Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

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Pre-K:
School for children before kindergarten.
ran track:
To have participated in running events of track 
and fi eld.
sophomore:
In American secondary education, the 
tenth grade. At the college or university level, it indicates 
the second year.
third grade:
Th
e third of twelve levels in standard Amer-
ican primary education. 
touchy:
Being sensitive to something.
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. What are the similarities and diff erences 
between your educational experience and that of 
these speakers?
2. What 
diff erences do these speakers see between 
education in the United States and education in 
other countries?
3. Describe your own educational experience in 
detail.
4. Describe the educational experience of a friend 
or classmate and explain how it is diff erent from 
your own.
5. Pick one of these speakers and summarize what 
he or she says was the most challenging part of 
his or her educational experience.
6. Identify three words or phrases in this chapter 
that are new to you, and write a sentence with 
each one.

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RECREATION AND 
ENTERTAINMENT
In this chapter, interviewees talk about what they 
do in their free time.
1. RV
S
 AND HORSES
MAN:
Skydive, 
scuba dive
, 
hang glide
, 
BASE jump
, fl y, 
hang out
with friends, drink beer, go out to see bands—
the list goes on. Always looking for something new and 
adventurous to do. Some new place to explore. Love to 
travel the world, see diff erent cultures, interact with 
people. Stay away from the