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SAUDI STUDENTS! PLEASE SPARE SOME TIME TO HELP MY COLLEAGUE IAN SINNOTT WITH AN INTERESTING PIECE OF RESEARCH HE IS UNDERTAKING. EL002 Pre-sessional Programme 2010 Grammar and Vocabulary Development Session 3 Summaries Putting a spin on Colchester Paraphrasing in a summary.

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  1. SAUDI STUDENTS! PLEASE SPARE SOME TIME TO HELP MY COLLEAGUE IAN SINNOTT WITH AN INTERESTING PIECE OF RESEARCH HE IS UNDERTAKING

  2. EL002 Pre-sessional Programme 2010Grammar and Vocabulary DevelopmentSession 3Summaries Putting a spin on ColchesterParaphrasing in a summary

  3. Read and make notes on the following text:

  4. Now fill the gaps in the summary that Mark will give you:

  5. Indian scientists are checking ________________________________ _______________, such as the old saying which links _____________ ________________________ to the ____________________________ _________________________________________________________. This has been used by f__________ to select either ________________ _________________________________________ or ______________ _________________________________________________________. Dr ___________ of __________________________________________ has found that ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

  6. Indian scientists are checking a__________ w__________ f__________ methods, such as the old saying which links the date of the m__________ to the f__________ t__________ of a local tree. This has been used by f__________ to select either peanuts (f__________ w__________ c__________) or c__________ (for d__________). Dr K__________ of G__________ A__________ U__________ has found that the m__________ can be quite accurately forecast using the time of the tree’s f__________.

  7. Now try to reduce this summary to just one sentence:

  8. DEALING WITH UNFAMILIAR VOCABULARY AND CULTURAL REFERENCES

  9. Essex: Forget the jokes. Here are 20 reasons to celebrate Britain's most maligned region has advertised for a marketing supremo to promote its charms worldwide. Jonathan Brown examines his home county's claims to fame Wednesday, 26 January 2005

  10. 1: Colchester 2: Salt 3: Jamie Oliver 4: Shellfish 5: The A13 6: Canvey Island 7: Ford 8: Ian Dury 9: Dedham Vale 10: Dudley Moore 11: Beth Chatto 12: US presidents 13: Joseph Conrad 14: Des res 15: Southend-on-Sea 16: Dick Turpin 17: Rebellions 18: Trial marriages 19: Gustav Holst 20: Chigwell

  11. From the list of 20 “reasons”, can you find… • 7 people? • 5 places? • 2 things you can eat? • 1 road? • 1 abbreviation? • 1 company?

  12. SUMMARISING

  13. Make notes on the key information in this paragraph about COLCHESTER: According to Pliny the Elder, this is Britain's oldest town. He records a settlement in his Historia Naturalis of 77AD as 200 miles from Camulodnum - named after the war god Camulos. Claudius made Colchester his capital in 43AD. The Trinovantes of Essex didn't like it and joined Boudicca's revolt in 60AD, razing the city. The capital of Britain then moved to London. Colchester's city wall remains, ranking it in archaeological importance alongside Europe's walled cities like Avignon and Orange. Campaigners claim it is under threat through neglect.

  14. Pliny the Elder - Historia Naturalis of 77AD: Colchester = Britain's oldest town. Camulodnum = Colchester’s old name 43AD: Claudius made Colchester capital 60AD: Boudicca’s revolt razes city Colchester's city wall remains - archaeological importance - under threat through neglect

  15. In his 1.___________ work Historia 2.___________, 3.___________ the Elder referred to Colchester (then named 4.___________) as the oldest town in Britain. Indeed, under 5.___________, Colchester became the country’s capital in 6.___________ but was destroyed within twenty years in an uprising led by 7.___________. The city’s 8.___________ important Roman 9.___________ have survived till the present day but have been 10.___________.

  16. Can you rephrase these expressions from my notes? 1. Colchester is Britain's oldest town. 2. Camulodnum is Colchester’s old name 3. Claudius made Colchester his capital in 43AD. 4. In 60AD, Boudicca’s revolt razed the city. 5. Colchester's city wall is of archaeological importance. 6. Colchester’s city wall remains. 7. Colchester’s city wall is under threat through neglect

  17. In his 77AD work Historia Naturalis, Pliny the Elder referred to Colchester (then named Camulodnum) as the oldest town in Britain. Indeed, under Claudius, Colchester became the country’s capital in 43AD but was destroyed within twenty years in an uprising led by Boudicca. The city’s archaeologically important Roman walls have survived till the present day but have been neglected.

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