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Given
name
middle
name
family name
First
name
last
name
Christian
name
surname
To learn English well, you
have to be a user.
Learn to speak
English by speaking whenever
possible.
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TERMS
paraphrase
--- v.&n. (give a )
restatement of the
meaning of ( a piece
of writing ) in
other words
antonym (ant.)
synonym (syn.)
part of
speech
collocation
appositive
inversion
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subjunctive
mood
passive/ active
voice
gerund
participle
parenthesis
singular (sing.)
plural (pl.)
receptive skills --- listening, reading
productive skills --- writing, speaking
(translating)
passive/ active vocabulary
methodology --- bottom to top
---
top to bottom
Set up a
self-evaluation system with a
starting
point.
Set a goal for what you want to
achieve
in your three years of English
study.
Draw up detailed plans and allow
time
for studies.
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Unit 1 Ghosts for Tea
*Questions
:
1.
W
hat does the word
2.
H
ow
many
characters
are
mentioned
in
the
text?
Who
are
the
main
characters?
3.
W
hat is the weather like
according to
the text? How do you know
that?
4.
W
hat's the story told by the
old man?
5.
W
hy does the old man tell
the story?
*Types of
Writing
(1)
Description
(2)
Narration
(3)
Exposition
(4)
Argumentation
*Planning a narrative:
5 aspects:
3
(1)
context (or circumstances)--- when,
where and to whom the action in a
narrative
happened
is
often
made
clear
at
the
beginning
of
the
narrative.
(2)
Selection
of
details
---
relevant
details
(3)
Organization
---
a
beginning,
a
middle, and an end
(flashbacks)
(4)
Point of view --- the first person or
the third person
(5)
Purpose
---
to
prove
a
theory,
to
illustrate
a
concept,
to
praise
a
virtue,
to condemn a vice, etc.
Ghost
---
n.
spirit
of
a
dead
person
appearing to sb. who is
still living
He
looked as if he had seen a ghost,
ie.
looked very frightened.
I
don't
believe
in
ghosts,
ie.
don't
believe that they
exist.
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Ghost
--- vt&vi
Ghost for sb.
---
act as a ghost-writer for
sb.
He
ghosts
for
a
number
of
sports
personalities
who
'write'
newspaper
columns.
*Language points
1.
v
iew-
--cf.
view,
sight,
outlook,
scenery,
landscape,
scene,
countryside, Nature
(a)
H
e
enjoys wondering in the _____.
(b)
The
mountain
hotel
offered
magnificent ____.
(c)
The
spoilt
actor
enjoyed
making
awkward ____.
(d)
He has no political ____.
(e)
the romantic
_____ of Norway
(f)
The ____ in the motor industry is
depressing.
(g)
This is the ____ of the accident.
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(h)
The very ____ of food made him
feel worse.
(i)
The
____
from
his
room
is
far
from cheerful.
(j)
I
prefer
his
____
pictures
to
his
portraits.
(k)
____ has adapted these creatures
to their surroundings.
(l)
The
Coronation
was
a
brilliant
____.
(1)a
view---(a)
the
area
seen
from
a
certain
point
eg. the view
from my window
(b) an opinion
eg. one's political views
a
viewpoint---
a
place
from
which
a
view is seen
a
point
of
view---
an
opinion
on
a
particular matter
(2) a sight--- something
seen
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eg.
The
ceremony
was
an
interesting sight.
(3)
an
outlook---(a)
what
can
be
seen
when looking out
eg.
a
pleasant
outlook
over
the
valley
(b) what seems likely to happen
eg.
the weather outlook
(4) scenery--- the general
appearance of
the countryside
(5)
a
landscape
---
scenery
seen
as
a
kind of picture
(6) a scene --- (a) a
division of an act of
a play
(b)
a
view,
usually
having
a
definite
quality
eg.
the
breath-taking
scene
of
the
moon rising
over
the sea
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(c)
the place where sth. happened
eg. the scene of the crime
(d) an unpleasant display of bad temper
or emotion
eg. to make a scene
(7) the countryside --- the
characteristic
region away from the
town
(8) Nature --- the natural creative
force
as part of the countryside
Notice the following
expressions:
(1)
a bird's - eye view
(2)
the view -
finder (part of a camera)
(3)
in view of
--- because of
eg. He was
pardoned in view of the
circumstances.
(4)
with the view
of
2.
r
emains
eg.
Only
thoroughly
unpleasant
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people leave the ____ of their picnics
to
spoil
the
appearance
of
the
countryside.
A. remains
B.
remainder
C. rest
D. remnants
Usage:
(1)
remains
---
n.
[of]
what
is
left
from
eating,
rot,
decay,
destruction or death
eg.
remains of dinner
remains of fruit
remains of ancient Rome
(2)
remnants ---
n. [of]
eg. remnants of
former glory
(3)
the rest ---n. [of] what is left; the
other part
(4)
remainder --- n. what is left over
eg.
Twenty
people
came
in
and
the rest (or the remainder) stayed
outside.
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3.
s
heer
--- adj
(1)
complete; thorough; absolute
eg. a sheer waste of time
(2)
(of textiles,
etc) finely woven and
almost
transparent
eg. sheer silk
(3)
without a
slope; very steep
eg. a sheer drop of
eight meters
4.
w
hip
--- v. Strike
with a whip; beat
eg. whip
a horse ( a child)
a
whip
is
sometimes
used
when
horse-riding
Other
equipment
is:
the
harness,
the
saddle, the reins, the
bridle
At one time
spurs
were used to urge
the horse . eg. Ambition spurred him
on.
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