Title: Good Morning!
1Good Morning!
2Writing For Myself
3Baker was bored by English courses.
Baker wrote about a topic.
Baker discovered his talent for writing.
4Questions On Details
- What did the writer dream of in his childhood?
- Had he ever hesitated in the process of realizing
his dream? - What was he bored by?
- How did he used to feel about English courses?
Let's have a look at paragraph one.
5occur to
from time to time
- The idea of becoming a writer had come to me
off and on since my childhood in Belleville,
occur to (of an idea) to come to somebodys
mind. e.g. It occurred to me that we could use a
computer to do the job.
6Words of Feelings
I found English grammar dull and difficult.
How many cans can a canner can if a canner can
can cans?
7?
?
?
be -ed
??
be -ing
??
be adj.
??
8- excited/ exciting
- satisfied/ satisfying
- amused/ amusing
- amazed/ amazing
- disappointed/ disappointing
- interested/ interesting
- bored/ boring
?
9- Until then Id been bored by everything
associated with English course.
related to
connected with
10assign
I hated the assignments to turn out turn out
long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for
teachers to read and for me to write.
write, compose, put down
to put together
together
to put
to write or create (music, poetry, etc.)
comprise
to be formed from (the stated parts)
consist
constitute
11indecomposability
-able
??\??
12lifeless
n.
without
Adj.
hope
?
help
-less
care
13living
?
alive
live
We found her in coma, living but not alive.
14How to Describe A Person
- formal
- rigid
- dull
- inability to inspire
- excessively prim
- severe glasses
- out of date
- a comic antique
He was said to be very formal, rigid and
hopelessly out of date.
15- formal/ former
- inspire encourage inspiration
- excessively
excessively exceedingly access
to go, to yield
16access
- have access to have the right to use, have or
reach. - My former husband has access to children on
weekends. - All the students have access to library and
computer centre.
17- access
- accumulate
- accent
- account
- accustom
- approach
- appeal
- appropriate
- affect
- assign
- assemble
- associate
- assume
18How to Describe A Person
- grateful
- elegant
- sincere
- honest
- considerate
- humorous
- kind-hearted
- childlike/ childish
- gentle
- cynical
- generous
- paranoid
- optimistic/ pessimistic
- introvert/ extrovert
- sulky
- naive
19affect
- affect
- influence
- effect
- efficient
- effective
Their efforts to improve their school have been
very________.
effective
efficient
Our _______ new machine are much cheaper to run.
20Unfruitful
21distribute
to
apart, away
to pay, to give, to bestow
The radio stations are distributed all over the
province.
This new machine distributes seed evenly and
quickly over the whole field.
22contribute
to put , to give, to bestow
together
to
____
____
attribute
to put, to give, to bestow
to, at, for
He attributed his success to hard work.
He attributed his failure to his teachers.
23On Account Of
- on account of
- take something into account
- on no account
- account for
- by all accounts
because of
give proper consideration to
not for any reason
to be the cause or origin of
according to what everybody says
24How to Eat Spaghetti
25Spaghetti
26Some Table Manners
27Synonym in Context
dull turn out anticipate formal pleasure
lifeless, cheerless, tedious
write, compose, put down
prepare for
rigid, prim, respectable,correct
delight, happiness, enjoyment
28Synonym in Context
recapture contempt topic vivid memories of sth.
come flooding back to sb.
relive
ridicule
title
sth. reawakes in sb.s mind Sb. recalls sth.
29Key Words of Text
- excessively
- distribute
- respectable
- compose
- particular
30Key Words of Text
- adjust
- ignore
- raise
- encounter
- interval
31Read The Following Words
- ampere
- calorie
- Pence
- Ounce
- volt
- watt
- ballet
- bowling
- cartoon
- golf
- Guitar
- jazz
- champagne
- cigar
- pudding
- soda
- toast
- hormone
- Vitamin
- X-ray
- Tyre/ tire
- Heroin
- opium
- romantic
- typhoon
- utopia
32Read the Sentences
- I often use baby shampoo to wash my little sons
hair. - Penicillin is an effective medicine for reducing
pain and diminishing inflammation (??). - One shouldnt drive after drinking whiskey.
- Some scientists are against cloning, that is, to
make a copy of a plant, animal or gene, in spite
of some advantages that may be brought to the
gene technology. - The old lady made a marathon speech of 6 hours
which is a bore for everyone in the room.
33Assignments
- Preview unit 4, unit 5 and unit 6
- Do the exercise of unit 4, 5 and 6
- Learn the words in those units by heart
- Get ready for quiz 2