Guess the meaning of the italicised term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences. The government has budgeted for two bridges in the city

Group work: What do you know aboutthe environmental protection in the world?

Group work: –What’s your opinion on themarriage across the nations? Isit possible for you to fall in loveand get married to a foreigner? Why or why not? Give yourreasons

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