English ORAL PRACTICE (7)Senior Class
Communication Strategies 4
Unit 1: Neighbors
Unit 1 Neighbors
surround effort invade rooster
pollution suspicious privacy crow
rural sophisticated escalate restless
reality criticize hostile interact
suit privacy idyll unsociable
Part A: Vocabulary
Unit 1 Neighbors
surround
mediate
inconsiderate
confront
personality clash
suspicious
tension
threaten
hostile
Part B: Vocabulary Exercises: Match the meaning with the word
unfriendly and not agreeing with something
when two people have very different characters and are unable to have a good relationship with each other
to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them
not thinking about other people or their feelings;
a feeling of nervousness before an important or difficult event
to be everywhere around something
to talk to two separate people involved in a disagreement to try to help them find a solution to their problems
making you feel that something is wrong
to face or deal with a difficult situation or person
Q & A (Oral Practice) 1. When did Zack and his wife move from their apartment to a
house?2. Where do Zack and his wife live?3. Why does Zack keep the window closed?4. Why did Zack move to the countryside?5. How did Zack describe their neighbor in the village?6. Did Zack have any friends in the village? Who were they?7. Why was life harder for Zack’s teenage children?8. Name the things that city forks have to cope with when living
in the countryside.9. Name some of “unwritten rules” of a city.
Q & A (page 8)1. Why does Nina want to talk to Sandra?2. What happens when Sandra’s dog starts to bark?
3. Why does Nina find the barking annoying?4. Why does Sandra’s dog bark so much?
5. Name the reasons why Sandra keeps a dog.6. Why has the crime in the neighborhood gone worse?
7. What solution does Sandra come up with?8. What does Nina offer to do to help pacify the dog?
9. What solution do they come up to solve the crime problem?10.Name three suggestions for resolving the problem.
Useful Expression for mediation
Is there any way we can work this out?Is there anything you can do about it?I can live with that as long as…….It would be very helpful……..Just keep me informed……..What about (How about….?)There are a number of solutions……Could we try……..….. Is actually causing problems for me
Case Study
Your sister wants to get married to a man whom your parents disapprove of. Your parents have told her that they will NEVER allow the marriage to take place. However, your sister is determined to marry this man. She asks you to convince your parents. Please write a dialogue between you and your parents.
Unit 2 Tourism
Unit 2: Tourism
fragile revenue paradise cater
infrastructure leakage Species exotic
woe moderate destruction mount
industrialized strain erosion minimal
source sewage approach sustainable
destination impact retain trek
Vocabulary
woe A: a point of origin or procurement
infrastructure B: the state of being eroded
source C: the state or fact of being destroyed
destruction D: grief, regret, or distress
sustainable E: capable of being sustained
erosion F: the underlying foundation or basic framework
Vocabulary: Match the meaning with the word
moderate G: very small in amount
trek H:a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics
minimal I: to walk a long distance, usually over land such as hills, mountains or forests
species J: unusual and often exciting because of coming from a far, especially tropical country
cater K: avoiding extremes of behavior or expression exotic L: to provide, and sometimes serve, food
Vocabulary: Match the meaning with the word
Q & A (Oral Practice)
1. What kinds of countries may view tourism as a great
opportunity for economic development?
2. How many people travel from an industrialized country
to a developing country?
3. Name some industrialized countries.
4. Name some developing countries.
5. How many percent of the revenue from the trip stay in
the country?
6. Name some famous tourism attractions.
Map of Jamaica
Map of Bhutan
Q & A (Oral Practice)
7. Where is Jamaica?
8.What is the price that Jamaica has to pay for its tourism
business?
9.List the reasons that isolate the tourists from the
10.local population.
11.Where is Bhutan? How can you get to Bhutan?
12.Please use three adjectives to describe Bhutan.
13.Please list Bhutan’s approach to tourism.
Negative and Positive Effectives of Tourism
(A) Locals get a high income from tourism
(B) Destroy ecosystems and environments
(C) Traffic congestion and pollution
(D) Different cultures can be educational
(E) Demand for holiday homes makes housing too expensive for local people
(F) Tourists mainly come to see the scenery and wildlife, so there is pressure to conserve habitats and wildlife
(G) Inhibits locals from performing traditional tasks
(H) Increase job for local people
Negative and Positive Effectives of Tourism
Name the positive effects of tourism
Name the negative effects of tourism
Useful Expressions for asking critical questions
How can you say -----?
Don’t you think….?
You have to accept…..
You think you are mistaken…..
What about…..?
What makes you so sure……?
isn’t it? (tag questions)
Interjection• An interjection is a word used in a sentence to convey
one’s emotion.
• An interjection is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence.
• The highlighted words are interjections:
• Ouch, that hurts!
• Oh no, I forgot that physics exam is today.
• Hey! Put that down!
• I don't know about you but, good lord, I think taxes are too high!
Case Study
According to the Tourism Bureau, after the new policy takes effect, mainland tourists are expected to contribute NT$550 billion in tourism revenue to Taiwan next year and help create 400,000 jobs, especially for tourism- related facilities such as hotels and restaurants.
The bureau further said Taiwan's tourism industry will become one of the biggest employers over the next five years, thanks to an influx of Chinese tourists.
Case Study
Taiwan has opened itself to a flood of Chinese
tourists. Do you agree with this article?
In your opinion, what are the negative and
positive effects of this policy?
Unit 3 Media Violence
Types of Movies
Animated movie The hangoverAction movie The silence of the lambHistorical movie Cowboys & AliensWar movie The Lake HouseRomance CannibalThrillers Lawrence of ArabiaWestern movie Independence Dayscience fiction movie The Green HornetHorror movie Toy storyComedy Schindler’s List
Types of TV Programs
Sports A TV program that documents real life events
Sitcom A fictional TV story
Documentary A show that helps people change their image
Soap opera Programs such as Super bowl, League showsCartoon Featuring real people
Drama An amusing TV series about fictional characters
Makeover Animated charactersReality A drama about people’s daily lives.
Unit 3 Media Violence
violence disturb torture entertain
censorship fantasy witness omit
classification gratuitous highlight aggression
cruelty offensive evidence integral
Unit 3 Media Violencematch the meaning with the word
A: Imagination, dreamsB: the actions or practices of censorsC: not involving a return benefitD: the quality or state of being cruelE: causing displeasure or resentmentF: systematic arrangement in categories according to established
criteria
violence disturb censorship fantasy
classification gratuitous cruelty offensive
Unit 3 Media Violencematch the meaning with the word
torture entertain
witness omit
highlight aggression
evidence integral
A: a forceful action or procedure
B: to show hospitality to
C: something that furnishes proof
D: to leave out
E: essential to completeness
F: something that is of major significance or special interest
Q & A: (Oral Practice)1. Why does the author write this article?
2. In your opinion, what kind of movie does this author create?
3. Why does the author say that violence surrounds us?
4. Please find some lyrics talking about violence.
5. Please explain the motion picture rating system.
6. In your opinion, what makes children behave violently?
7. Name the reasons why violent TV programs and movies are not suitable for children?
Q &A (Oral Practice)
Q &A (Oral Practice)8. Do you agree that watching violence in movies
increases violent behavior ?9. When speaking of crime, how does the author describe
Japan?10. What would you describe the crime situation in Taiwan? 11. Do you think there is too much violence in Taiwanese
TV programs?12. What does “copycat” mean? Please give an example to
illustrate the word. 13. Do you think there is any link between the violent
behavior and violent movies?14. What kinds of movies do you like to watch? How often
do you go to a movie?
Useful Expressions for clarification
• I understand that …..• It is my understanding that..• Do you mean that…?• Isn’t that…?• Do you believe that….?
• Are you saying that…?• Are you suggesting
that…?• Am I hearing correctly…?• It is true that….?• You are implying that…..
Case Study
Use appropriate Language to ask for clarification
• Sue is in the office with her co-workers during a break. She understands most of the conversation. Suddenly, one of them says something and everyone begins laughing. The co-worker used an unusual expression. Anna does not laugh because she does not know the expression.
Unit 4 Body Image
Q & A (Oral Practice)
1. What does BMI stand for?2. How to calculate BMI?
3. Name the health problems caused by overweight orobese.
4. Name the health problems caused by underweight or super slim.
5. Describe your personally perfect body shape.6. What are the effects of Fashion on body image?7. What issue has the fashion industry often been criticized?
8. What is the probable cause of death of Luisel Ramos, and Ana Carolina?
9. Why is it inappropriate to use unnaturally thin models?10. Why does the fashion industry like to use “size-zero”
models?11. Why more and more people seek plastic surgery?12. Use your own words to explain the following sentence:
“Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart”
Q & A (Oral Practice)
anorexic obese intensifyliposuction obsess eating disorder
bulimic sedentary prominentcrash diet stunning proportion
dissatisfied susceptible urbanenhanced unattainable aspect
Vocabulary
anorexic obese liposuctionliposuction obsess eating disorder
bulimic sedentary crash disorder
Vocabulary Exercise: Match the meaning with the word
A: excessively fatB:operations involve the surgical suctioning of fat deposits from specific
parts of the bodyC: An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or
total aversion to food.D: Accustomed to sitting or to taking little exerciseE: An eating disorder characterized by episodic binge eating and
followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation.F: a diet which is extreme in its nutritional deprivations, typically
restricting calorie intake
Vocabulary Exercise: Match the meaning with the word
prominent stunning proportiondissatisfied susceptible urbanenhanced unattainable aspect
A: relating to a city B: causing astonishment or disbeliefC: capable of submitting to an action, processD: proper or equal shareE: widely and popularly known
A prefix is added to the beginning of a word, or to a word root to change its meaning. For example adding un to pleasant becomes unpleasant.
It makes the original word antonym.
Prefix
Negative prefixes include un in, im, dis, mis, ilUse the negative prefixes from above to make each of these words into antonyms.
Add “un in, im, dis, mis, il” to from negative meaning
_________dress_________polite _________ possible _________ justice________decided___________legal_________experience
_________ approve_______behave _________ sufficient_________ polite________cooked ________acceptable_________ logical
achievablecontentenhancementnaturaloverconfidentoverweightunattractiveactive
Write the opposites
Q & A (Oral Practice)
1. Why does Janine feel depressed?
2. Why is Janine going on a diet?
3. Name the ways to lose weight.
4. In your opinion, what is the best way to lose weight?
5. Name the reasons why Janine wants to lose weight.
6. What is the difference between obese and overweight?
7. What is a crash diet? Is it a health way to lose weight?
Q & A (Oral Practice)
8. What does Chris think of liposuction?
9. Why doesn’t Janine have a liposuction?
10. Why does Chris work out in a gym?
11. What do you think about plastic surgery?
12. Is it wrong for a person to look good?
Complete the sentences with your own idea (Oral Practice)
1. I am not saying it is wrong to look good, but
2. I am not saying religion is wrong, but
3. I’m definitely going to
4. I’m definitely going to start
5. I can’t believe that people would
6. I can’t believe that you
7. All I am saying is
8. All I asking is
Complete the sentences with your own idea (Oral Practice)
1. Why is Gerry McCall banned from using computers? 2. According to Gerry, why did he repeatedly hack into U.S. military computer networks?3. Use your own words to explain the following terms. A: computer geeks B: computer nerds C: hackers4. List the crimes mentioned in this passage.5. List the threats posed by cybercrime in this passage. How can you keep your computer safe on the internet?
Unit 5 Cybersafe?
Vocabulary
Match the meaning with the word
anti- spyware A: A firewall is a device designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access
anti-virus B: Types of program designed to prevent and detect unwanted spyware program installations and to remove those programs if installed.
chat room C: Electronic terrorism or information warcomputer virus D: A Computer expert or enthusiast
cyberterrorism E: A place online where a group of people can get together and talk about a particular subject.
firewall F: A computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another
geek A protective software designed to defend your computer against malicious software
VocabularyMatch the meaning with the word
input A: The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.
hacker B: Something put into a system in its operation to achieve output or a result,
illegal download
C: A means of approaching
PIN number D: Downloading something illegallyphishing E: Be destroyed completelyaccess F: Someone who attempts to break into computer systems
wipe out G: Personal identification number
Q & A Oral Practice
1. Why Mark feels stressed out.2. What made Mark’s term paper lost?3. Didn’t Mark have any virus protection?4. Why Emma thinks that the internet is dangerous place?
Do you agree with her?5. Why does Emma not like using the internet?6. Why does Mark think that she’s being too cautious?7. What happened to Emma’s uncle?8. Why is the Internet useful to people living in a small
town?
Oral Practice:
Use your own idea to complete these sentences
1. The Internet is a dangerous, for example…2. You can take steps to avoid problems with
the internet such as….3. There’s no absolute guarantee of internet
safety, take…..4. There are many ways of being careful when
using a computer such as ……..