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208 stylisticvarietiesandgenres.UNIT1-CreationBfte ..----
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self-contained coursewith itsown requirem entsto theiceTest. Texttitle:HistorySetinStone(216)LessonB.Pract
overallstructureandthecomposition ofeachindividual
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tdintothegeneralcourseofspeechpracticethroughUNITII. grae
itkinGod'sGarden(218)TheFall thelexical-semanticalcontentsandthechoiceofread-LessonA.lntensiveReading.Texttitles:L
ingmaterials.TheseparticularlyrelatetothefollowingofMan(219)
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andM edicalCare,SportsandGames,AttheMapofthe
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expressivenessand m odal-stylisticdifferentiation. The254
lessons include three main stages'. Reading and Com-
prehension Tasks.TextFeaturesandLanguageFocus;
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activities.Lessons B focus primarily on the skills of
Equick'reading and developingreading strategiessuch
assynthesizing,sum ming up and comparing inform a-
tion,extracting main ideas, identifyingtopic(key)sen-
tences,com pletingpragraphs,etc.
Specialattention in thisbook ispaidtovocabulary
developmentandreinforcem ent.Apartfrom pre-reading
vocabulary listsintended asan aid forcomprehension
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defnitionandword-buildingpracticeaswellasRussian- VJ 1â t
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ThepurposeoftheDiscussionandFollow-up stages :
istodevelop thesttzdents'creativespeaking andwriting . . . .
ingthemwithuwnecessarybackground , T goâmbltlnnsandoppnrtunltlesskillsbyprovid
inform ation andrelevantproblematicissuesencotlraging : l
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ideascfthetextLearnthemeaninjandprnnunciaticncfthesewcrds.
E Perm anentUnder-secretary:seniorcivilservantresponsibleforad-
visingtlzeelectedM inisterandefectivelyinchargeofthedepartm ent.
' The crisisin 1973:theoi1crisiswhich causedtheprice ofoi1to rise I
veryquicklyapdwasresyonsibleforafallinindustrialproduction.I
I Ralm Sprillgs:11Placeln California famousforthewealth ofthein- l
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l amblerglgœmblo)apersonwhorisksmoneyorpossessionsoncards,
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1 Imisery (mlzgrl)greatsufferingordiscomfortcausedbybeingvery
poororsick
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k anticipate(œn'tlslpelt)thinkaboutsomethingthatisgoingtohappen 1'
andbereadyforit
investglnlvest)givemoneytobusinesscompaniestogetprofit Ii
miss(mls)failtouseanopportunitytodosmth
part(p(1:t)endarelationshipwithsomeone j'
regard (rllgcudjthinkaboutsmthinaparticularway '!i.-
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civilr'slvallconnectedwiththeordinarypeopleorthinesinacountrv l'l's'ther,actually''
rather-than -them ilitaryones - - -Y' Ihad neverheard thathe had abrother, so naturally 1was cttrious.
crazy ('krelzl)notsensible ''Itick'sabouttenyearsyoungerthanme''Jamessaid.çtl-le'salwaysbeen
reasonable('ri:zcnabljfairandsensible Iegardedasttheblacksheep'ofthefamily.Asyouknow,myfatherwasa
seniorcivilservantandheexpectedusbothtofollow him intoGovernment
Adverbs ice.
ldid,butRickdidn't.Whenhewas17,heranawayandjoinedthej SCFVinevitably glnevltobll)unavoidably
u exhantxavy.M y tuhercouldn'tdo anything to preventitasRickwas
sharply g'Jc:p1I)quicklyandsuddenly jreadyatsea. w eshouldhavedonesomething tobringhim backandfind11
him areasonablejob,butheneveransweredourletters.Weheardnothing2. practise the irnnunciaticn cIthe Inllowing prcier,gengraphicaland plficial untilafew yearslater
, whenhesentusapostcardfrom LosAngelestosay
BZmOS. l)e wasgetting married. Hehadgotajobasa:II'I'Iextra*andtheleading>
Paulettegpo:'letq actress,Paulette,hadfalleninlovewithhim.
Marilyng'mœrllln) Oncehehaddecidedtobecomeanactor,heshouldhavetakenitseri-
JamesGraham ('dselmz'grœm) ouslybuthejusthadagoodtimeandinevitablytherewasadivorce.IfPau-
Alaska(gllœskc) lettehadbeenlikemywife,Margaret,shewouldn'thavehadanymoretodo
' dali:z) withhim,buttheypartedgoodfriendsandsheeveninvestedinhiscrazy !LosAngeles(ylos œn 5
P lm Springsg'pcrm 'sprlpzj schemes.HerangmeuponedayandaskedmewhatIthoughtofinvestinga
GovernmentServiceg'gavanont'sarvlsj moneyinAlaska!Iftheyhadn'tfoundoi1there,hewouldhavelostal1the j
'mc:fcv1In'veldoz) money...''çThentheyfoundoil,''Isaid,internzptinghim. (iMartianlnvaders(socialSecurityg'soufslsldkjucrltl) çrh,yes.Theyhadnorighttodoso,upthereintheiceandsnow.How- g,
MerchantNavyl'm3rtfpnt'nelvl) ever,theydidwellasthepriceofoi1hadgoneupsharplyafterthecrisisin
1973 and Rick becam e a rich man.Anyone with any sense would have
3. Readthetextanddnthetasksthatfnllnw. stoppedthere,butinsteadofthathethrew a11themoneyintoanothermad !
idea.Bythattim e,hehadm anied again,and heand hiswife- M atilyn,I
; M )/ opâorfuniû-c thinkhernameis-hadtwochildren.Heshouldhavehadsomeconsidera-
ll tion forthem butinstead he puta11them oney into some Japanese games !
?+v p.,:,.,. ,,,, ;,jl'i'''t twasaboutsixo'clockonawinteraf- calledEçM artianInvaders'',orsomethinglikethat...'' !lI' -
' 'q ' fl'q'$' ternoon.Everyoneelsewho had at- tçsowhereishenow?''lasked,
anticipatingafurthertaleofdisaster. 11; . >'kk. (;.'k.....Ek'... . .xgq .., i
Eij' .' tL'.s. tended James Graham 's Egoodbye party' tr h he'sa millionaire. He retired fve yearsago,and lives in Palm I'.
.t?1).!IiE u..E . > jjC z;b').
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. hadgonehom e.Ihadintendedtogohom e Springs. Hebelongstothesamegolfclub asBob Hope.ltm akesyouwon-
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X myselfbutJam esinsisted on my staying. derwhetherwedidtherightthing,you and1.Perhapsweshouldhavebeen' '
ltjtj j;.,). He looked rather sad and lonely, and I gam blers,likeRick''. !:' I
knew how hefeltbecauselhadbeeninthe içButyouhavetotakeintoaccountthatforeveryltickthereare100peo- Io'4:G.'.'
.tC'E..': sam e position two years earlierwhen he p1ewholoseeverythingandfnishupinmisely'' Er.ï' ,.
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j,jtjsucceeded m e as Perm anentUnder- ççNodoubt''hesaid,ttbutIcan'thelpthinkingthatwhenIwasyoungl 1:y(j.: a
Secretaly totheM inistryofSocialSecuri- believedRickhadm isseda11hisopporttmities. Andnow Iwonderwhether1 ii
ty.Iimaginedhewaslooking forwardtohisretirementbecausehewould ' wastheonewhodidthat.
''1.havemoretimetoTendinhisgardenbutwaswonderingifhewouldfind
y .. yesgatwwscga,;j jhtod0. (Fr0m Sh'ntenoug j
ççlt'snoteasy,afteralifetim eofservice''Isaidtocheerhim up,
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hrewd ' *Preparetogiveextensiveanswerstothesequestions.
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fright riage?
satisfy -Haveyou everconsidered apossibilityofm aldngam aniageofcon-
venience?
stupid
thorough LESSON B.PRACTICETESTS
Test1
5. Translate lhe follnwing sentences intn Enjlish usinqthevncabulary cI
thetext. Reddthetextbelcw.F0rquesticns(1-5)choosetheanswer(â-W whichyau
thinkfitsbestaccnrdlnjtnthelext. ,
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<< ''ero,qw,,Konqexo,,lf-,oussmpueu6.mycmynumb,1 M u of&r 'ntultula y
uanucaa.snucsMocsoeMyc'rapowiy apyry,xow pbliiaauuMa.qaosonsuo
sslcoxugnoc. y m otlleralways smelled of expensive French perfumes,and she
2 ouuulcoraaueaaayMslsazfcsow M,xaxMuoroaenaevanxHeroxceua,u didn'tcook much.w hen ltry to s'lm marizethebasic lessonsshe j
ZIMaJIeeaa6o'z.yoce6exaxu'ro-'rocavuortz#z,gl,aa-y- eztl- eecll. taughtmeaboutlife,lcom eupwiththis:
uppzs .
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3 OuaGslzlaeauucerseuusm pe6euxoM s ceMbe11npussllclaK'roMy,qTo 1.Aboveall,neverbeordinaly
Bceeenlo6uzluuawtexau. 2.Theworldisasercely competitiveplace:Eatfaster!
aas- ''Ordinary''w mstheworstinsultshecouldfindforanything.lremember
4.Y Hero6sm uIcyapsssleBonocblylHelxuaxIcoxca,xaKyaesoqlcu,uM llertakingmeshopping andthelook ofscornwithwhichshewouldfreeze Ii
MHIIIKHBKJIaCCCHacNeMaallcb#fJ#Nltïf. jlleshopassistantswhentheysuggestedthatsomedressorpairofshoeswas
5 OHa6bIJIazlyxlttleîic'ryaeuTxoiiHaialtyzlbrre're,HpoimrreaHconaazaau' ''verypopular-we'vesoldfiftyalreadythisweek''.Thatwasa11sheneeded
6oabutuezlaêe.vcthlHaeeGyaymylo Kapbepy,HooHaBblmna3aMy)xM t()hear. '
nolfHocerbm nocBll'rlu ace6JIceMbe. Kw o,,she would say, f<wefre notinterested in that.Haven'tyou got
6 OHH qac'ro ccoplullcb,H0 I1ocJ1e Kav oiiCCOPBIOH CTaPaJICSCaellan 3 '' somethingalittlem oreunusual?''Andthentheassistantwouldbringouta11 I
scesorm oxœ oe,qTo6bl3awtaèumbcdoo euny. j trangecoloursnooneelsewould buy- stuffwhich wouldhavehadto '
tlc s7.OHnolu n,HToBezlce6JIrnynoHnoqyqcmto6aa cd#lltleaotKo. ynq,sold ofrcheaplyatsale-tim eattheendoftheseasonbutformym other. jl!
8 Y HeroHe6bIJIoapyroroucmoMnuKaêtatgfdzKPOMePa6OTblBraaeTe. Antjjatersheandlwouldarguefercelybecauselwantedtobeordinaryas-
j.DTHXaellerelBaXM T3JIOHanponllm alfMe,OM/IJRI.VJMCWINJIH HCKOTO- tlesperately asmymotherwantedtobetmusual. I
tt ' '' h idwhenlwenttothehairdresserwith 7pbleMeaonu. Icantstandthathair-do (sesa
9 KoraaoHacHosaBeplfynacbHactlezfyIloczle6ollbm oronepepblBa,OHa jjjyjuend andcam eback with apageboy haircutstraightoutofSeventeen
HecMornaèo6umbcxJ'cae-vl.BceHOHHMaJIH,HTooHaynycmtlaafrf/' Iuagazine),Hit'ssoteniblyordinaly''Notugly;notunsuitable.Butordi- 1,
spem . llaly.Ordinarinesswassom ething you had to do everything possible to
10.OH npunucu<aacBo;nposa.qco6cerBelllloiirnynocTu. Jlvoid.Onewaywastorepaintandrefurnishyourhousefrequently.Actual-
11 HecxonblcoaeTHaaaa40-JIeTHH;aasolca'rcèeaaaelinpebaoolcenue,H0 lymymotherthoughtthata11thehousedesignersandpainters(aswellas I
oHao'rxaaanaeMyHnpeanoqnaocmambcxaeaa yaltweli. rltlthesdesigners)inAmericahadorganizedthemselvesintoaspyringto ?!
12.KoraaoHaysHaezlaBcio HMme'ry116eallocn BaoMecBollxpoim'renei, (Iiscoverherm ostrecentideas forhousesordressm aking and suddenly 1
eecepèqecavarz/ch. lllllkethem popular.And itwastruethatshehad agiftforsensing what ,
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d and >. W hatdidIsadorafeelabouthermother'sclothesonParents'Day?
ldbecomefashionable(ordidlonlyimaginethis?).Shepaintewou A Aj-raid.
houseinantiquegoldjustbeforeantiquegoldbecamethe 'f'urnishedthe s sadlarcolourforcurtainsandcam ets.Thensheprotestedthateverp ' '
m ostpopu c Em barrassed.
hadCistolen''herideas. 'O11C D Proud.d inkandredtowelsinthebathroom whenpinkandredwasstill 'Sheha p
ideredaMeV StrangeColour-combination.HerfearOfordinarinesscame (From ''successatFirstCert/cate')C0nS
tronglyinherClothes.Otltm ostS
fftmldn'tyouPleaseWearSomething else?''lpleadedwhenshewas ,j,st2e
'Dayintight-fttingbulïghter'spantsandabrightpinkdressingforParents
ter,withaMexicancape. Beadthetextbelcwabcutmenwithstrnnjwives.Fnrquestinns(1-11)chnnseSWea
ttw hat'swrongwithwhatl'm wearing?'' ' fromtheIistnfmen(A-D).Scmenfthemmayhechcsenmnrelhancnce.
W hatwasn'twrongwith it!
tqt'sjustthat1wishyou'dwearsomethingmoreplain,''1saidsheepish- EnilhjTvny Q> / - n ;,
1 Kçsom ethingthatpeoplewon'tstareat''Y
, t-five .4. M rQueenHctoriaShelooked atm eangrily anddrew herselfup to herf'ullheighto
Bornin1819 PrinceAlbert,theyoungersonoftheDukeofSaxe-co- 5feetteninches. :
vw reyou ashamed ofyolzrown mother?Becauseifyou are,lsadora, , llllrg-Gotha,marnedQueenVictorialn1840andbecameherprivatesecre-
Ifeelsorryforyou.lreally do.'' tllry.HiSposition asaforeignerinVictoria'scourtrequireda greatdealof '
tltctfrom theroyalcoupleand initially hewasexcluded from state aFairs.
fthethingsthatlsadorarem embersaboutherm otheris stl()nhispoliticalabilitiesandsocialskillsbegantoshow and eventuallyhe1. Oneo I
A .thefoodshecooked. lklllnd thathewasadvisinghiswifeon m ostaspectsofherpoliticalduties. /
h d 'l'lkcrenownedGreatExhibitionwasheldathissuggestionin 1851.Itwasn'tB. theperfumes euse .
C.thewaysheate. lllltilafterhisdeath in 1861,thathiscontribution to the arts,science and:
:
D.themagazinessheread. stpcialwelfareofBntainwasrecognised.TheQueenremainedinmourning ,
'smothertowant? li'l'therestofherlife.2 W hatdidtheshopassistantsexpectlsadora
A Somethingreallymm sual. It x gcatherinetheGreat li* g
B.Stylesthey hadsoldoutof. , 11Pi
ty poorPeter111.In marrying the Germ an PrincessSophiaAugusta
C.Clothesthatwerecheap.
vll11Alzhalt-zerbst(Catherinel1)thesuccessortotheTsarinaElizabethbitD .Them ostpopularclothes. .. 2t1flmorethan hecould chew.H1sfrstactaftercoronation in 1762wasto
3 W henlsadorahadherhaircutinapageboyhairstylehermother jrttàr.ntoFredericktheGreata11thePrussianprovincesconqueredbyRussia
A.wasveryangry. iltlring the SevenYearsW ar.Unsurprisingly them ilitary wasunimpressed
B.dislikedit. jllldhewaskilledinacoupledbyhiswifeandherloverCountOrlov.Cath- J
i ' bsequentlove afl-airswith differentom cersand politicianswere IC
. toldhertochangeit. elnessu j1
4D .
thoughtitwaschildish. witlelypublicised,although itissaidshewasdevoted to Peterintheearly I
, ther ' Yeltrsoftheirmarriage. '
4 Asfarasfashionandhouse-fum ishingwereconcerned,lsadorasm o j
believedthat t: M rcelineDion I
A .professionaldesignerswantedtocopyherideas. IW hentheparentsoflz-year-oldCanadian singerCelineDion sentpro-
B.highlyfashionablethingswerebest. konsm anagerM rAngelila dem o tape, he liked itso much he cried.$l1()t
C.shewouldneverbeinfashion. j'jjeja, m uchtohisfirstwife'sannoyance,hem ortgagedthefam ilyhom eto J
D goldandpinkandredw ereagoodcolourcombination. :
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dhadsevenFrench- tdlkllL1JElnTeachingasaCareef Eherdebutalbllm .By the age of18,Dion hafinance
before Angelilpaid forEnglish lessonsto help herspeaking hitalbum s,
hemajorpopmarkets.Thenitwastimetogether j jwcanjwvertellwheremakeanimpressionont ,: ; Ateacheraffectsetem ty,
losesomeweighttosqueezeintoa11thosecutezlt- usjnjuencestopsteethfixedandforherto
thenewMrsAngelil,26yearshisjunior,andthet1eChanelnumbers. Enter Henr.vprooksAdams
mostsuccessfulsingerintheworld.
i D.MrLizTaylorFl'f PARTI
' h marriage of form er tnzck driver Larry Fortensky to ElizabethT e
: 1 neverhadmuchchanceofsuccess.However,thecouplewasopti- gEssoN A. INTENSIVEREABINGTayor
' h rseventh husband,
even signedaprenuptialagree-m istic.
Fortunatey e) hichleftlum verylittleinthecaseordivorce.Accordingtoinsid- jneajingandcnmprehensinnTasksy mentw .
' itwasn'tTaylorwhocausedthebreakdownoftheirfour-yearmar-I llgebutFortenskywhowentoutonthetownwhilehiswifewasrecover-' 1.
n efcljcwingwnrds areessentialfnrunderstandingand discussingthe mainr
l i. m a hip-replacem entoperation.consequently:the m ano ge was ideascjthetextLearnthemeaninqandprcnunciatinncfthesewcrds.ing ro E
: Oh andaboutthatprenup:heattem ptedtohaveltovertunwdto sue Iover
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fellowship ('felcujkplanawardofmoneytoagraduatestudenttocon-
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nudge gnads)aslightpush
1 A eventuallytooktheroleofiv uencinghiswife? pace gpels)thespeedatwhichsmthhappens I
romotion Epra'mouj'anqamovetoamoreimgortantjoborrankp
2 wasmucholderthanhiswife? reqection lrl'flek-fanlcarefulthought,idea,oplnion
research ErI'sa:tJ)serioussttzdyofasubjecttodiscovernew facts
3 wasofamuchlowersocialstattzsthanhiswife? u gspa:k)averysmallbllrningpiece,asmallflashoflight 'spar
4 causedgreatsorrow tohiswifewhenhedied? Verbs
demn (kon'dem)expressverystrongdisapprovalofsmth/smbcon
5 didnotsundbyhiswifewhensheneededit? germinate ('dsa:mlneltqstarttogrow
switch ('swltjl tosmthchangeormakesmthchangefrom onething I
6 wasm tlrderedbyhiswife? toanother
Adjectives7 hadadevotedwife? ; .
convinced (konvlnstlcertainthatsmthistnze,
iswifeimproveherlooks? major('meldsz)importantorverylarge.g lwlpedh
1r' 9 wasnothappilymarriedtohiswifk? 2. Learntheprcnuncialinncfthefcllnwingprcpernames.
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' b ivinghermoney? George(d5o:d5) Vicky(vlkll10 helpedhiswifescareer y g I
tjurhg uawardglhc:vzdjJulieE 5
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sianequivalents. jrssitlnallifeisthatlteachbestnotwhatIknoW,butwhatlwantto leanz.
w llen lwantedtoknow moreabouttheroleoftheIndianculhlreinAm eri-
academicgIœko'demlk) doctoralg'doktxgl) thesubject,takingstudentswithmeona' trelta) joldrnalg'dsa:nolj $''1'1literatlzre,ltaughtacourseonadministratorgadmlms
'b ldouzol mechanicgml'kœnlkj ' 1'''tl'Ofdiscovery.bulldozerg u (j to 'I ' Iteachbecauseteachinggivesmemanynectarstotgste,manywoo scalendar(kœlondo) nectargnekta)
,jej.anduave,m any :nebookstoread,andm any ivory towersandreal-di
ssertation(dlsoitegan) poet('paulq '''' wd'lIdexperiencestodiscover.Teachinggivesmepaceandvarietyandchal- I
lk.ltp,eandtheopporttmitytokeepxonlenrning. !JJ 9ZOCJ Ihavenotm entionedthemostimportantreasonswhy lteach. 'i
l tudent Vicky wasan energeticyotmg
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,.,, E wantatmiversityadministrativeposition.
He lk.rll.lledjournals.shedidita11herself,withonly anoccasionalsmileor
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$,y. ,,v One thing iscertain- Idontteach be-4 tt.llowship to spendayearatHarvardworking on abook developing ideas I
-.' r?t:hiE )kv causeteachingiseasyforme. Teachingisthe sjlehadgerm inatedasmy sttzdent.
'''iîiï'ù't . tdim cultofallthewaysIhaveattempt- . ThereisJulie.Herkidsweregrowingupandshewantedtositinoneofmy
q! ''-' edtoearnmy living:bulldozermechanic
, t.l:tssestoseeifshewmscollegematerial.Iwastherewhenshecamein,weep-! carpentery.
um versity administrator, writer. illg.toapologizebecausesheknew shehadfailedherfirsttest,eventhoughshe '
! Form e,it'sared-eye,sweaty-palm ,sinking- Il:1dstudiedfortwoweeks.ItdoesnotmatterthatIlatertoldhershehadgotten
i stom achprofession.Red-eye,becauseIneverfeelreadytoteach,nom atter ! 1,I) orthatonthenexttestshegotaB.ltdoesnotm atterthatin theendsher
?i how lateatnightIstay up toprepare. Sweatp palm,because1nm always (lecldedagainstcollegeafterall.ltdoesmatterthatIwastherewhensheasked. !
û nervousbeforeIenteraclassroom,sttrethatIwillbefoundoutforthefool' ThereisGeorge,who startedoutin engineering,then switchedtoEng-@
lnm sinking-stomach,becauseIusually walk outanhourlaterconvinced lishbecausehedecided heliked peoplebetterthan things.Hestayed foraj ' @'
j' thatIwasevenmoreboringthanusual.
Illaster'sdegreeandnow teacheshigh-schoolEnglish. EE
! W hy,then,dolteach? These are the realreasonswhy lteach these people who grow and ''j
I lteachbecause1likethepaceoftheacadem iccalendar. Jtme,July and t'llangeinm ypresence.Beingateacherisbeingthere,beingpresentatthe
j tugustallowmetomixreiection,researchandwriting,a11inyredientsin' t.leatioqy,gomheontjtohueyjloauytboeygtienasotuoysbgrewathej.agjvememoneyandpower.
But ' ;y recipeforteaching.Itisnotthatsllmm ersarelesseffort.
Itlsthatthey A p 9ul
arediflkrenteflbrt. IItlreadygetpaidfordoingthethingslenjoymost:readingbooks,talking1
1teach because teaching is builton change. Even when the material withpeople,m akingdiscoveriesandaskingquestions.
lteachisthesam e,Ichange,and,moreimportant,my studentschange. Andlalreadyhavepowertonudge,tofansparks,toasktroublingques- ii
1teach because Ilikethe freedom to makemy own m istakes,
to leam 1it'ns,to praisean attempted answer,to condemn hiding from thetruth,to
my0wn lessons,tostimulatemyselfandm ystudents.
Asateacher,Iam my slltsgestbooks,topointoutapath.W hatotherpowermatters?
0Wnboss.lf,asin arecentsemester,Iwantfreshm en tolearnhow towrite Teachingalsoofrerssomething else:itofferslove.Notonlytheloveof ';
by Puttingtogethertheirown textbook,well,
whoistosayImaynot?The lellrningandofbooksandideas,butalsotheloveateachérfeelsforthatrare
coursem aybeacolossalfailure,butwecanlearnfrom colossalfailures.
Sttldentwhowalksintothelifeofateacherandbeginstobreathe. I
Iteach because Ilike to ask questions,
questions thatstudentsmust 1teachbecause,beingaroundpeoplewhoarebeginningtobreathe,Ioc- .
stzuggle to answer.The world isfullofrightanswersto bad questions.
' t'ilsionally lindm yselfcatchingmybreathwiththem . '
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befoundinadictionaryasf/lc!yareGcreated''bytheauthorwillnot1. TeachingwasnotthefirstjobforPeterBeidler. .ltimselftoexpresshisideavividlyandprecisely,eg.a)'1*'dJ/.F-#J'Rl,2. peterisveryselfcritical.
,, tapyorg' b)repeatedinvertedctm-vfrlzc/itm3',e'g'f<A'tMdoIteach ;0 me3. Heisaveryindependentperson.
hesEnglishtoUniversitysmdents. t'alaëective+nouncollocations.eg.anfv/r.ptowerandidiomaticex-4. Peterteac
5.Helikestoteachnew courses. llressiol'ls,eg.collegematerial.
6.HesupervisedVicky'sdoctoraldissertationatHarvard.
i ter'sdegreeinEnglish. :7. GeorgegothsmaslfforlettingJulieleavecollege. ' * Gooverthetextand pick outexam plesofthegiven threetypesof8. Peterblam eshimse
idfortalkingwithpeople,readingbooks,m akingdiscover- expressive vocabulary.Think ofyour own sentenceswith these9. Petergetspa
iesandaskingquestions. ' words.
10.Peterwouldn'tgiveupteachingevenifhewereofferedahigherposition.
11.Ateacher'sjobresemblestheworkofasculptor. ttReinforcingF/cc:lf/sr.p
5. Readthetextagainfccussingcnmcredetailsnastaanswerthesequesticns. . 1. Matchtheuefiniticnscntherightwit:theihrasalyerbscntheIeft
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1.W hy wasPeterBeidleraskedthereason forhishavingchosen thecareer . keepondoing walkforwardtoahigherlevel
fateacher? brushup beginone'sProfessionallifeO
2.Whydoeshefndteachingthemostdiëcultjobofall? stayup continuetodosmth
3.W hatwasVicky'sdissertationon? startout form almity
4.W hywasJulieweepingwhen shecamein? decideagainst improvebysm dy
5.W hydidGeorgedecidetogiveupengineering? walk out nottogotobed
nOttoCh00SeSmtistepup
6 Rereadthetextandidentifytheke#sentencesineachparagraph.B#dninjthis ttogether leave, Pu
nuwillsum ll;thereascnsandargumentstheauthcrjivesfcrteachinj. jutout show ,Y po
2. MatchthewnrdsfrnmthetwncnlumnstnmakeccrreclcnllncatinnsfrnmthetextIl. TextFeaturesandLanquaqeFncus jRecallthetcntexlsinwhichthesecnllncatinnsareuse . .
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h textiswrittenasahrstpersonnarrationandis ilttre little-known jollrnalstheformatofthefcx/./e teach afa
laidouttzxananawcrtotheunderlyingquestionGl'#W#doyouteach?''On k major materialjinish spars
thewhole,thetextiswritten inaliteraryN/ylc.Atthesametimethev0- ' in afelldwship professional sttzdentW
bularyofthetextvariesfrom stylisticallyFlcl/frtz/tmdconversational . jevelop atest real quçstionsctz t
toformalandJo./'/ywordssuchas,eg.condemn,##Z&Gtmdfrom emo- ' be dissertation troubling experience
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j 1.whatshelikedaboutherjobwasworkingforherselfandmakingher ftjjeteachingprofession?Shareyourviewsontheproblem.o
1 owndecisions..J
j 2.Weweresurprisedtoseesuchextremelkbigwatermelonsgrowinginmyi.j Gfanny'sgarden. LESSON B.PRACTICETEST
jL 3:Shefotmd the cotmtryside she wasdriving acrossasfascinating asthe sjxjarajraphshgve heenremcvedfrcm theadicledelow.
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tainsorthesea.Asshestoppedhercartoenjoyitanideaforanew arts(1-Mchncsewhichnflheparajraghs(A-G)fitshestThereiscneexlrai mount . p
novelbegantogrowtnhermind. yaragraihpudcnctneedtnuse.
4.Hewasconsideredtobeastrictparentcombining fatherlylovewithfinn :
discipline. , JPJQo& J)*& > V.
5.Veryoftenm anypeoplem ovefrom onecitytoanotherinsearchforbetter ,
jobsandcareeradvancement. hatbabiesandtoddlersknow andwhentheyknow itarequestions
6.M y friend said shehadgotfed up with thedullroutineofwashing and thathavelongfascinatedparents,forwhom nearly everythingababy
cookingforherbigfamily. (l(,esseemsfraughtwithmeaning.Theywonderwhetherthatiedglingat-
7.ldidn'tacceptthelroffkratoncebecauselwasscaredoftakingresponsi- tttlllptatspeechorthatearnestimitationofdaddy'sfimnyfacemeanstheir
bility. , l'llbyactuallytmderstandsmorethanthechildcarehandbookssay.
4.TranslatetheInllcwinjsenlencesusingthevocabnlarycfthetext ll .1.M zlorHeer0 apyabx ueèoyMetavrtu,noqeMy OH o'rxaaallcx OT M MMHH- . ScientistsnOW believethatnewbornsOnly afew hourso1d can distin-
CTPaTHBHOFO n0CTa. OHM CHHTWIH,IITO M MHHHCTPaTHBHM JIO.1IXI- hltlishthehum anface.Eventhesetinybabiesseem topreferlookingatpic-
HOcTb-CmynelebKaJde#.YKJlellbraM HBJIRCTH. C'IIYS0ffacesswith theirfeaturesin properalignm eùt.Twelve hoursafter
llirth,infantscanpick outtheirmother'svoice from othervoices,possibly
2.M HeHpaBHercllD'rapa6oTa,noeroMy qToylca.M ce6exoaaun.JIMoryco-' ûcmtenRblef'W #ZA'#TIYHMTbCSHaHMX. IICCK SCthat'stheonethey heard mostinutero.By 5m onthsthey may be
eepm ambr//zzco ggaw aevacaoùo. ' 1ll'letoaddandSubtractsm allnttmbersintheirheads.Andat6monthsthey
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BoMynpeaMe'ly,ouyeaeKtvt3artgtlllc'ryaeueroBnatltlptlzyomKpumuû. Takethequestion ofhow wellbabiesrem emberthings.Untilredently,
6.HlloraaMHeIcaxerrcyl,qToBMecTecHHMH.$IomKpblqam lft-yx cmpanu- tllt,viewsofSwisspsychologistJeanPiagetprevailed.Hebelievedthatun-
14.1,Jlculm u. tiItheirsecondbirthday babies'sensesweretoouncoordinatedforthem to
7 Kom aoHanonyquaauaeecmue,HToyaoqepMpoam c,csm ,oHaoqezls '' tlevelop m em ories.Thatm eantthey coulcln'tpicturetheirabsentm others,.
. jjeywoujdst ;
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8 HHoraanpoèeuolcenuenoczl-wzcJenpHxoau'rIcTeM,K'roMeHsttleBcero ' lfpt'kforitbecauseforthem itwouldnolongerexist. j'
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10.#eTH.11106STnepeKamqambc.acoaHoroBHaaaerezlbHoc'ruHaapyroi. jjjysheld.
PsychologistN ancy M yersplacedagroup oflo-month-oldsina
11 HuoraaHplœoHMeTI>MpxecTBo,qT061,1omKpumolc-pêllzp:Heaoceroii- tjrtrkroomwithobjectsthatemitteddifferentnoises;shethenusedspecial /1HOentmellelll'leapyra. (.zyjuerastolilm theirindividualreactions.Tw0yearslater,DrM yersrepeat- C
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View,dom inantforcentttries,thatbabiesarecapableofonlylimitedin-
OOm,'TXPOXSDrMyers,Yndtheyreachedforobjectswithgreateralacrity ' teIlectualactivityhasbeenlargelydiscreditedbyaspateofrecentsttzd-
thanthoseWhohadn'tseenthem before. Thereason?DrM yerssaysthefrst 2 ies.Thenew thinking isthatinfantspossessan array ofskillsfarmore
U OUPrem em beredtheirexperiences. sophisticatedthanadultseverdreamedpossible.
('.Itdoesn'ttakeformalteachingtodevelopchildren'sintellecm alabilities.
4 'lfyouPayattentiontotheirprogressthroughtheearlystagesandcanbe
thekind ofparentwhochangesasthey doy'sayschildpsychiatristStan-
A group ofs-m onth-old babieswere shown one M ickey M ouse doll, IeyGreenspan,eyouwillbepromotingawiserandhappierchild.'Here's
which wasthen placed behind the screen;next, they were shown another whatDrGreenspanhasfotmdworksbest
.M ickeyM. ousedoll,whichwasplacedbehind thescreenaswell. W hen the I3. Perhapsthem oststartlinginformationaboutinfants'abilitiesisthenew
screen wasremoved,itsometim esrevealedthecorrectnumberofM ickey evidencesuggestingthatthey can dosimplearithmetic. ln herresearch,
M ouses- two- and sometim esan incorrectnumberofdolls, such asone KarenW ynn, apsycholpgist,relied on awell-known phenomenon:in-
dollplusonedolltoequaltwodolls. r fants,likeadults,look'löngeratnew orunexpectedeventsthanatroutine
i orfamiliarones.lnthiswaytheyrevealwhattheyexpect(orknow).
5 l 1.:. These skillsaren'tlimited to gifted babies;every norm albaby hasa1-
Waysbeen naturally capable ofsurprisingintellectualfeats.NowadaysInherstud
y,babieslistenedto anumberofvowel-consonantcombina-
adultsarebetteratfndingouthow tomeasurewhatinfantscando.tions
, such asooh,ah, baaandga.W hen onesoundwasreplacedby anew , j? sutm ostexpertstakeadim view ofform alisedcoursesforinfants,par-one
,atoybearinaboxwas1itupandmadetodance. Soonthebabieslooked ' 1 thosethatclaim toteach readingandm aths.Thereisn'tashredticularytowardsthebeareverytimetheyheardasoundtheydidn'tracognize
. oj-independentscientifcevideneethattheseprogramm eywork.Interestingly,babiesignored subtlevariationsin theirnativelanguages .
(;.vetnewresearchindicatesthatbabiesdorememberand,giventhemeans,(bothSwedishandAmericaninfants
werestudied),butregisteredsimilar willseeko'utwhattheywant. lnarecentexperim ent,mothersreadtheir1: ritionsin a foreign languageas tnew '. They already recognized which i jj jdsarhymetwiceaday fortwoweeks.Thebabieswereva a 3- to6-mont-osolmdstheywouldneedforspeech intheirnativetongue. then givenafve-minute Etraining'sessionwith specially equippeddum -C
anadultsenhanceababyslearning?Actuallythey probably do auto-
mies,inwhichtheylearnedthattheirsucldngactionscausedacomputer!j matically. Expertsbelieve thatgramm ar and speech are facilited through torecitevariousrhymes.They consistently showed apreferenceforthe'
q im otherese'...thehigh-pitchedspeechthatmanyofusadoptaroundinfants
' tkmiliarrhymebym anipulatingthecomplztertoreciteit... . becauseitholdsthebaby'sinterestinawaythatadultspeech doesnot.
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relatingtoanotherperson.Throughalectionategive-and-take,babieslenrn- LESSONA. INTENSIVEREABINGandtheadultswholovethem lenrnhow nmazingtheirchildrenreallyare.
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willlook overataballintheroom. Even 6-m onth-oldscan distinguish Nnuns
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8. bridge,Salisbuly YorkandBath.
NM Canyoutellm ealittleabouttheschoolyouwork at?
JG sttre.w e're a fairly sm allschool,atleast,we are in thewinter-
probablyamaximum offiftystudentsatanyonetime.Butthenwegetmuchath isoneofthem ostbeautifulcitiesinBritain,ifnotin Europe.ltis bi
ggerinthesumm er.Then,m anyofouradultstudentsliketocomeovertoacitywith a long histoly TheRom ans,who conquered much ofthe
, England and learn English while they are on holiday,and we also havelandintheyearsafter43AD,soon discovered thehotwaterspringsonthe
groupsofteenagepupilswhocomeforsttzdytrips.Wedohaveoccasionalsite(whichtheynamedAouESULIS)and,lookingforsomecomfortinthis l ,.
groupsofteenagersatthetimesoftheyear- lnfact,Im teachingappupofcold,hostileandinhospitableisland,builttheirbathshere.Itwasthesesam e '
und , Austriankidsatthemom ent-buttheycom emainlyinthesum mers.hotspringswhich madeBath oneofthemostfashionablecitiesin Eng
d Therichandfamous:including NM Andyotlradultstudents-tellm eaboutthem . .from theearlyseventeenthcenturyonwar s.
hecitytosoakthemselvesm thesup- JO W ell...averymixedbag,really.Theycome9om a1lovertheworld,membersoftheroyalfam ily
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d to design the fabulously elegantcity thathasbecom eam agnetfor ' nies,Som earelivingherealready - working in localcompanies,orasau-w oo ,
uristsfrom al1overtheworld. : Pairs.Som estudentswantspecializedEnglish- medical,technical,comm er-to
IrecentlywenttoBath tom eetJulian Goddard,a35-year-o1d English Cialandsoon-andm anyofthecompanystudentswantone-to-oneclasses.
languageteacherwholiveswithhiswifeJane(alsoateacherofEnglish)and lPresllmedthatJulianmustspeakseverallanguages.Iaskedhim ifthis jI
theiryoungdaughterM iranda.ImetJuilainforapotofteaintheworld-fa- werethecase-andwassurprisedbytheanswer. 1
mousPttmp Room s,builtoutsidetheAbbey. JG No.....ldon't,actually.Ihavesom eFrenchandalittleSwedish,but I
NM Thisisfantastic,isn'tit?Somuchsplendotm è: it'snotreallynecessary. .
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someofthemostfashionablepeoplein thelandusedto com eheretothe JG No.First,wedon'tgetthatmanybeginnersanymore.Theteaching i
PumpRooms. ofEnglishinschoolsworldwidehasimprovedsomuchthatm ostofourstu-
jAsmuchas1foundthewholecityamazing,Ididnoticethevisitors,in E dents- eventheyoungones- haveenoughofthelanguagetocommunicate f
groupsandsingly?wanderingaroundjuststaringatthebuildings.Itoccurred toacertainextent.Andsecondly,ifyou'reteachingaclasswithacoupleof
tomethatBath;llkeVeniceandotherbeautifulcities,wasalittlelikeamu- '' Swedes,anltalian,aSpaniard,aJapanese:aRussian andaHtmgarian,then
sellm .An incredible placetovisit- butwasn'titsomewhatdepressing to quency in one ortwo languagesisn'tgolng to be ofmuch use!Anyway,
1 Juliandoes? i whatevidencethereistendsto suggestthatmoststudentslearn moreefli-livetherepermanenty, as
JG W ell,yes,lsupposethereissom ething in that.You can understand cientlywhenstudyingplzrely inthetargetlanguage.I
whyvisitorscome-it'snotjustthebeautyofthebuildings,it'smorethe NM Doyouarrangeanythingforyourstudentsapartfrom lessons? ;'
'finda . JG Oh yes. M ostreputable language schools have a fullsocialpro- 'htmityofstyle.M ostgreatcitiesgrew overhundredsofyearsandyou
mixmreofarchitectttre.InthecentreofBath,a11thebuildingsapartfrom the ' gramm e. Particularly forthe teenagersin thesumm ers- we have discos,
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tzkc.YOl1mZXbeSWPZSC/ btltlUSCIItobemallagefOfaWineShOP!Then tohaveclassesinagroup.
in languageinSeveralCitiesabroadt11cSMOPC10Sedd0W11,llostmyjob,andlgottemporalysllmmerworkatthe 8.JulianhadtaughtEnglishasafpreg
lallgtlageSCh00lhereasasoclalorganiser-organisingtheactivitiesforthe beforehegothispresentjobinBath.
YCIXV WS.1WaSSO intrigtlcdby thebusinessthatlWentandtook aTEFL ' 9.Julianandhiswifesharethesam einterestsandhobbies.
11) JtllianiSConvincedthatSPCW ZgEnglishasmuchasP0SSib1eisthemostQtlzliécatiollySpentayearteachinginStocc olm ,oneinCopenhagen,afew , .
DOZt11SillZSmzlltoWllinltalyandthencamebackheretoBath. effectivewaytogetagoodcommandofit.
NM SOyQtliteaVariedbackground.AndWhataboutyourSociallifehere
inBath? 7. Identifythefealurescrfactsthatarenntmentinnedinthetext
JG Oh,there'ssomuch to doylspendquitealotoftim ewithm yst'u- ' j
dentsintheevenings,thenthere'sanexcellenttheatre,agoodnightlife,and t * W CCityOfBathis amazng.
abigindustrialcentre.beautifulcountrysideto visitattheweekend.Jane and Iarealso keen on jj
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amateurdrnmatics-infactlvegottogototherehearsalthisevening.Also, ' (upressingtolivetherepermanently.
we'verecentlyboughtahouse,so I'm spending a1otoftimepaintmg and xjygyauractsAmericansttzdènts.ma
decorating.
NM W ell,thanksJulian.Onelastthing.lknow thatm ostofmy readers . Thescho'olJulianteachesinis fairlysm allinthewinter.
won'thavetheopporttmitytocome overto Britain foran English cotlrse, muchbiggerinthesum mer.
andthatm anyofthem arekeentoimprovetheirEnglish,H aveyou gotany asinglesexschool.
adviceforthem? L forbothadultsandteenagepupils. !
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lishasnearastheycantohome,ifthatspossible.Thatmay mean listening)ë. ..
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