It's Friday already! Today we said goodbye to Ohana and next week there will be huge evacuation of students. Maybe they think a forest fire is coming to Boston! How sad, but that's life at Kaplan...
We also talked about having a lunch party for all the people who will be leaving next week, and for Ohana as well. Let's vote on it! Bring your ideas on Monday and we'll decide. We mentioned Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang, as they are both popular and nearby. However, bring your ideas and we'll present them all and then decide. Then we'll get together next Tuesday at 1:30. Also, don't forget about the picnic next Wednesday. Wow, a lot of activities!
We covered the rest of the Focus points, but in particular, Focus 5. Do Exercise 8 for homework.
In particular, pay attention to the structure of no sooner + had S + p.p. than S + Vpast
For example, No sooner had I arrived than the party ended.
In other words, very soon after I arrived, the party ended.
Also, be careful of the difference between
Not only Boston but also Philadelphia is a historical city. (Both Boston and Philadelphia are
historical cities).
and
Not only is Boston historical, but it also is a center of education. (Boston is both historical and a
center of education.)
We cannot say or write, even in the most informal English,
XXX Not only Boston is historical, but also a center of education. XXX
I mentioned that there are some forest fires in the news now, and here is a report about a big one in Idaho. They seem to think that it's important because the second or third homes of some famous actors are being menaced!
Finally, here is our vocabulary list. If there are any that you don't understand or don't know how to use, be sure to ask me on Monday.
For our new students, the test is usually held in the first part of class from (I hope!) 8:45. Study the focus points from the Grammar Dimensions (Unit 24, focus points 1 - 5), and vocabualry from the handouts (about forest fires and trees) and be prepared to listen to the lecture about forest fires and answer some basic questions in complete sentences. Also, master ALL the vocabulary words on the sheet!
Have a productive weekend and see you bright and early on Monday.
AM Proficiency Week 13 Study Sheet
This week we studied Unit 24 of
Grammar Dimensions.
Grammar Dimensions
Page 419
a resort
[ to resort to (to do or use something that
under normal circumstances you would not)]
ex. “Unable to communicate by words, I resorted
to using gestures.”
dreadful
a shrub
a howl, to howl
sultry
eerie
to peek, a peek
a mansion
to assemble (v.i.,
v.t.)
a rumor, to rumor
a curse, to curse,
cursed
to retrieve, a
retriever
to romp, a romp
longingly
a lead
a walkway
aimlessly
p421
“let me tell you…”
a pack (backpack)
dusk
gorgeous
to pitch (a tent)
a stake
to pound
to get soaked
to get away from
pristine
p422-3
to sort
to sort out
(organize, analyze)
to venture out
a paraphrase, to
paraphrase
p424
a nook
“nooks and crannies”
a feat
a slope
to collide
to mutter
p429
an episode
“have access to”
p432-3
linens
to squint
a peephole
long-lost
p435
to gross, grossing
Academic Connections
p48
to retreat
a retreat
to regenerate
“at all costs”
to erupt
to overlap
detrimental
p49
a branch
to branch out
a canopy
a (pine) cone
a crown, to crown
an herb
soil, to soil
a stand of trees
a twig
p50-51: The
Beneficial Effects of Forest Fires
1 a menace, to menace
a habitat
2 irreparable
a beneficiary
to flourish
a pest
3 to enrich
litter
to decompose
4 a mammal
to thin out
“long-term effects’
a practice
to reflect (to show)
Listening
sober, sobering
When
we heard the sobering news, we became much more serious.
a
lifecycle
*bushlands
*eucalyptus
bark (the skin of a tree)
ironic
a microorganism
to infest, infested
with
moose
biodiversity
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