2009/10/24 Saturday—08:00~10:00 GEPT Intermediate 全民英檢中級入門班

1. While listening to the MP3 file for Unit #12 Venus: Betel Nut Beauty, pay attention to Scott and Brooke’s conversation keeping in mind the following questions:

01. Where is Scott chewing betel nut?

02. For what reason could the police could give someone a fine?

03. According to Scott, what is another word for “a law”?

04. What is Scott willing to lend to the Betel Nut Beauties?

05. Where do Scott, Brooke and Asha live?

2. Please submit no more than six sentences from your list of listening vocabulary.

3. Complete Lesson 12 in 504 Absolutely Essential Words. Bring your completed exercise to the next class on 2009/10/31. Click the link below to for a pronunciation drill of Lesson 12 word list:

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4. Last week, the wrong questions were posted for Family Album U.S.A. Episode #4—A Piece of Cake. The correct version is provided below:

01. At the beginning of Act I, how did Marilyn feel when she arrived home?

02. What does Richard do every morning for sixty minutes without stopping?

03. When will the next aerobics class take place?

04. Who is the name of Marilyn’s aerobics instructor?

05. Why was Richard asked to come a little early to his first class?

06. When did Richard have his last complete physical?

07. Name three items needed to cook dinner for the Stewart family.

08. What did Richard do instead of exercising at the aerobics class?

09. How did Richard feel after his first advanced aerobics class?

10. What did the aerobics instructor say about Richard’s health?

11. Who won the bet?

12. Who will cook dinner for the entire Stewart family?

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Selected Submitted Assignments

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L&S—D		Unit: 11	Date:		中文名字:	Name:
##	Vocabulary		中文翻譯	##	Vocabulary		中文翻譯
01	Halloween		萬聖節	02	wine		酒類;紅酒
03	spilled		溢出	04	opinion		意見
05	country		國家	06	wonderful		非常美妙
07	video		錄放機
omitted word below:
08	strike
01	(O) Halloween is coming.
02	(O) This white wine was made in 1990.
03	(X) Be careful the water is spilling out. (O) Be careful of the water that is spilling out. (O) Be careful; the water is spilling out. (O) Be careful! The water is spilling out.
04	(X) Can you think some opinion for me from this case? (O) Could you tell me your opinions about this case? (O) Do you have any opinions about this case? (O) Would you please share any of your opinions about this case?
05	(X) Which country would you like to go? (O) To which country would you like to go? (O) Which country would you like to visit? (O) Which county would you like to see?
06	(O) That’s wonderful!
07	(X) The video of Twilight was perfect. (O) The Twilight video was perfect. (O) Twilight was a perfect video. (O) Twilight, the movie, was perfect. (O) The movie, Twilight, was perfect.

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L&S—D		Unit: 11		Date:		中文名字:		Name:
##	Vocabulary			中文翻譯	##	Vocabulary			中文翻譯
01	Halloween			萬聖節		spilled			溢出
03	opinion			意見		country			國家
05	wonderful			不可思議的		video			錄影帶
omitted words below:
02	wine				08		strike
01	(O) Halloween is a day for people to wear ghost clothes. (O) Halloween is a day for people to wear costumes. (O) Halloween is a day in which people wear (ghost clothes) (costumes).
02	(X) Peter spilled off the milk. (O) Peter spilled the milk (on the floor) (on the table). (O) Peter spilt the milk.
03	(X) We had different opinions about the feeling of this story. (O) We felt different opinions about this story. (O) We had different feelings about this story.
04	(O) My favorite country is Japan. (O) Japan is my favorite country.
05	(X) She gave us a wonderful piano perform yesterday. (O) She gave us a wonderful piano performance yesterday.
06	(X) I usually play video game on Sunday. (O) I usually play video games on Sunday. (O) I usually play a video game on Sunday.

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L&S—D		Unit: 11		Date:		中文名字:		Name:
##	Vocabulary			中文翻譯	##	Vocabulary			中文翻譯
01	Halloween			萬聖節	02	wine			酒
03	spilled			溢出來	04	opinion			意見
05	country			國家	06	wonderful			極好的
07	video			錄影帶
omitted word below:
08	strike
01	(O) If you don’t give kids candy on Halloween, they will play tricks on you. (O) Children will play tricks on you if you don’t give them candy on Halloween. (O) On Halloween, you should give the children candy or they will play tricks on you.
02	(O) A bottle of wine had loosened Harry’s tongue. (O) After drinking a bottle of wine, Harry lost his inhibitions.
03	(O) I spilled coffee down my front. (O) I spilled coffee on my shirt. (O) I spilled coffee on the floor.
04	(O) A conflict of opinions arose over technical questions.
05	(O) A blockade of all the harbors of that country would require thousands of warships. (O) Thousands of warships would be required to blockade all of the country’s harbors. (O) A blockade of over one thousand warships would be required to seize the country.
06	(O) A new car would be wonderful, but the fact of the matter is that we can’t afford one. (O) While a new car would be wonderful, the fact is that we simply cannot afford one.
07	(X) A pop video made by a director who really understands the mode. (O) A pop video was made by a director who really understands the script. (O) The director of this pop video really understood the script.

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L&S—D		Unit: 11		Date:		中文名字:		Name:
##	Vocabulary			中文翻譯	##	Vocabulary			中文翻譯
01	Halloween			萬聖節	02	wine			酒
03	(X) spill (O) spilled			漏出來	04	strike			好球
05	opinion			意見	06	country			國家
07	wonderful			美好的
omitted word below:
07	video
01	(X) Everyone dresses up on Halloween’s party. (O) Everyone dresses up (on) (for) (at) Halloween. (O) Everyone dresses up for Halloween parties.
02	(X) Drinking a glass of red win before going to bed is good for health. (O) Drinking a glass of red wine before going to bed is good for (your) (our) (one’s) (my) health. (O) Drinking a glass of red wine before going to bed is healthy. (O) It is healthy to drink a glass of red wine before going to bed.
03	(X) Who spill the milk on the floor? (O) Who (spilled) (spilt) the milk on the floor?
04	(O) It’s a good strike. (O) That batter made an awesome strike.
05	(O) We should respect everyone’s opinion.
06	(O) My country is Taiwan. (O) Taiwan is my country.
07	(O) I hope I have a wonderful trip.

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L&S—D		Unit: 11	Date:		中文名字:	Name:
	Vocabulary		中文翻譯		Vocabulary		中文翻譯
01	Halloween		萬聖節	02	wonderful		極好的
03	wine		酒	04	spilled		使溢出
05	opinion		意見	06	country		國家
omitted words below:
07	video			08	strike
01	(O) Halloween is a popular holiday all over the world.
02	(X) Lakers has wonderful condition recently. (O) The Los Angeles Lakers have been doing really well lately. (O) The L.A. Lakers are on a winning streak. (O) The Lakers continue to do very well.
03	(O) Wine is an expensive drink.
03	(O) Never drive with wine! (O) Never drink and drive! – (better concept)
04	(O) The students spilled a pail of paint on their teacher.
05	(X) His opinion is very important for the president. (O) His opinion is very important to the president.
06	(O) He didn't know much about foreign countries. (O) He didn’t know much about foreign countries when I first met him. (O) He doesn't know much about foreign countries.

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