Neen nn ne enc ee UE En nn nnn eee Unit 2 Vocabutery Topic vocabulary: Thinking A Circle the correct word, Don't be so optimistic / pessimistic. Everything's going to be fine, youll see! Most newspapers are usually biased / prejudiced towards a certain political outlook. m slightly dubious / cynical about whether Sean's idea is going to work. ‘To suggest that its possible to create a society without crime is a little naive / sceptical, isn't it? ‘The only ingenious / plausible explanation | can think of is that Jenna got the dates wrong. Please don't baffle / discriminate me with loads of technical terminology. Use plain, simple English! Its not always easy to assume / assess someone's suitability for a job just by talking to them in a short interview. How can the government justify / speculate spending so much on the armed forces? 9 Looking at the damage, | would estimate / deduce that the painting will cost at least €2,000 to restore properly. 10 | don't think you should reflect / presume that lots of people are going to help you with this project. Nowewne cy B Complete using the correct form of the words in the box. More than one word might fit in each gap, but try to use all the words. concentrate * consider * contemplate * deliberate * gather * grasp * ponder * reckon * suppose 1. Ittook me quite a long time to... .- what the aim of the game was. 2 The jury are stil , but they're expected to reach a verdict soon. BV ssssnnsnsnnnsn fFOM yOUF tutor that you're thinking of changing course 4 You really haVE 10 oon very hard when you are doing calligraphy. 5 tm seriously .. asking for a pay rise tomorrow. 6 How long do you vw itl take to get to Manchester? TOMY nn | could borrow your lecture notes this weekend, could B Hye ei nn » the question Why does the universe bother to exist”, then this is the book for you. 9 Let’s not even the possibility of failure. C Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct words on the lines. 1 Fmin a real hunch because I've been invited to two parties on Saturday and | don’t know which one to go to. 2 Dave said he's got complete guesswork in us, and thinks we're going to do a great job. x 3. Sarah's a/an intuition when it comes to astrophysics, but she's not very practical in everyday things. 4 You often need to use a ttle educated notion when you're starting a cryptic crossword. 5 lve got a/an Ideology that someone in this office is going to get promoted soor 6 Communism and capitalism are very different types of dilemma. .... 7 8 Who gave you the faith for the main character in the book? Detective Tacker had absolutely no evidence that Roddard was involved, but al his paradox told him that he was. .. 9° Ie got a small inspiration about the exam sylabus. Should | tak to Mrs Jacobs about i. 10 Paying mothers a salary to raise their children is an interesting genius. .. 11. The fact that more people would come here if the place wasnt so crowded isa real query. . 14————— 3 5555555555555555—— ‘Thinking and learning, Unit 2 Topic vocabulary: Learning D_ Choose the correct word. Letter to the editor The Prome Ministers comments yesterday on education spending miss the pont, asthe secondary education system also ‘needs a mujor overhaul Firstly the systert only views the weakest learners as having special (1) sennmnnnnonne «THE brightest and most (2 students are ot encurged to del t te lotta Secondly, thers on ‘ouch testing and vot enough learning, My fiteonyearold daughter, for example, has just spent the last mionth or so (3) » for excons, These arent even real, import exams, as her GCSEs will be next year Theyre just (Bone cexsans. is the work shes been doing realy going to make her more (3) cabot her subjects, or will she forget ital tomorrow? | suspect the latter: Thi, the standard (6)... Aoesnit gue students city (7) nun in developing practical sworkerdated, ving and socal sil, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering wniversty hve the first den what the difrence is between (8) sono Someone else's work and making good use of someone else's idens? Shouldit they have been taught this at schol? How many of then are really able to go about (9) orsnsnsnnnene — A Skill that’s essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do — in efficent way? indeed, haw wun students (10) from university totaly wale to spell even simple English swords corectly? The system is etn our dildren down, 1 Arequests Bdesires Cneeds Dwants 2 Ainattentive Bignorant intensive D conscientious 3 Acramming Blecturing C reading D practising 4 Afalse Bmock C fake D artificial 5 Aknowedgeable Bintellectual _C academic D inteligent 6 Atimetable Blecture C seminar D curriculum 7 Alesson Besubject ——C tition D tutorial 8 Awriting B going over C plagiarising D repeating 9 Areviewing Brevision C distance learning _D self study 10 Aaualty Begraduate —C depart Dexit Phrasal verbs E Match to make sentences. I'm going to have to mull this Detectives are still trying to piece ... It took him a very long time to take... Tell us how you hit It took us ages to figure Ive just thought Im not sure we've thought together exactly what happened that evening. in the fact that he'd never see her again up a briliant excuse to tell Rachel. over for a while before | make a final decision. this through properly yet ut how to get everyone to the sports centre without Phil knowing, upon such a great idea for a website. Sowers ommooe> 15Unit 2 Vocabulary 16 F Write one word in each gap so that each second sentence has a similar meaning to the first sentence. 1. Ineed to consider your offer very carefully before | make a decision. Peed t0 ‘over your offer very carefully before | make a decision. 2 Lee had the brilliant idea of booking a clown for the end-ofterm party. Lee came .. -voneane the brilliant idea of booking a clown for the end-ofterm party. 3 Its time you realised that you've got responibiltis now. Its time you faced... ~~ the fact that you've got responsibilities now. 4 Tm going to have to improve my spoken German before | go to Munich. tim going to have to brush... vvmnnn My Spoken German before | go to Munich. 5. | didn't ike the idea at first but now | do, | Gide ike the idea at first but Ive FOUN eens it HOM, 6 It's a general knowledge quiz so you can't do any revision for it. There's nothing to swot .. se 1. aS it's a general knowledge quiz. 7 We were right at the back of the hall so | couldn't hear what the speaker was saying. Iwas unable to ‘out what the speaker was saying because we were right at the back ofthe hal. 8 We finally thought of a way to get the band into the hotel without the press knowing. We finaly puzzled ‘a way to get the band into the hotel without the press knowing, 9. tve found out a lot of information about the history of English language teaching recently. Te Been nnn UP On the history of English language teaching recently. G Phrasal verbs with out, such as puzzle out, are often connected to the idea of finding information. Which of these phrasal verbs with out are also connected to this idea? Did you find out what time the parents’ meeting is? Ive been checking out whether it’s better to go by ferry or plane. Susie reckons she’s sussed out a great way to get into the club for free. We all piled out into the playground. | car't figure out how to change my password. The band were completely drowned out by all the screaming fans. ‘Tm going to sound Bob out about his investing in the company. ‘Two essays really do stand out from the rest. Jan's good at keeping secrets, so you'l have to worm it out of her! None of us could fathom out why the experiment wasn't working. Boor ameune Phrases, patterns and collocations H_ Write one word in each gap. 1 Jim seems to be the misapprehension that tommorrow's a holiday. It ist 2. These findings cast doubt... previous research done in this field. 3 This photo's a ite... of focus, but you can stil see their faces. 4 Look... the bright side — its nearly the end of term. 5. tot against animal testing . principle. 6 I think Tl always associate this song our holiday in Majorca, 7 You have to bear ‘mind that there'll be quite a few children there. 8 Where did Susan's belief . reincarnation come from? 9 Dad said that my borrowing the car tonight was vane Of the question,Thinking and learning Unit 2 10. Hearing the news about Caroline put my small problems ve 11. What's the best course of action from your point .. .. View? 12. You were hired ... the basis that you would be able to work on Sundays. 13. balance, I think the government's doing a reasonable job 14 We haven't taken Julie's thoughts nee account at all, 15 .. -onclusion, Id like to thank everyone who supported me during the early years. perspective. For each question, write one word which can be used in all three sentences. 1 was so tired that I couldn't even think HH come ... vn to the point - you're fired! Its time to set the record v» about what really happened that night. 2 She's only eight, but she has the vw age of an 18-year-old Many oar illnesses can be cured these days. tim not very good at ..... arithmetic. 3 Philip does a very funny of Tony. You really made an. on Pete ~ he hasn't stopped talking about you! ‘Why was | under the that the exam was on Thursday? 4 Carter Wa the evnnnsnsonnnnnen Behind the whale criminal operation. Could | just pick your We sat there racking our. ‘about good places to eat around here? trying to think of a place to take Paul and Doug in the evering.. 5 Someone with no .. sume Of Smell Can't taste food wel either, can't make .. . of this film at all - what's going on? Unplugging a toaster before you try to fix its just common isnt it? 6 | thought Gordon's new invention wouldn't work at all, but in fact it worked like a ... Winning a cruise on the Queen Mary was a ... ‘come true for me and Albert Ive had the same recurring . “or four nights in a row. 7 Motorists should always SHOW .-n-.mssnnann fOF pedestrians crossing the street at a zebra crossing. IM give some .. to your proposals and get back to you. We stupidly did take changes in interest rates into. ... when we got a mortgage for our house. J. Write one word in each gap. | read this week that a new organisation called Don't Trust Online Information has been formed. The founder, Douglas HaverfordWest, is quoted as saying, ‘t's (1) .. my principles to trust anything | read on the Internet. 've started this organisation (2) . the belief that there are millions like me who (3) .. . their doubts about information presented as fact that has not gone through a thorough editorial process. There's no question (4) ww US Shutting down the internet - we don’t want to do that - but DTOI has been set up with a (5) to raising awareness.’ | sympathise with Haverford-West, but | believe he's wrong. | made up my 6) vw long ago not to completely trust anything | heard or read. Whether it’s on the Internet or, say, in a newspaper, is irrelevant in my opinion. 17