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Sentence Race
Level: Any Level

A good game for large classes and for reviewing vocabulary lessons.
1. Prepare a list of review vocabulary words.
2. Write each word on two small pieces of paper. That means writing the word twice, once on each paper.
3. Organize the pieces like bundles, 2 bundles, 2 sets of identical words.
4. Divide the class into 2 teams. get them to make creative team names.
5. Distribute each list of words to both teams. every student on each team should have a paper. Both teams have the same words.
6. When you call a word, 2 students should stand up, one from each team. The students must then run to the blackboard and race to write a sentence using their word.
The winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence.
This is always a hit with kids. For more advanced students, use tougher words.

absolutely absolutely warm-up warm-up
back-up back-up bankruptcy bankruptcy
wireless wireless ceaselessly ceaselessly
temptation temptation decade decade
subconscious subconscious exaggerate exaggerate
ruin ruin flatter flatter
quotation quotation glory glory
perhaps perhaps harmony harmony

A Culinary Adventure
~From All Plus Interactive English Magazine

Are you hungry? Our menu includes an appetizer of fried scorpion along with some haggis, a main course of iguana with a side of caterpillars and crickets, and some honey ants for dessert. Sound disgusting? Well, these dishes are considered delicious in many parts of the world.

Let’s begin with the starter—scorpion. These eight-legged creatures may look scary, especially with the big poisonous stingers on their tails, but their venom won’t hurt you. You can safely enjoy scorpions deep-fried on a stick, as they are served in China and other parts of Asia. Besides the scorpion is some haggis, a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep’s heart, liver, and lungs boiled in the sheep’s stomach.

Next, we have barbecued iguana. This reptile, sometimes called a “tree chicken,” is found in Central and South America. On the same plate are the crunchy deep-fried caterpillars and crickets. These insects are a great source of protein eaten all over the world, from South America to Africa to Asia. Finally, for dessert are the honey ants. After eating secretions from aphids, the abdomens of these ants fill up with a sweet liquid, and they are a popular dessert in Mexico.

When it comes to food, the world is your oyster if you’re brave. So gather your courage and grab your fork. Bon appetit!

-Reading Comprehension-
1. Which of the following is true?
a. Haggis is a Mexico dish.
b. Scorpions are nicknamed “tree chicken.”
c. People can get protein by eating insects.

2. What is the main theme of this article?
a. If you like to eat insects, you’ll love oysters.
b. If you have courage, there are lots of unusual foods to try in the world.
c. If you can eat haggis, then you can probably swallow anything.
d. If you eat the stinger on a scorpion, you will most likely hurt your tongue.

-sharing-
What disgusting food you ate before?


Vocabs
1. abdomen 腹部
2. aphid 蚜蟲
3. appetizer 開胃菜
4. bon appetit (法)用餐愉快
5. caterpillar 毛蟲
6. cricket 蟋蟀
7. crunchy 脆而易碎
8. culinary 烹飪的
9. haggis (蘇格蘭) 羊肉雜碎布丁
10. iguana 鬃蜥蜴
11. oyster 牡蠣 the world is one’s oyster 隨心所欲
12. protein 蛋白質
13. reptile 爬蟲纇動物
14. secretion 分泌物
15. stinger 螫針
16. venom 毒液

Hi-tech Vocabularies

Screensaver--Something which replaces the image when the screen is not in use.

Website--A place where you can shop or look for information on a computer.

Cameraman--A person who uses a camera to record films, videos, or television programs.

Handheld--An equipment which is small enough to put in your pocket.

Computer programmer--A person who writes programs for computers.

Webcam--A camera which you use with your computer.
Dot-com millionaire--A person who has made a lot of money from the Internet.

Laptop--A computer which you can carry around in a bag.

Darkroom--A place where tradition photographs are developed.

Cybercafe--A place where people can use computers and send emails.

Web designer--A person who designs material for the Internet.

Chatroom--A place where you can meet people on the Internet.

Hosts : Joyce and Shavia

7:30-7:50 an ariticle
7:50-8:00 Hi-tech vocabs activity
8:00-8:30 Shavia's game(sentence race)

8:40-9:10 Free talk (my topic: What are you caring these days?)
9:10-9:30 Autum trip+others


Hope to see you soon!

Love

Shavia and Joyce

Gathering on 06th Aug 2008
Hosts: Shavia and Leo

7:30-7:50 Test for revision
7:50-8:00 Marking and discussion
8:00-8:40 Game
8:40-8:50 Break Time
8:50-9:20 Free Talk
9:20-9:30 Autumn Trip

The topics for free talk are as followed:
1.If you were the main actor/actress in a movie what kind of role would you prefer to be? Why and how?
2.What kinds of capabilities do you think you need to learn or improve? Why? After you have perfected these capabilities what will you do?


Cheers and Love,

Shavia and Leo

Vocabs---

合唱 chorus; choir
悅耳 sweet; musical; harmonic; dulcet

Take up 拿起/決定/支持/接受/上任/出任/佔用/決定/縮小...
cut down on 砍倒/減量/使不能...

Votes for Autum Trip--

Dear, suprisingly we are goint to Miaoli!!!
It's time to do some search here!
http://travel.miaoli.gov.tw/

Miaoli: Paul, Joyce, Leo, Louise
Nantou: Wally, Shavia
Ilan: Peggy, Sharon, Carey

Let's have our wonderful trip anyway!!!

Grammar Practice

Used to and Would

Which of these express a past action?
Which of these express a past state?
Write PA or PS next to each one.

1. People used to think that regular books would disappear.
2. We would get up, get dressed, and go to our work places.
3. My sister used to drive a small car. Now she drives an SUV.
4. People didn’t used to worry about wasting energy.
5. A few years ago, people wouldn’t stop talking about e-books.
6. Did she used to drive a large car?

1. PS
2. PA
3. PA
4. PS
5. PA
6. PA

Use both “used to” and “would” for repeated past actions.
Use “used to” only to talk about a past state (with be, have, like, hate…)

Would usually needs a time reference (every day, when I was a child). Used to is more common at the beginning of a narrative.
Use would in later sentences, especially to avoid repetition.

＊Make sentences with a similar meaning, using the correct form of used to.

1. When my brother was younger, he worked twelve hours every day.
When my brother way younger, he would/used to work twelve hours every day.

2. I hated sport when I was in school, but now I’m a big soccer fan.
I used to hate sport when I was in school, but now I’m a big soccer fan.

3. In the past, my boss drove her car to work every day, but now she uses public transportation.
In the past, my boss used to/would drive her car to work every day, but now she uses public transportation.

4. Telecommuting was not very popular years ago, but now many people work from home.
Telecommuting did not use to be very popular years ago, but now many people work from home.

5. Tania is a vegetarian now. She ate meat at least once a day when she was younger.
Tania is a vegetarian now. She used to/would eat meat at least once a day when she was younger.

6. Beto drives a hybrid car now. He had a regular car before.
Beto drives a hybrid car now. He used to have a regular car before.

7. When she was younger, Kim went to the beach every weekend.
When she was younger, Kim used to/would go to the beach every weekend.


Verbs + gerund:
He kept on running.
I don’t enjoy doing exercise.
Did you give up drinking soda?


Give up
Cut down on
Quit
Dislike
Practice
Learn
Enjoy
Get out of
Take up
keep on
stop


Verbs + infinitive:
You don’t need to have a cup of coffee.
Did he learn to control his temper?
I want to eat something.

decide want learn need promise