Unit 6 Matriculation Fixation

By Joe Queenan

Obsessive Interest in attending elite universities.

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Joe Queenan (November 3, 1950 humorist, critic and author

Saint Joseph's University publications as Spy Magazine, TV Guide,

Movieline, The Guardian & the New York Times Book Review.

Major Books Balsamic DreamsRed Lobster

White Trash, The Blue LagoonImperial Caddy

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Warm-up Activities Why do some people in modern time

have an obsessive interest in attending elite colleges?

the association with great success; the association of failing to win

admission to an elite school with a big life setback

Is it true?

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Bill Gates4

Bill Gates William Henry Bill Gates III (born October

28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and is chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.

consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people &1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third.

CEO and chief software architect enrolled at Harvard College , but didn’t

finish his education 幻灯片 4

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A good university does not

necessarily guarantee a successful

life.

Life does not have just one act.

There is often Act Two. And Act Five.

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Para1-6 the incident 7-8 the author’s comments elicited

by the incident 9-14 comments on two types of

college obsessives 15 conclusion

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Key words & phrases languish: To exist or continue in miserable

or disheartening conditions: garner ： acquire or deserve by one's efforts

or actions feign: make a pretence of unalloyed[,ʌnə'lɔɪd]: pure punitive: inflicting punishment Infuriating:extremely displeasing; Irrevocable [ɪ'rɛvəkəbəl]: impossible to

retract/revoke interject: To insert between other elements;

interpose mediate: 8

within striking distance: very near to in question: being talked about carve out: to successfully create/obtain

sth stem from poke fun at fork over screw up on skid row take a toll

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