Topic 2 Values for language study

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Topic 2 Values-for language study

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Understanding difficult sentences

• (L10) It was nice, but no palace.
• ?The house was nice, but not luxurious.
• (L14) Only in America can a billionaire carry on
  like plain folks and get away with it.
• ?It was only in America that a billionaire can
  live in the same way as ordinary people without
  being disturbed.???????????

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Understanding difficult sentences

• (L36) it buried the Forbes List at the bottom of
  page 2.
• ?The Forbes list was arranged at the bottom of
  page 2 in the Benton County Daily Democrat so
  that it could not be found easily.

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Understanding difficult sentences

• (L75) who was stunned at such generosity after
  the stingy employer he left to join Wal-Mart
• ?who, having left his stingy employer to join
  Wal-Mart, was shocked at such generosity by Walton

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Grammatical structures

• 1. Only in America can a billionaire carry on
  like plain folks and get away with it. (L14)
• ?No billionaire canexcept in Am.
• Ex Only by adopting a cooperative attitude can
  both parties succeed in avoiding a war.
• (see exercise on P46)

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Grammatical structures

• 2. the way theyre treated(L79) how theyre
  treated
• Ex The information highway will have an
  unimaginable impact on people communicate with
  each other.
• His classmates were disgusted at he threw his
  weight around.

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a dime store
1. ?????
a plain folk
2. ????
a folksy way
3. ????
by/from all accounts
4. ????
blend in
5. ??
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throw ones weight around
6. ????
a front-page person
7. ????????
hold firm to
8. ??,???
a celebrity hunter
9. ?????
on the run
10. ??????
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steer clear of
11. ??,??
make up
12. ??,??
a pep rally
13. ???????
lay down
14. ????
15. ?????????
get ideas from the bottom up
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AF-UE4
16. ???????
cut prices and margins to the bone
stock options
17. ?????
cultivate ideas
18. ????
come aboard
19. ??,??
come into contact with sb.
20. ???
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Language Study

• carry on behave or conduct oneself in a
  specific way
• Theres nothing unusual about them. They just
  like everyone else.
• He carries on as if he were a millionaire,
  spending money left, right and centre.

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Language study

• get away with(L15) do without being caught or
  punished
• - If you doing something wrong or risky, you
  do not suffer any punishment or other bad
  consequences because of it.
• Do you think you can playing truant/drunk
  driving/telling white lies/cheating on exams... ?

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Language Study

• bird dogs (L11) dogs which hunt birds
• folk (L14) people in general
• They got married and had kids and lived like
  other folks.

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Language study

• by/from all accounts(L25) according to what
  everyone says
• Michael Gordon/Yao Ming, is , a good basketball
  player.
• Last month China spent 1.25 million dollars
  inviting Brazil football team to play in
  Guangzhou. It was a total failure/waste, by all
  accounts.

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Language study

• blend in/into (L26)
• in ( with sth.) into sth
• - If sb. s into a particular group or
  situation, they seem to belong there or are not
  noticeable, because their behavior is similar to
  that of the other people.
• - As a newly-appointed manager, he was not sure
  whether he could in.
• - The painter ed in with the crowd at the
  art sale.

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Language study

• reserve(L28) order or book keep for a special
  use
• a table/tickets
• - Some seats on the buses are d for the old.

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Language study

• hold to (L45) keep to remain loyal to
• to a belief/habit/view/conviction/ choice
• - John s to his belief that you can succeed in
  due course as long as you work hard.

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Language Study

• steer clear of (L48) keep away from
• - Children are told to trouble-
  -makers/fire/danger
• - Members of the club controversial issues
  such as religion.

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Language Study

• liable (L57) likely to (do sth.)
• be to do
• - Do you think the gulf war is to break out at
  the end of this month?

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Language Study

• lay down ( L60) officially establish
• - Dont you know that the school authorities
  have issued a new booklet ing down regulations
  for students?

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Language Study

• and the like ( L72) and other things of the same
  sort
• - Many students are keeping fit through _, _, _,
  and .
• ( jogging, aerobics, weight training)

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Language Study

• cultivate (L72) develop
• ideas/interests/ friendship/the mind/ a taste
  for music/ good habits
• - We should make great efforts to in us the
  habit of speaking English.

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Language Study

• deserve (L80)
• the credit/a better salary/a reward/ /careful
  studying
• The controversial issue is does he to be sent
  to prison for what he did to the bears at the
  zoo?