I. What are you gonna do after high school?
II. This is how the following video starts, but first let’s have a look at some words and expressions you might not fully understand:
- hazy
- whole world, your oyster
- to drop the ball
- FLOTUS
- to commute
- major
- to do overtime
- a flow chart
- The most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself. Examples: What is your major, English or French? / She was a maths major at an east coast college.
- All opportunities are open to you, the world is yours (it is a quote from William Shakespeare which has become a common proverb in English).
- To make the same journey regularly between work/school and home.
- To fail in one’s responsibilities or duties, or to make a mistake (an allusion to the rules of such games as baseball or football).
- a drawing that shows the stages of a process or activity from the beginning to the end using different shapes connected by lines.
- Not clear.
- Acronym of First Lady of the United States.
- Time spent working after the usual time needed or expected in a job.
III. Why do they refer to “South Side Chicago” when Michelle Obama appears?
IV. What do you think of the video? Do you like it? What about the FLOTUS oversized glasses?
IV. Some information:
Comedian Jay Pharoah is known for his Saturday Night Live impression of President Barack Obama
Obama’s “Better Make Room” campaign, targeting students aged 14 to 19, encourages them to go to college. The campaign is part of a larger White House effort to address slipping U.S. college graduation rates.
Obama and Pharoah had help on the video from viral video makers The Gregory Brothers, and it was produced by IAC/InterActive’s CollegeHumor, which makes viral comedy videos.
[All activities designed by Ms. Xortó. Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the link]