PowerPoint Presentation Reading Wonders of the modern world by Ann Halliday Match each topic in A with two items in B A International travel Medical science the internet Agriculture Space travel the O[.]
Reading Wonders of the modern world by Ann Halliday Match each topic in A with two items in B A International travel Medical science the internet Agriculture Space travel the Olympic Games B solar system airlines competition online wheat health care drug abuse penicillin famine galaxies abroad web site International travel = airlines, abroad Medical science = penicillin, health care the internet = online, web site Agriculture = wheat, famine Space travel = solar system, galaxies the Olympic Games = competition, drug abuse Vocabulary ancient (adj): amazing (adj): increase (v): revolutionize (v) interactivity (n): step out (v): life expectancy (n): estimate (v): competition (n): senator (n): famine (n): destroy (v): cổ xưa kinh ngạc, ngạc nhiên gia tăng cách mạng hóa tương tác bước tuổi thọ ước lượng tranh đua thượng nghị sĩ nạn đói phá hủy Answer the questions What has changed because of the internet? What will happen with the internet? What has happened in space exploration since 1969? What is the most noticeable result of better health care? What are the good and bad things about the Olympics? “ We are still here.” Why is this a wonder? What these numbers refer to? 47 50 billions 1994 1969 half a billion Answers The way we live and work There will be more interactivity b/t the user and the web site, and we will be able to give instructions using speech Space probes to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Sun Average life expectancy has risen dramatically Good: a competition in which every country takes part, coming together in peace and friendship We feel hope for the future Bad: commercialization, greed, drug abuse We haven’t used nuclear weapons yet (1) 47: average life expectancy worldwide in 1990 (2) billions: the number of web pages today (3) 1969: Neil Armstrong walked on the moon (4) 50: the number of years we have had nuclear weapons (5) half a billion: number of people who use the internet (6) 4: the number of years b/t Olympic Games (7) 1994: a time when there were only a few hundred web pages Listening What is the What ‘s Are there wonder? good about any it? problems? Sam Kelly Peter Sam What is the wonder? What ‘s good about it? Are there any problems? air travel Flying is cheap, and you can go anywhere It gives you freedom and extra Airports are overcrowded, plane delayed or cancelled, and the safety precautions slow things down time Kelly cell phones you can let people know where you are, call for help if you’re in trouble, and let friends know when you’re running late people use them too much It is really annoying when the phones ring or people shout in the phone in a public place Peter e - mail It’s changed the world and business Most business is done through e-mail, like sending reports and getting information You are glued to the computer People expect things instantaneously The number of e-mails is overwhelming Speaking Which of the following inventions you think is the most important? the computer the car the television the airplane nuclear weapons the cellular the space satellite others Word formation Prefix Ex: after + noon Suffix Ex: enjoy + ment afternoon enjoyment Common adjective endings - ate ous al ial able ible ish ant moderate dangerous normal industrial comfortable sensible selfish resistant - y ic ical ory less ive ly ful sunny economic logical victory hopeless competitive friendly colorful Common adverb endings ly ally quickly historically ... -tion -sion -ence -ance -ity -hood -dom -th information provision independence acceptance creativity childhood wisdom health -ery -ship -tude -ism -cracy -logy -ness -ment... rewrite, repeat Suffix - al relating to - ance state or quality of - ancy state or quality of - ary relating to - ate to make - ation, - tion state or quality of - en to make - ency state or quality... Suffix Ex: enjoy + ment afternoon enjoyment Prefix Prefix after2 anti3 auto4 bene5 bi-, bin6 circu7 co-, col8 contra- Meaning after against by itself good two around together against Examples afternoon,