Language Structures

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Unit 5

• Language Structures
• Dialogue 1
• Dialogue 2
• Reading 12

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Language Structure

• Example sentences
• 1 Miss Wood told her pupils to be quiet/not to
  talk. (a simple past verb reporting a command)
• 2 Miss Green often asks her students to turn the
  cassette recorder on/off. (a simple present verb
  reporting a request)

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• 3 Mrs. Blank often reminds her husband about his
  keys/to take his keys along. (a simple present
  verb reporting a reminder)
• 4 Bobby wants to know if man will soon find a
  cure for cancer. (a simple present verb reporting
  a question)

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Dialogue 1 Language Points

• 1.      plus
• 1) prep.
• Two plus two is four.
• Their strength plus their spirit makes them
  formidable. ???????????????????
• 2) adj.
• Added or extra???,???
• eg. a plus benefit.?????

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hang up

• She was so angry that she hanged up on him.
• The heavy rain hung up the work on the building
  site for three weeks.(delay, stop)
• The peace talks were hung up while the
  representatives spoke to their governments.

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Dialogue 2 Language Points

• 1.      grant To consent to the fulfillment of,
  usually implies that the giver is in a higher
  position, as one of authority, than the receiver
  and that he or she acts out of justice, mercy, or
  generosity.
• eg. granted the petitioners request????????
• grant aid.

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• The Americas National Park

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Reading

• Prereading questions
• Language points
• Information on Yellowstone Yosemite

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Prereading questions

• 1.  Whose effort is it that contributes directly
  to the protection of national parks from the
  exploitation of business interests?
• 2. What is the Yellowstone National Park most
  famous for?
• 3.  Give at least two examples to show that work
  has been done to keep American national parks as
  natural as possible.
• 4.  Why are strict rules imposed which prohibit
  tourists from feeding animals with cookies and
  candy?

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  site

• n. a place or setting of something
• construction site ????
• the site of the recent fire ????
• historic sites ????
• Website ??
• v. Where have they decided to site the new
  school?

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free enterprise

• associated enterprise
• private enterprise
• Profit-making enterprise
• contracting enterprise
• ????

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Span

• the whole span of a bridge
• the span of a man's life
• the span of memory
• widen the span of knowledge?????

• span a river with a bridge
• a memory that spans 80 years
• ??80????

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have ones say

• the right or power to influence or make a
  decision
• Citizens have a say in the councils of
  government.
• All I want is some say in the matter.
• ?????????????

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burn out

• To stop burning from lack of fuel , to wear
  outTo become exhausted, especially as a result
  of long-term stress
• The candle burnt out.
• The house was burnt out last month.
• The last time I saw her, she looked completely
  burnt out.

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spoil

• To damage irreparably, to impair the
  completeness, perfection, or unity of
• Spoil the party ?????
• spoil the pleasure fun??
• Our holidays were spoilt by bad weather.

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make a concession to

• give acknowledgment or admission
• forest concession ?????
• price concession ??
• tariff concessions ??????
• The supermarket made a yearly concession to the
  summer trade.

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line up

• 1.     to arrange in or form a line.????
• The teacher lined the pupils up according to
  height.
• 2. to organize and make ready?????
• to line up considerable support for the
  bill.????????????
• They have lined up some excellent entertainers
  for our show.

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a rash of

• quite a large number of things all happen or
  appear within a short period of time.
• A rash of robberies had suddenly struck the
  country.
• From the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, there
  was a rash of books and articles elaborating this
  theory.

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Information

• Old Faithful Geyser
• morning glory pool
• beehive geyser
• castle geyser
• Yosemite