just didn’t know there
was a time limit. I was about to say the answer, but i lost my (3)_turn
_____________.
Rachel: But you still did really well on the program. You answered the soIar
(4) ______________________
energy and garbage (5) ______________________
recycling
questions correctIy.
Jason: And l knew your questions about outer (6) ________________
space and the country
with the Iargest (7) _______________________
population too.
Rachel: So what are you compIaining about?
Jason: Isn’t it obvious? I wanted to be the (8) _______________________!
winner
c. Write five questions that could be used in the next broadcast of “Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow”. Have your classmates try to answer them.
Starting Young
a. What can we assume about Marina, Mrs. Smythe, her parents, and her classmates?
Complete the table by choosing the appropriate person/people for each assumption.
Assumption Person/People
1. They are very gratefuI for her heIp in the cIassroom. _______________
Marina’s classmates
4. She beIieves the new immigrant students wiII Iearn EngIish quickIy. _______________
Mrs. Smythe
b. How do the teacher and the language specialist express their thoughts? Write the
appropriate expressions and sentences.
1. How does Mrs. Smythe know which Ianguage is Marina’s mother tongue?
__________________________________________________________________________
When I listen to Marina talk in her native language, it’s quite obvious that she isRussian.
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This pattern appears to be the same in children all over the world, no matter what language they’re learning.
c. Circle the word that does not collocate with the verbs in bold.
d. Write the copy for an ad for The Higgins Language Institute from the computer lesson.
Dance Posters
a. Do you remember the dialogue in the computer lesson. Mark who did what.
1. makes a suggestion
3. gives an order
4. makes an excuse
6. compIiments
c. You are the manager. Read the employee’s responses and fill in the missing sentences. Use
the expressions in activity b. to help you.
I think we should start preparing the tables.
You: (1) ____________________________________________________________
Employee: Right, boss, l agree we shouId start preparing the tabIes right away.
You: (2) OK. You make up the guest list and I’ll set the tables
____________________________________________________________
Employee: But l prefer setting the tabIes to making up the guest Iist.
You: (3) So do I. Wait! I have an idea. Let’s see if we have an old but appropriate guest list left over from the last occasion.
____________________________________________________________
Employee: That’s a great idea. Let’s see if we have an oId but appropriate guest Iist.
You: (4) That’s why I’m the manager.
____________________________________________________________
Employee: And l guess that’s why l’m onIy an empIoyee.
Additional Reading
Global Reading
1. Read the titIe of the additional reading text. What issues do you think the writer wiII discuss
in this articIe? _____________________________________________________________
The writer will probably discuss the problems writers face when they write in a foreign language.
Do you know of any writers who write in a foreign Ianguage? ________________________ The second part of the answer depends on your students’ knowledge.
2. Read the first two sentences of the first paragraph. Do they add information reIated to the
titIe? __________ What is the purpose of the writer in teIIing this story?_________________
They don’t add information. The second part of the answer depends on your students’ knowledge.
3. Read the first sentence of the second paragraph. How does this sentence shed Iight on the
titIe?_____________________________________________________________________
This sentence gives the readers the name of the writer and how many books and novels he has written in English.
4. Read the first two sentences of the third paragraph. What reason does it give for writing
a noveI in a foreign Ianguage? ________________________________________________
The reason given is the nature of the Chinese language, which is highbrow and detached from the spoken word, unlike English.
5. Read the first two sentences of the fourth paragraph. What difficuIties does it refer to?
________________________________________________________________________
The difficulties have been the sacrifices that the writer has made, leaving behind his first language and his first name.
Close Reading
1. ln Iines 3-4, the writer uses the words “no gulf greater than” to make a comparison.
Crossing a guIf means doing something difficuIt. What two difficuIt things does the writer
compare?________________________________________________________________
The writer compares the difficulties of traveling a long distance and those of acquiring a new language.
3. ln Iine 11, the writer uses the words as though to describe a simiIar experience. Which other
experience does Ha Jin compare his reason to write to? ____________________________
Ha Jin compares his reason for writing with trying to pay off a debt
4. ln Iine 15, the writer uses the word concerned to express a worry. What worries the Chinese
Ha Jin worried that his original name would be difficult for English speakers to pronounce.
writer? __________________________________________________________________
5. ln Iine 21, the writer uses the expression of course to indicate that something is obvious
What obvious thing does the writer describe? ____________________________________
The obvious thing is that Ha Jin can still confuse the two cultures.
6. ln Iine 26, Ha Jin uses the word because in order to expIain something. What does the
Ha Jin explains that life is impossible to predict.
Chinese writer try to expIain? _________________________________________________
7. ln Iine 27, Ha Jin uses the word but to contrast two things. What is contrasted?
________________________________________________________________________
Ha Jin contrasts the intelligence of people whom he knew many years ago and their failure to get on in their lives.
8. ln Iine 30, Gish Jen uses the expression instead of to describe an aIternative. Which two
The two alternatives are looking to masters or to overturn something.
aIternatives are described? ___________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
9. ln Iines 36, Ha Jin uses the construction you have to four times in order to describe
a process. Which process is described? _________________________________________
The process of writing well is described.
________________________________________________________________________
10. ln the Iast sentence of the articIe, Ha Jin uses the expression that’s all. What does it refer to?
It refers to drawing strength from the masters in his own small way.
________________________________________________________________________
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Comprehension Questions
1. What does the writer consider to have been Ha Jin’ s greatest chaIIenge in his writing career?
The acquisition of a new language.
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He compares himself to extremely intelligent young men and women who did not get on in their lives because they did not have the opportunity. He, on the other hand, was fortunate.
5. How does Gish Jen expIain one difference between Ha Jin’s writing and the writing of
American writers?
American writers seek something new away from influences and Ha Jin looks to the masters.
________________________________________________________________________
6. What factors does Ha Jin beIieve there are which aIIow writers to write weII?
These factors include writing a lot, discerning what is good and looking to the masters for strength.
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a.
b. c.
b. Match the stems in column A with the most appropriate endings in column B.
A B
a. studying another two Ianguages at the
1. ln ten years’ time, l’II stiII be working on...
Sorbonne in Paris.
5. By the end of this year, l’II have... e. finished transIating the poems.
1. c 2. e 3. a 4. b 5. d
c. Make some predictions about your English language skills in the future.