Language Structures

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Language Structures
Dialogue I
Dialogue II
Reading I
Reading II
Guided Writing
Interaction Activities
Listening Practice
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LSP
LS
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LSP
LS
See the following sentences and find out the
grammar rules they use

• A lecture is being given in Miss Browns
  classroom.
• A TV serial was being made at the CBA TV Studio.
• A new language lab is going to be set up.
• Can reference books be taken out of the Reference
  Reading Room?

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John is helped by Mary. John is being helped by
Mary. John has been helped by Mary. John was
helped by Mary. John was being helped by
Mary. John had been helped by Mary. John will be
helped by Mary. John is going to be helped by
Mary. John will have been helped by Mary. John
can be helped by Mary.
Mary helps John. Mary is helping John. Mary has
helped John. Mary helped John. Mary was helping
John. Mary had helped John. Mary will help
John. Mary is going to help John. Mary will have
helped John. Mary can help John.
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LSP
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LSP I Talking about what is usually being done
at a certain place.
Practice following conversations
A Its nine oclock in the morning. What do you
think is being done in Miss Browns classroom? B
A lecture is being give, I suppose. A What is
being done in Mr. Smiths office? B Many things
are being done there. Letters are being typed. A
discussion is being held, and perhaps a young man
is being interviewed.
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LSP
LSP II Talking about what was being done at a
certain place in the past.
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Practice following conversations
A What was being done at the CBA TV Studio when
John was there yesterday? B A TV serial was
being made. A What was being done at the BAC
Broadcasting Station at that time? B Home news
was being broadcast.
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LSP
LSP III Giving information about something which
is going to be done in the future.
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A new language lab is going to be set up in the
English Department. Two classrooms are going to
be converted into the lab. A lot of alterations
are going to be done to the classrooms. First of
all, the wall between the two classrooms is going
to be knocked down, so the room will be made big
enough to hold 24 seats for the students. Then,
fibreboard walls are going to be put next to the
brick walls for insulation. After that, wooden
floorboards are going to be put over the cement
floor and two air-conditioners are going to be
installed. Then the wiring for the language lab
equipment is going to be done. The control panel
is going to be installed, and the students seats
are going to be put in. And then, a CD-ROM player
and a TV set are going to be placed on top of
each one of the students desks. Finally, the
video equipment including four 29-inch TV sets
and an overhead projector is going to be
installed.
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LSP
LSP IV Inquiring whether something is permissible
or obligatory and expressing prohibition or
non-obligation.
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Practice following conversations
A Can reference books be taken out of the
Reference Reading Room? B No, they cant. A
Then must the librarian be told what reference
books Im using? B No, he neednt .
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D I
Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Listening to the recording and answer the
questions on specific details of this dialogue

• How is nuclear energy applied in agriculture?
• How is nuclear energy applied in medicine?
• How is nuclear energy applied in industry?
• Would you like to be tested for liver cancer?
  Why / Why not?

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Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Read the dialogue loudly in pairs and find out
useful expressions in the text.
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Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Language points
1. Nuclear technology for civil use civil a. 1)
of or relating to the citizens of a country
???,???,??? civil aviation?? civil defence??
civil liberty???? civil marriage
????( ?????????) civil servant??? civil
war?? civil rights???? 2) polite and
helpful???,???,??? Keep a civil tongue in
your head! ???????? 3) involving civil law rather
than criminal law??? civil case????
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Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Language points
2. apply v. 1) apply sth. to sth. make practical
use of sth.??,????? e.g. The results of this
research can be applied to new technology. 2)
apply to sb./ for sth. make a formal
request ??,?? e.g. I applied to four
universities and was accepted by all of them.
Weve applied for a home improvement
grant. 3) apply sth. to sth. put or spread sth.
onto sth. e.g. New technology is being
applied to almost every industrial process. 4) be
relevant to, have an effect e.g. What I have
said applies only to some of you. This
rule cant be applied to every case.
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Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Language points
3. It has done wonders for ordinary people.
do/work wonders do miracles????,?????? e.g.
This new herbal medicine will do wonders for your
depression. expressions of wonder Its a
wonder (that) e.g. Its a wonder that my
professor recognized me after so many years. Its
no wonder/ little wonder/ small wonder e.g. No
wonder he wasnt feeling well, he got a fever.
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Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Language points
4. Im all ears as to what youve got to say. be
all ears listen attentively, eager to learn
e.g. Tell me your interview with Professor Smith,
Im all ears. Expressions of ear She
has a fine ear for a tune. The doctor
always gives a sympathetic ear to his patients.
Smile from ear to ear???? the wall has
ears ???? Turn a deaf ear to???? be
out on ones ears????? as to about e.g. They
should make decisions as to whether the student
needs more help.
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Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Language points
5. It was a real eye-opener. --- It was an
event that gives knowledge of something not known
before. e.g. It was an eye-opener to me when
I saw the strong man lift the car.
6. Dont be biased against
nuclear technology. be biased against be
prejudiced against e.g. He seems a bit biased
against women in my opinion. My
ignorance biased me against my teacher. (active
voice) opposite be biased in favour of
The newspaper is clearly biased in favour of the
Democratic party.
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D I
Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Language points
7. Farming has acquired a new concept in terms of
the time it takes for crops to ripen for
harvesting. acquire v. gain sth. by ones own
ability, efforts or behaviour e.g. a good
knowledge of English, an antique painting, etc.
I managed to acquire two tickets for the
exhibition. It make sense to acquire a
good knowledge of English and computer. in terms
of with regard to??,???/???? e.g. Applicants
for computer operators job should be judged in
terms of accuracy as well as speed. The
figures are expressed in terms of percentage/ in
percentage terms. He is better than me in
terms of family background.
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Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Language points
8. How is it done, apart from producing nuclear
energy? apart from except for as well as,
besides, in addition to ????????,?? e.g.
The room was empty apart from one man seated
beside the fire. Apart from the injuries to
his face and hands, he broke both legs. 9. But
wont it also bring about serious problem?
bring about cause??,?? e.g. Development in
science and technology has brought about many
changes in our lives. He brought about
his companys bankruptcy by reckless (?????)
speculation.
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D I
Dialogue I
Nuclear Technology for Civil Use
Retell
Use no more than 50 words to retell the dialogue
based on the dialogue.
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D II
Dialogue II
Permission and Obligation
Listen to the Dialogue

1. How to talk about what is permitted or allowed
2. How to talk about obligation
3. How to express prohibition from doing something
4. How to express absence of obligation

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R I
Reading I
Museums
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Listen to a VOA report about museums, try your
best to complete following blanks
Topic Where When What


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mustard

Roy Rogers
Lucille Ball
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British Museum
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R I
Metropolitan Museum of Art ??????????
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R I
Reading I
Museums
Go over the text in 5 minutes and answer the
following questions

• What is museum? What can you see in the museums?
• Can you name some of the museums?
• What is the purpose of having museums?
• Do you like to go to the museums? What do you
  like to see in the museums?
• Do you think its good for the museums to open to
  the teenagers free?

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R I
Reading I
Museums
Language points

• preserve v. keep, maintain
• e.g. We should preserve old customs.
• Its the duty of the police to
  preserve order in the streets.
• preserve, conserve, reserve
• preserve ??,??,??????,???????????
• My aunt preserved the life of the
  wounded soldier.
• conserve ??,???????????????????????,????,??,???
  ??energy, health, resource????
• The football team is conserving
  its strength for the final.
• reserve ??,?????(????????????)
• Ill reserve my opinion on this
  matter.

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Reading I
Museums
Language points
2. There are museums devoted to art, science,
history, industry and technology. devote oneself
to sth. devote sth. to sb./sth. ----dedicate
to ?????,???,??? e.g. He devoted his life
to helping the homeless children.
This magazine is devoted to childrens literature.
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Reading I
Museums
Language points
3. They carry on research programmes, the results
of which are published so that many people can
benefit from them. carry on a. conduct,
maintain??,?? The consulate will carry on a
political dialogue with Russia.
b. keep on?? The general manager carried on
talking about the sales promoting
campaign. benefit from profit from????
e.g. Both sides have benefits from the talks.
Youll benefit a lot from reading.
The new measures benefit us a lot.
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Reading I
Museums
Language points
4. Often museums collect more objects than they
have room to display. room space (uncountable
noun)?? The table takes up too much
room. 5.Museums are always on the watch for new
additions to their collections. on the watch (for
sb/ sth) be precautious to ??,?? The
police warned people to be on (the) watch for
thieves in the crowd. He is on the watch
of the current economic development.
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Reading I
Museums
Language points
6. In this way a famous masterpiece may be viewed
by people who otherwise might never have the
chance to see it. view to see, observe, look
into How do you view this matter?
The artist viewed the pictures for
hours. otherwiseif not, if conditions were
different??????????????????????,????????,?????????
????,??????????????????????,????????,?even, but,
with, without, but for, in case of???
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Reading I
Museums
Language points
7. Attendance at the Metropolitan had reached an
all-time high during the month the Mona Lisa was
shown there. --- The number of visitors to
Metropolitan have reached the highest ever known
when the Mona Lisa was exhibited there. all-time
high the highest ever known????
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R II
Reading II
Museums in the Modern Word
Language points
1. At a science museum in Ontario, Canada, you
can feel your hair stand on end as harmless
electricity passes through your body. stand on
end stand upright e.g. The porter placed
the box on its end and sat on it. on end
continuously e.g. She stood there
for hours on end. make ones hair stand on end
sth. make sb. frightened?????? e.g. The
latest thriller Scream III made my hair stand
on end. expressions of hair get in one
hair???? keep ones hair on??????? let ones
hair down???? not turn a hair????,????
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Reading II
Museums in the Modern Word
Language points
2. The purpose is not only provide fun but also
to help people feel at home in the world of
science. to help people feel at home---to help
people become familiar with various subjects in
the world of science be/ feel at home be
comfortable, at ease become familiar with e.g.
She always feels at home in her friends houses.
She is completely at home with computer.
(She is good at operating computer.) Make
yourself at home. (An expression is used to make
visitors feel comfortable.)
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Reading II
Museums in the Modern Word
Language points
3. They are not content to stand and look at
works of art they want art they can participate
in. content satisfied e.g. He seems content
to have only a small circle of friends. expression
s of content be content with sb./sth. e.g.
We'll be content with a respectable result in
tomorrow's match. be content to do sth. e.g. He
seemed quite content to let Steve do the
talking. content oneself with (??,????) e.g. Mr
Lucy has been asking for more responsibility, but
has had to content himself with a minor
managerial post.
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GW
Guided Writing
See textbook, page 141
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Listening
Dictation
Spelling (Workbook P. 44)
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artificial textile application
nuclear technology scientist device
harvest achievement hydrogen
radiation cold-resistant radioactive
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Listening
Dictation
Passage dictation
A
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Museum are building where objects of particular
interest are stored and arranged for public
display. A museum may be concerned with almost
any subject in history, science, or the arts.
Some museums deal with the lives of famous
people. These are often located in the buildings
that used to be their homes. The rooms may be
arranged just as they were in their life time.
Other museums have models of streets and houses
from different periods in history. Sometimes
articles of special value or interest are loaned
by one museum to another for a special
exhibition. Thus, people can see the masterpiece
of different countries without having to travel
great distance.
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Listening
Dictation
Passage dictation
B
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Here you can see the unsorted mail is being
dropped onto the moving belt. Watch carefully and
you will notice how the letters are being carried
forward through the machine, while parcels and
packets are being left behind. Look again at the
track where the letters are being carried. Notice
how the track divides into two. Only smaller
envelopes are being carried along one track,
letters larger that are being collected together
by this machine are not all the right way round.
You will notice that some are being carried along
the track upside down and some back to front. But
if you look over here, you will see how that
little problem is being solved. In this wonderful
piece of equipment, all the letters are being
turned the correct way round with the stamps in
the right-hand corners. Isnt that wonderful? And
all is done by electricity.
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Listening
Listening Comprehension

1. Water covers two-thirds of the earths surface.
2. Most of the water on the earth can be used.
3. Fresh water has become more precious than before.
4. Artificial lakes are being built to keep the
   rivers from becoming polluted.
5. Digging deep wells is the only way to produce
   more fresh water for people.
6. Distillation of sea water means Heating sea
   water to vapour and cooling the vapour.
7. For distillation, scientists are looking for
   sources of energy that will be cheaper.
8. When the salt has been removed, sea water can be
   used for irrigation only.