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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Check your comprehension
3. Answer the questions about the reading on page 13. Then discuss your answer
with a partner.
1. What does “time urgency” mean?
2. What are three locations that people consider when thinking about the pace of
their lives?
3. According to the researchers, which is better, fast or slow pace of life?

Expand your vocabulary
4. Circle the answer that correctly completes the definition of the underlined word.
These words from the reading will also be in the lecture. Look back at the reading

on page 13 to check your answers.
1. Culture is the art, beliefs, behavior, and ideas of _______ .
a. a society or group of people b. an individual person
2. Pace is the _______ at which something happens.
a. Speed b. location
3. The atmosphere of a place is _______ the place gives you.
a. the amount of air b. the feeling
4. If information is accurate, it is _______ correct.

a. Almost b. exactly
5. To achieve something means that you _____ in doing it as a result of your
actions.
a. Fail b. succeed
6. To have your own sense of situation means that you have your own ______
about it.
a. feeling b. specific information
7. To have a tendency toward doing something means that you ________ do it.
a. usually b. always
8. To assess something means that you make a judgement after thinking ________
about it.

a. carelessly b. carefully
5. Circle the phrase with a similar meaning to the underlined idiom.
City planner Steven Santos won an award for his interesting and original ideas. He
really marches to the beat of his own drum and doesn’t follow traditional practices.

a. Follows the rules b. works quickly c. does things in his own way

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