Before then, people who couldn’t speak and hear were unable to communicate with the rest of the world.. Animals make curtain kinds of noises which mean something to other animals.[r]
(1)Exercise Pick from the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
1 A Boss B Call C More D Talk
2 A Teacher B Deaf C Meat D Feat
3 A Surface B Hurry C Curtain D Urgent
4 A Fan B Bad C Catch D Wash
5 A Chorus B Champion C Cheap D Child
6 A Patient B Initial C Crescent D Ancient
7 A One B Jog C Boxing D Doctor
8 A Whistle B Little C Gentle D Battle
Exercise Read the explanations carefully and try to guess what the words are The first letter of each word has been given 1/ less mentally developed than other people for a particular age: m………… r…………
2/ that takes or needs a lot of time: t…………-c…………
3/ visit somebody without having told them you were coming: d…………b………… 4/ unable to hear: d…………
5/ the act of showing and explaining how to something: d………… 6/ unable to speak: d…………
7/ the quality of having firmly decided to succeed in doing something even if it is very difficult: d………… 8/ unable to use one a part of his/ her body properly: d…………
Exercise Use which to combine each pair of sentences
1/ John is always late for class This annoys our Math teacher
2/ People today put advertisements on TV or in newspapers This makes it possible to produce more things to sell 3/ He passed the exam with high grades This made everybody in his family pleased
4/ We have lost he phone number This makes it difficult to inform her 5/ Jane could not come to my party This made me feel sad
6/ She has promised herself to be on time to work everyday That is a good idea 7/ Tim has found a new job That is lucky
8/ She usually came to work on time That pleased her boss
(2)A B 1/ What is your job?
2/ Can you speak a foreign language? 3/ What is your hobby?
4/ What your name?
5/ When and where were you born?
6/ What is the reason for your learning English? 7/ What is your address?
8/ How many hours a day you want to learn English?
a/ Bob Milton
b/ On May 2nd, 1990, in London c/ Accountant
d/ No6 Lenin Street e/ At least
f/ I’m sorry, I cannot g/ Playing badminton h/ For my career Exercise Complete the sentences with used to or be used to.
1/ Jane (work)……… for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office 2/ This work doesn’t bother me I (work) ……… hard I have work hard all my life
3/ Dick (have) ……… moustache (/m∂s’ta:∫/), but he doesn’t anymore He shaved it off because his wife doesn’t like it I (see, not) ………him without his moustache He still looks strange to me
4/ When I was a child, I (think) ……… anyone over 40 was old Of course now I’m middle aged, I agree with those who say, “Life begin at 40.”
5/ It (take) ……… weeks or months to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to America, but now it takes only a matter of hours 6/ Even though Jason is only 12, he (fly) ……… on airplanes His father is a pilot and has taken Jason with him in a plane many times 7/ When I was growing up, my mother often sent me to the neighborhood to get something for her And each time I went there, Mr Thomson, the owner, (give) ……… me a piece of candy
8/ Michael (take) ……… care of himself He left home when he was 15 and has been on his own since then Exercise Use THE + ADJECTIVE from the list to complete each sentence
Disable rich deaf unemployed dumb poor blind injured
1/ ……… have to help………
2/ ……… in the accident yesterday morning were taken to hospital immediately 3/ The little boy was helping……… cross the street
(3)6/ Don’t make fun of………
Exercise Read the following paragraphs about language
1 Match the titles with the paragraphs
A ANIMAL COMMUNICATION B A LANGUAGE FOR THE DEAF
C COMMUNIACTION WITHOUT WORD
1 It is impossible to communicate without speaking Body language and use of gestures tell other people what you are thinking
Clapping is a gesture When we clap at the theater, for example, we show that we are please with the actor’s performance But be careful using gestures abroad A gesture in your country may have a completely different meaning in another country
2 It was a Frenchman, Charles de l’Epee, who first developed sign Language in 18th century This was a system of which movements of the hands and arms represented ideas Before then, people who couldn’t speak and hear were unable to communicate with the rest of the world
3 Animals make curtain kinds of noises which mean something to other animals A hand, for example, warns her chicks when danger is present Horses neigh or paw the ground and other horses understand these sounds and movements But even the animal communicate, the most the can communicate is feelings and intentions They cannot have a conversation
2 Answer the questions:
a Is body language a way of communication?
b Why should people be careful when using gestures in different countries?
c What is the nationality of the man who first developed the sign of language in 18th century? d What is sign of language?
(4)TRICK QUESTIONS
1 Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days, how many months have 28 days?
2 If a doctor gives you pills and asks you to take one pill every half an hour, how long will it take before all three pills have been taken?
3 I went to bed at 8:00 in the evening and I wound my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine in the morning How many hours would I get before being awakened by the alarm?
4 Divide 30 by a half Then add 10 What you get?
5 A farmer had 17 sheep All but died How many sheep were left?
6 If you had only one match and enter a COLD and DARK room, where there is an oil lamp, an oil heater, and a candle, which would you light first?
7 When is four a half of five?
8 Why are 2007 pennies worth than 2006 pennies?
9 What letter is next in this sequence: M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O?
10.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps? 11.What is lighter than a feather but even a strongest man cannot hold it for minutes? 12.What is as big as an elephant but it is not as heavy as a feather?
13.Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounding by hungry sharks How would you survive? 14.Why it is against law for a man living in the North of Vietnam to be buried in the South? 15.Before the Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? 16 What came first, the chicken or the egg?