Go Greek!
P.36-37
Unit 2
WB p. 10
Go Greek!
➜ How does college life help students broaden their understanding of the world?
Serious Game
Get ready!
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b. What are the advantages of belonging to a fraternity or a sorority? Can you imagine any disadvantages?
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What do you know about student life and university in America? Do you think fraternities and sororities can be a springboard for future life?
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Toolbox
Toolbox
- encouraging (adj.)
- intimidating (adj.)
- build a network (exp.)
- bunch / group (of) (n.)
- campus /ˈkæmpəs/ (n.)
- belong to (v.)
- stick together (v.)
Let’s learn!
Memory Game
Memorize as many words as possible from the vocabulary lists. Then hide the lists and write every word you can remember with your teammates.
Idiom of the week!
It’s all Greek to me!
Idiom
The expression is a direct translation from Latin: “Graecum est; non legitur”. It refers to the fact that Greek was used as a classic form of communication by some in the middle ages, but was not understood by the majority. The idiom appears in 1599 in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. A similar expression also exists in English: “It’s double Dutch.”, a reference to the difficulty of the Dutch language.
Greek Life
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- actively (adv.)
- career /kəˈrɪə/ (n.)
- connection (n.)
- profile /ˈprəʊˌfaɪl/ (n.)
- relationship (n.)
- volunteer /ˌvɒlənˈtɪə/ (n. or v.)
- achieve /əˈtʃiːv/ (v.)
- associate with (v.)
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- effective (ajd.)
- unique (adj.)
- experience (ajd.)
- friendship (n.)
- opportunity (n.)
- religion (n.)
- benefit (v.)
- enhance / enrich (v.)
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- accessible ≠ inaccessible (adj.)
- outdated (adj.)
- overwhelmingly (adv.)
- peer pressure (exp.)
- ugly truth (exp.)
- hazing /ˈhɛɪzɪŋ/ (n.)
- inequality ≠ equality (n.)
- lack (n. or v.)
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- college admission (exp.)
- candidate (n.)
- college (n.)
- committee / board (n.)
- diversity /ˌdaɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ/ (n.)
- minority (n.)
- scholarship (n.)
- university (n.)
- discriminate (v.)
- recruit /rɪˈkruːt/ (v.)
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box 5
- undergraduate (adj.)
- frat → fraternity (-ies) (n.)
- greek life (exp.)
- alumni (pl.) (n.)
- leadership (n.)
- membership (n.)
- peer /ˈpɪə/ (n.)
- sorority (-ies) ♀ (n.)
- rush / join (v.)