family. Some students who are not fluent in English have to go to private lessons with the result that their total costs might be increased After reading Further discussion l. Work in groups to discuss the following topic 1)Some parents in China sent their children to foreign countries at a very early age even when they are still in primary school. what do you think of this phenomenon? stir. s) why do you think the Chinese government encourage young people to study abroad? 2. Discuss the following problem with your partner and see if you can reach an agreement with each other on these topics. If you were offered a job in a joint venture enterprise and at the same time you received a letter from an American university informing you that you were admitted. What decision would you make and why? Home work 1. Finish the exercises in Section A 2. Write to your parents and discuss with them your future plan: finding a job immediately upon graduation; pursuing your graduate study here at home; furthering your education in a foreign country. For each decision list as many reasons as you can Section b Experiences in Exile Objectives Students will be able to 1. grasp the main idea of the text 2. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3. grasp the reading skill --- Reading for the Key Idea in a Sentence Reading skill---- Reading for the Key Idea in a sentence Although a sentence may give a great deal of information, it usually offers one key idea. Readers should learn to find the key idea in order to understand the meaning of a sentence clearly. The key idea of a sentence usually tells a)what a person or an object is b) what a person or an object is doing Look at the following examples taken from Reading Passage A At the end ofeach semester; as long as the students pass final exams, American authorities grant a certificate, which is recognized in Brazil.(Para. 3, Reading Passage A, Unit 4 This sentence tells about american authorities We know that American authoritie grant a certificate. All the information about when and under what cond itions they grant a certificate or how the certificate is viewed in brazil, adds details The detailsfamily. Some students who are not fluent in English have to go to private lessons, with the result that their total costs might be increased. After reading Further discussion: 1. Work in groups to discuss the following topic. 1) Some parents in China sent their children to foreign countries at a very early age, even when they are still in primary school. What do you think of this phenomenon? 2) Why do you think the Chinese government encourage young people to study abroad? 2. Discuss the following problem with your partner and see if you can reach an agreement with each other on these topics. If you were offered a job in a joint venture enterprise and at the same time you received a letter from an American university informing you that you were admitted. What decision would you make and why? Home work: 1.Finish the exercises in Section A 2.Write to your parents and discuss with them your future plan: finding a job immediately upon graduation; pursuing your graduate study here at home; furthering your education in a foreign country. For each decision list as many reasons as you can. Section B Experiences in Exile Objectives Students will be able to: 1.grasp the main idea of the text 2. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3.grasp the reading skill ---- Reading for the Key Idea in a Sentence Reading skill---- Reading for the Key Idea in a sentence Although a sentence may give a great deal of information, it usually offers one key idea. Readers should learn to find the key idea in order to understand the meaning of a sentence clearly. The key idea of a sentence usually tells: a) what a person or an object is b) what a person or an object is doing Look at the following examples taken from Reading Passage A: At the end of each semester, as long as the students pass final exams, American authorities grant a certificate, which is recognized in Brazil. (Para. 3, Reading Passage A, Unit 4) This sentence tells about American authorities. We know that American authorities grant a certificate. All the information about when and under what conditions they grant a certificate, or how the certificate is viewed in Brazil, adds details. The details