Unit 3

Skimming page 26 Exercise 1 1. Against 2. Against 3. For 4. Against 5. Against 6. For 7. Against 8. Against page 27 Exercise 2 1. Against 2. For 3. For 4. For 5. Against 6. For 7. For 8. For page 28-29 exercise 1 1. Comparison 2. Comparison 3. Listing 4. Cause-effect 5. Comparison 6. Comparison 7. Time-order 8. Comparison page 30 exercise 2 1. Time-order 2. Time-order 3. Comparison 4. Cause-effect 5. Comparison 6. Listing 7. Cause-effect Scanning (page 32-43) The Ansewers of Exercise 1 There are 6 features in the magazines. The title of the article on noise pollution is “The Trouble with Jet Skis”. I can read about long lake on page 2. There are 6 departements in the magazine. Yes, it does. It is on page 17. I can read about birds on page 23. Yes, it does. His name is John Mitchell. I can read about freshwater ponds on page 14. The title of the article by Betsy Colburn is “Watcher at the Pond”. The Article by Deborah Knight is on the page 6. The Answers of Exercise 2 Item(s) Page(s) TOEFL 132 Taste 53 Vocabulary v, 12, 28, 29, 33,37,61, 75, 92, 107, 126 Writing 63 Sound 75, 76, 131, 135, 148, 152, 156 Stereotype 9, 14, 53 Time magazine 118 University of Illinois 127, 128, 132 Andrew Wright 159 Garry trudeau 66 The Answers of Exercise 3 The ferry depart from Seattle at 7:00 AM. The ferry depart from Victoria at 2:00 PM. I cann’t take the ferry on a Wenesday in March or April. There are two ferry trips everyday, during June 30, until September 14. There are ferry trips only on the weekends, during October 1, until October 15. The bill of a round trip for a student os $39. A father and two litle children would pay $93 for round trip. The lastest time that I can take a ferry from Victoria to Seattle is at 4:20 PM. The ferry take to travel from Seattle to Victoria is about 5 hours more 20 minutes. No, I cann’t. I cann’t take a ferry from Victoria at 4:20 PM in October. Parts of Speech (page 51) The Ansewers of Exercise 1 In 1610, Galileo Galilei of Pisa, Italy, used his simple telescope and pointed it aat the moon’s mountains and valleys. Used = transitive verb Simple = qualitative adjective Telescope = countable noun Pointed = transitive verb Montains = countable verb Valleys = countable verb People who make a living by hunting birds can tell you that certain birds, because of their colour, can easily deceive you. People = countable nouns Make = transitive verb Hunting = transitive verb Tell = transitive verb Certain = qualitative adjective Birds = countable nouns Colour = countable noun Easily = qualitative adjective Deceive = transitive verb A cameleon can easily change colour so that it is difficult to distinguish it from its surroundings. Cameleon = countable noun Easily = qualitative adjective Change = transitive verb Colour = countable noun Difficult = qualitative adjective Distinguish = transitive verb Surrounding = Noun (geround) The acid which is produced by those gland cells is so strong that it can harm living cells. Acid = countable noun Produced = transitive verb Gland = countable noun Cells = countable nouns So = subordinate conjunction Strong = qualitative adjective Harm = transitive verb Living = Noun (geround) Cells = countable nouns The officer highest in rank in a foreign agency or an embassy is an ambassador who heads the embassy and represents his government in diplomacy or diplomatic affairs. Officer = countable noun Highest = qualitative adjective Rank = adverb of place Foreign = qualitative adjective Agency = countable noun Embassy = countable noun Ambassador = countable noun Heads = transitive verb Embassy = countable noun Ambassador = countable noun Represents = transitive verb Government = countable noun Diplomacy = intransitive verb Diplomatic = uncountable noun Affairs = abstract noun A legation is also a diplomat lower than an ambassador, and he represents his government in a foreign country. Legation = countable noun Diplomat = countable noun Lower = qualitative adjective Ambassador = countable noun Represents = transitive verb Government = countable noun Foreign = qualitative adjective Country = adverb of place Such relations are important to maintain these countries’ national interest through international co-operation. Relations = countable noun Important = qualitative adjective Maintain = transitive verb countries’ = countable verb national = countable noun interest = qualitative adjective international = adverb co-operation = countable noun He wished that he could have continued his study, but he could not; he had to earn money to support his family. Wished = transitive verb Family = countable noun Support = transitive verb Money = uncountable noun Earn = transitive verb However, when Sams was thirty years old and had had a great eal of experience, he moved to Fransisco, where he merried Olivia Langdon in 1870. Years = adverb of time Old = qualitative adjective Had = auxiliary verb Experience = countable noun Moved = intransitive verb Merried = transitive verb Writing to a busy man requires that you state your business quickly and accurately, but courteously. Writing = transitive verb Busy = qualitative adjective man = countable noun requires = transitive verb state = transitive verb business = countable noun quickly = qualitative adjective accurately = qualitative adjective courteously = qualitative adjective