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1. Explain why the author felt so dissatisfied.
2. What, in your opinion, are the most common dreams and delusions of young people?
3. What was the purpose of going to an agency?
4. Is it typical to behave the way the author did at the job interview?
Language work
1. Which words in the text mean the same as those given in the box?
| utterly wretched to put on to move very fast to discard to look for to take up to do to request something to hurry out to speak in a low voice |
2. Find the explanation for the following words and phrases in an English-English dictionary: not to be one's style; to train half-heartedly; in a flash; dingy atmosphere; a stage audition; to feel pathetic; reference; ambition.
3. The word to study: to apply.
They say: to apply for, to apply (about cream, paint etc), to apply one's mind/one's energies to (doing) something. Think up examples of your own with these phrases.
TEXT 2
Pre-reading task
1. Match the words in Column A with their definitions in Column B.
| A | B | |
| A | Rite of passage | 1. lasting forever or for a long time |
| B | To hinder | 2. to exist in large numbers or great quantity |
| C | Option | 3. used when a person reaches a new status in life, e.g. adolescence or marriage |
| D | Perennial | 4. to prevent someone from doing something |
| E | To abound | 5. a the freedom of choice |
