Unit1 ActiveReading2 Exercises Readingandunderstanding Dealingwithunfamiliarwords Readingandinterpreting Developingcriticalthinking Readingandunderstanding2Choosethebestanswertothequestions 1WhydidFrankThomasdecidetostudyliterarytheory a Becauseitwasnecessaryforhischosencareer b Becausehethoughtitwouldhelphimunderstandwhatlifewasabout c Becausehewasattractedbytheimageithad d Becauseitwasaneasyoption Exercises 2Whatpartofhiscourseinterestedhimmost a Postmodernism b Legalstudies c Post colonialliterature d Nothing hewasboredallthetime Exercises 3WhatdoesFranknotsayabout postmodernism a It sdifficulttosaywhatitis b Youcanuseittodescribelotsofthings c Thewordhasbeenusedformorethan50years d Onlyyoungpeopleareinterestedinit Exercises 4Whatdoeshethinkabouthisowngeneration a Theyprotestaboutthewrongthings b Theyhavemoreopportunitiesthanthepreviousgeneration c Theyspendtoomuchtimegoingtoconcerts d Theydon thaveanyrespectfortheirparents Exercises 5Whatdoeshethinkabouthisparents generation a Theyprotestedaboutthewrongthings b Theydon twanttochangeanythingintheworld c Theyhaveforgottenwhatitwasliketobeyoung d Theyspendtoomuchtimetellingtheirchildrenaboutwhattheydid Exercises 6Where accordingtoFrank dotoday sstudentsdirecttheirenergy a Inpeacefulprotests b Inthecoursestheyaredoing c IncommunicatingwithotherpeopleontheInternet d Infreetimeactivitiesoncampus Exercises Dealingwithunfamiliarwords3Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions4CompletetheparagraphwiththecorrectformofthewordsinActivity3 5Answerthequestionsaboutthewords Exercises 3Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions 1toopposesomeoneinauthority ortoopposeacceptedwaysofdoingthings 2aperiodoftimethathasaparticularqualityorcharacter 3damagethatissoseverethatsomethingstopsexistingorcanneverreturntoitsnormalstate Exercises rebel era destruction 4thefactofbeingeithermaleorfemale 5toclaimthatyouhavetherighttodosomethingorbehaveinaparticularway 6asystemofbeliefsthatinfluencessomeone sdecisionsandbehaviour 7relatingtoindustry Exercises gender assert philosophy industrial 4CompletetheconversationwiththecorrectformofthewordsinActivity3 AWhatwasitlikebeingastudentinthe1960s Waseveryonereallytryingto 1 againsttheestablishment Exercises rebel BPerhapsnot Perhapswewerejusttryingto 2 ouridentityinaworldwhichwaschangingveryrapidly Lookingbackontheperiodnow itseemslikeadifferent 3 eventhoughitwasonlyabout50yearsago AndIhonestlybelievethatthe1960ssawthemostimportantsocialchangesinourcountrysincethe 4 Revolutionatthebeginningofthe19thcentury Exercises era assert industrial AButhowwouldyoudescribetheexperience Wastherea 5 ofthe1960s Imeanasetofsharedvalues whichyouallbelievedin Howwouldyoudefinetheperiod BIdon tthinkanexactdefinitionispossible Butalotofimportantmovementsbegan Webecameinterestedinthingslikeminorityrights and 6 awareness particularlywithregardtotheconditionsofwomenintheworkplace ledtoanewphaseinthewomen sliberationmovement Exercises philosophy gender AWhat syouropinionoftoday sstudents Aretheyjustindividualswhohavetheirownproblems ordotheyhaveanidentityasanimportantpartofthecommunity BAlotofpeopleinmygenerationhaveanegativeattitudetotoday sstudents Buttheyareworriedaboutthebigissues justaswewere Andthemainproblemthattheyareinterestedinisatrulyglobalone howtostopthe 7 oftheenvironmentinwhichwelive Exercises destruction 5Answerthequestionsaboutthewordsandexpressions 1Ifsomethingclicks doyou a suddenlyunderstand or b suddenlyforget 2Isarepressivegovernmentlikelyto a takeaction or b nottakeactionagainstprotestors 3Ifyousignapetition doyou a addyournametoalist or b writeyournameinabook Exercises 4Ifyouchantaslogan doyouuse a yourvoice or b yourpen 5Doyouwearabracelet a onyourfoot or b onyourwrist 6Doesanostalgicpersonthinkalotabout a thepast or b thefuture 7Ifyoufeelfrustration areyou a satisfied or b notsatisfied 8Ifarevolutionisprofound isit a notveryimportant or b seriousandlikelytolast Exercises Readingandinterpreting6Decidewhetherthesentencesarecriticalorapprovingoftoday sstudents 7Choosethebestwaytocompletethesentences Exercises 6Decidewhetherthesentencesarecriticalorapprovingoftoday sstudents 1Wewatchdeathanddestructionontheeveningnewseveryday 2Wehavenowaytodescribeourpoliticalcommitment 3We rethegenerationoftheCheGuevaraT shirt 4Therealenergyisnotonthecampus it sontheInternet 5Werebelbynotrebelling 6We rewritingtherevolution andwe reusingourownwordstodoso Exercises critical critical critical approvingorcritical approvingorcritical approving 7Lookatthesentencesfromthepassageandchoosethebestwaytocompletethesentences 1Werebelbynotrebellingmeans a Wedon trebelatall b wedorebel butnotinthewaystudentsdidinthe1960s c itseemsthatwearerebelling butinfactwearen t Inthecontext students parentsrebelledalotandthatgenerationisnostalgicaboutthis Theyexpecttheyoungergenerationtorebel too Thisyoungergenerationrebelsbynotrebelling thatis theyrebelagainsttheexpectationthattheyshouldrebel Thiscanbeinterpretedasrebellinginadifferentway Exercises 2 almostbydefinitionitcan tbedefinedme