Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles

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Pre-text Discussion

Text A: True Height

Post-text exercise

Further Discussion

 

Pre-text Discussion

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Vocabulary

Bear out:

Evidence bears out the idea that students learn best in small groups.

Pole-vault

High-jumpLong-jumpTriple-

jump

Decathlon

Heptathlon

Shot-putDiscusJavelinHammer

Gymnastics,

pommel horse

The Rings

Uneven Bars

vault

all-around competition

the balance beam

trampoline

RecurCursive CursoryPrecursorConcurrence

outrun

OutscoreOutsellOutshineOutshootOutsmartOutsourceOutspendOutweighOutwitOutworkOutmaneuver

Canine BovineLeonineAquilineAsininePorcineVulpine

Simian

Serpentine

Equestrian

Lupine

motto

aphorism,adage, watchword, proverb, byword

bar

They played a few bars, then stopped.After repeatedly failing his

examinations, he was eventually called to the bar in the Inner Temple.

Her killer was finally put behind bars .

They seized his passport and barred him from leaving the country.

All five men were ____from entering France for three years.

A.debarred B. disbarred

A bay of hayA flock of____A herd of ____A fit of ____ A peal of ____A flash of ____ A display of ____A litter of ____A handful of ____ A troupe of ____A pack of ____ A bundle of ____A spiral of ____A stroke of ____

A flock of birds A herd of elephants A fit of anger A peal of applause A flash of hope/light A display of courage/force/power/ skill/ fireworksA litter of kittens A handful of soil A troupe of actorsA pack of lies A bundle of firewoodA spiral of mosquito incense A stroke of laughter

A ear of ____ A fleet of ____A constellation of ____A congregation of ____A suite of ____A grove of ____A cluster of ____A board of ____A choir of ____

A ear of corn A fleet of shipsA constellation of Hollywood stars A congregation of ChristiansA suite of followersA grove of maples A cluster of grapesA board of trustees A choir of singers

HypodermicHypothermiaHypotension

Text A

Pun: One shop announced: DARWIN IS RIGHT—

INSIDE. (This is J.R. Darwin’s Everything to Wear Store)

Uncle Sam waved his arms in the international arena.

Pun words: row, power.

A bird’s eye view

Root: spect vis

gawk

PeepPeekSweep

(survey)ScrutinizeGapeOgleLeer

To smile in a silly or affected way: simper

to move in an awkward clumsy way: shuffle

to say something rapidly and incoherently without pause: babble

soar

Hover: Dart:cruise

Human poses

Perch: Bobby had perched himself on a tall wooden stool.SquatCrouch: crouching Tiger and Hidden DragonProstrate: to lie on your front Prone: adjSupine: adj

alternate

if something happens on alternate days, weeks etc, it happens on one day etc and not the next, and continues in this pattern

alternate Mondays/weekends etc The service runs on alternate days.

(vt&vi)alternate between1. She alternated between outrage and sympathy.alternate with2. Periods of depression alternate with excited behav

ior.alternate something and/with something Twist your body, alternating right and left stretches.

alternation

alternative

1 Have you any alternative suggestions ? An alternative route is along the Via Unione.2 alternative music/theatre etc Tucson’s alt

ernative radio 3. Acupuncture is widely used by practitioners

of alternative medicine.

alternative medicine/therapies (=medical treatment that is not based on the usual western methods)

Paradox

My heart leaps up when I behold.A rainbow in the sky:So was it when my life began,So is it now I am a man,So be it when I shall grow old Or let me die!The Child is father of the ManAnd I could wish my day to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

Oxymoron: Juliet: (When she was told that Romeo killed her brother)

O Serpent heart, hid with a flow’ring face!Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical?Dove-feather’d raven! Wolfish-ravening lamb!Despised substance of divinest show!Just opposite to what thou justly seem’st,A damned saint, an honourable villain!

Oxymoron: 1. A living death Conspicuous absence Tearful joy Jarring concord2. Cold pleasant manner Poor rich guys 3. Dully bright Mercifully fatal4. Hasten slowly Shine darkly5. A love-hate relationship

Speak:

address utter, articulate, murmur, whisper, stammer stutter babble:

Speak: acknowledge, admit add affirm allege agree announce argue ask assert boast claim complain concede challenge consider confess contradict conclude contend declare deny disagree disclose elaborate emphasize explain imply enquire insist joke maintain object observe promise pledge protest repeat remark reply refute retort reveal state stress suggest

Ped(e)- foot

PedestrianPedant Impede

shame

ShameSham The elections were a complete sham.It all turned out to be sham and

hypocrisy.

off

off period/season etcIn the off season, there's hardly anyone

staying at the hotel.off the coasta small island off the coast of Scotland

Familiar

Alive aloud awake ablaze asleep

Adj. Positions

The members presentThe present members

The person responsibleA responsible person

People concerned (only)The concerned\involved\interested party=The party concerned\involved\interested

Animal sound

a pig gruntsA calf bleats a bull bellowsA cock crowsAn elephant

trumpetsa lion roars

A lamb bleatsa rat squeaks A sheep bleats (baas) a tiger growlsa wild-goose honksA cow moos

A bee hums (buzzes) A cat miaows A dog yaps (yelps, ba

rks, snarls) a dove\ pigeon coosA fly hums (buzzes, d

rones) a horse neighs

A mosquito hums (buzzes)a snake hisses A wolf howls