Group work: What’s 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

Group work: What’s your opinion on smoking? Is it a good or bad thing? Why or why not?

Group work: Is there any relationshipbetween the name and the character? What does the title ofthe text mean? How doyou explain it?

Group work: Do you usually feel stressful in your study? What do you think of stress? How do you solve your stress?

Group work: What’s the relationship between life and job?

Activities 1. Global Reading Task • Scanning: reading for specific information • Answer the questions on page 9 to get the main idea of the text. • Text structure analysis

Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: Vocabulary Exercises Stage 4: Translating and Writing

Reading-Centred Activities 1. Global Reading Task Answer the questions on page 38 toget the main idea of the text. Distinguish between facts andopinions while reading the text Matching the following topics witht he paragraphs in the text

Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words