1.

11 Vocabulary for reading

A. Developing vocabulary
1. domain
2. search engine
3. the Internet
4. web page
5. website
6. portal
7. virus
8. link
9. password
B. Building background knowledge
At university, lecturers often give assignments with deadlines, for
example: You must write 2,000 words on a particular topic by next
Tuesday. You must do research for an assignment in the library or on
the internet. This is called secondary research. You must find out
about the research and ideas of other people. However, sometimes
you must do primary research. This is first research. It means doing
an experiment yourself and recording the results. You must then
analyze your data.
C. Developing independent learning
1. (v) = verb, (n) = noun.
2. Four.
3. save (v) : to keep (someone or something) safe : to stop
(someone or something) from dying or being hurt, damaged, or
lost.
: to stop (something) from ending or failing : to make
(something that is in danger of failing) successful.
: to keep (something) from being lost or wasted.
access (n) or (v) noun : a way of getting near, at, or to
something or someone
: a way of being able to use or get something

: permission or the right to enter, get near, or make use of

something or to have contact with someone
Verb : to be able to use, enter, or get near (something)
: to open or load (a computer file, an Internet site, etc.)
mark (n) or (v) noun
1 a : an early Jewish Christian traditionally identified as the
writer of the Gospel of Mark called also John Mark
b : the second Gospel in the New Testament see bible table
2 : a king of Cornwall, uncle of Tristram, and husband of Isolde
Verb : to make or leave a visible mark on (something)
: to write or make (a mark)
: to write a note about (something)

1.12 Real-time reading

A. Activating ideas
1. schedules, organisation, studying each day, flatmates,
cleaning, sharing a flat,
research, listening, discussing, opinion,
being independent
2. explanations, information, advice.
3. In subjunctive and past because the text may be full of
hypothesis, advices and
comparisons between the past at school
and the future life at university.
4. Yes, because life at university is very different in a lot of
ways, overall in the
way that be must be independent and behold
our responsabilities.
B. Making and checking hypotheses
S

MY ADVICE

IN THE TEXT

1
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2
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3
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Eat sensibly

Respect your flatmates and clean

Private study for every lecture

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5
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Listen to lectures and try to learn

Researching

C. Undestanding vocabulary in context

1. sensibly: (adv) in a correct or practical way
2. extracurricular: (adj) after lectures
3. respect: (v) show someone you have a good opinion of them
4. efficiently: (adv) with no waste of time
5. opinion: (n) personal idea or view
6. permission: (n) allowing someone to do something
7. remind: (v) make someone remember something
8. manage: (v) organize or control

D. Developing critical thinking

1. I agree with the second paragraph because its true that you
have to respect your flatmates and be as organized and clean
as possible while sharing a flat but not necessarily you have to
be friends with them as it can lead to dramas typical of
friendships.
2. I dont disagree with any part of the text because everything
is almost very true in my opinion.

1.13 Learning new reading skills

A. Reviewing vocabulary
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Manage your life

Eat sensibly
Respect your flatmates
Do your duties
Dont miss the bus
Spend some time with your friends as usually as possible
Think twice before doing stupid things

Participate in as many activities at the university as you can

Write down your homework in order to remind yourself to do it

B. Identifying a new skill (1)

1. The title or heading.
2. Staff at Greenhill University Mr Mills
University Sports Club Opening hours
Using the projector Switch on
IT Services and Support Using your own PC laptop
Important notice Inspection day
3. Information about the university
C. Identifying a new skill (2)
2. Underline all the pieces of advice and all the instructions in
the text above.
1. Staff at Greenhill University
We are delighted to welcome you to the university. We would like to
introduce you to some of the staff so you know who to go to if you
have any problems. Mr Mills is in charge of ISS, the International
Student Support service. Go to Mr Mills if you
want extra help with your English, for example.
2. University Sports Club
Do you want to get fit, or just have some fun with friends? Come and
join the universitys own sports club in the Sports Centre near the
main entrance.
Opening hours:
7.00 a.m.10.00 p.m. Monday to Friday
9.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
3. Using the projector
It is easy to use the projector in each tutorial room if you follow these
simple instructions.
Switch on the device. (The Power On switch is on the underside.)
Switch on your laptop.
Go to PowerPoint on your laptop.
4. IT Services and Support
Were here to make sure you stay connected everywhere on the
campus.
Using your own PC / laptop

All rooms in the halls of residence have internet connections free of

charge. Note: This is not wireless. You must buy a cable from the IT
Support Office.
5. IMPORTANT NOTICE
Portable Electrical Equipment
In accordance with the Electricity at Work regulations 1990, we must
test all electrical
equipment for safety.
Inspection day
Please leave all electrical equipment on your desk on the day of the
inspection. Each items costs 1.10. The inspector will put a sticker on
each safe item.

1.14 Grammar for reading Imperatives; time phrases with present

and past
A. Predicting advice with imperatives
1. Be careful The advice may be to be careful while doing
something dangerous.
2. Dont click It could be an advice referring to not to click
something while doing tasks in a computer.
3. Dont open ... It could be referred to a computer task (dont
open the program or dont open a tab) or maybe to a
simple task like dont open the door, the refrigerator
Whatever.
4. Install ... Advice referred to electronics.
5. Never give ... It could be a motivation advice, like never give
up on your dreams or work, or it could be an advice about
not giving someone something.
6. Protect ... It is an advice referred to protect something: your
life, your computer, yourself, your dear ones
7. Turn off ... Advice referred to shut down a device.
8. Dont believe ... Advice saying us not to be so gullible.
B. Predicting time with time frases
At
At
At
At

one time,
that time,
the moment,
the present time,

past
past
present
present

Currently,
In her childhood,
In the 20th century,
Last week,
Now,
Nowadays,
Then,
Yesterday,

present
past
past
past
present
present
past
past

1.15 Applying new reading skills

A. Reviewing vocabulary
What can you
1. be responsible for? Plagiarism, a crime, broken something, a
business
2. manage? Your life, an operation, a class, your tasks, a business, to
get to somewhere
3. revise for? An exam
4. miss? The bus, an opportunity, a person, your home, a target
5. respect? Somebody, your mother, your flatmates
6. worry about? An exam, a performance, a problem, my
grandmothers illness
7. spend? Your time with friends, the summer in somebodys
company, your money
8. share? A room, a cake, a flat, interests
9. record? A CD, a video, an album
B. Predicting content
1. The text is about telling students to make a lot of good research
in order to get better marks.
2. Research in a lot of different resources, look for different points
of view, try to choose the information carefully, never
plagiarise
3. They were correct.
C. Undestanding advice
1.
a. Do a lot of research.
b. Always do research in a library
possible

Go to the library if

c. Never use the Internet

Use the Internet if you

cant find good books for your
research.
d. Dont read sites with .co .uk or .com

e. Dont read private sites.

f. Dont read sites with .org or .gov

These are good

sites after .ac or .edu.
g. Always start with Wikipedia.
site

Never use this

h. Report information in your own words.

i. Cut and paste interesting parts of websites.
take notes.

Always

2.
a. Because you will get good marks
b. Because a library is organized, the information is checked
and the librarian can help you.
c. Because you can access information when the library is
closed or to contrast information.
d. Because theyre trying to sell you something.
e. Because nobody has checked those sites so they can contain
wrong information.
f. Because these are not commercial sites so they are not
trying to sell you anything.
g. Because it is an amateur website and not trustful.
h. Because you can never plagiarise.
i. Idem.

D. Present or past?
give general facts (GF):
Plagiarism is copying someones work. The word comes from
Latin. It means to steal or kidnap.
Sometimes, the lecturer gives no marks for an assignment
with plagiarism. Sometimes, the university asks the student
to leave.
talk about the present (PRES):
Nowadays, all university lecturers use computer programs.
They find plagiarism easily.

 talk about the past (PAST):

At one time, students stole paragraphs from web pages.
Lecturers accepted their work. But in 2001, a lecturer at an
American university checked student assignments. He had a
new computer program. He found 158 cases of plagiarism.
Forty-eight students had to leave the university.
give advice (ADV):
Dont cut and paste from websites.