Tuesday, February 26, 2008

vocabulary

A) voacabulary

1) there are many different wrriting systems . the english language uses the ramon alphabet.
2) A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in problems of the skin.
3) the united states is divided into fifty states.
4)in the past fiftty years, the population of the world has increased rapidly.
5) can I borrow your pen for just a minute?
6)it's much easier to form wet snow intoballs than to use dry snow.
7) in some countrries, student refer to their professors by their firts names.
8) noam chomsky, a proferssor at MIT, is one of the most famous linguists in the world.
9) A team of workers can build a car at a faster rate than people working alone.
10) the word DIVERTSITY has nine characters.

B) vocabulary.
1) the best way to become bilingual is to live in a foreign country.
2) his friends began to worry about him when he said that there was no longer anything meaningful in his life.
3) If you want to study how people learn languages, you should take a linguistics
course.
4) Motorcyclists wear helmets to prevent brain injury in an accident.
5) I don't know the exact population of my city, but I estimate that there are about 2 million people.
6) My dentist said that I need to go to a specialist to get my tooth fixed.
7) During the president's speech, she made reference to an important new medical study.
8)The computer system for the whole office was down for two days.
9) when you exercise, your heart rate goes up.
10) We had such a large class that the instructor had to divide it up into three groups.

C vocabulary.
1) harmless= hazardous
2)instructor= student
3)once
in a while= often
4)lift=drop

5)maybe= certainly
6)terrify= calm
7)empty= full
8)positive= negative

9) demand= request

10) take off=
land

E comprehension Questi
on.
1) What is the definition of a language? a system of sound to communication idea, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
2)what is a sign language?
its when you communicate with your hands.
3) in English, the basic order of words in a sentence is subject, verb,object. What is the basic order of words in your first language? is the same as english.
4)What is an example of a borrow word?

the word tomato.

5)What is an example of an invented word?
the word BYTE
6)What is one difference between the austronesian languague family and the Indo- European languages into families? that the austronesian languages have 500 languages word than indo-european has 55.
7)why is it useful to group langueges into families?
Because when you group them it wuld become similary.
8)should we try to keep languages alive? Why or why not?
yes becasue is away to communicate your culture.
9)Why is it more difficult for adults than children to learn a second language?
Because the adults use a different part of theirs brian.

F paraphrasing.

1) there aree aobut 150 America indian languages spoken today. These languages have many differences among them and have been divided into more than fifty language families. the american indian langueges today have been divede into more than fifty languegas families.

2) Most children learn their firts langueage easily and sometime other languages as well. Adults often must work harder at learning a second language.
the children learn the second languages more easiern than adult.

G maind Idea.

1) write a sentence for the main idea for paragraph 4( lines 19.27)
Languages are always changing, but they change very slowy.

2)write a sentece for the main idea in paragraph 7(lines 46,51)
the people learn languages by listening, reading, and using the languages.

I word forms: Active and passive.

1) the lecture on safe driving was very instruct.
2) honest is an important characteristic for someone working in a bank.
3) that mystery program was very imaginative. I did't know how it was going to end until the last minute.
4) the telephone invent by alexander graham bell.
5) the minister of health didn't like some of the question that the asked him. he by a foreigon journalist.
6) Marge stared a fight with her sister, this was very characteristic of marge; she is usually nice to her sister.
7) Barbara is going to study psychology. then she will work with people who have psychologically problems.
8) dan beg his friend to lend hi his car.
9) Mr. thompson is a dependability person. you know that he will do what he says. you can depend him.

J noun substitutes.

1.page 134 line 15 it: word.
2) page 134 line 19 they: languages.
3) page 134 line 30 they: scientists.
4) page 135 line 61 they; adults.
5) page 135 line 68
they: languages.

K article.

1)some langueages are used by millions of - people.
2)many hearing- impaired people use sign languages, in which the gestures do the work of - sound system of they spoken languages.
3) word order is more important in english than it is some other languages such as - russian.
4) the english word BYTE was invented by the computer specialist in 1959.
5) the english word meat once referred to a food in general.
6)experts estimate that, on average, the world loses a language every two weeks.
7)today, 50% of the world's population speaks one of the top fifteen languages.
8) recent research indicates that the child's brain learns a new languages differently than an adult's brain does.

L two- word verbs.

1)U.N stand for united nations.
2) tom had a big party. afterwards, he had to clean up the house. three od his friends stayed to help out.
3) Ali studied at new york university for fives years. when he left, twenty
people went to the airport to pick up.
4)let's go to the party together. I'll pick you up at 9:00.

M guided writing.

1) compare your firts language to the english language. how are they similar how are they diffent?
2) what is easy about learning a second language? what is difficult?




Monday, February 18, 2008

the vacation Home work

1- What do you think Madame Loisel's life will be like now that she has paid off her depth and found out the real value of the necklace?
I think she wiil find a new husband that will give her all she want.
2- Do you think money can bring happiness? Explain.
Yes because she is greedy always want expensive things.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Necklace‏ chart.

1) Madame Loisel:

greedy. middle class vain unhappy

2)Words and actions:
give the invitation to one of your friend that wife can dress better than I can. she was unhappy as if she was falled from a higher class.

3)Thoughts:

she wants more and more even that she has a lost and she doesnt't have to work and she isn't happy becasue she wants more plus she thinks she looks better tham other womens.

4)Appearance:

charming pretty

5)Monsieur Loisel:

content clerk giving selfless

6)Words and actions. #2

Buy a dress that you can wear on different occasions.

7)Thoughts. #2

he is a content becasue he nevers complyings he gives her money even though he was saving that money to buy a rifle.

8)Appearance. #2
a nice man and selfless.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Necklace Question.

1. What might be Mme. Loisel's thoughts and feelings right after she learns that the diamond necklace was only a paste? she feel stupid becaseuse she work for 10 years to pay a paste necklace.

2. How does Madame Loise changes as a result of her experiences? she started getting old because she was working like a slave and she wasn't pretty any more also she learn how to be content.

3. Madame Loisel pays dearly for losing the necklace. Do you think that experience ruins her life or saves her life? Explain your answer.it ruins her life because she worked for 10 year and she got old also she work like a salve.

4. The literary critic Edward D. Sullivan declares that "The Necklace" is showing that in people's lives "blind chance rules". Do you agree or disagree? cite evidence to support your opinion. Im agree because this story tell us that we dont need to borrow things from a other person.
5. Suppose that Madame Loisel had not lost the necklace. On the basis of her feelings and actions in the story, what do you think her future would have been like? I think her future would be differeent maybe she would get a good job like works for a big company.

6. Do people still chase after wealth and social status today? Explain.
yes because I would have a lot of moneny.
7. What do you think Madame Loisel's life will be like now that she has paid off her debt and found real value of the necklace? she would got home and think the day of the party and how she was looking.
8. Analyze Madame Loisel and Monsieur Loisel' characteristics.
loisel characteristics was greedy,vain, ect mosieur loisel comtent , satisfied and selfless.
9. SYMBOLISM: What does the necklace symbolize in the story?
the story symbolim social status, richnes and wealth.
10. From which point of view is the story told? Explain. when madame loisel was walking on the street and saw her friend she told her friend the story.
11. What is the main conflict in the story? it the madma is a greedy person and she want to be rich and have a better life. also she not happy with what she has she wants more she want to be rich.
12. What is the theme of the story? the theme is vanity
13. What is the moral of this story? the moral of the story is don't be greedy. and Appreciate.
14. Outline the events in "The Necklace" that form:

* EXPOSITION: the girl was a pretty charming girl born into a family of clerks and marry a little clerk of the
* RISING ACTION
: when her husband brough the invitation for the party.
* CLIMAX : when she lost the necklace.
* FALLING ACTION: when she had to work for ten years.

* RESOLUTION:when she saw mne forestir and forestir told her the it was paste.