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Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles

Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles. Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles. Pre-text Discussion Text A: True Height Post-text exercise Further Discussion. Pre-text Discussion. Cyberpunk Cyberspace Domain Name Download

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Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles

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  1. Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles

  2. Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles Pre-text Discussion • Text A: True Height • Post-text exercise • Further Discussion

  3. Pre-text Discussion Cyberpunk Cyberspace Domain Name Download Surf the internet Ethernet FAQ -- (Frequently Asked Questions) Fire Wall Login

  4. Netiquette • Netizen

  5. Vocabulary • Bear out: • Evidence bears out the idea that students learn best in small groups.

  6. Pole-vault • High-jump • Long-jump • Triple-jump Shot-put Discus Javelin Hammer Decathlon Heptathlon

  7. Gymnastics,

  8. pommel horse

  9. The Rings

  10. Uneven Bars

  11. vault

  12. all-around competition

  13. the balance beam

  14. trampoline

  15. Recur • Cursive • Cursory • Precursor • Concurrence

  16. outrun • Outscore • Outsell • Outshine • Outshoot • Outsmart • Outsource • Outspend • Outweigh • Outwit • Outwork • Outmaneuver

  17. Canine • Bovine • Leonine • Aquiline • Asinine • Porcine • Vulpine Simian Serpentine Equestrian Lupine

  18. motto • aphorism, • adage, • watchword, • proverb, • byword

  19. bar • They played a few bars, then stopped. • After repeatedly failing his examinations, he was eventually called to the bar in the Inner Temple. • Her killer was finally put behind bars .

  20. They seized his passport and barred him from leaving the country. • All five men were ____from entering France for three years. A.debarred B. disbarred

  21. A bay of hay • A flock of____ • A herd of ____ • A fit of ____ • A peal of ____ • A flash of ____ • A display of ____ • A litter of ____ • A handful of ____ • A troupe of ____ • A pack of ____ • A bundle of ____ • A spiral of ____ • A stroke of ____

  22. A flock of birds • A herd of elephants • A fit of anger • A peal of applause • A flash of hope/light • A display of courage/force/power/ skill/ fireworks • A litter of kittens • A handful of soil • A troupe of actors • A pack of lies • A bundle of firewood • A spiral of mosquito incense • A stroke of laughter

  23. A ear of ____ • A fleet of ____ • A constellation of ____ • A congregation of ____ • A suite of ____ • A grove of ____ • A cluster of ____ • A board of ____ • A choir of ____

  24. A ear of corn • A fleet of ships • A constellation of Hollywood stars • A congregation of Christians • A suite of followers • A grove of maples • A cluster of grapes • A board of trustees • A choir of singers

  25. Hypodermic • Hypothermia • Hypotension

  26. Text A • Pun: • One shop announced: DARWIN IS RIGHT—INSIDE. (This is J.R. Darwin’s Everything to Wear Store) • Uncle Sam waved his arms in the • international arena. • Pun words: row, power.

  27. A bird’s eye view • Root: spect • vis

  28. gawk to move in an awkward clumsy way: shuffle • Peep • Peek • Sweep (survey) • Scrutinize • Gape • Ogle • Leer to say something rapidly and incoherently without pause: babble To smile in a silly or affected way: simper

  29. soar • Hover: • Dart: • cruise

  30. Human poses • Perch: Bobby had perched himself on a tall • wooden stool. • Squat • Crouch: crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon • Prostrate: to lie on your front • Prone: adj • Supine: adj

  31. alternate • if something happens on alternate days, weeks etc, it happens on one day etc and not the next, and continues in this pattern • alternate Mondays/weekends etc The service runs on alternate days.

  32. (vt&vi) • alternate between • 1. She alternated between outrage and sympathy. • alternate with • 2. Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior. • alternate something and/with something • Twist your body, alternating right and left stretches. • alternation

  33. alternative • Have you any alternative suggestions ? • An alternative route is along the Via Unione. • 2 alternative music/theatre etc Tucson’s alternative radio • 3. Acupuncture is widely used by practitioners of alternative medicine.

  34. alternative medicine/therapies (=medical treatment that is not based on the usual western methods)

  35. Paradox • My heart leaps up when I behold. • A rainbow in the sky: • So was it when my life began, • So is it now I am a man, • So be it when I shall grow old • Or let me die! • The Child is father of the Man • And I could wish my day to be • Bound each to each by natural piety.

  36. Oxymoron: Juliet: (When she was told that Romeo killed her brother) • O Serpent heart, hid with a flow’ring face! • Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? • Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical? • Dove-feather’d raven! Wolfish-ravening lamb! • Despised substance of divinest show! • Just opposite to what thou justly seem’st, • A damned saint, an honourable villain!

  37. Oxymoron: • 1. A living death • Conspicuous absence • Tearful joy • Jarring concord • 2. Cold pleasant manner • Poor rich guys • 3. Dully bright • Mercifully fatal • 4. Hasten slowly • Shine darkly • 5. A love-hate relationship

  38. Speak: • address • utter, • articulate, • murmur, • whisper, • stammer • stutter • babble:

  39. Speak: • acknowledge, admit add • affirm allege agree • announce argue ask • assert boast claim • complain concede challenge • consider confess contradict • conclude contend declare • deny disagree disclose • elaborate emphasize explain • imply enquire insist • joke maintain object • observe promise pledge • protest repeat remark • reply refute retort • reveal state stress • suggest

  40. Ped(e)- foot • Pedestrian • Pedant • Impede

  41. shame • Shame • Sham • The elections were a complete sham. • It all turned out to be sham and hypocrisy.

  42. off • off period/season etc • In the off season, there's hardly anyone staying at the hotel. • off the coast • a small island off the coast of Scotland

  43. Familiar • Alive • aloud • awake • ablaze • asleep

  44. Adj. Positions • The members present • The present members • The person responsible • A responsible person • People concerned (only) • The concerned\involved\interested party= • The party concerned\involved\interested

  45. Animal sound A lamb bleats a rat squeaks A sheep bleats (baas) a tiger growls a wild-goose honks A cow moos • a pig grunts • A calf bleats • a bull bellows • A cock crows • An elephant trumpets • a lion roars

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