Lesson One   
Pre_class Work
Ⅰ.Read the text once for the main idea
Ⅱ.Choose the statement that best explains your understanding of the text
Ⅲ.Read the text a second time.Learn the new words and expressions listed below
Ⅳ.Read the text a third time for a better understanding
Ⅴ.Prepare to ask your own questions about the text
Ⅵ.Listen to the recording of the text
   
More Work on the Text
Ⅰ.Oral Work
Ⅱ.Vocabulary
Ⅲ.Grammar
Ⅳ.Written Work

 

 

 

 

Text  A  Half a Day

Naguib Mahfous

 

 
1 This text tells us about _________ .
a) things that happened to the narrator on his first day at school
b) the narrator's memory of his school life when he was a child
c) the narrator's confusion over the speed with which his life seems to have passed, and the many changes that have occurred in his world
d) the hardships the author went through in his early years
      
2 The narrator soon began to enjoy his school because _________ .
a) he was learning many interesting things and making many new friends
b) the teachers were always smiling
c) he was wearing new clothes on that day
d) life was easy and he could play the whole day
  
3 The narrator did not find his way home because _________ .
a) everything had changed while he was at school that day
b) it was his first day at school and he did not know the way very well
c) his father did not come to pick him up as he had promised
d) he was too old and confused by the changed neighborhood
  
4 Select one statement that might best express the message of the text. (  )
a) Time goes by quickly, and many things can take place in your life time. Before you know it, a new society is born.
b) Your first day at school is a day to remember, because it is so funny.
c) Life is a dream and it is soon over. Today you are a schoolboy. Tomorrow you are an old man.
d) Schools in the old days were terrible places. The teachers scolded and punished the children.
  
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