Readthenewspaperreport”Drummerhitstheread”.Whosesideareyouon,thedrummer’sorhisneighbours’?Why?Workinpairsanddiscussthesequestionsa)Whataretheeffectsofnotgettingenoughsleep?b)Howmanyhoursdoyousleepaweek?c)Howmanyhoursaweekdoyoustudyoutsideofclass?d)Doyouthinkyouhaveagoodbalancebetweensleepingandstudying?Readthearticle“studyorsleep?”Doyoustillthinkyouhaveagoodorbadbalancebetweenstudyingandsleeping?Whichoftheseareexamplesofgoodtimemanagement?1.Makealistofallthethingsyouneedtodo.2.Sacrificeyoursociallifetomakemoretimeofrstudying.3.Trytochallengeyourselfbutberealistic.4.Leavetimeforagoodnight’ssleep.Answers:1,3,4Comparethesentencesinthetable.Whichofthestatementsbelow(a-c)aretrueabouttheformalsentences?Onlyonestatementisfalse.a)Theybeginwithawordthathasanegativemeaning.b)Theyhavethewordorderofaque4stion(inversion).c)Theysoundlessemphatic.Answers:a)b)FormalWrittenLanguageNeverhasheknownanythinglikeit.SeldomhasdrummingcausedsuchconflictNeithercouldtheyreadabookathome.NeutralLanguageHehasneverknownangthinglikeitDrumminghashardlyevercausedsuchconflictTheycouldn’treadabookathomeeither.Paraphrasetheseconditionalsentencessothattheysoundlessemphaticandlessformal.a)Hadweknownourneighbourwasadrummer,wewouldn’thavemovedintothebuilding.b)Hadmyfriendsnotbeentherewithme,Iwouldhavefeltterribleattheceremony.Answers:a)Ifwehadknownourneighbourwasadrummer,wewouldn’thavemovedintothebuilding.b)Ifmyfriendshadnotbeenwithme,Iwouldhavefeltterribleattheceremony.Howaretheseneutralstatements(1-3)reportedinthetexts?1.Wehavereceivedcallsfromangrystudents.Infact,thelocalcouncilhasreceivedlettersofpetition.2.we’donlyjustmovedinwhenthenoisebegan.3.Wehardlyevergotafullnight’ssleep.Answers:1.Notonlyhasthenewspapaerreceivecallsfromangrystudents,lettersofpetitionhavebeensenttothelocalcouncil.2.Nosoonerhadtheymovedinthanthenoisebegan.3.Rarelydidtheygetafullnight’ssleep.Findsentencesinthetextsthagtmeanalmostthesameasthesentencesbelow.1.YangMingfeelsupsetaboutthefactthatpeoplehavebrandedhismusic“noise”.2.Thisreallygetstome.3.Peopleareoftennotgettingenoughsleep,however.4.WegaveYangMingawarningaftercarefulconsideration.Underlinethepartsofthesentences(1-4)whichareemphasisedinthetext.2.”It’sthisthatreallygetstome”,fumesMing.3.Rarelyarepeoplegettingenoughsleephowever.4.ItwasonlyaftercarefulconsiderationthatwegaveMingawarning.Rewritethesentencestomakethemmoreemphaticandmoreformal.1.Theywillneveradmittheirmistakes.Never.2.Ifshehadcome,shewould’velearnedthetruth.Had.3.Hedidn’tonlysinginthechoir,heplayedinthebandaswell.Notonly.4.Wecanhardlyeverreadundisturbed.Seldom.5.Politicianshardlhyeverexperiencerealwar.Rarely.6.Idon’targueandI’veneverbeeninafighteither.Idon’targueandneither.1.Neverwilltheyadmittheirmistakes.2.Hadshecome,shewouldhavelearnedthetruth.3.Notonlydidhesiginthechoir,butheplayedintheschoolbandaswell.4.Seldomcanwereadundisturbed.5.Rarelydopoliticiansexperiencewhatwarreallyfeelslike.6….neitherhaveIeverbeeninarealfight.Completethesentencesusingthebeginningsandthecuesprovided.1.BritishfootballfansarethemostviolentinEurope.seldom…(itisquietafterthematch)2.Thesunsetonthewaterisawonderuflsight.rarely…(oneseesanythingsobeautiful)3.Theevacuationwascompletedjustintime.nosooner…(than)…(thelastpersonhadleft/thatfirebrokeout)4.Thepressconferencegeneratedenormousinterest.neverbefore…(therehadbeensuchagreatturnoutofreportersandjournalists)1.Seldomisitquietafterthematch.2.Rarelydoesoneseeanythingsobeautiful.3.Nosoonerhadthelastpersonleftthanthefirebrokeout.4.Neverbeforehadtherebeensuchagreatturnoutofreportersandjournalists.Rewritethesentencesbelowsotheemphasisisontheunderlinedphrase.1.Jennywrotealetterofcomplaintotthemanager.2.i’mallergictodairypeosuxra,notwheat.3.Shealwaysargueswithhermother,notherfather.4.Timtookpartintheracebecauseoftheprizes.1.ItwasJennywhowrotealetterofcomplainttothemanager.2.ItisdairyproductsthatI’mallergicto,notwheat.3.Itwaswithhermotherthatshealwaysargues,notherfather.4.ItwasbecauseoftheprizesthatTimtookpartintherace.Exercise3onpage68ýÌå¼ô¼
