PROFICIENCY 1
UNIT 3: Strange behaviour by JJ
Unit 3
Strange behaviour
Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight,
Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning.
Cows lying in the field means rain is on its way.
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Find the following words and expressions and
explain their meaning from the context.
a thick and thin
b fame and fortune
c touch and go
d First and foremost f give and take
e Time and again g life and soul
h flesh and blood
i high and dry
j black and white
Homework
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Vocabulary
Modifiers
make
put
far
date
given whatever
as
turn
Do you believe
that animal
behaviour might
be used to predict
major
earthquakes?
Why /why not?
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3.2
Review of conditional
clauses
★ How does the weather
affect your mood?
★ Do you think people’s
characters are influenced
by where they live and the
weather they are used to?
Give some examples.
a. there are 50% more traffic accidents and 20% more industrial
injuries.
b. the air will make you feel invigorated.
c. the number of murders would rise.
d. if there hadn’t been a Santa Ana blowing.
e. you leave Switzerland during a Föhn.
f. I would go to California if I wanted to murder my husband.
a. Zero conditional used for general truths.
b. First conditional used when something is possible.
c. Second conditional used to talk about something that is unreal
and is improbable.
d. Third conditional to talk about something impossible.
e. Zero conditional to talk about a general truth.
f. Second conditional to talk about something which is unreal or
improbable.
If someone treats these two things equally, he can easily succeed in both,
unless he succumbs. (or)
if he does not succumb to the temptation of laziness.
a Given that
b Unless
c As long as / Provided that
d But for / Without
e Even if
f on condition that
g Suppose / Supposing
Speaking
What will
you do if
What
would
you do if
you
What
would
you have
done if
you’d
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3.3
Reading into Writing:
Reformulation 1
(style, language, vocabulary – not
specialised, neutral register)
On the surface there seems to be no reason for it.
inward: feeling annoyed/tense/anxious; raised blood pressure
outward: sweating; averting gaze; hiding; making yourself immobile;
hair-pulling; foot-tapping; getting red in the face; leaving
unpredictable
undeniable
unconscious
insignificant
irreplaceable
inexhaustible
unassertive (or) non-assertive
inconclusive
Human beings are often quite unconscious of reacting to an invasion of their personal space with anger. OR
Human beings are often quite unconscious that their reaction to an invasion of their personal space is anger.
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