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 Skill - Contractions

In spoken English and informal writing, it is common to use contractions. For example, I'm is a contraction of I and am. The apostrophe (') shows that letters are missing in the word.

A. There are five different contractions in the passage. Write each contraction below. Then write the two words that make up the contraction.

B. Read the sentences. Do you know the contractions for the words in bold? Write them on the line.

  1. Tim is not in school today. He is sick.
  2. Mary Ann does not speak Spanish.
  3. Who is that man? What is his name?
  4. There is a movie on TV now.
  5. That is Paul. He is an actor

C. Complete the interview below. Use the contractions from A and B above.

An interview with Kira Foley from The Martial Arts Institute


Interviewer: What class are you taking?
Kira: (1) taking a taekwondo class twice a week.
Interviewer: (2) taekwondo?
Kira: (3) a Korean martial art. (4) taking the class for fun and exercise.
Interviewer: Is this your first time studying taekwondo?
Kira: No, it (5) . I took a class last summer.
Interviewer: (6) your instructor?
Kira: His name is Kim Hae Chui. (7) a good teacher.
Interviewer: Does he speak Korean in class?
Kira: No, he (8) . He speaks English.

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