I. Life at University 1. Brainstorm any vocabulary connected to your student life, both in and outside university. 2. Where can students live in the course of their university studies? Suggest at least three possibilities. In pairs or groups, list advantages and disadvantages of each type of accommodation. a) …………………… b) ………………… c)……………………… + - + - + - Now summarize the main advantages in sentences, using suitable linking expressions (if, because, while, as opposed to, …): 3. Complete the text about Libor Novák, a student of Masaryk University in Brno. Listen to the recording and check the gaps. options residence challenge specializing entrance course Hello. My name is Libor Novák and I come from Jeseník, a small town with a population of about 10,000 in the mountains of northern Moravia, but I’m currently living and studying in Brno. I study Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, which is very demanding but I am enjoying the 1)…………. I am in the second year of a five-year 2)……. which means that next year I’ll be able to start 3)………….. by choosing 4)…………. in those areas which interest me most. Before coming here I attended the grammar school in Jeseník where my favourite subjects were Mathematics and Chemistry. On the other hand, I found languages more difficult and had to put in a lot of extra work to pass my school leaving exams. At the moment I am living in the halls of 5)………….. in Komárov although next year I will have to leave and find a place to stay privately since there are not enough rooms for all the students who want them. I share a double room with another student from Jihlava called Radek Kašpar who studies Geology. He would have studied Physics if it had been possible but he didn’t get a high enough mark in his 6)……… exams. 4. Pavel Zemánek is a postgraduate student. Prepare questions for him. a) Where (to come from)?................................................................................... b) What (to study, currently)?............................................................................. c) What (to do research)?..................................................................................... d) Why (to update CV)? ………………………………………………………… e) What (like to do)? ……………………………………………………………. f) Where (to live, currently)? …………………………………………………… g) Who (to share a flat? …………………………………………………………. h) Why (to share a flat)? …………………………………………………………. 5. Listen to the recording about Pavel Zemánek and answer the questions above. 6. EXAM PRACTICE: Ask about the underlined part of the sentence. a) This week I’m leaving school at 7:00, so as to be ready with my project till Monday. ………………………………………………………………………………………. b) This week I’m leaving school at 7:00, so as to be ready with my project till Monday. ………………………………………………………………………………………. c) He studies at Masaryk University. ………………………………………………………………………………………. d) He studies at Masaryk University. ………………………………………………………………………………………. e) He studies at Masaryk University. ………………………………………………………………………………………. f) Chinese scientists are doing considerable work on medicinal plants. ………………………………………………………………………………………. g) Chinese scientists are doing considerable work on medicinal plants. ………………………………………………………………………………………. h) When I finish school I would like to specialize in the field of financial analysis. ………………………………………………………………………………………. i) When I finish school I would like to specialize in the field of financial analysis. ………………………………………………………………………………………. j) When I finish school I would like to specialize in the field of financial analysis. ………………………………………………………………………………………. II. Classifying angles and triangles 1. Look at the text and try to complete the missing information. 1) Describe the situations in which angles are formed: a) …………………………………………………………….. b) …………………………………………………………….. 2) What is the property of two perfect horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other? …………………………………………………………….. 3) Which three types of angles are described by the following properties and where do we use them? a) …………. angle property: 90° use ……………………………………………………….. b) …………..angle property: less than 90° use ………………………………………………………… c) ………….. angle property: 91° - 180° use ………………………………………………………… Now listen to and watch the video, check your answers and then reply to these more specific questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVLxXcfNWfE 1) Which figures in geometry are based on right angles? ……………………………………………………………………………… 2) Why did the teacher of the speaker think that acute angles were “cute” ? ……………………………………………………………………………… 3) Why are gables important in the roof? ………………………………………………………………………………. 4) What does “obtuse” mean? ………………………………………………………………………………. 5) Which angles can be found in the store shed? ………………………………. 2. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct linking expressions: which further if while where In plane geometry an angle is a figure which is formed by two straight lines (1)____________ meet at a point. The lines of an angle are called the sides and the point (2)____________ they meet is called the vertex. (3)____________ the sides of an angle are perpendicular to each other, they form a right angle, which means it has ninety degrees. An angle of less than 90° is an acute angle, (4)____________ an angle of more than 90° but less than 180° is an obtuse angle. (5)____________, an angle of more than 180° is a reflex angle. 3. Complete the classification table: Classification of angles according to their magnitude zero ________ ________ ________ straight ________ α = 0° 0° < α < 90° α = 90° 90° < α < 180° α = 180° 180°< α< 360° 4. What kind of angle does a clock make at (clockwise orientation): a) two o’clock? b) three o’clock? c) four o’clock? d) twenty to ten? e) twelve minutes past seven? f) twenty-nine minutes past twelve? 5. Name the kinds of angles shown in the figures and express some relation between them, e.g. α + β = … (please check the pronunciation of α, β, γ, δ, ε). 6. Are the following statements true or false? If a statement is false, correct it. a) The exterior angles of a triangle are always obtuse. b) Only two angles of a triangle can be obtuse. c) The smallest angle of a triangle is apposite the shortest side. d) The point where the sides of an angle meet is called the vertex. 7. Describe the lines (horizontal, transversal, perpendicular, …) and angles (acute, obtuse, the sum of … ) in the following figures: 8. a) Look at the following figure and describe it (shapes, lines, angles, …): b) Consider