Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of WEEK 5: TECHNIQUE : PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES Definition : A prepositional phrase is a phrase ( a group of words ) beginning with a preposition, for example: a man with a broken arm, he was regarded as a fool, the party was held in the garden Grammatical Functions: Noun modifiers / adjective equivalents Verb modifiers: He died in England Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of We read your article with great interest They raised cows for milk He was at a loss His passion was for books He was killed by a stray bullet Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of Translate into Vietnamese The problem of pollution has reached an alarming point I met her on my way out After discussing the matter, we began to vote We can learn by making mistakes I was afraid of losing someone else I loved She went to the man with a cigarette in his mouth He tore the bag open with his teeth They fought with great courage Living in a small hotel on the left bank in Paris, moving between contacts in the working-class suburbs and among students in the Latin Quarter, Tito gained many left-wing international contacts 'When translating, I usually start by dictating a quick, rough translation of the foreign language text straight onto a cassette, bypassing any difficulties, if necessary devising ad hoc ways of overcoming them temporarily, and striving to get the general hang of the original, while allowing the natural rhythm of the spoken word to give the translation a shape and a flow which will not be lost by being revised and polished later on.' (As a young man, the author had sent a letter to The Times.) To my great astonishment, The Times published my letter in full Looking back on it now, over the sixteen years which have seen so much worse, it seems to me to have been pretentious A freelancer's life is in a lot of ways freer that other people's, but it demands a great deal of selfdiscipline When you are first setting up, a lot of your time will be spent writing letters of application and CVs, preparing for interviews, hounding your friends for contacts, and organizing your time in a manageable way 'Hassan! Look at those flies!', and he pointed to the horrible mass that from the ceiling 'Why have I called you?' 'To drive them away elsewhere,' said Hassan 'Driven elsewhere they always return.' Taken prisoner of war, he (Tito) was transported to a hospital in an old monastery deep in the Russian interior at Sviashk The list of rules (in the lodging house) forbade cooking in one's room, or taking food that did not need cooking to one's room No visitors were allowed in one's room at any time for any reason Breathing Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of was allowed as long as it made no noise The same applied to sleep Any one who snored would wake up in the street Trevor Howard was one of the great stage and screen stars of his generation - an actor of enormous power and character of whom Robert Mitchum once said: 'The nice thing about Trevor is that you never catch him acting ' It was a compliment he well deserved, since nothing would ever induce him to give a fake performance Going backward over the day, I find things of which I am quite certain, other things of which I am almost certain, and other things of which I can become certain by thought 10 Because there is a certain tension involved in eating in public, restaurants employ two major trends to exploit the mood of their diners The expensive restaurant, to justify high prices, has to overcome the tensions It does this by shielding, screening, and partitioning and also by keeping lights dim and sounds muffled, and by having more staff than usual so as to reduce waiter-speeds 11 Remedies In desperation a householder went out at midnight just before Christmas to try to poison the moles in his lawn To illuminate the mole hills, he turned on the lights of his Jaguar, but the car shot into reverse, causing £6,000 worth of damage to his house To make matters worse, an electric heater overturned, igniting the petrol and resulting in his car becoming a write-off He finally solved his mole problem with a ton of ready-mixed concrete WEEK STUDYING IN VIETNAM, WORKING ABROAD People used to think that only the Vietnamese students completing their study abroad could have opportunities to compete in international workforce At present, a large number of Vietnamese students trained completely locally can work anywhere in the world as global citizens Training for export Training students for export is really a new idea for the university education system in VN However, FPT University has been helping their students, with their own ability, get into the world market The first graduates of the University were welcome by some countries in the world: students were requested to come and work in England as soon as they had finished their graduation projects and many other groups coming to the Singapore, Germany, the USA , Malaysia… A number of students were invited to come and work for a big Japanese financial group- the SBI Holding with a monthly salary of more than 50 millions VN dongs excluding accommodation and transport support … Thanks to this achievement, FPT University could be considered one of the universities succeeding in ‘exporting’ students to work and study overseas Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of With an aim to gain this success, students studying at FPT University must strictly follow the internationally standard academic programs and training process, at the same time they are required to learn two foreign languages (English and Japanese for Information Technology and Informatics Majors ; English and Chinese for Economics - Applied Information Technology in Finance Majors ) In particular, after finishing their second year, it is compulsory for any FPT University sophomore to serve their apprenticeship as a permanent employee within – 12 months at business firms Moreover, students are also trained in soft skills, honesty in study and examination, thus they can gain self – confidence,, honesty and acquire deep knowledge It might be this secret that explains why many FPT University students have been invited to work and study abroad particular ADJECTIVE [ONLY BEFORE NOUN ] used to emphasize that you are referring to one individual person, thing or type of thing and not others Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only Page of SYNONYM : SPECIFIC There is one particular patient I'd like you to see Is there a particular type of book he enjoys? [ONLY BEFORE NOUN] greater than usual; special We must pay particular attention to this point These documents are of particular interest IDIOMS in particular especially or particularly He loves science fiction in particular special or specific Peter was lying on the sofa doing nothing in particular Is there anything in particular you'd like for dinner? She directed the question at no one in particular particularly ADVERB especially; more than usual or more than others particularly good/important/useful Traffic is bad, particularly in the city centre I enjoyed the play, particularly the second half The lecture was not particularly (= not very) interesting ‘Did you enjoy it?’ ‘No, not particularly (= not very much).’ ... car becoming a write-off He finally solved his mole problem with a ton of ready-mixed concrete WEEK STUDYING IN VIETNAM, WORKING ABROAD People used to think that only the Vietnamese students completing... 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