(5) hard workers
(6) in a position of finan. Security & respty. In their jobs (7) professional lives not easy b. diffrs. (supporting details)
(1) For Adam: life—full of tension & hosty. (2) For Bert: life—more enjoyable
4. main idea: Adam‘s use of time
Supporting details: a. fighting time b. if delays in schedule, angry & hostile
c. resents people not on time & not moving as quickly d. fill up every minute with productive activity
Lesson 20
Section one:
Task 1: Fixing an appointment A. 1 a 2 c 3 b
B. 1. the last short-list interview,
to dine with the Japanese agent,
a meeting with the lawyer about planning permission a tutorial with Maria Rosa 2. a committer meeting
Business with the examining board A meeting with Johan Blun‘s parents
C: 1. is to be postponed to Wednesday or later in the week 2. is to be put off till Wednesday morning 3. at 2.30 on Monday afternoon Task 2: Last of the airships A: 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. c
B: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8.T C: 1. 97, 35, 62 2. 50, 25
3. 245, 41, 125km/hr, less than half the time
4. 1,000 passengers, circus animals and cars, 1937 5. 1.5 million, 13,100
D: 1. was pressurized in order to prevent gas from ever entering it. 2. were chained to the tables
3. were searched for matches before entering the ship
4. was made of special materials, which had been chosen to minimize the possibility of accidental sparks, which might cause an explosion.
Section two
Task 1: Looking for a flat
A: 1. she is trying to find a flat in the advertisements in those newspapers. 2. No, she is going to share it with two other girls.
3. Because Peggy and her roommates would be out all day.
4. Because they wouln‘t have to walk at all and would get to work quickly 5. Because they are the girls who will share the flat with Peggy. B: 1. a kitchen and a bathroom, two bedrooms and a sitting room. 2.￡21 a week, ￡for each
3. on the No. 10 Bus in Woodside Road Task 2: Moving in
A: 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. b 5. a 6. a 7. c
B: two chairs, one bed, a wardrobe, a desk, the chest of drawers, the stereo, the amplifier, the TV set, two speakers, the bookcase, the table lamp C: 1. a bad size room
2. on earth, nothing much, most of it out, hurts
3. you mean, enough space, two feet, stick out too much 4. sort that out
Section three
B:
1. Landsats used to find fresh water
a. in dry area: black=water, red =healthy plants b. save time by looking at photos 2. 5th sue: warn us of natural disas. a. forest fires
b. melting ice near the N & S poles c. lines where ethqs. might happens 3. solar energy
a. clean & unoimited
b. solar energy on US: 700 times our consp.
c. fed. Goe. Spending mns. of dollars to change sunshine into ecol. energy d. y. 2000: solar techgy. supplying 25 %. Of us energy needs. 4. cost of solar heating system a. cost: all parts & their instl.
b. cost for a 3-bedroom house: $7,000 to $12,000 c. one-time cost financed over many years
d. more exp. Than heating with oil at present prices.
Lesson 21
Section I
Task 1: Talking about television A: 1. c 2. a 3. c
B: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. F C: 1. a bit of
2. came on, over, protest 3. a shame, switch on 4. turned over Task 2: Games A: 1. c 2. a 3. c
B: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T C: Harry Carter: 2, 3, 5; Mark Smith: 1, 4, 6 D: 1. just shakes, in bewilderment, finish it off 2. in with a good chance
3. nervous against, took the lead 4. have a quick work with
Section two
A: 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. c
B: 1. totally opposed to reducing the size of the Olympic Games in any way at all.
2. in favor of removing from the Games those sports which are well resented in other international
contests in the media, such as boxing and football
3. a. attention to be focused on the more unusual sports which do not normally gain so much
international attention
b. in favor of a true test of individual stamina instead of skills 4. agreeing to keep some of the team games C: 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F
D: 1. boxing; 2. football; 3. fencing; 4. archery; 5. hockey; 6. sailing 7. pentathlon; 8. canoeing; 9. basketball; 10. volleyball E: 1. reject, out of hand, discuss it
2. in terms of, financial demands, subjected to 3. soar phenomenally, state 4. am inclined
5. horse-riding, axe
6. strand of thought, individual excellence, cutting out, featured
Section three
1. Houses were not perm.
a. summer: mesa top, made of poles & brush b. winter: caves in cliffs for warmth & protc. 2. experimenting with potting
a. mixed clay with water: fell apart when dried
b. added grass, straw or pieces of bark to clay: full of holes when burnt c. added sand or volcanic grit to clay, baked: success 3. advantages of pots a. added beans to diet
b. stored food & water over long periods c. life easier, effort spent on other devlps. 4. improvement in housing a. one-story row house b. made of stone
c. forming a village: several hund. Rooms with 1,000 people d. these houses & Indians: Pueblo = village in Spanish
Lesson 22
Section one: Class in Britain and America
A: 1. c 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. a B: 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T C:
1. really stick together, in the middle of , muddy fields, came upon, 9,000 Range Rovers 2. a very point, in fact, fitting into either of these two extremes
3. the upper class, extraordinary, totally uninhibited, passing moral judgments on them
Section two
Task 1: Autobiography: Seminole Girl (I) A: 1. a 2. c 3. a 4. c B:
1. He was the only person outside her family who helped her and encouraged her to get an education. 2. She graduated from it as one of the first two Indians pupils in that school. 3. She learned bookkeeping.
4. She was suspicious of the speaker at first but began to trust her gradually. 5. She felt hurt and hard being an Indian. C: 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F
Task 2: Autobiography: Seminole Girl (II) A: 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. a
B: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. T C:
1. upset, jump at the change to come back 2. work out, failed, I would really feel bad
3. important, what I look for in a friend, their education, for enjoyment of, understanding 4. understand, on the outside, enough to be friends
Section three
1. Causes of the f. concl.
a. science students: scient. Terms ----non meaning b. way st‘s taught Eng. E.g. list of vocab.
2. every word with exact transl. equiv. in their own lang. a. no equiv. word need phrase
b. 1 word in st‘s lang. : 2 words in Eng. E.g. do & make
c. meaning covered by 1 word in st‘s lang.: wider or narrower than Eng. E.g. color
d. translation =diff. to do well; can‘t be done by match single words e.g. computer scientists 3. best way to increase vocab.
a. observation: unknown word, observed in context b. imitation: use word in appro. Context c. repetition: make it enter st‘s active vocab.