UNIT 1:OCTOBER 2 and 3_ YOUR SPEAKING PRACTICE IN CLASS

·                                              Your speaking practice. 

   

      All of you have taken part in this speaking practice.

     Check the vocabulary and the pronunciation of the words below,     please. 

       

     SUFFER FROM

You suffer from an illness, disease, or condition.

He is suffering from pneumonia.

She suffers from stress/depression/anxiety/æŋˈzaɪəti/.

·           BRING UP  SYN raise

   to look after a child until he or she becomes an adult.

  She brought up three sons on her own.

  He was brought up by his grandmother.

 Stan’s dad died, leaving his mother to raise three sons alone.

 It was time for Dean to settle down and raise a family. 

   Camus was born and raised in Algeria.

·         TAKE UP

  to start doing something regularly as a habit, job, or interest

  I took up smoking when I was at school.

  Chris has taken up jogging.

Roger took painting up for a while, but soon lost    interest.

·       GIVE UP 

to stop doing something that you do regularly

His wife finally persuaded him to give up smoking.

Giving up his job was the last thing we expected him to do.

·       FIND

 to have a particular feeling or opinion, or to have a particular feeling or opinion about someone or something 

 Will Gary and Gail find happiness together?

find something/somebody easy/useful/interesting etc  

She found the work very dull. 

Lots of people I know find him rude.

I found them easy to use

.find it hard/easy/difficult etc (to do something) 

 Hyperactive children find it difficult to     concentrate.

·       CAN/COULD AFFORD

 to have enough money to buy or pay for something

afford (to do) something 

We can’t afford to go on vacation this year. 

I couldn’t afford the rent on my own. 

How can he afford to eat out every night?

·       CONSIDER = THINK ABOUT

/kənˈsɪdə/

           

 [to think about something carefully, especially before making a choice or decision

         

 consider doing something I seriously considered resigning (=almost actually resigned)

        

 consider the possibility of (doing) something 

   Have you considered the possibility of taking up a new sport?

         

 consider whether (to do something) 

   We are considering whether to change our advice to tourists.

        

 consider where/how/why etc 

   We’re still considering where to move to. 

       

        Consider is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive.

        You consider doing something:I considered asking for my money back.

✗Don’t say: I considered to ask for my money back.

·        

    TAKE A CHANCE

do something that involves risks 

The rope might break, but that’s a chance we’ll have to take. 

After losing $20,000 on my last business venture, I’m not taking any chances this time.

PRONUNCIATION

Practise pronouncing these words:

·      COURSE /kɔːs/

·      CULTURE /ˈkʌltʃə/

·      FURIOUS /ˈfjʊəriəs/ 

·      IMAGINATIVE /ɪˈmædʒənətɪv/

·      COMMUNICATIVE /kəˈmjuːnəkətɪv/

·      CREATIVE  /kriˈeɪtɪv/

·      UNEMPLOYED/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/

·      CURRENT /ˈkʌrənt /What is your current occupation?

·      UPBRINGING/ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/ the way that your parents care for you and teach you to behave when you are growing up 

·      WORK /wɜːk/

·      SCIENCE /ˈsaɪəns/

·      PROUD /praʊd/

       Her parents are very proud of her.

   You should be proud of yourself.

·      PLEASED /pliːzd/=HAPPY OR SATISFIED

VOCABULARY

·      FOND MEMORIES

to remember someone or something with great pleasure 

Marie still had fond memories of their time together

·      CURRENTLY = at the present time

·   

         NOWADAYS

now, compared with what happened in the past SYN today 

Nowadays people are rarely shocked by the news they see on television. 

Most people nowadays are aware of the importance of a healthy diet

·      

       

          THESE DAYS

            

 used for talking about things that are happening or are true now

           Children grow up much more quickly these days.

·       

        CRUCIAL

something that is crucial is extremely important, because everything else depends on it SYN vital /ˈvaɪtl/

play a crucial role/part in something 

The city of Mycenae played a crucial role in the history of Greece. The conservation of tropical forests is of crucial importance.

·      KEEN 

    someone who is keen on something is very interested in it or enjoys doing it very much

 Daniel’s very keen on tennis.