SoMuchtolearn.pptVIP

So Much to learn 1. What exam were the students going to take? 3. Did the questions turn out to be easy or difficult? How do you know? 5. Why did the professor set such a test paper? 1. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors huddled, discussing the exam due to begin in a few minutes. (para. 1) 2. On their faces was confidence. (para. 1) 3. Some talked of jobs they already had; others of jobs they would get. (para. 2) When students finish college, they have mastered quite a lot of information, but not as much as they may think they have. Furthermore, they have little experience in using the information. When they move forward to their careers, they will quickly discover how much they still have to learn. College can only set the stage for their future learning. 1. due: to (cause to ) crowd together, in a group or in a pile to hide; to make difficult to see or understand to change position or direction; to move from one place to another to look at, examine or consider ( a person, place or condition ) as a whole to march or walk in a single line in the specified direction to make the importance of (sth.) clear to somebody. not any more; not at the present time to give out; to distribute talk about Notes to the Text Experiencing English 1 Passage A So Much to Learn The students were going to take their last exam at college. 2. How did the students feel about this exam before they took it? They were confident and felt ready for the exam. They turned out to be difficult, because none of the questions could be answered by the students. 4. What did the professor say about the result of the exam? Were the students able to pass the course? The professor said the result was what she had expected, but the students would be allowed to pass the course any way. Because she wanted to make her students realize that even though they had completed four years of college study, there was still much to learn and their education had just begun. A group of