- •With a study group:
- •Introduction: Categorized List
- •In your talk, use 5 - 7 vocabulary items from the chapter. Practice with your buddy.
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Categorized List
- •6.3 Complete each sentence using a word from the box in the correct form. Then number the events in the order in which they occurred. Read the final result aloud. The order may vary.
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •7.1 Are these sentences correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix them.
- •7.2 Complete each sentence with a word or chunk from the list.
- •7.3 Rewrite each sentence with the word in brackets.
- •III. Categorized List
- •Idioms and other useful expressions
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •8/9.1 Are these sentences correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix them.
- •8/9.2 Complete these sentences with words or phrases from the list.
- •III. Categorized List (Ch. 8 & 9)
- •Idioms and other useful expressions
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •III. Categorized List
- •Idioms and other useful expressions
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •12.1 Match the beginning of the sentence with its ending.
- •12.2 Complete the conversation using expressions from the list.
- •III. Categorized List
- •Idioms and other useful expressions
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •13/14.1 Complete this paragraph using words from the box in an appropriate form.
- •13/14.2 Rewrite each sentence using the word(s) in brackets.
- •III. Categorized List
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •15.1 Complete the paragraph using words from the box.
- •III. Categorized List
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •III. Categorized List
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •III. Categorized List
- •I. Chronological List
- •II. Exercises
- •III. Categorized List
III. Categorized List
Academic Word List and other long words
disconcerting
a variable
expertise
descending
horizontally
deflating
decompressing
calamity
Idiomatic and other useful expressions
Be at the mercy of (something / someone)
The odds were small
Rely on
Run for our lives
Be better off (-ing)
Be pretty rattled
Fairy-tale moments
The Last Lecture
Ch. 18 Lucy, I'm Home
I. Chronological List
Spent the entire day obsessing over how to explain everyting
Create the perfect circumstances to break the news
The convertible
My measured response
My upbringing
I just shrugged
I'll get estimates on the repairs
Utilitarian devices
Social status
Cosmetic repairs
The flip side of that is…
Quirky
Dented cars
II. Exercises
18.1 Complete each sentence using a word from the list in an appropriate form.
1. Jai worried all day long about Randy's reaction to her crashing the car. She …………… over it.
2. Jai wanted to ……………. the perfect circumstances in which to …………. the news to Randy.
She played music, made a nice meal, and treated him even more sweetly than usual.
3. Instead of berating her about the accident, however, Randy simply …………. his shoulders.
4. She behaved like Lucy in the classic TV comedy show, "I Love Lucy," which is why Randy entitled this chapter, "Lucy, I'm home." His reaction, though, was …………. Lucy's husband would not have been so philosophical.
5. Randy explained that, because of his ……………, he never viewed cars as symbols of …………
Instead, he saw them as simply ……………. devices.
break
create
obsess
quirky
shrug
status
upbringing
utilitarian
18.2 Rewrite each sentence using the collocation indicated. Read the new sentences aloud.
1. Instead of an emotional outburst, Randy reacted calmly to Jai's accident. [measured response]
2. Jai imagined huge bills for major auto body work; instead, they settled for just the basic. [cosmetic repairs]
3. In Randy's family, cars were seen as simply a mode of transportation, nothing more. [social status]
4. He asked some auto body shops what it would cost to fix a few dents, then chose the cheapest.
[get estimates]
III. Categorized List
Academic Word List and other long words
Adjective + noun
Measured response
Perfect circumstances
Utilitarian devices
Social status
Cosmetic repairs
Spend the day obsessing over
Create the perfect circumstances to
Get estimates
Idioms and other useful expressions
My upbringing
The flip side of that is
I just shrugged
Quirky
Dented cars