Warmingup Activities

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Warming-up Activities

• Group work
• Questions for thought and discussion
• Background information
• Enriching your vocabulary
• Comparing the following words

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Group work

• Think about the pre-reading questions before
  listening and anticipate what we are going to
  read.

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Questions for thought and discussion

• Listen to a short passage carefully and then
  answer the following questions on page 2.

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Background information

• Tomintoul
• Scotland
• Scotland Yard
• Irish Republican Army (IRA)
• Chirnside

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Background information

• Tomintoul
• Tomintoul is a village which is the base camp
  for climbers and walkers in the area round the
  rivers Avon and Livet.

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Background information

• Scotland
• Scotland is one of four constituent nations
  which form the United Kingdom. Scotland is
  divided into three main regions the Highlands,
  the Midland Valley and the Southern Uplands.
  Scotland includes 787 islands, of which most
  belong to groups known as the Hebrides, Orkney
  and Shetland. Scotland is well known for its
  mountainous and beautiful scenery.

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Background information

• Scotland Yard
• The headquarters of the London Metropolitan
  Police. The term is often used to refer to one
  branch, the Criminal Investigation Department
  (CID).

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Background information

• Irish Republican Army (IRA)
• A nationalist organization devoted to the
  integration of Ireland as a complete and
  independent unit. In 1969 the IRA split into two
  groups, the majority, or officials, advocating
  a united socialist Ireland but disavowing
  terrorist activities, and the provisionals,
  claiming terrorism as a necessary catalyst for
  unification.

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Background information

• Chirnside
• A village of Berwickshire in the Scottish
  Borders, Chirnside lies to the north of the
  Whiteadder Water, 9 miles (15 km) west of
  Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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Enriching your vocabulary

• Read the sentences carefully and guess the
  meaning of the italicised term in each sentence
  according to the context and your own
  experiences.

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• Her favorite fantasy was about owning a big house
  and a car.
• He retreated into a world of fantasy where he
  could be anything he wanted.

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• I have a suspicion that she is not telling me the
  truth.
• His strange behavior raised his neighbor's
  suspicions.
• He was caught on suspicion of having stolen the
  money.

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• The firm would be brought back to life by an
  injection of new funds.
• A cash injection of 10 million will be used to
  improve one of America's dirtiest resident
  places.
• One method of giving a patient medicine is by
  injection.

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• She's the deputy head of a school in the East End
  of London.
• While the manager was ill, his deputy ran the
  office very successfully.

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• They're building the new law court down by the
  river.
• Tennis players hit the ball over the net which
  divides the court in two.

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• A clearer introduction is needed to prevent
  consumers from being misled into eating things
  that are bad for them.
• He misled me into thinking he was rich.
• We were misled by the guide and couldn't find the
  way home.
• I was misled by my elder brother into a life of
  drinking and stealing.

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• The factory was restored to full working order.
• He buys old cars and restores them to their
  original condition.
• The former leader was today restored to power in
  the first free elections for twenty years.
• He feels completely restored to health after a
  period of rest.

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• Christ! Were running out of coffee.
• the teachings of Christ

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• Its a typical country estate with a large house
  for the owner, farm buildings and estate workers
  houses.
• He left behind him a considerable estate.

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• They're holding an auction of jewelry on
  Thursday.
• They sold their house by auction.
• The Army is auctioning a lot of old equipments.

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• The fields are divided from each other by hedges.
  
• They bought gold as a hedge against future
  difficulties.

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• She's a fantastic swimmer.
• These plans of yours are quite fantastic - they
  can never work.
• He drew fantastic animals with two heads and
  large wings.

odd, strange
very good excellent
unpractical unreasonable absurd
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• The setting sun disappeared below the horizon.
• The visit to the Far East certainly broadened our
  horizons.

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• There was a multiple crash on a motorway this
  morning.
• 30 is a common multiple of 2, 3, 5, 6, 10 and 15.

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• I always make a mess when I try to cook anything.
  
• I've got myself into a bit of a mess by telling a
  lie.

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• Theyre renting a furnished house.
• The travel company has furnished us with all the
  details of our journey.

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• This room is paneled with polished wood.
• The cars left side panel had to be replaced
  after the crash. The competition was judged by a
  panel of experts.

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• We were deceived into believing that he could
  help us.
• She inherited a little money from her
  grandfather.

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• She made two deposits of 500 last month.
• If you leave a deposit of 10, well keep the
  dress for you, said the shop assistant.
• We have notified the police that the bicycle had
  been stolen.

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• Ive been commissioned to write a new play.
• The minister established a commission to suggest
  improvements in education.
• Shes just got a commission to paint Sir Ellis
  Pikes wife.
• There is a commissioner in charge of the London
  police force.

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• Her new job is to supervise the companys
  operations in Japan.
• In fact, the bulk of the book is taken up with
  criticizing other works.
• It's not their weight that makes the boxes hard
  to carry, it's their bulk.

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• Two arrests were made, but the men were later set
  free without charge.
• After the match three youths were arrested.
• I think you should question their motives in
  offering to lend you the money.

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• Nothing is perfect in life and it would be bloody
  boring if it was.
• It's a bloody shame that I failed to pass the
  test.
• It was a long and bloody war and many men were
  killed.

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• The results of the study have certainly justified
  the money that was spent on it.

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Comparing the following words

• arouse awaken disturb stimulate provoke excite
  stir kindle move
• considerate considerable substantial
• barber barber's hairdresser
• deputy agent delegate representative
• splendid magnificent honorable glorious
• motive motivation

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Comparing the following words

• deputy mayor deputy commander in chief deputy
  chairman
• vicepresident vice-chairman vice-premier
  vice-minister
• assistant manager assistant engineer
• associate professor associate editor
• sub-editor sub-dean

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Homework

• Learn the new words and expressions of the text
  by heart.
• Go over the text and try to get the main idea of
  the text.
• Analyze the structure of the text.