At the end of this unit you are required to :

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• Unit 4
• At the end of this unit you are required to
• 1).be able to talk about foreign languages,
• your family,events in the past and
• tell how you met someone.
• 2).know how to use the past continuous
• tense and the adverbial clause of time.

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Sample sentences 1, talk about foreign
languages, What languages do you speak? Which one
do you speak the best? Do you speak English
well? I hardly have an accent at all,but my
grammar isnt very good.
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• 2, talk about your family,
• Was either of your parents born in
• another country?
• They were both born here.
• Does she still speak Polish?
• She used to,
• but she doesnt anymore.

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3, talk about events in the past Shes been here
since she was six. He didnt know much English
before he went to Canada.
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4,tell how you met someone How did you and your
wife meet? I was teaching English at the time,
and she was one of my students.
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• Lesson 23. What does the K stand for?
• New words and expressions (RB 42)
• 1.stand for represent
• 2.spend time (money)on sth
• I spent ten yuan on the book.
• spend time(money)in doing sth.
• It takes sb time to do sth.
• It takes ten days to finish the work.
• It costs sb money.
• The book cost me ten yuan.

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3.most of the time 4.used to do sth- usually did
sth in the past- would do sth 5.have a
slight(heavy) accent 6.tell the difference-
discern- to distinguish sth 7.either of
singular form eitheror Either you or I am
right.
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• 8.speak a word say a word
• 9.speak fluent English
• speak broken English
• Listen

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Lesson 24 What languages do you speak? Which
language do you speak the best? Lesson
25 Attention When,before,after,as soon as,
since I hardly spoke any English before I came
here.
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She stopped speaking it as soon as she
arrived. He learned English when he came
here. She forgot how to speak it after she got
here. Shes been here since she was six.
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• Lesson 26
• the past continuous tense
• I was watching TV this time yesterday.
• He was cleaning the windows.
• We were having supper at 700
• yesterday evening.
• They were studying English when I came.

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• Lesson 27 I guess my mind was
• somewhere else.
• 1. My mind was somewhere else.-
• I was absent-minded.
• I just cant seem to get it
• out of my mind.
• 2.figure out-guess
• 3.make a decision
• 4.relax oneself 5.on the menu

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• Lesson 29 The first Americans
• 1.discover clues
• 2.lead sb to believe make sb believe
• 3.cause a lot excitement and
• controversy among experts

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4.migrate to place (move from one place to
another.) emigrate(leave your own country to
live.. /emigrate from China to the US, )
immigrate to/into another country as a
visitor(??)
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• 5.well-preserved artifacts
• well-informed, well-made,
• 6.dwell at/in live in
• 7.come up with a new idea-
• suddenly have a new idea
• 8.have doubts
• Listen to the tape

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• Attention
• Page 50 ( Guide Book)
• notify sb of sth
• inform sb of (about)sth
• submit job application form
• Page 52 ( Guide Book)
• put emphasis on- attach importance to
• - lay stress on