Practical English (1): Advanced

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Practical English (1) Advanced

• Instructor Dr. Yi-Cheng Huang
• Course Code A8027230
• School of Electrical and Information
• Time 1330-1620
• Date Nov. 22, 2007

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Course Description of Today

• 1. Chapter 1, Unit 3 Endangered Species
  (Disappearing Animals)
• 2. Self-Introduction
• 3. Roll Call

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Vocabulary Paragraph 1

• 1 species a group of animals or plants that are
  very similar and can reproduce together.
• 2 die out to pass out of existence
• 3 estimate (v) if you estimate a quantity or
  value, you make an approximate judgment or
  calculation of it (n) an estimate is an
  approximate calculation of a quantity or value.
• 4 appalling shocking, deeply offending

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Vocabulary Paragraph 1

• 5 habitat the habitat of an animal or plant is
  the natural environment in which it normally
  lives or grows.
• 6 exploitation a situation in which someone is
  being treated unfairly or being taken advantage
  of
• 7 conservation the preservation and protection
  of the environment
• 8 category if people or things are divided into
  categories, they are divided into groups in such
  a way that the members of each group are similar
  to each other

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Vocabulary Paragraph 2

• 1 extinct no longer in existence, especially a
  kind of plant or animal
• 2 critical time, factor, or situation is
  extremely important a critical situation is very
  serious and dangerous. if a person is critical
  or in a critical situation, they are seriously
  ill to be critical of someone or something means
  to criticize them.

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Vocabulary Paragraph 2

• 3 endanger to endanger something or someone
  means to put them in a situation where they might
  be harmed or destroyed completely
• 4 Siberian tiger, snow leopard (see photos)
• 5 giant panda (see photo)
• 6 vulnerable exposed, unprotected
• 7 decline if something declines, it becomes less
  in quantity, important, or strength
• 8 cheetah (see photos)

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Siberian tiger
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snow leopard
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giant panda
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cheetah
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Vocabulary Paragraph 3 and 4

• 1 factor a fact to be considered
• 2 deforest, deforestation if an area is
  deforested, all the trees there are cut down or
  destroyed
• 3 Sumatra orangutan (see photo)
• 4 demand the state of being much wanted

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Sumatra
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Sumatra orangutan
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Vocabulary Paragraph 5 and 6

• 1 native your native country or area is the
  country or area where you were born and brought
  up plants or animals that are native to a
  particular region live or grow there naturally
  rather than being brought there.
• 2 intentionally with purpose, deliberately
• 3 brown tree snake (see photo)

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Vocabulary Paragraph 5 and 6

• 4 cargo the contents of a ship, plane, truck,
  etc., that are being transported
• 5 Guam (see photo)
• 6 kill off if you say that a group or an amount
  of something has been killed off, you mean that
  all of them or all of it have been killed or
  destroyed.
• 7 pet a pet is an animal that you keep in your
  home to give you company and pleasure.

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Guam
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brown tree snake
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Vocabulary Paragraph 5 and 6

• 8 anaconda, python (see photo)
• 9 swamp an area of very wet land with wild
  plants growing in it
• 10 alligator vs. crocodile
• 11 awareness the state of being knowledgeable
  about something, an understanding

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anaconda, python
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Assignment for Next Week

• Please Preview Unit 2, Chapter 3 (Bring Back the
  Woolly Mammoth?)
• Please Prepare Your 3 Minutes Personal
  Introduction

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