Monday, March 26, 2007

EAV chapter 1

4B. Word Forms in Sentences

  1. We conceptualize the idea for the project after discussing it in our group.
  2. Our ability to find a good job after graduation will depend to some extent on the strength of the economy.
  3. We are encouraged by our professors to formulate and express our own opinions.
  4. You need two forms of personal identification.
  5. Although the members of our study group have individual learning styles, we all work well together.
  6. Most students change their major at least once during their undergraduate studies.
  7. There was a strange occurrence in the dorm last night when all the lights suddenly went out.
  8. It is normal for first-year students to experience periodic homesickness during their first semester away from home.
  9. Our professor specifically said to turn in the assignment on Thursday.
  10. Students often find it difficult to understand their classmates' edited comments when they are peer reviewing an essay.

5. Collocation

  1. Our assignment was to define the general theoretical concepts in Chapter 10 of the textbook.
  2. Our group project is to study environmental data on annual rainfall in our state.
  3. I could not find the correct formula to complete this calculation.
  4. When Bill performed a careful analysis of his project, he realized that he had made a mistake.
  5. In our first class the professor introduced the basic concepts of the course.
  6. In our group project for Business 101, we have to interpret the financial data of a major company.
  7. We should carry out a brief analysis of the topic before we spend a lot of time on it.
  8. I expect to gain enormous benefits from my degree program.
  9. Our group found a successful formula for identifying the chemicals.

    6A. Word Parts

  1. evidence (g) facts that show the truth
  2. invisible (j) impossible to see
  3. revise (a) change the original version
  4. supervisor (f) person in charge
  5. television (b) a device for seeing images on the screen
  6. video (k) the visual part of the broadcast
  7. visibility © the state of being visible
  8. vision (d) the sense of sight
  9. visitor (h) a person who visits
  10. visual (e) relating to the sense of sight
  11. visualize (i) form a mental picture

6B Common collocations

  1. When parents got divorced, Janet went to live with her father, but her mother had visitation rights.
  2. I can only visit my grandmother during visiting hours at the hospital.
  3. Our geography professor always uses some types of visual aid in class to make the lectures more interesting.
  4. Although bacteria are not visible to the naked eye, they can be identified under a microscope.
  5. Our visiting professor from China, who has given several excellent lectures about Chinese history, will be returning home next semester.
  6. My glasses give me 20/20 vision but without them I can hardly see anything.
  7. Guide dogs are trained to help the visually impaired safely travel around the city.

    7a Paraphrasing

    A=6
    B= 2
    C= 5
    D=1
    E=3
    F=4

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