Eighteen-year-old Lauren Clark is a student, but she isn't at university yet. Instead she's taking a gap year. 'I decided not to start my maths course immediately. Instead I'm here in Ghana for six months. I'm teaching English and maths to school children. I'm also helping to build the school library. I'm so surprised I can actually do all of this. I'm developing qualities I didn't know I had. I'm more patient and polite – and I'm certainly not lazy here! I feel more responsible and I think I'm growing up.
In Europe, taking a gap year is very common. Instead of heading straight to college after school, more and more students take a year off to travel, work, explore special interests or volunteer.
'Colleges find that students who made this choice are more confident and mature when they arrive and do better on their courses,' said Dr Edwin Chance, Rector of York University.

1. Where is Lauren working?

2. How long is she staying there?

T or F?

3. Lauren doesn't want to study maths at university next year 

4. She's helping Ghanian children with their maths

5. She's learning about herself

6. Lots of young pepole are doing a similar thing to Lauren

7. When students take a gap year, it's not good for their studies

LESSON ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOVE OF THE PEOPLE

Patriotism - that is the source of the nation. Since his father also established the country, keep the country until now peace build the country, our patriotism is still intact. I love the water in a way that suits each time. Because really the patriotism of our people passionately passionate.

Have you ever wondered what is patriotism? Patriotism is love for the country, the country; Effortless effort to build and develop the country more and more powerful. Speaking of patriotism, it's not something high, far away, but very close. One sentence saying "I love my country" is the patriotic spirit. A little support for the highland is also patriotic. Simple love, it's so simple, it's close to us every day for hours.

Each time we have a different spirit of patriotism. In the past, our people loved the country by protecting the country. There are many people sacrificed for the country to keep each island, each island of the island: from the king he established An Duong Vuong, Ngo Quyen, from the skillful general commanded an entire army. Tran Hung Dao, Ly Thuong Kiet, poets use literature to express the patriotic spirit as Nguyen Trai, the national heroes Vo Thi Sau, ... the soldiers of the lake do not bear suffering, difficult and not. lack of strength, solidarity of our people - a great demonstration of patriotism.

At the time of bloody war, when the country was at peace, every minute of every second we were surrounded by people who were trying hard to learn to contribute to the national construction: Only building solid buildings, hard-working teachers teach students to help the country with talented people ... Every month there are people who bring glory, proud of the country. U23 Vietnam goes down in history as the heroes of the grass field, bringing glory to the nation so many people see the love and glory. Prof. Ngo Bao Chau is internationally recognized to affirm Vietnamese talent ... That's right, these are the actions that demonstrate the patriotism of our people.

We are the people of our homeland, we grow up thanks to our homeland. If there is no homeland, there will probably not be us. Therefore, our patriotism has been penetrating us since childhood. It is natural to instill in me. The spirit follows us from small to large and grow stronger day by day, blooming more.

Thinking about the patriotism many people think that only when fighting guns, only when standing up to kill foreign invaders patriotism. But true love is not just big things. Patriotism is always present in our society. I go to work, go to school is to build the country's development. We promote the activities of the country as football, badminton, volleyball on the international arena, it is also patriotic. We preserve historical culture is also the patriotic spirit.

We are young people, the preschool of the country, so we have different ways of expressing our patriotism. But first of all, as President Bao said: "Non Vietnam River has become beautiful or not, the Vietnamese people are comparable to the five continents, it is thanks largely to the study of "Education is the first source of contribution to build the country. Learning helps us to contribute talent, contribute talent to the country. We are not only learning but we have to know the smallest actions of loving people around us, sharing the sorrows and joys with others.

We, the preschoolers of the country, show our patriotic spirit is always burning, always exist.

You and I go hard
At each other like we going to war
You and I go rough
We keep throwing things and slamming the doors
You and I get so
Damn dysfunctional we stuck keeping score
You and I get sick
Yeah I know that we can't do this no more

[Hook]
But baby there you again, there you again making me love you
Yeah I stopped using my head, using my head let it all go
Got you stuck on my body, on my body like a tattoo
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid crawling back to you
So I cross my heart, and I hope to die
That I'll only stay with you one more night
And I know I've said it a million times
But I'll only stay with you one more night

Try to tell you no
But my body keeps on telling you yes
Try to tell you stop
But your lipstick got me so out of breath
I be waking up
In the morning probably hating myself
And I be waking up
Feeling sastified but guilty as hell

[Hook]

Yeah baby give me one more night
Yeah baby give me one more night
Yeah baby give me one more night

[Hook]

(Yeah baby give me one more night)

So I cross my heart and I hope to die
That I'll only stay with you one more night
And I know I've said it a million times
But I'll only stay with you one more night

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Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0. good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high)______ education, and (2. easy)______ access to (3. good) _______ facilities. Life there is and (5. convenient)______ .

They may be right, but there's one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) ______ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly)______ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast)______ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe)______ . Perhaps the (10. good) ______ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.

Help me ~~

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Hi. My name is Minh Anh. I'm from Viet Nam. I'm a student at a primary school of Hanoi city, the capital of Vietnam. My country is very beautiful. We have lots of mountains. We have great rivers such as the Red and Mekong River. We have lots of lakes, too. We have lots of rain, so the country is very green. We have many forests and we don't have any deserts. We have lots of beautiful beaches. I really love my great country.

Question: Her country is also known for many forests and deserts.

A. True

B. False

Put the words in brackets into the right form to complete the sentences.

1. People in my country are very open and ................. . I like to go there when I have free time.

( friend )

2. Some of my ............. live in the countryside. (relate )

3. Some people say that the country is more ............... for the people who are retired. ( suit )

4. Entertainment is difficult to find in the country, ............. in thethe evening. ( particular)

5. Natural disasters can .............. destroy a harvest and leave the farmers with little or no money until the following year. (easy)

IV. Read the following passages. Then answer the questions

Young people prefer the town to the country because they love the noise and busy life. They also think that it is easier to get money in the town than in the country, Therefore, more and more young people leave the country for the town every year. Different from young people, old people like living in the country because the country is not so noisy and busy as the town. The air in the country is much fresher than the air in the town, too. Therefore, after stopping working, many of the old people move to their home villages.

Questions: 1. Why do young people prefer the town to the country?

2. Do they think that it is more difficult to get money in the country than in the town?

3. What about the air in the country?

4. What do many of the old people do after stop working?