Active Skills for Reading Intro (Unit 2: Study and Education)


CHAPTER 1 Doing Something Different

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Doing something Different

After high school, some people continue their studies-but not always at a university. These two students are doing something different.

Name: Maiko Abe
Age: 20
School: The Culinary1 Institute of America, New York

Why did you choose this school?

It's one of the best culinary schools in the world.

What are your plans for the future?

I'm in a two-year program. I'm just about to finish my first year. Classes end in two weeks. When I graduate next year, I can work in a restaurant or hotel. I can also write for food magazines or even do a cooking show on television (they're really popular now). one of my friends from the Institute now works for a company in Shanghai. The company imports chocolate from Belgium and Switzerland. He loves it!

Name: Diego Molina
Age: 19
School: La Pasarela Modeling Center, Mexico City

Why did you choose this school?

I want to be an actor. I'm taking an eight-week course at La Pasarela. I'm learning to walk and talk in front of a camera. A good model can do these things. An actor can, too. Many La Pasarela graduates get jobs doing TV commercials and magazine ads.

What are your plans for the future?

I don't know. Maybe I can do TV or 'radio commercials at first. At some point, I'd like to study acting here in Mexico or in Los Angeles.

Vocabulary Comprehension - Definitions

A. Match each word with its definition.

1. continue a. somewhere in the future
2. program b. going to very soon
3. graduate c. to keep doing something
4. import d. the work you do for money
5. job e. a course of study in a school
6. just about to f. an advertisement on the radio or on TV
7. commercial g. to finish school or university
8. at some point h. to bring something into a country from another country

B. Answer the questions below. Discuss your answers with a partner.

  1. Do you want to continue studying English? For how long?
  2. Are you a high school graduate? If you are, when did you graduate? If not, when will you graduate?
  3. What kind of job do you want to have in the future?
  4. What is your favorite TV commercial?

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