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Sunday 26 October 2008

English Class (Week 2)

Summary of Social Conversation Class
Lessson: Talking About Study Problems

  1. Why? What's up? = What's the problem?
  2. ... I'm just not keeping up. = ... I'm just not progressing
  3. ... I was too laid-back; thinking it'd be a piece of cake. = .. to relaxed/lazy / an easy task
  4. ... not up to par ... = not of an acceptable level
  5. ... drop out. = to quit
  6. It seems I'm not cut out for this course. = I'm not suited for this course
  7. You can't throw in the towel now. = You can't stop trying now
  8. No. I don't stand a chance of getting into another course now ... = No. I've little or no chance ...
  9. ... to see this course through ... = to continue with this course
  10. ... going to knuckle down ... = work hard
  11. ... ask for some pointers ... = some advice
  12. If I really get stuck into it... = concentrate
  13. That's more like it! = That's better idea

Summary of Vocabulary Class
Lessson: The Nature of Vocabulary (Synonym)

  1. evolve = develop, change, grow
  2. global = international, overall, worldwide
  3. environment = setting, surrounding, situation
  4. evidence = facts, proof, belief
  5. symbolize = be an emblem of, stand for, represent
  6. transform = change, make over, alter
  7. furthermore = in addition, also, moreover
  8. eventually = finally, sooner or later, in the end
  9. decline = do down, weaken, fall
  10. capacity = ability, power, competence

Summary of Academic Research Writing Class
Lessson: Punctuation (Part 1)

Semi-Colon (;) have two main uses in academic writing.

  1. To separate closely-related sentences - to separate two sentecnes which could be wirtten as independent sentences but very closely related in meaning.
  2. Complicated list - to separate item in lists, especially if the items are long and complicated and already contain commas

Colon (:) are used to add extra information after a clause.

  1. A colon can introduce a list
  2. A colon can be used before an explanation
  3. A colon is used before quotation

1 comment:

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