Book 1 Lesson Thirteen

1. Book 1 Lesson Thirteen

2. Word study Word Study • the arts: subjects of study that are not scientific, such as history, languages, etc. • author: the writer of a book, newspaper article, play, poem, etc. • avoid: to keep away from, esp. on purpose • career: way of making a living; profession • citizen: someone who belongs to a particular country, whether they are living there or not • consideration: careful thought • continue: to (cause to) go on happening • course: lessons; a series of lessons, or studies in a particular subject

3. Word study • dig up: to remove something from under the earth • duty: what one must do either because of one’s job or because one thinks it right • elsewhere: at, in, or to another place • emancipation: making someone free from social, political, or legal restrictions that limit what they can do • essayist: someone who writes essays • executive: someone who has an important job as a manager in a company or business • experience: something that happens to you or something you do • figure out: to work out; understand by thinking • funny: amusing; causing laughter

4. Word study • government: the group of people who control a country • in charge: responsible for something • in fact: really; actually • in (with) regard to: as to, concerning, relating to • lawyer: someone whose job is to advise people about laws • level: to make something flat and even • manage: to succeed in doing something difficult after trying hard • movement: a group of people who share the same ideas or beliefs and work together to achieve a particular aim

5. Word study • novelist: someone who writes novels • nowadays: in these times; now • on good terms: a friendly relationship with someone • particularly: in a way that is special and different from others • pay attention to: to be careful about what you are doing • permission: agreement • playwright: a writer of plays • poem: a piece of writing arranged in patterns of lines and of sounds which often rhyme

6. Word study • poet: someone who writes poem • postgraduate: connected with studies done at a university after completing a first degree • prejudice: an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people • problem: a situation that causes difficulties • put up: to make • puzzled: confused and unable to understand something

7. Word study • qualifications: the necessary ability, experience, or knowledge • quarrel: angry argument • raincoat: a light coat worn to keep the rain out • role: the way in which someone or something is involved in an activity or situation, and how much influence they have on it • schooling: education or attendance at school • second-class: considered to be less important than other people or things • separate: different

8. Word study • shiver: to shake slightly because of coldness or fright • sportsground: a place or fields where you can do sports or exercises • suppose: to expect • surprised: having the feeling when you have an unexpected unusual event • sweat: liquid coming out through your skin • sweet potato: a vegetable that looks like a red potato, is yellow inside and tastes sweet • take something seriously: treat (something) as important and needing thought • take up: to begin to spend time doing (something) • umbrella: a circular folding frame covered in cloth

9. Pattern Drills Pattern drills Review some useful words and phrases in Drills A, B and C. Do Drill D with your partner, each asking the other five questions. Make short conversations by using substitution words.

10. Pattern Drills Drill A: Explanation read any Dickens = read any works by Dickens one of the best authors ever: (mostly used in questions, negatives, comparisons, or sentences with ‘if’) at any time Nothing ever makes Ted angry. “Do you ever get to the theatre?” “No, never.” I don’t remember ever seeing him before. If you’re ever in Chengdu, come and see me. Practice the substitutions with your partner and then make a dialogue of your own.

11. Pattern Drills Drill B: Explanation hear from somebody: receive news from someone, usually by letter close: not far away; being in friendly relation Three men were standing very close together on the corners. I felt closer to Rob that evening than ever before. work on a problem Read the dialogues and make one of your own.

12. Pattern Drills Drill C: Explanation get permission from someone ask for permission right away take a exam for take up: to become interested in a particular activity or subject and spend time doing it; to start a new job or have a new responsibility Glenn has taken up pottery. She took up her first teaching post in 1950. Practice the substitutions with your partner and then make a dialogue of your own.

13. Pattern Drills Drill D: Explanation Practice the substitutions with your partner and then make a dialogue of your own Drill E: Explanation leave: to let something or someone stay where they are Someone’s left their car in he middle of the driveway. If you leave that on the floor, it’ll get trodden on and broken. I’ve left the kids with Sandra.

14. Text Learning Text A

15. Text Learning a long way to go I was still a long way from home. We have a ways to go yet. in the 1960s… (Note One) The story has usually been the same. When a woman looks for work… (Note Two) No consideration is given to… give consideration to

16. Text Learning schooling: school education a long way to go I was still a long way from home. We have a ways to go yet. in the 1960s… (Note One) The story has usually been the same. When a woman looks for work… (Note Two) No consideration is given to… give consideration to schooling: school education

17. Text Learning Women have been thought of as… think of someone as Nowadays, because of… (Note 3) put up a struggle/fight/resistance: to show great determination to oppose something or get out of a difficult situation Gina put up a real fight to overcome the disease. “Women’s Lib” has in fact become… (Note 4) Women get together in small groups… get together

18. Text Learning This has led to much discussion about lead to in regard to + what-clause The result has been … (Note Four and Note Five) ‘That many more women…of their husbands’ is a predicative clause. Separate from… At the same time many husbands… The fact that they themselves… play a different family role

19. Text Learning Without question… life: period of living (C, U) Learning goes on throughout life. You have your whole life ahead of you. human experiences a person’s experiences (C) a life spent at sea Maria led a full and happy life

20. Text Learning typical experiences (C, U) Isobel was bored with country life and longed for London. According to his book, the life of a rock star is not a happy one. private/social/sex etc life She enjoys a very active social life. all human experience (U) My Aunt Julia had very little experience of life.

21. Text Learning Particularly in small towns… take something seriously/lightly: to consider someone or something in a particular way It’s not the kind of comment you take lightly, is it? I always take you seriously, don’t I?

22. Text Learning Take, for example, the village of Hope… Take something for example: Maybe if they weren’t so happy…(Note Six) Change may come slowly to Hope… ‘…continue to hope, and to work, for a change’: When the first part is omitted in a parallel structure, commas are needed. Tom is (playing for the school), Peter will be (playing for the school), and Harold might be, playing for the school.

23. Text Learning Oral and Written Work 1. Pair work: Ask each other questions about these pictures according to the model 2. Read, decide and give reasons cornflakes: small flakes (a light leaf-like little bit) made from coarsely crushed corn, usu. Eaten at breakfast, often with milk, sugar, and fruit added toast: sliced bread made brown and crisp by heat husband and wife / in a family situation, calling by the first name, the topic of the man and the woman

24. Text Learning Oral and Written Work 3. Listen and answer questions get somebody something buy something for somebody 4. Retell the story (playing the part of Kino, Kino’s wife or one of the pearl buyers 5. Dramatize the text and act it Divide students into small groups of five (play the part of Kino, the old man, the first, second and third buyers). They dramatize the text first and then act it.

25. Text Learning Assignment Put the verbs in the correct tense. Put prepositions in the blanks. Translate the following sentences into English. Choose the best word for each sentence Write down the noun form of the verbs according to the model. Translate the sentences according to the models. Rewrite using words or expressions listed below.