Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Practice for Vocabulary Test #2

Some students need to take or repeat Vocabulary Test #2 this Thursday. Here are the words and practice sentences.

Vocabulary Test Practice     #2
1.    There was a _____________ in the building last night. Someone broke a window and entered.  They stole a computer and some jewelry.
2.    We use this word to describe something that happens once a year. For example, many large companies have an _____________ meeting.
3.    In San Francisco, we _____________ our garbage. Food and plants must go in the green bins.
4.    This car is a hybrid. That means it ________  ____ both electricity and gas.
5.    She ____________ me to be careful when I walked on the sidewalk because it was icy.
6.    My final __________________ is Rome, but I have a stopover in Frankfurt. 
7.    Honda is a large Japanese car ____________________.
8.    When the patient came to the emergency room, he had a bad _____________ on his arm. Somebody had stabbed* him. *had stuck a knife into his body to kill him, , apuñalar, уда́р
9.    During the bank robbery, three people got shot. An ambulance came and took the three _____________ to emergency the room.
10.  Tractors, cars, trucks, and motorcycles are different kinds of ________________.

1. burglary  2. annual  3. recycle  4. runs on  5. warned  6. destination  7. manufacturer 

8. wound  9. victims  10. vehicles

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Easy Listening Activities

A Day at School

Answering Machine

Listening Review: Past Continuous

Yesterday Mr. Trego gave a test. After he handed out the test, he sat down at his desk and looked around the classroom. Most students were busy. They were writing answers on their papers. But others were looking into the air with a confused look on their faces. They were trying to figure out the answers. When a student asked Mr. Trego for a summer school form, he stepped out of the classroom for a moment. When he came back in, two students were cheating. One woman was asking her friend for the answers. Mr. Trego got mad and told them both to stop talking. One student finished the test at about 9:05 and went to work.

October 4
Vocabulary test preparation:
http://level5.podomatic.com/entry/2009-10-04T13_06_38-07_00

http://level5.podomatic.com/entry/2009-10-04T13_02_05-07_00




True or False? If your parents live over 80, you are more likely to live over 80.

13. T F If your parents live over 80, you are more likely (可能, probable, вероя́тный) to live over 80.
true Because of genetics (
基因, гене́тика), you are more likely (可能, probable, вероя́тный) to live to an old age if your parents lived to an old age, too.
14. T F A cholesterol level above 200 is dangerous.
Cholesterol over 200 is dangerous. People with high cholesterol are more likely (
可能, probable, вероя́тный) to have a heart attack.
15. T F People who get angry easily usually live longer than other people.
People who get mad easily have more heart attacks and strokes (
, ataque de apoplejía, апоплексический удар п) than easy-going, relaxed people.
16. T F Most Americans eat five servings of vegetables a day.
Most Americans only have two servings (
部份, porciónes, по́рция) of vegetables a day. You should try to eat five servings a day.
17. T F People with more education live longer.
People with more education live longer. They earn more money, eat better food, and get better medical care.
18. T F Running is better exercise than walking.
Walking fast is as good as running. Also, it’s better for your knees.
19. T F Normal blood pressure is 140 over 90.
false Normal blood pressure is 120/80 or lower. If your blood pressure is over 120/80, you should ask your physician how to lower it. (=bring it down)
20. T F In general, people who get lots of speeding tickets don’t live as long as other people.
People with bad driving habits (
習性, hábitos, costumbres, привы́чка) have more accidents, so they don’t live as long as good drivers.


Health Vocabulary: I think I'm coming down with something.


Listening/Speaking: Health Questions

To listen, click on "Permalink."


Ask me a yes/no question. Use you.
1.xxx takes a prescription medication every day. 
2.xxx has Kaiser or Blue Cross health insurance. (健康保, seguro de enfermedad)
3.xxx usually goes to a Chinese doctor when s/he is sick.
4.xxx called in sick* last week.
*to call your boss and say you can’t come to work because you’re sick
5.xxx is feeling under the weather* today.
*not well, sick, ill
6.xxx has had a medical checkup recently. (
检查) Have you had a…
7.xxx would like to quit smoking. First Question: Do you smoke? 

Listening/Speaking: and so + aux-word or do/did + I.


To listen, click on "Permalink."

Roland likes the Downtown Campus, and so do I.
Roland would like to have smaller classes, so would I.
Roland is here every day, from Monday through Friday, and so am I.
Tell me you are the same. Use 'and so ____ I'.
1. He comes to class every day,
2. He is taking two classes in the morning,
3. He did well on his last test,
4. He had to take his test over again,
5. She would like to take credit classes next year,
6. She felt under the weather last weekend,
7. She can communicate basic health problems to her doctor in English,
8. She has had a mammogram* within the last six months,
*
乳房 X线照片, mamografía
9. Her family has a history of diabetes*, _______________ (Watch out! This one is different!) *
糖尿病