THE LANGUAGES COUNCIL

VOCABULARY

The word: Accumulate The word: Repulsive Sentence Sentence ..... . ..... .. The word: Tight-Lipped The word: Hand in glove Sentence Sentence ..... ..... .. . The word: Addict The word: Scuff Sentence Sentence .. ..... .. .. The word: Riff-Raff The word: Petite Sentence Sentence ..... ...... .. .. Fluency The uses of trees (Read this passage aloud and answer these questions carefully) We know from experience that trees cause rainfall. The leaves of trees give out lot f water vapour into the atmosphere ane this help to cool the air. That is why on a hot day it is cooler under trees than inside a building. The cool forest air cools rain clouds and helps to cause rain. That is why rainfall over forests is greater than in other areas. Our earth has a covering of fine soil. On the surface, under which lie rocks of various kinds. This ground soil supports the life of plants. Nature takes millions of years to form fertile soil an inch thick. But a single heavy shower sometimes washes away a large part of the surface soil on a bare hillside. This will not happen in places where there are plenty of trees. Since trees stop the free flow of water, and their roots hold the soil together, they prevent the soil from being washed away. The soil in forests is full of twigs, dead leaves and other decaying vegetation. This rich soil absorbs water very easily like a sponge. In doing so, trees also helps to prevent sudden floods. FertilevegetationvapourpreventBaredecayingtwigsabsorbQ- uses of trees? Q- why rainfall is over in forest areas than other? Q- how forests prevent from floods? Q- what do you mean by fertile soil? GREETINGS
Good Morning Good Afternoon Good evening Morning
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Hello Hullo Hi Hey

How are you? How do you do? Its good to see you (again) Im pleased to meet you
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Hows life (going)? Hows everything? Is everything fine? Whats up? Whats new? How are you doing at school? Hows everybody at home?

Whats happening? Whats the news? Whats the latest? Ive seen you after a long time Weve met after a long time Weve met after months Long time, no see.

Whereve you been lately/all these days. I havent seen you. Raju speaks a lot about you. I thought you were away

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Bye. Bye Bye. Good-bye. See you later. (See you later, Aligator In a while, Crocodile.) Catch you later. So long. Sweet dreams. Have a nice time. Happy Journey. Take Care. Ive got to go. I think I must make a move now. Im getting late. Ive an appointment at 6:30. I must take leave of you now. May I take leave of you? Excuse me, Ive to go. Allow me, please Im going. O.K. Then. Its getting late. Goodnight Its time for my class. Ive got to go. See you. I hope you had a nice time I hope you enjoyed your stay here. Please, do come again. Do visit us again, will you? Thanks for coming, Bye Ill miss you. Remember me to Rekha. Keep in touch. Keep Writing. Keep Calling. When are we meeting again? Remember weve to meet on Monday again. Must you leave so soon? Why dont you stay a little longer? Please, dont go away (so soon). Wait a minute. I wont hold you long. How time flies! Thanks for your company. Thanks for your hospitality. Thanks for the dinner. Thanks for the ride. Thanks for everything.

When someone is arriving Welcome Welcome back! Come in. It's good to meet you. (First time only) It's good to see you again. (After the first time)

when someone is leaving It's been nice talking with you. Have a good/nice day. Have a nice weekend. Have a nice trip. Have fun. Keep in touch.

Speaking Imagine you are meeting a stranger. Start a conversation with him.

Listening Exercise

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Mike: Hello, my name's Mike, Mike Jones. Alen: Hi, I'm Allen, Allen Wang. Mike: Nice to meet you, Allen. Allen: Nice to meet you too, Mike. Mike: How are you doing today? Allen: I'm okay, thanks, how are you? Mike: I'm fine, thanks. Allen: So, your family name is Jones? Mike: What? Family name? Allen: Yeah, family name...Jones. Mike: Oh, you mean my last name? Allen: Well, in Asia, we call the second name, the family name. Your family name is Jones. Mike: Oh, okay, because the whole family has the same name so you call it family name. Allen: Something like that. Mike: In Western countries, we call it the last name because it comes after our first name, so, where I come from, Jones is my last name. Allen: So, Wang is my last name and family name. Mike: And Jones is my family name AND last name...I got it. Allen: So, you go to this school too? Mike: Yeah, hey, didn't I see you last week with Karen? Allen: Karen? Oh, Karen Richards? Mike: Yes, she's a friend of mine from last year. Allen: Oh, okay, Her and I have the same math class. Sometimes we study together. She's really smart! Mike: She's smart alright and funny too! Does she still tell a lot of jokes? Allen: Sometimes, like the one about the tiger and the clown and how they went to McDonald's and ordered a Big Mac and french fries? Mike: That's such a funny one! Allen: Oh, hey, Mike, I have to go to my next class. Mike: Yeah, me too. Say hi to Karen for me, will you? Allen: Sure, okay, have a good day, see you around. Mike: Yeah, you too, bye.

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Tom: Hi. I don't think we've met. My name's Tom. Jenny: Hi, Tom. Nice to meet you. My name is Juanita, but everybody calls me Jenny. Tom: Nice to meet you, Jenny. So, where are you from? Jenny: Well, originally I'm from Argentina, but we moved to the United States when I was about five years old. My parents now live in Chile. That's where they first met. How about you, Tom? Tom: I was born in Fresno, California, and we lived there until I was seven. Then, since my father worked for the military, we moved all over the place. Jenny: Oh yeah? Where are some of the places you've lived? Tom: Mostly, we were overseas. We spent a total of ten years in Korea, Germany, and Okinawa, Japan. We were transferred back to the States three years ago, but I think my parents would have liked to live overseas for at least 20 more years. Jenny: Wow. It sounds like you've had an interesting life. So, what do you do now? Tom: I'm a student at Purdue University. Jenny: Oh really? What are you studying? Tom: I'm majoring in psychology. How about you? What do you do? Jenny: Well, I'm working as a sales representative for Vega Computers downtown. Tom: No kidding! My brother works there too.

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