A New English Course1 Unit 1

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A New English Course(1)Unit 1
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• 1). ??????????,?????????,?????????,??????????
• 2). ?????????,??????,??????,????????
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• 1). LSP the past tenses. (????????)
• 2). Dialogue I II some conversational
  strategies in talking about past experience and
  making introduction. (???????,??????????????)
• 3). Text III narration the format of the note
  (???????)

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???? (Teaching Aims)

• 1). To know more about past tenses.
• 2). To be familiar with some conversational
  strategies in talking about past experience.
• 3). To be acquainted with the expressions of how
  to make formal or informal introductions.
• 4). To know how to right a note of introduction.
• 4). Grasp some new words and expressions to
  enrich students vocabulary.
• 5). Do some oral work such as pre-reading
  questions, role play and interaction activities
  to help to develop the students oral
  communicative abilities.
• 6). Do some other after-class exercise including
  listening and translation to improve students
  comprehensive skills.

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• 1). Language structures
• 2). Language structure practice
• 3). Dialogue I Dialogue II
• 4). Text I Text II
• 5). Exercise

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???? (Time Allocation)

• 1). Language structures Practice (1 hour)
• 2). Dialogue I Dialogue II (2 hours)
• 3). Text I Text II (2 hours)
• 4). Exercise (1 hour)

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1st sessionLanguage Structures

• Read three sentences in this part, try to find
  out the similarity among them. (All the three
  sentences are talking about the past experience.
  In the first sentence, the simple present and the
  present perfect are used. In the second sentence,
  the past progressive is used. In the third
  sentence, the past perfect tense is used.???
  http//www.4english.com.cn/grammar/08.htm )

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1. ?????

• i. ????It is/ will be the first/ second/ etc.
  time that have/ has done
• ii. ?????(?)?????e.g.
• It is the first time that Ive heard Jazz.
• It will be the second time (that) he has climbed
  that mountain.
• ??It was the first/ second/ etc. time that
  ?????????????e.g.
• It was the first time she had been at a summer
  school and she thoroughly enjoyed it.

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2. ?????

• i. ????1) was (were) doing, whilewas (were)
  doing
• 2) whendidwas (were) doing
• ii. ?????????????????????????????????????????????
  ???e.g.
• What were Class Three students doing while Class
  One students were having a Chinese lesson?
• When I got up this morning, it was raining.

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3. ????? (1)

• i. ????had done
• ii. ????????????????????????????????????????,???
  ????????????????????????,???????????,?????????,?
  ?????????,??????,??????????e.g.
• Tom flew home, but his father had already died.
• By six they had worked for 12 hours. .

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3. ????? (2)

• ????,?by???????????????,?????????e.g.
• By the time they arrived, the plane had taken
  off.
• She had finished the work by five yesterday
  afternoon.
• ?????by??????????,?????????e.g.
• By the end of next month he will have gone
  through the experiment. .

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Follow-up activity

• The purpose of doing this exercise is to help you
  
• 1) Be familiar with the structure It is (was)
  the first/second/ third time that
• 2) Be familiar with the past progressive tense
• 3) Be familiar with the past perfect tense
• Title A Visit to the East Lake
• Topic The impression of
• Time for preparation 5-8 minutes
• Time for presentation 10 minutes

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Picture1- The East Lake
Picture2- The Lotus Flower of the East Lake
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Procedure (1)

• Two students are talking about the impression of
  the East Lake. They are asking each other some
  questions. The questions should include both
  general and specific ones, and in different
  tenses, too, for example
• What were you doing at that time yesterday
  morning?
• Have you been in the East Lake before?
• Is this your first time to the East Lake?
• Everything is new to you, isnt it? Did you enjoy
  yourself there?
• By three in the afternoon yesterday, I had
  already come back.

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A sample dialogue (a)

• A Hi, Linlin. I was looking for you everywhere
  this morning. Where were you?
• B I was in the school library.
• A Oh, I see. Have you ever been to the East
  Lake? I went there yesterday morning with my
  roommates.
• B Yes, I have been there several times, since I
  was a child. Is this your first time you've been
  in the East Lake?
• A Yes. And everything was new to me there.
• B Did you enjoy yourself there?

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A sample dialogue (b)

• A Yes, we were singing, dancing, playing cards,
  etc. What were you doing at that time, while we
  were having fun in the park yesterday morning?
• B I was doing some shopping in the supermarket,
  buy something for daily use. How long did you
  stayed there?
• A We stayed there for the whole morning. Then we
  had lunch, in a small restaurant. By three in the
  afternoon yesterday, I had already come back.
• B You must be very tired, when you came back.
• A When I was back in the dorm, I was exhausted.
  
• B
• A

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Language Structure Practice

• Tips for LSP I
• LSP I is about asking for and giving information
  about someones (first, second, last, visit, etc)
  visit to a certain place.
• Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps of the
  given examples.
• Language points for LSP I
• 1) on holiday
• 2) take part in a chess tournament
• 3) tournament n. ???????. (?????contest, game,
  play, sport, tourney, etc.) e.g.
• They were defeated in the first round of the
  tournament.
• Theyve got through to the finals of the
  tournament.

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Variations based on the given cues

• Samples
• A Have you been in Wuhan before?
• B No. This is the first time I have been here.
• A When did you arrive?
• B Only a few days ago.
• A Have you been in Wuhan long?
• B No. Ive only been here a few days.
• A Is this your first visit to Wuhan?
• B No, Ive been here before.
• A When were the last time you came here?
• B A year ago. I came with some friends on
  holiday.

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Tips for LSP II

• LSP II is about asking for and giving information
  about what was going on in two different classes
  at the same time in the past, and what was going
  on at a certain (point of) time in the past.
• Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps of the
  given examples.
• Language points for LSP II
• 1) to play chess
• 2) to do work on the computer
• 3) shadowboxing (???) Chinese swordplay (????)

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4) ???

• C.R. Chinese Revolution
• VCD Video Compact Disk
• CPC Communist Part of China
• WTO World Treaty Organization.
• WHO World Health Organization
• NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
  ????????
• MFN most-favored-nation treatment?????(????"?????
  ?")
• COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern
  Africa???????????
• ??????????http//www.4english.com.cn/vocabu/index.
  htm

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Variations based on the given cues

• Sample
• A Hi, Chen. I was looking for you everywhere
  after four this afternoon. Where were you?
• B I was on the sports field.
• A Were you playing football with your roommates?
• B No, I wasnt.
• A Were you running around the track?
• B No, I wasnt, either.
• A What were you doing then?
• B I as playing volleyball/ table tennis. // I
  was having a shadow boxing/ Chinese swordplay
  lesson.//

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Tips for LSP III

• LSP III is about giving information about actions
  completed before a certain time in the past/
  before another action in the past.
• Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps of the
  given examples.
• Language points for LSP III
• 1) a magazine article on shadow boxing
• 2) to do some physical exercise
• Variations based on the given cues

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Sample I

• A What were you doing at seven yesterday
  evening?
• B I was listening to some tapes.
• A Were you listening to the recording of the
  English teaching programmes on the radio?
• B No. By then Id already done that. I was
  listening to some music.

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Sample II

• A You had no classes in the first and second
  periods yesterday afternoon, did you?
• B No, we didnt have any classes. But we were
  watching a video-tape in the language lab as
  usual.
• A Was it Oliver Twist that you saw?
• B No, wed already seen that. We were seeing
  Jane Eyre.

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Sample III

• A Was Lin watching news on TV with you at seven
  yesterday evening?
• B No, wed done that by then. We were playing
  chess.
• A What about Chen?
• B By seven, shed done her homework. She was
  doing some reading.

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The 2nd Session
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Dialogue I

• Led-in questions
• How did you spend your summer vacation after the
  college entrance exam?
• Did you take a trip to the scenic spots and
  places of historical interest?
• What scenic spots do you have in your hometown?
  Have you visited anyone of them? If yes, what
  impressed you most?
• Have you ever been to the summer camp? What did
  you do in the summer camp?
• Have you ever been to Mount Tai? (??(the Five
  Sacred Mountains)?????????????????????????????????
  ?????????????????)
• (??????????,????? http//www.fjms.net/jq/SQ01.aspx
  ?id72 )

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How much do you know about Mount Tai?
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Listening to the recording and answer the
questions on specific details of this dialogue

• Where did A go during the summer? What for?
• What did the life in As summer camp like?
• What did B say abut his experience in a summer
  camp?

A went to Mount Tai for a study programme
organized by our local community committee.
B had a similar experience during the summer two
years ago. And B recalled some of the past
experience.
A had the life of a natural scientist and the
life of an athlete, too in the summer camp.)
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Conversational strategies

• Introducing a topic and asking for more
  information
• AYou know what? Ive just come back from a
  wonderful summer camp.
• B You have? Where did you go?
• Practice with the following cues
• Jenny has just come back from a summer camp in
  Hainan.
• Lin had been in Beijing fir a summer camp and she
  has just come back.

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Conversational strategies

• Getting and giving more information (??????)
• 1) A What did you do at the summer camp?
• B Oh, lots of things. Most of the time we
  studied plants, things like that. We also had
  lots of fun, hiking,
• 2) A ... Were there any hobby groups in your
  programme?
• B Yes, of course. We had a number of hobby
  groups with varied interests. We called them
  project groups

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Conversational strategies

• Practice with the following cues
• A What study did you do in Beijing?B
• A What kind of experience did you have there?B
• A What activities did you do in Hainan?B

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Conversational strategies

• closing a conversation (????)
• AYou had a marvelous time this summer! Your
  story really brought back happy memories of my
  own camping experience.
• Practice with the following cues
• expressing your admiration about what one had
  done in the past
• expressing that it was a fruitful trip, etc.

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Language points for Dialogue I

• You know what? This question is used to
  introduce a piece of information which is
  surprising. A similar expression is Guess what?
• Mount TaiMount ??????Mt,???????e.g. Mt Everest
  ?????
• scenic spots places of natural attractive
  scenery

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Language points for Dialogue I

• 4. I was greatly impressed by its natural beauty.
  I was moved by its beautiful scenery.
• 1). impress to influence deeply, esp. with a
  feeling of admiration
• e.g. The students were impressed by his inspiring
  speech.
• We are impressed by his performance.
• 2). impress on/upon to make the importance of
  sth. clear to sb.
• e.g. My father impressed me with the value of
  hard work.
• Impress on the young people that pride
  goes before a fall.
• He gave a very impressive talk.
• The book made a deep impression on him.
• 3). impressive adj. impression n.

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Language points for Dialogue I

• study tour ????local community committee ?????
• historic notable or memorable in history e.g. a
  historic spot / event / speechhistorical belong
  to history e.g. historical events / people/
  novel
• I bet--- This is an informal expression for Im
  certaine.g. I bet it will be fine tomorrow.
  win / lose a bet
• It brought back such sweet memories. Sweet
  memories came to my mind. bring back to cause
  to return to the mind e.g. Hearing the song
  brought back happy memories.

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Language points for Dialogue I

• 9. Not when---- This is an elliptical form in
  answering questions.
• e.g. --- My mother never loses her temper.
• --- Never?
• --- Practically, but not when we neglect our
  duties at home.
• 10. give/ put on a performance perform
• e.g. The children are giving a performance on the
  stage.
• His performance of/as Othello was very good.
• 11. You remind me of my last trip there. It
  seems to be similar to my last trip there.
• remind somebody. of somebody. /something.
  to appear to be similar to to cause to remember
• e.g. This museum reminds me of the one we visited
  last year.
• The event reminded me of my school days.

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Language points for Dialogue I

• 12. I wish I had been there with you this time.
  This is a wish about a non-fact in the past.
  Another example, I wish I had passed the exam.
• 13. , things like that and so on etc.
• e.g. He likes playing basketball, soccer,
  volleyball things like that.
• 14. subdivide prefix sub-
• 1). part of the stated bigger whole e.g.
  subsection
• 2). under, below e.g. subway, submarine,
  subzero temperature
• 3). less important or powerful or of lower rank
  than
• e.g. subculture, subheading, substandard

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Language points for Dialogue I

• 15. hobby groups different groups of students
  classified by hobbies.
• 16. present to---- to give sth. away
• e.g. When Mr. Brown left the firm, the director
  presented a gold watch to him/ presented him with
  a gold watch.
• 17. Some staged an exhibition. Some held an
  exhibition.
• stage to perform or arrange for public show
  put on
• e.g. The art group is going to stage an art show
  on Sunday.
• 18. marvelous wonderful, terrific

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Dialogue II

• I Expressions of introductions
• 1. How to approach someone you are meeting
• Excuse me, are you Bob?
• Its Susan, isnt?
• 2. How to respond or replay to an
  introduction
• Im very pleased to meet you.
• How do you do?
• Ive been looking forward to meeting you.
• 3. How to introduce someone who is with you
• May I introduce my friend, Jack to you? (formal)
• And this is the Dean of our Department, Mr.
  Smith. (informal)

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More Practice

• You go to the main railway station with the
  Deputy Dean of your college, to meet an
  Australian teacher, Jane Greenwood, who is
  traveling around China and who will give some
  talks at your university. Approach her, introduce
  yourself, and introduce the Vice Chairman to this
  teacher.

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Sample

• A Excuse me, its Miss Greenwood form Australia,
  isnt it?
• B Yes, thats right, and you must be from the
  college.
• A Yes, Im Yu Ping. I work at the college. How
  do you do? Welcome to China.
• B How do you do?
• A Miss Greenwood, may I introduce Mr Hu Wei
  Deputy Dean of our college?
• C Hello, Miss Greenwood, I'm pleased to meet you.

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Sample

• B Hello, Thank you both for coming to meet me.
• A Its no trouble at all. The college is rather
  a long drive from the railway station, so we have
  arranged for a minibus.
• C Did you have a good journey, Miss Greenwood?
• B Yes, thank you, not too bad. A bit tiring,
  though.
• C Yes, it's a long way, isn't it?
• A This way, then, please. The bus is waiting
  just outside

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Sample

• You are in your university one day with a
  classmate. You have heard that an American
  Exchange student (Susan Wilson) is arriving that
  day and by chance you meet her in the corridor.
  Approach her introduce yourself and your
  classmate.

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Sample

• A Excuse me, are you Susan Wilson?
• B Yes, thats right.
• A Oh, hello! Welcome to the university! Im
  Zhang Ping.
• B Hello. Pleased to meet you.
• A This is one of my classmates Lu Minmin.
• C Hello. Im really pleased to meet you. Ive
  been looking forward to your arrival for a long
  time.
• B Hello. I only arrived this morning, and I
  still feel a bit lost. I havent got used to
  everything yet.

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Sample

• C Did you have a good flight?
• B Yes. It was a long flight and Im exhausted.
• A Oh dear! Are you very tired? Wed like to show
  you around the university.
• B Id really like to look around the university.
  What do I call you? Is Wang your first name or
  your last name?
• A Wang is my surname, my family name actually,
  and in China we generally use this name.
• B Oh, I see! Thats a bit different fro the
  States. We usually use first names. So, please
  call me Susan.
• A Ok. Lets go then, Susan.

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The 3rd Session
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Reading I

• Led-in questions
• Have you ever been abroad to spend your holiday?
• Have you ever been short of money? Then what
  would you do?
• Do you have the experience when you are
  misunderstood by others?
• Have you ever been involved in an accident? If
  yes, please tell us the story.

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Questions For Reading I

• Go over the text in 3 minutes and answer the
  questions on specific details of this text
• Who was Herbert?
• Did he go home from Cambridge to have his
  holidays?
• Why did he come home earlier?
• What was he about to do hen the policemen came?

Herbert was a student at Cambridge, but his
hometown was St. Albans.
No, he went to France for his holiday.
He had run of money.
He was about to have a wash.
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Questions For Reading I

• Did the policemen ask him questions as they burst
  into the house?
• Did the policemen believe what Herbert said?
• What did they take Herbert for?
• Why did they take Herbert for a burglar?

No, they pushed him into the living room next
door, made him sit down, and began to ask him
questions.
No, they didnt believe him, except a sergeant.
They took him for a burglar.
Because a next-door neighbor phoned them. This
man knew that Herberts family had all gone to
the seaside and yet he saw a light from the
house, so he thought a burglar had broken into
the house.
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Language Points for Reading I

• Herbert went to France for holiday. For is a
  preposition used here to show purpose.
• e.g. I came to this building for an interview.
• What is this handle for?

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Language Points for Reading I

• run out of---- to use all ones supplies be
  completely used up
• e.g. Im afraid weve run out of petrol.
• Our stocks are running out.
• The nurse is running out of patience.

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Language Points for Reading I

• than he had expected to.
• e.g. The exam was a bit easier than he had
  expected.
• It wasnt as hot as I expected.
• expect to think or believe (that something will
  happen)
• e.g. I expect that she will come to our party.
• The spokesman is expected to make an announcement
  later on today.

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Language Points for Reading I

• midnight ---- in the middle of the night 12
  oclock at night
• prefix mid-- in the middle of among
• e.g. midway, midsummer, Mid-autumn Festival

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Language Points for Reading I

• The back door burst open. The door opened
  suddenly.
• burst
• 1). to come into the stated condition suddenly
  and often violently
• e.g. He burst into the room.
• The oil burst out of the ground.
• The sun burst through the clouds.
• In spring the flowers burst open.
• He burst free from the chains.

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Language Points for Reading I

• 2). cause to fly apart or break violently,
  explode ??,??
• e.g. We drove over some glass and one of the
  tires burst.
• burst a tire/balloon
• 3). burst into send out suddenly ???? burst into
  tears/laughter
• e.g. As soon as the child saw his mother, he
  burst into tears.
• burst out laughing /crying
• Another similar use of the pattern The door
  banged shut.

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Language Points for Reading I

• on holiday ---- (on before a noun ) in a state or
  process of
• e.g. on fire/sale/ purpose
• go on ---- to continue without stopping or
  without change
• 1). go on doing e.g. She didnt want to go on
  being a secretary all her life.
• 2). go on with e.g. Go on with your work.
• 3). go on to do sth. e.g. After describing the
  planned improvements, she went on to explain how
  much they would cost.

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Language Points for Reading I

• settle ---- to end (an argument, esp. in law)
  bring (a matter to an agreement)
• e.g. They settled their quarrel/difference in a
  friendly way.
• The two companies settled their dispute out of
  court.
• sandy-haired ---- (compound adjectives
  adj/adv.-n/ved)
• e.g. red-haired, bad-tempered, well-written,
  well-trained

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Language Points for Reading I

• 1). peer at to look very carefully or hard,
  esp. as if not able to see clearly
• 2). peek at to take a quick look at something
  when one should not
• 3). peep at to look at something quickly and
  secretly, esp. through a hole or other small
  opening

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Language Points for Reading I

• convince to make (someone) completely certain
  about something persuade
• e.g. They failed to convince the directors that
  their proposal would work.
• I am convinced by your story.
• We finally convinced them of our innocence.
• Her smile convinced her that she was happy.
• Your explanation might have convinced Mary, but
  it didnt convince me.
• persuade----make sb. willing to do sth. by
  reasoning, arguing, repeatedly asking, etc.
• e.g. Despite all my efforts to persuade him, he
  wouldnt agree.
• He persuaded her into/out of going ( to go /not
  to go) to the party.

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Language Points for Reading I

• ring up----to call sb.
• e.g. Please ring me up if you need help.
• dreadfully disappointed terribly/awfully/very
  disappointed
• gown
• e.g. dressing gown night gown ??evening gown ???

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Questions For Reading II

• Read the passage, try to make out the main idea,
  and answer the following questions
• How long was Andrew going to be away from home?
• KeysAndrew was going to be away from
  home for three days.
• 2. What did he do before he left home?
• Keys Before he left he locked all the
  windows. He told his wife to bolt the front door
  when he drove away and he told one of his
  neighbors to keep an eye on the house.

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Questions For Reading II

• 3. What happened on his way?
• --On his way he had a flat tire.
• 4. How did he get back home that evening?
• --He thumbed a ride home.
• 5. Why couldnt he get into the house when he
  reached home?
• --When he reached home, he remembered that
  the windows had been locked and that the front
  door had been bolted.
• 6. Why didnt his wife wake up when Andrew
  pounded on the front door?
• --His wife was a sound sleeper.

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Questions For Reading II

• 7. What did he begin to do with his briefcase?
• He began to break one of the windows with
  his briefcase.
• 8. Who came just then?
• The police came just then.
• 9. Why had the neighbor telephoned the police?
• His neighbor had phoned the police
  because he could not recognize Andrew in the
  dark.

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Questions For Reading II

• 10. Did the police believe him when Andrew
  explained that he lived in the house?
• As the police didnt believe him when
  Andrew lived in the house, they took him off to
  jail.
• 11. What did Andrew ask the police to do
  then?
• Andrew told the police to wake up his
  wife and check his story.
• 12.Why did the police conclude that there was
  no one in the house?
• But no one answered when they knocked
  at the door, so they concluded that there was no
  one in the house.

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Language points for Reading II

• a sound sleeper -a deep sleeper
• it never would have happened if he had not a
  flat tire on Highway 10 last night at about 730.
  This is subjunctive mood.
• e.g. I would not have been late for school if the
  train had arrived on time this morning.
• We would have met Mr. Smith if we had gone to the
  party last night.
• a three-day sales meeting
• e.g. a fifteen-minute walk, a two-hour meeting

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Language points for Reading II

• spare (tire)---- an additional tire carried in a
  vehicle for use if one of the tires on the wheels
  is damaged
• e.g. spare parts
• manage to do sth.---- succeed in dealing with
• e.g. She knows how to manage him when he is
  angry.
• I finally managed to find what I was looking for.

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Language points for Reading II

• to thumb a ride/lift - to ask passing motorists
  for a free ride by holding out ones hand with
  the thumb raised
• superhighway----freeway expressway
• make his way in the dark go in the dark He
  made his way home.

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Language points for Reading II

• He was not supposed to be back. He was not
  considered to be back.
• be supposed to ----to have a duty or
  responsibility to do sth. to be intended to to
  have the regulation of being
• e.g. Youre not supposed to smoke here.
• He wasnt supposed to be beck until Thursday.
• The law is supposed to help the poor.
• Everyone is supposed to bring his textbook to the
  class.

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Language points for Reading II

• keep an eye on to----watch carefully
• e.g. Please keep an eye on the baby for me.
• While I go to buy my ticket, please keep an eye
  on my suitcase.
• 11. in the meantime meanwhile during the same
  period of time
• e.g. The new secretary wont come until next
  week in the meantime weve arranged for a
  temporary one.
• I will leave for Australia next month. In the
  meantime, I will come to say goodbye to you.
• I had to wait an hour for the bus meanwhile, I
  read two newspapers.

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Language points for Reading II

• was about to This construction expresses the
  immediate future in the past. In some contexts,
  it is often used in the sense of an unfulfilled
  intention.
• e.g. I was about to leave when he came to visit
  me.
• 13. succeed in doing
• e.g. Police have finally succeeded in solving the
  mystery.

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Language points for Reading II

• 14. budge v.---- move slightly
• bulge v. ----swell beyond the usual size, curve
  outwards ??,??,??
• e.g. His pocket was bulging with presents.
• budget n. ----estimate of probable future income
  and expenditure

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Language points for Reading II

• 15. Andrews only thought as he made his way in
  the dark to his front door was how surprised his
  wife was going to see him since he was not
  supposed to be back until Thursday or Friday.
• ???????????????,????????????????????,?????????????
  ???????
• Andrews only thought was???????how???????
  ??as??????????,?????since???????????

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Language points for Reading II

• 16. Just as he was about to hurl his briefcase
  into the window to break it, two of the police
  officers grabbed him from behind.
• ?????????????,???????????Just as
  ????????,just??very soon
• e.g. The children arrived at school just as the
  bell was ringing.

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How to Write a Note

• ??????
• 1). ??Dear Mr./ Mrs.????,??????
• 2). ???????,??????,?????????
• 3). ???????,?????,????sincerely
  yours??,??????,?????????

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How to Write a Note

• 2. Notes must be precise and to the point the
  style is casual. In notes of introduction, the
  following are usually included
• i. The name of the person to be introduced
• ii. His or Her identity
• iii. The purpose of the introduction
• iv. Appreciation

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4th Session

• Guided Writing
• Students do the exercise on the Students book.
• Workbook
• Students do the exercise on the Workbook.