One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.- Lady Astor
miércoles, 30 de septiembre de 2009
ALISON BOUGHT THE BIG HOUSE BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO OPEN A HOTEL 392
VIEW
ALISON BOUGHT THE BIG HOUSE WITH A VIEW TO OPENING A HOTEL
ALISON BOUGHT THE BIG HOUSE WITH A VIEW TO OPENING A HOTEL
THE STRANDER CLIMBER WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN RESCUED IF THIS BROTHER HADNT HAD AN INGEIOUS PLAN 391
INGENUITY
BUT FOR THE INENUITY OF HIS BROTHER PLANS ,THESTRANDED CLIMBER WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN RESCUED
BUT FOR THE INENUITY OF HIS BROTHER PLANS ,THESTRANDED CLIMBER WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN RESCUED
THE COMMMMITTEE SAID THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF DISCUSSINGTHE MATTER ANY FURTHER 390
DISCUSSION
THE COMMITTEE SAID THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION WAS OUT OF QUESTION
THE COMMITTEE SAID THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION WAS OUT OF QUESTION
EVERYTHING TURNED OUT ALL RIGHT IN THE END 388
PLACE
DESPITE SOME INITIAL PROBLEMS EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE
DESPITE SOME INITIAL PROBLEMS EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE
I M SURE THE ROBBERY WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY SON 387
MY SON WAS NOT MIXED UP IN THE ROBBERY,I CAN ASSURE YOU
I ITS UNUSUAL TO SEE GRAFFITI IN THIS PART OF THE TOWN 386
ACCOSTUMED
ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING GRAFFITI
ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING GRAFFITI
exercises 385
CPE CERTIFICATE IN PROFICIENCY ENGLISH
PAPER 3 ENGLISH ON USE
EXTRA PRACTICE WORD FORMATION
WORD FORMATION EXERCISE 1.“ Go Figure “ ( geoffrey m. miller )
"Maybe we should ask a ........................................1 “ ,I suggested. PHYSICS
"Yeah", replied my new friend Paul. "or a mathematics professor or ...............................2 like that." SOME
We had just finished dinner and were waiting for the nurse to come and take our trays away
In addition to making new friends, another benefit of being .........................................3 HOSPITAL
is that it gives people time to think about things we wouldn't ..........................4 ORDINARY
think about. In this case, it was "Highly ..................................5 Events and The Way PROBABILITY
They Seem To Happen All The Time."
Paul shared a story about a friend of his from college who went to China for a semester.
"She was ...........................6 in a cafe in Beijing, when in walks another American girl. SEAT
They got to talking and it turns out they knew each other.", Paul exclaimed. "They lived on the same block when they were little. Hadn't seen each other since."
"What are the odds of that happening?", I wondered.
We asked the nurse to check with the other patients to see if any of them might have a mathematics degree. Meanwhile, we tried to figure it out ................................. 7 OUR
and came up with some fairly .........................................8 numbers. REMARK
We made a valiant but ...................................9 attempt at calculating the odds FRUIT
of two .............................10 friends bumping into one another in China. CHILD
Two people meeting in the same cafe at the same time would mean they ......................11 have to WILL
be there within the same half hour, and..............................12 , say, twenty WITH
feet of each other. We figured how many twenty foot squares there were on the
......................................13 areas of the earth and the number of half hours that HABITAT
had passed in the twenty years since they had seen each other. We had worked ourselves into a mathematical frenzy and were just about to take the number of half hours, to the power of the number of twenty foot squares, when then nurse had to come and sedate us.
As I drifted into .....................................14 sleep, I realized that calculating the odds PHARMACY
of Paul and I being in the same hospital room at the same time were far too ...........................15 ASTRONOMY
to be attempted by amateurs.
WORD FORMATION Exercise 2 WHY ENGLISH IS SO DIFFICULT!
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS!!
Why English Is So Difficult! We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became ..............................1 not oxes. OX
One fowl is a goose, but two are called ....................... 2 , GOOSE
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.You may find a ....................... 3 mouse ALONE
or a nest full of.......................... 4 ; yet the plural of house is houses, MOUSE
not hice. If the plural of man is always called....................... 5 , MAN
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my two...........................6 , FOOT
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are............................ 7 , TOOTH
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be.................... 8, THESE
yet hat in the plural would never be hose, and the plural of cat is cats, not cose
. We speak of a brother and also of brethren, but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.
Some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English
1) The bandage was .............................. 9 around the wound. WIND
2) The farm was used to produce...........................10 . PRODUCT
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the .........................11 furniture. POLAND
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
...........................................12 the present. PRESENCE
8) At the Army.........................13 , a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum. BASIS
9) When 14 ............................... at, the dove dove into the bushes. SHOOT
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The 15 ............................. was invalid for the invalid. INSURE
12) There was a row among the 16 ............................. about how to row. OARS
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the 17 ..................... are present. DOE
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with.............................. 18 , the farmer taught his sow to sow. PLANT
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got.......................19 . NUMB
19) On ............................20 the tear in the painting I shed a tear. SIGHT
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) I spent last evening ......................................21 out a pile of dirt. EVEN
Screwy pronunciations can mess up your mind! For example... If you have a rough cough, climbing can be tough when going through the bough on a tree!
ANSWERS / CLUES
EXERCISE 1 GO FIGURE Clue 1. Physicist 2. Someone 3. Hospitalized 4. Ordinarily 5. Improbable 6. Sitting 7. Ourselves 8. Remarkable 9. fruitless 10. Childhood 11 will 12 within 13 habitable 14 pharmaceutical 15 astronomical
Exercise 2 WHY ENGLISH IS SO DIFFICULT! CLUE 1. OXEN 2. Geese 3.LONE 4 Mice 5 . Men 6. Feet 7. Teeth 8 those 9. Wound 10 produce 11 Polish 12 present 13 BASE 14 SHOT 15 insurance 16 oarsmen 17 DOES 18 PLANTING 19 number 2 0 Seeing 21 evening
PAPER 3 ENGLISH ON USE
EXTRA PRACTICE WORD FORMATION
WORD FORMATION EXERCISE 1.“ Go Figure “ ( geoffrey m. miller )
"Maybe we should ask a ........................................1 “ ,I suggested. PHYSICS
"Yeah", replied my new friend Paul. "or a mathematics professor or ...............................2 like that." SOME
We had just finished dinner and were waiting for the nurse to come and take our trays away
In addition to making new friends, another benefit of being .........................................3 HOSPITAL
is that it gives people time to think about things we wouldn't ..........................4 ORDINARY
think about. In this case, it was "Highly ..................................5 Events and The Way PROBABILITY
They Seem To Happen All The Time."
Paul shared a story about a friend of his from college who went to China for a semester.
"She was ...........................6 in a cafe in Beijing, when in walks another American girl. SEAT
They got to talking and it turns out they knew each other.", Paul exclaimed. "They lived on the same block when they were little. Hadn't seen each other since."
"What are the odds of that happening?", I wondered.
We asked the nurse to check with the other patients to see if any of them might have a mathematics degree. Meanwhile, we tried to figure it out ................................. 7 OUR
and came up with some fairly .........................................8 numbers. REMARK
We made a valiant but ...................................9 attempt at calculating the odds FRUIT
of two .............................10 friends bumping into one another in China. CHILD
Two people meeting in the same cafe at the same time would mean they ......................11 have to WILL
be there within the same half hour, and..............................12 , say, twenty WITH
feet of each other. We figured how many twenty foot squares there were on the
......................................13 areas of the earth and the number of half hours that HABITAT
had passed in the twenty years since they had seen each other. We had worked ourselves into a mathematical frenzy and were just about to take the number of half hours, to the power of the number of twenty foot squares, when then nurse had to come and sedate us.
As I drifted into .....................................14 sleep, I realized that calculating the odds PHARMACY
of Paul and I being in the same hospital room at the same time were far too ...........................15 ASTRONOMY
to be attempted by amateurs.
WORD FORMATION Exercise 2 WHY ENGLISH IS SO DIFFICULT!
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS!!
Why English Is So Difficult! We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became ..............................1 not oxes. OX
One fowl is a goose, but two are called ....................... 2 , GOOSE
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.You may find a ....................... 3 mouse ALONE
or a nest full of.......................... 4 ; yet the plural of house is houses, MOUSE
not hice. If the plural of man is always called....................... 5 , MAN
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my two...........................6 , FOOT
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are............................ 7 , TOOTH
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be.................... 8, THESE
yet hat in the plural would never be hose, and the plural of cat is cats, not cose
. We speak of a brother and also of brethren, but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.
Some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English
1) The bandage was .............................. 9 around the wound. WIND
2) The farm was used to produce...........................10 . PRODUCT
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the .........................11 furniture. POLAND
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
...........................................12 the present. PRESENCE
8) At the Army.........................13 , a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum. BASIS
9) When 14 ............................... at, the dove dove into the bushes. SHOOT
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The 15 ............................. was invalid for the invalid. INSURE
12) There was a row among the 16 ............................. about how to row. OARS
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the 17 ..................... are present. DOE
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with.............................. 18 , the farmer taught his sow to sow. PLANT
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got.......................19 . NUMB
19) On ............................20 the tear in the painting I shed a tear. SIGHT
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) I spent last evening ......................................21 out a pile of dirt. EVEN
Screwy pronunciations can mess up your mind! For example... If you have a rough cough, climbing can be tough when going through the bough on a tree!
ANSWERS / CLUES
EXERCISE 1 GO FIGURE Clue 1. Physicist 2. Someone 3. Hospitalized 4. Ordinarily 5. Improbable 6. Sitting 7. Ourselves 8. Remarkable 9. fruitless 10. Childhood 11 will 12 within 13 habitable 14 pharmaceutical 15 astronomical
Exercise 2 WHY ENGLISH IS SO DIFFICULT! CLUE 1. OXEN 2. Geese 3.LONE 4 Mice 5 . Men 6. Feet 7. Teeth 8 those 9. Wound 10 produce 11 Polish 12 present 13 BASE 14 SHOT 15 insurance 16 oarsmen 17 DOES 18 PLANTING 19 number 2 0 Seeing 21 evening
compare apples and oranges384
compare apples and oranges
to examine the similarities of things that are completely different Comparing the average wages of workers and managers is like trying to compare apples and oranges.
to examine the similarities of things that are completely different Comparing the average wages of workers and managers is like trying to compare apples and oranges.
martes, 29 de septiembre de 2009
brace oneself for something 382
brace oneself for something
1. Lit. to hang onto something or prop oneself against something in preparation for something that might cause one to fall, blow away, wash away, etc. Hold onto the rail. Brace yourself. Here comes another huge wave.
2. Fig. to prepare for the shock or force of something. Brace yourself for a shock. As the boat leaned to the right, I braced myself for whatever might
THE AUTHORITIES HAD DECIDED THEY WOULD GET TOUGH WITH DISIDENTS 381
THE AUTHORITIES HAD DECIDED THERE WOULD BE ON A CRACKDOWN ON DISSIDENTS
IF YOU WANT TO CRITICISE,THEN THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE THE ONE TO BLAME 380
CRITICISM
IF YOU WANT TO MAKEA CRITICISM,THEN THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE THE ONES TO BLAME
HE BECAME FAMOUS WHEN HIS FIRST BOOK WAS PUBLISHED 379
HE BECAME FAMOUS ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS FIRST BOOK
ALL TENANTS MUST ACT IN CONCORDANCE WITH TE REGULATIONS ABOUT GUEST 378
COMPLY
ALL TENANTS MUST COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS ABOUT GUESTS
ALL TENANTS MUST COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS ABOUT GUESTS
CRACK DOWN 377
crack down (on someone or something)
to put limits on someone or something; to become strict about enforcing rules about someone or something. The police cracked down on the street gangs. They cracked down once last year too.
to take strong action to stop something bad from continuing The university is taking steps to crack down on underage drinking on campus. Countries that used to ignore terrorist groups in their midst are starting to crack down
THE VILLAGERS PREPARED THEMSELVES TO WITHSTAND THE COMING STORM 374
BRACED
THE VILLAGER BRACED THEMSELVES FOR THE COMING STORM
the member of parlaiment did everything he could to exploit the situation 373
ADVANTAGE
THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION
on the ground 372
Events on the ground are where things are actually happening, not at a distance.
mr nixon refused tho answer the question on the ground
martes, 22 de septiembre de 2009
HE DIDNT UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG UNTIL HE READ JULIES LETTER 371
IT WAS ONLY AFTER HE READ JULIE S LETTER THAT HE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG
NONE OF THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS SUPPORTED TERRY IDEA 370
TERRYS IDEA MET WITH NO SUPPORT FROM THE OTHERS MEMBERSOF THE TEAM
THE REGION IS RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES 369
THE REGION HAS A LOT TO OFFER IN TERMS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
BECAUSE OF ITS PRICE ,THE BOOK MAY NEVER BECOME A BESTSELLER 368
THE PRICE OF THE BOOK MAY PREVENT IT FROM BECOMING A BESTSELLER
viernes, 11 de septiembre de 2009
a short meeting of the cast will take place after todays rehersal 366
todays rehearsal will be followed by a short meeting of the cast
I LL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THE ROUND THE SIGHTS OF MY CITY WHEN YOU COME TOVISIT ME 366
IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO TAKE YOU SIGHTSEING TOUR OF MY CITY WHEN YOU COME TO VISIT ME
ROUSSEAU PAINTED FABULOUS PICTURES OF THE RAINFOREST ALTOUGH HE HAD NEVER TRAVELLED OUTSIDE EUROPE 365
ROSSEAU PAINTED FABULOUS PICTURES OF THE RAINFOREST IN SPITE OF NEVER HAVING TRAVELLED OUTSIDE EUROPE
it wouldnt have been right to leave you to do all the work on your own 364
i couldnt have left you to do all the work on your own
what is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fussion 363
how exactly does nuclea fussion differs from nuclear fussion
on this ship passengers can not get onto the bridge 362
passengers have no acces to the bridge of this ship
the police only warned salled because it was her first offence 359
sally was let off with a warning because it was her first offence
it took layla five minutes to find her car keys 356
layla spent five minutes looking for her car keys
mauro says he prefer to do hishomework on his own 354
mauro says that he would rather not do his homework with
drop dead 353
drop dead
1. . to die suddenly. I understand that Tom Anderson dropped dead at his desk yesterday. No one knows why Uncle Bob suddenly dropped dead.
2. Go away and stop bothering me. (Usually Drop dead!) If you think I'm going to put up with your rudeness all afternoon, you can just drop dead! Drop dead! I'm not your slave!
See also: dead, drop
1. . to die suddenly. I understand that Tom Anderson dropped dead at his desk yesterday. No one knows why Uncle Bob suddenly dropped dead.
2. Go away and stop bothering me. (Usually Drop dead!) If you think I'm going to put up with your rudeness all afternoon, you can just drop dead! Drop dead! I'm not your slave!
See also: dead, drop
make a name for yourself also make your name 351
make a name for yourself also make your name
to become famous or respected by a lot of people It was with his third novel, 'The Darkest Hours', that he made a name for himself.
to become famous or respected by a lot of people It was with his third novel, 'The Darkest Hours', that he made a name for himself.
if marc hadnt take up politics ,he might have become a famous art historian 350
if marc hadnt taken up politics he might have made a name of himself
my grandfather had completely forgotten that he phoned me last night 349
my grandfather didnt have any recollection of phoned me last night
paul wasnt able to leave the house all day because of the terrible bad weather 348
the terrible weather made impossible for paul to leave the house all day
it s very unlikely that martin will win the 100 metres ,as he s out of training 347
marting has almost no chance of winning the 100 metres,as he is out of training
the holiday is within our price range,provided we dont go to the expensive restaurant in the tourist center 346
we can afford this holiday as long as we avoid the expensive restaurant
jueves, 10 de septiembre de 2009
IT S POSSIBLE THAT THE CURTAINS STARTED BURNING WHEN A CANDLE FELL OVER 345
THE CURTAINS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET ON FIRE WHEN A CANDLE FELL OVER
344 DAILY GRIND
the everyday work routine
My father is tired of the daily grind of working and will retire soon
My father is tired of the daily grind of working and will retire soon
MENTIONIG MY DAY OFF WHEN THE BOSS WAS IN SUCH A BA MOOD WAS A MISTAKE 342
I WISH I HAD KEPT QUIET ABOUT MY DAY OFF WHEN THE BOSS WAS IN SUCH A BAD MOOD WAS A MISTAKE
be going great guns 341
be going great guns
to be doing something very successfully and quickly I know he had a little difficulty at the start of the course but he's going great guns now.
to be doing something very successfully and quickly I know he had a little difficulty at the start of the course but he's going great guns now.
I LAST WON A GAME OF TENNIS AGAINST MY BROTHER YEARS AGO 340
ITS YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEATEN MY BROTHER
you are more likely to get into university if you have private math lessons 339
BY HAVING PRIVATE MATHS LESSONS,YOU WILL INCRESE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING INTO UNIVERSITY
miércoles, 9 de septiembre de 2009
WRITING 336
WHILE MOST STUDENTNTS GOT ON WELL WITH THEIR CLASSES ,THEY DIDNT FIND THE CLASSES VERY REVELANNT TO THEIR STAY
STUDENTS FOUND THERE WERE
STUDENTS FOUND THERE WERE
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