Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like going to school?
- Which do you think is better, going to school or working? Please give some explanation.
Stanford University started offering courses for people aged 50 to 60 years old. Most of the students are employees or professionals who already ended their careers. These retirees want to go back to studying because they don’t want to stay at home. They think staying at home is boring. 50 to 60 year old students say that going back to university and learning new things is fun.
Vocabulary:
university – [noun] a school for higher learning
course – [noun] an order of lectures about a subject
career – [noun] professional achievement
employee – [noun] worker
boring – [adjective] not fun
True or False:
- 50 to 60-year-old people can study at Stanford University.
- Employees who ended their careers want to stay at home and rest.
- Students think staying at home is boring.
- 50 to 60-year-old students say that studying again is fun.
- Employees who ended their careers can study at Stanford University.