V. Read the following text through. Then read it again and fill each blank with a right word . You may need to use a dictionary

Uniform, private, public, GCSE, packed, year, strict, mixed, hockey, vegetarian, boarding.

Sarah goes to a large comprehensive school in North London. Her parents could pay for her to go to a __ school, but they don't agree with __ education. Sarah is happy at her school. She is 16 and in the fifth __ studying for her __ exams. She says herself that if she were at a __ school, she would miss her parents a lot. She prefers to be able to go home at night. She takes a __ lunch with her.

She doesn't like the school meals and she's a __ so she prefers to take her own lunch. The school she goes to is not very __ but they have to wear a red and grey __. Sarah thinks this is a waste of money and she would rather wear her own clothes. Her school is __, but she has not got a boyfriend there at the moment because she says she's too busy with her studies. She likes sport and she is the captain of the __ team.

VI. Do you agree or disagree? Make some notes, in your notebook, for and against the following statements. Discuss your ideas in class.

1. Students should wear a school uniform.

2. Students shouldn`t pay for their school dinners.

3. P.E. (physical education) should be voluntary.

4. No homework should be given to students in the first six years.

5. Teachers should be more strict.

6. Classes shouldn`t be given on Saturday mornings.

7. There should be more written tests.

8. The summer holiday is too long.

9. The number of students in each class should be less than it is now.

10. Pupils should be allowed to smoke at school.

VIII. What do these expressions mean? What do the people do?

1. She`s something in the City.

2. John`s reading philosophy.

3. They live in the sticks.

4. I`m on the dole at the moment.

5. He`s doing time.

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