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Reading1.WhenXieLeiwenttoNewYork,shefeltveryexitedandrelaxed.2.XieLeicametotheuniversitytocompleteasciencequalification.3.Atfirst,XieLeididn’tgetusedtothelifeinLondon,nowshegetsusedtoit.4.XieLeilivesinthestudentaccommodation.5.XieLeifoundthepreparationcoursewasveryeasytolearnatfirst.6.XieLei’stutorhelpedheralotinherstudy.Carefulreading1.WhyisXieLeidoingapreparationcoursefirst?2.WhichtwotypesofpeoplehavehelpedXieLeimostsinceshecametoEngland?3.WhataresomeofthedifficultiesshefacedwhenshefirstcametoEngland?Furtherreading1.WhyisXieLeidoingapreparationcoursefirst?BecausestudyinginEnglandisdifferentfromstudyinginChinaandsheneedstolearnaboutthesedifferencesandimproveherEnglish.2.WhichtwotypesofpeoplehavehelpedXieLeimostsinceshecametoEngland?XieLei’shostfamilyandherteachers.1)Learninghowtodoeverydaythings.2)UnderstandingEnglishasspokeninreallife.3)LearninghowtoreachtheacademicrequirementsofaWesternuniversity.4)makingnewfriends3.WhataresomeofthedifficultiesshefacedwhenshefirstcametoEngland?HowtosolveXieLei’sproblems?Xielei’sproblemsYoursolutions1.understandingandusingeverydayEnglish2.reachingtheacademicrequirementsofaWesternuniversity3.makingnewfriends1.listeningtotheradioorwatchingtelevisiontobecomeaccustomedtoeverydayEnglish2.askingyourtutorforadvicebeforeyoustartyouracademicwriting3.joiningalotofuniversitysocietiesWhilestudyinginLondon,XieLeihassomedifficultiesaswellasbenefits.Trytofindthemaccordingtothediagram.BenefitsXieLeigained.A:ThebenefitofdoingapreparationcourseishelpinghertogetusedtoacademicrequirementsofaWesternUniversity.B:Ithinkthatthebenefitoflivingwithahostfamilyisthatshecangetlotsofadvice;shehastheopportunitytolearnmoreabouteverydaylifeandcustomsinthenewcountry.Livingwithahostfamilyisagreatcomforttohaveasubstitutefamilytocomehometo.C:AndIthinkthebenefitofhavingatutorisgettingsomegoodadviceonstudyandheorshecancoachyouwithyourarticle;youcanmakeprogresswiththehelpofatutor.DifficultiesA:ThedifficultiesthatXieLeimetattheUniversityarethatwhensheheardanexpression,shecan’tunderstand.Itseemsstrangetoherthatsomeonedoessomething.Shedidn’tknowhowtowriteagoodessayonherown.B:Thedifficultiesthatshehastogetusedtoanewwayoflifearethatshehadtolearnalmosteverythingagain.Forexample,howtousethephone,howtopayonthebus,howtoaskashopkeeperforthingsshedidn’tknowtheEnglishfor.Shedidn’tunderstandthewordsthatthelocalpeoplesay.Shehasn’thadtimeforsocialactivities.1.WhatkindofpersondoyouthinkXieLeiis?Findevidenceinthearticletosupportyouropinion?IthinkXieLeiisanexcellentdiligentgirl,shecanfacedifficultiesbravelyandshehasfirmdetermination,shestudieswellandhasalreadymadeprogress.Discussthequestions“XeiLei,whois21yearsold,hascometoouruniversitytocompleteabusinessqualification.”“It’snotjuststudythat’sdifficult.Youhavetogetusedtoawholenewwayoflife.”“SometimesIfeellikeachild.”“WhenImissmyfamily,it’sagreatcomforttohaveasubstitutefamilytocomehometo.”“IhavebeensooccupiedgettingusedtoeverythingthatIhaven’thadtimeforsocialactivities.”2.Whydoyouthinkthereporterusedsomedirectspeechinthearticle?IthinkthereporterusedthedirectspeechinthearticleinorderthatpeoplewhoreadthisarticlecandirectlyknowthedifficultiesthatXeiLeimetintheforeigncountryandthebenefits.3.Wheredoyouthinkthisarticlemighthavebeenpublished?ItispossiblethatthisarticlemighthavebeenpublishedinChinaDaily.4.WhydidXieLeifeellikeachildwhenshefirstarrivedinEngland?Becauseshehadtolearnalmosteverythingagain.Shedidn’tknowhowtodealwiththingsevensomesimplethings.5.WhyhasXeiLeidecidedtojoinafewuniversityclubs?Becauseshethoughtit’simportanttohaveabalancebetweenstudyandasociallife.She’sgoingtojoinafewuniversityclubsandhopefullyshewouldmeetsomepeopleshehasthingsincommonwith.