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C. Read the text and mark the sentences as true (T), false (F), or not mentioned (NM).

1. Jeremy learnt to read in Korean before learning to read English.
2. Jeremy’s parents educated him at home, so he could become an aerospace engineer.
3. When he was younger, Jeremy found it easy to relate to people older than him if they shared similar
interests.
4. Jeremy’s parents moved house when he started his bachelor’s degree.
5. Alia and her family moved to Philadelphia when she was fourteen.
6. Alia was studying for a PhD in law when she had an issue with one of her advisors.
7. She was a popular member of the faculty whilst working as a professor in Seoul.
8. She hopes to be a role model for other young females thinking of studying maths and science.

D. Work with a partner and do the following role-play activity.

Student A Student B
Read text A. Choose eight keywords Read text B. Choose eight keywords
from the text and write them in your from the text and write them in your
notebook. Then cover the text and notebook. Then cover the text and
tell your partner about Jeremy. tell your partner about Alia.

E. Complete with the words from exercise B on page 87. Then discuss the questions with a partner.
1. How would your life be different if your parents had chosen to you?
2. How might you and your family celebrate when you from high school?
3. If you were into science, would you prefer to work in the of physics, biology or
chemistry? Why?
4. What percentage of people in your school go on to study a ?
5. Does your closest university have any in your town?
6. Does the idea of writing a 10,000-word scare you? Why/Why not?

7. What’s the most important for the job you want in the future?
8. What are the benefits and drawbacks of being a ?

F. Work in a group of four. Read your roles and take five minutes to plan your points. Then debate the topic
as a group.

Student A and B Student C and D

You are strongly in favour of pushing You are strongly in favour of having
students to their academic limits at students develop and be educated
a very young age. with people their own age.

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