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Test Week 17-22 March

Test Week 17-22 March. Five Old Idioms It's getting late - I'd better hit the road . to start a journey, to leave Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg ? to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them

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Test Week 17-22 March

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  1. Test Week • 17-22 March

  2. Five Old Idioms It's getting late - I'd better hit the road. to start a journey, to leave Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg? to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them Whatever I ate for lunch is making me feel a bit under the weather. ill Insults rolled off John like water off a duck's back.  easily; without any apparent effect. I don't let my children watch TV programs that show kids being disrespectful to their elders. I know what would happen if I did: monkey see, monkey do. Children imitate what they see other people doing

  3. Five New Idioms He had nothing to do with the robbery - the cops are really barking up the wrong tree this time. to believe the wrong explanation for something Smartphones are marketed as the best thing since sliced bread, but to me they're just another expensive gadget. wonderful She doesn't look very intelligent, but you can't judge a book by its cover. you cannot judge the quality or character of someone or something just by looking at them As the trip's been cancelled I'll be able to go to the match this Saturday. Every cloud has a silver lining. there is something good even in an unpleasant situation I'm going to hit the sack - I'm exhausted. go to bed

  4. Five New Idioms He had nothing to do with the robbery - the cops are really barking up the wrong tree this time. to believe the wrong explanation for something Smartphones are marketed as the best thing since sliced bread, but to me they're just another expensive gadget. wonderful She doesn't look very intelligent, but you can't judge a book by its cover. you cannot judge the quality or character of someone or something just by looking at them As the trip's been cancelled I'll be able to go to the match this Saturday. Every cloud has a silver lining. there is something good even in an unpleasant situation I'm going to hit the sack - I'm exhausted. go to bed

  5. Reading: Unit 5 A Weekend in Wales

  6. Get Ready to Read

  7. Get Ready to Read Welsh = a Celtic language The 2011 UK Census counted almost 3 million residents of Wales. Of these, 73% (2.2 million) reported having no Welsh language skills. Of the residents of Wales aged three and over, 19% (562,000) reported being able to speak Welsh, and 77% (431,000) of these (that is, 15% of the total population) were able to speak, read, and write the language. (Source: Wikipedia)

  8. Get Ready to Read Welsh = a Celtic language Welsh vocabulary draws mainly from original Brythonic words (wy "egg", carreg "stone"), with some loans from Latin (ffenestr "window" < Latin fenestra, gwin "wine" < Latin vinum), and English (silff "shelf", giat "gate"). (Source: Wikipedia)

  9. Get Ready to Read Ali G and the Welsh language Div idiot Flob spit Do an E Use ecstasy ..\Materiaal\Ali G.mp4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WnFW5mgPbk

  10. Find your Welsh Holiday Here

  11. Find your Welsh Holiday Here Expenditure Money spent by a person, a government or an organisation To cater for someone to provide people with everything they want or need Coupled with Combined with Scenery The landscape, the view Abundant Plenty, ample Double room 1 double bed

  12. Find your Welsh Holiday Here Twin room 2 single beds Hospitality trays a set of things such as an electric kettle, cups, milk, and tea or coffee provided in a hotel room for making a hot drink Well-lit < to light En-suite bathroom Bathroom joined to a bedroom

  13. A socket

  14. A plug

  15. Find your Welsh Holiday Here To climb stairs To go up the stairs Muffin In the UK: a flat round type of bread, usually cut in half and eaten hot with butter. The American word is English muffin.

  16. Find your Welsh Holiday Here Preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation. Weather permitting If the weather permits it Storage Place reserved for storing things Laundry facilities Things that allow you to do the washing Sea angling Fishing in the sea

  17. Find your Welsh Holiday Here Conveniently Suited for one’s comfort, purpose or needs Bird sanctuary reserved area in which birds and other animals, especially wild animals, are protected from hunting or molestation. To await To wait for All year round Throughout the year Proprietors owners

  18. Find your Welsh Holiday Here

  19. Both, either, neither • Both can be used in the following ways: • as a determiner (followed by a noun, but not by a pronoun) • Both children are at school. • as a predeterminer (followed by a word such as 'the', 'this', 'his' etc): • I like both these pictures. • Both her children are boys. • as a pronoun:  • Both arrived at the same time.  • (followed by 'of'): Both of them are learning English. • (after a noun or pronoun subject):The twins both have blackhair. • (following a pronoun object): I like them both. • (after a modal or auxiliary verb, or after the verb 'to be'):We can both speak Spanish. They are both good singers.

  20. Both, either, neither • in the expression both...and...:  • a method that is both simple and effective •  Only used when you talk about two things: A & B • Source: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/both

  21. Both, either, neither Eithermeans A or B Verb conjugation (singular or plural?) depends on the subject (singular or plural) closest to the conjugated verb. Examples: Either John or the girls need to attend the course. (second subject plural)Either Jane or Matt is going to visit next weekend. (second subject singular)

  22. Both, either, neither Neithermeans not A and not B Verb conjugation depends on the subject (singular or plural) closest to the conjugated verb. Examples: Neither Frank nor Lilly lives in Eugene. (second subject singular) Neither Axel nor my other friends care about their future. (second subject plural)

  23. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? Nature the characteristics/traits you inherited from your parents (genetic) Nurture (“the act of bringing up”): the environmental influences

  24. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? • What have you inherited from your parents or family? • What kind of traits run in your family? • What do you think has more influence: heredity or environment? • When talking about criminals, which is more important, nature or nurture? • In terms of intelligence, which is more important, nature or nurture?

  25. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? Documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mvZ4EbPbME To conduct an experiment To carry out an experiment To put something to the test To test Idiom: The proof of the pudding is in the eating You don't know the quality of something until you have tried it or experienced it.

  26. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? A guinea pig A person who is used as a subject for experimentation or research. To be keen to do something/to be keen on something To be enthusiastic; to be fond of To discourage To take away someone’s hope or will to do something, to dissuade someone from something (opposite of encourage)

  27. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? To raise eyebrows To cause surprise or mild disapproval To gravitate towards to move slowly toward someone or something, as if being pulled by gravity. People tend to gravitate toward the kitchen at parties. Unless you correct their manners, the children will gravitate toward rude behaviour. Try as I might (or may) a phrase that introduces an expression of regret or failure.  Try as I may, I cannot get this thing put together right. 

  28. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? Unsuspecting Not suspicious, trusting The nature argument kicks in Begins to play a role To sit on the fence To refuse/be unable to decide

  29. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? BBC documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mvZ4EbPbME ..\Materiaal\Nature v Nurture (BBC).mp4 What did the experiment with the adults show? How parents are likely to gender stereotype, how easily they can influence children What did the monkey experiment show? They, too, have a gender preference for toys

  30. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? Vocabulary To inherit to receive (a family characteristic) through birth To gather to collect Identical exactly the same To bring up to raise (children) To grow up to be raised Remarkable worthy of notice

  31. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? • Scientific studies suggest that intelligence is at least partly inherited. • In other words, intelligent parents are more likely to have intelligent children. • Used to rephrase an idea

  32. Intelligence: Nature or Nurture? • 1. Some information about this has been gathered from studies of identical twins who were brought up separately. •  present perfect: recent action where the focus is on the present effect of the action rather than on the precise time in the past when the action occurred • 2. Although they grew up in different environments, their school results were often remarkably similar. •  past simple: finished action in the past

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