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Vocabulary Lesson 1
In this lesson, we will talk about education, university courses and educational issues.
Please open Page 4, ex 1 - do the quiz.
Match the words to make collocations.

Focus Lesson 1

Vocabulary

Degree - the amount or level to which something happens or is present.

Степень, уровень

To skip - fail to attend or to miss

Пропустить

To fail - be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

провалить экзамены

Skills - the ability to do something well.

Навыки, умения

Rewarding - providing satisfaction; gratifying.

Полезный (опыт), успешная (карьера)

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Vocabulary

To go on to - to do something after completing something else.

Перейти, перейти к
For example,
After her early teaching career she went on to become a doctor.

To get a degree - to receive a diploma with your area of studies

Получить степень (бакалавра, магистра)
For example,
She got a bachelor's degree in history from Yale.

To major in - to study something as your main subject at a university or college.

специализироваться в
For example,
She majored in history at Stanford.

To write a dissertation - to write a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done in order to receive a degree at college or university

Написать диссертацию
For example,
These dissertations were produced by graduate students.

To have a passion for something - to have a very strong interest in it and like it very much.

Увлекаться чем-то
For example,
She had a passion for gardening.

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Listen to an audio page 5 ex 6.
You can read the transcript here:

Answer the questions:

How did you pass your end-of-school exams? How many did you get? Did you get good marks? If you are not at school, what were your best subjects?
What subject would you drop? What subjects do you think are useless for the future?
Did you have any problems at school? Were you a swot or disruptive?
What university degree is a great choice right now?

Vocabulary

Gifted - having exceptional talent or natural ability.

одаренный
For example,
a gifted musician

A swot - a person who studies very hard.

зубрила

To settle down - to become quiet, calm, or orderly.

успокоиться
For example,
Come on all of you, stop talking and settle down please!

Disruptive - causing or tending to cause disruption.

Разрушительный, деструктивный
For example,
disruptive pupils

Self-discipline - the ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses.

Самодисциплина
For example,
Him staying on a diet was a show of great willpower and self-discipline

to get expelled - to force someone to leave a country, organization, or school

быть исключенным
For example,
He was expelled from school for his continued bad behavior.

lenient - more merciful or tolerant than expected.

снисходительный, мягкий
For example,
the sentence was too lenient.

strict - demanding that rules concerning behavior are obeyed and observed.

строгий
For example,
my father was very strict.

To give up on something - to cease doing or attempting something especially as an admission of defeat, quit

отказаться от чего-то
For example,
don't give up on the project.

to fall behind - to fail to do something fast enough or on time

отставать
For example,
He was ill for six weeks and fell behind with his schoolwork.

to scrape through - to succeed at doing something but just barely.

проскочить
phrasal verb
For example,
I might scrape through the exam if I'm lucky.

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Extra for teachers - Page 236. Photocopies.