1. Life is Full of Surprises
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Life is Full of Surprises
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2. Do you believe that life is full of surprises? Why or why not?
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Do you believe that life is full of surprises? Why or why not?

3. When something happens that you don’t want, how do you feel?
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When something happens that you don’t want, how do you feel?

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Imagine that you are 30 years old. You have a good job, but you don’t like it. If you were not happy with your job, would you change it? Why or why not?

5. Students will be in small groups They will choose a quotation
Quotation activity
Students will be in small groups
They will choose a quotation
First they will discuss in their small groups for 1 minute, and then they will share their opinions with whole class.

6. Before Fast Reading

7. Before Fast Reading
The national university entrance exam : a test all Iranian students had to take to enter college
Fate: the things that will happen that a person cannot control, destiny
Degree: what a student gets for completing a program at a college or university
Officials: people with responsibility and power in an organization or government
Financial: relating to money
Revolution: a time of great and sudden change in a country, often by force

8. Fast Reading
READ FAST!

9. What is the topic and main idea of this passage?
How many words in bold do you remember from the passage?

10. Let’s Learn Vocabulary

11. Professor (noun) a teacher at a university or college
All of professors have to attend to
the conference yesterday.

12. Medicine (noun) study of illnesses, treatment and injuries
She studied medicine at
Johns Hopkins University.

13. Get into (verb) to be accepted to study at a school
She got into one of the top universities in the country.

14. Medical (adj)
Relating to medicine and the treatment of injuries and diseases
He always wanted to be a doctor, so he went to one of the best medical schools in Turkey.

15. WINTER Score (noun) Template
the number of points a student has earned for correct answers in a test
The school's test scores
have not improved.
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16. Advanced degree
a qualification taken after a first degree, for example an ma or a phd
Arthur applied for an advanced degree in English Language Teaching.

17. Subject (noun) Something that you learn or teach in a school
She prepared a research paper for linguistics in last term, and she wanted to continue to study in this subject.

18. International (adj) relating to or involving more than one nation
After I graduated from
the university, I started
to work in an
international company.

19. Manage to (verb)
to succeed in doing something difficult, especially after trying very hard
How do you manage to stay so slim?

20. Secure (adj)
a situation that you can depend on because it is not likely to change
We want a secure future for our children.

21. WINTER Cause (verb) Template
to make something happen, especially something
bad
Tsunami caused a lot of
damages in Japan last year.
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22. All of a sudden (phrase)
suddenly, unexpectedly
All of a sudden the lights went out.

23. Give up (phrasal verb)
to stop doing something, especially something that you do regularly
Beckham has decided to
give up football at the
end of this season.

24. Work out (phrasal verb)
To be successful, or to end in a particular way
Financially, things have
worked out well for us.

25. Stage (noun)
a particular time or state that something or somebody reaches as it grows or develops  (phase, step)
Jane and Jim got retired, and they decided to travel around the world at this stage in their life.

26. TIME TO READ CAREFULLY

27. Quick Comprehension Check
Mahmoud was born and grew up in Iran.
TRUE
2. He wanted to study medicine and become
a doctor.
3. He traveled to the US to study medicine.
FALSE

28. WINTER Template 4. He expected to teach at a university in Iran. TRUE
5. The Iranian Revolution happened while he was at home in Tehran.
FALSE
6. The revolution changed his life.
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29. Studying Collocations

30. I’m interested____ medicine.

31. 2. Do you get bored
________ your job?
with

32. 3. His neighbors were very kind __________ him after his wife died.to

33. 4. You must be gentle___
small children.
with

34. 5. We were very disappointed _____the results.
with /in

35. 6. The president wasn’t aware_______ true situation.of

36. 7. He was angry, but he still managed to be polite _____ them.

37. READING FOR DETAILS

38. TRUE/FALSE/ IT DOESN’T SAY (IDS)
Mahmoud was born in Iran.
TRUE
2. He studied English in college.
3. He went to the United States to look for a job.
FALSE

39. 4. Mahmoud’s visit to Iran lasted for six months.
IDS
5. The revolution in Iran happened while he was there.
FALSE
6.He received a degree from the state university in Buffalo, New York.
TRUE

40. 7. He is a husband and a father.
TRUE
8. He and his wife are both professors.
FALSE
9. He is now planning to enter a medical school.
10. All of Mahmoud’s family is in the United States.
IDS

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CAUSE AND EFFECT

42. 2. Mahmoud decided to study English because
he was interested in languages.
3. He went to the US because
he wanted to get an advanced degree in English.
4. As an international student, Mahmoud was unusual because
he went from studying in an ESL program to teaching there, and he did this in two years.

43. 5. He lost the chance to teach in Tehran because
after the Iranian Revolution, the new government decided they did not want more English teachers.
6. He doesn’t plan to start medical school now because
he does not have the patience.