Unit 1
Who is Genuine trailblazers
The first person, company, etc. to do something new/person who made enormous contributions to the some field
What means peer grading
Peer grading means that students evaluate each other's
What means "To make your CV stand out"
Increase the chances of your resume being noticed
What means "To be easily swayed by"
To be easily influenced
What means to be undaunted by the enormity of the task
continue what we started despite the colossal scale of the task
What means "to play it by ear"
Act according to circumstances
Name the professions most vulnerable to automation
The task does not have a clear answer. The answer is counted if all participants agree with the vulnerability of at least 5 named professions
What means "To follow in one’s footsteps"
Imitate someone/try to become like someone
Grammar time
Don't you realise that ______ in class discussions makes the cours more interesting
a)participating; b)participated; c)participate
The correct answer: a
Remove one word to make sentence correct
Unless whenever you’ve attended every class, you won’t be able to take the exam. The rules are very strict.
Whenever
My sister says she spent the last month looking for a job, but she didn’t get any replies to the CVs she sent. She _____ .
a) couldn’t try hard
b) can’t try hard enough
c) couldn’t have been trying hard
d) couldn’t have been unemployed
c) couldn’t have been trying hard
______many stories told about that old house on the hill.
a) There was
b) There have been
c) There is
b) There have been
Name a person who you consider a trailblazer and tell us why you can call him that.
No correct answer. Other people will appreciate the answer.
Little speaking
Do you consider mistakes as one of the ways to learn? Give arguments
This task does not have an exact answer. Rated by other participants
Little Speaking
Do you think progress threatens your future profession? Is it possible that specialists in your field will no longer be needed in the next 50 years?
There is no specific answer to the task. Evaluated by other participants based on the correctness of speech and sufficient argumentation.
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Make a participle clause from the phrases in italics.
He was working on a complex project and he was extremely stressed.
_________, he was extremely stressed.
Working on a complex project, he was extremely stressed.
Complete the text with the words
The volunteers at Safe Abode homeless shelter are 1.___ in their commitment. They are 2.___ and never look down on others. The volunteers understand that anyone can unexpextedly find themselves 3.___ - without money or a home. They also perceicve how 4.____ being homeless makes you.
World table:
compassionate, destitute, unstinting, vulnereble
1. unstinting
2. compassionate
3. destitute
4. vulnerable
Complete the idioms
1.make someone’s flesh ____
2.be ___ the weather
3. come apart at the ____
4. your ____ runs cold
1. crawl
2. under
3. seams
4.blood
I think you have to _____ and explain exactly what is needed.
a) lay your cards on the table
b) skate around
a) lay your cards on the table
1. The speaker was quite stiff/expressive. She made wild gestures and moved around a lot.
2. My brother has a self-deprecating/assured sense of humour. He always makes fun of himself.
3. The film was mediocre/captivating at best. I was so bored that I fell asleep five minutes into it.
1. expressive
2. self-deprecating
3. mediocre