shoddyOwing toshoddyworkmanship, the house had to be redecorated. unsatisfactoryThe inspectors said just under a third of lessons wereunsatisfactory. To describe someone as ‘bad’ when they are being unkind or not behaving well, try one of these words: cruelI can’t stand people beingcruelto ...
Once you meet a potential mentor, ask lots of questions to find out what makes them 5___they are. What did it take for them to get 6___they are today? What challenges do they face and 7___do they deal with them? What lessons have they learned? Most people are happy to 8___t...
C. Say nice words to other people.How far is it from Xizang to Zhuhai, Guangdong? Over 3,500 km. Some students have come such a long way to study in Zhuhai No. 4 Middle School. Cher Geng teaches at the Xizang department(部) there. He is always busy with his students.Every weekday...
1. Listening for Silence:before getting into the nitty gritty of dialogue practice, have students listen and put a slash between words whenever they hear a pause. These chunks of language between the slashes are called sense groups or syntactic groupings. Often times they are clauses. And duri...
words. I will not quibble with this rule. But whenpeople run sentences through computer programsand algorithms to gauge readability, much likeaccountants crunch numbers, I am troubled.We should instead trust something far simpler:our ear. Length should not always be the primarydeterminant as to ...
For now we will watch you breathe, and wonder what you are thinking – and we wonder what your first words will be, and why the world doesn’t have enough people like you. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. Leave a comment Holding On
Why?(Inabout40words)Apart from optimism,literature has provided me with the benefit of empathy.Reading allows me to explore different perspectives,understand diverse characters,and develop a deeper understanding of human emotions and experiences,which ultimately helps me become more empathetic towards ...
The second sian told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.The first is: Be thankful for what you have.Someone else has less. Help where you can.The second is: Be creative. Think differently.There is ...
In Other Words: Lessons on Grammar, Code-Switching, and Academic Writing offers a series of carefully designed lesson plans for teaching adolescents about ... D Brown 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 Teaching Academic ESL Writing- Practical techiniques in vocabulary & grammar The purpose of this book is...
Jing Xuan is excited about lessons like Chinese, English and math. She (66) ___ (enjoy) the pictures and animations(动画)in the E-textbooks. The children here (67) ___ (study) with E-textbooks since last September. With the help of the...