UNIT 3
Exercise 1
1. I can’t afford that ring. It costs too much.
2. Look it begins to rain. Unfortunately I don’t have my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He is wearing a raincoat.
3. I not owns an umbrella. I wears a waterproof hat on rainy days.
4. Right bow I am looking around the classroom. Yoko is writing in her book. Carlos is biting his pencil. Wan-Ning is scratching his head. Ahmed to be daydreaming but perhaps he is thinking hard about verb tenses. What are you thinking Ahmed does?
5. There’s a book on my desk, but it not belonging to me.
6. Denis is fixing the roof of his house today, and he needs some help. Can you help him?
7. Barbara often tutors other students in her math assignment because he doesn’t understand the material they work on in their class this week.
8. Right now I am looking at Janet. She is looking angry. I wonder what’s the matter. She haves a frown on her face. She certainly doesn’t have any fun right now.
9. A: Who is that woman how is standing next to the window?
B: Which woman? Are you talking about the woman who wearing the blue and gold dress?
A: No, I don’t talk about her. I means the woman who wearing a blue suit.
B: Oh, I don’t know. I don’t recognize her
10. A: Close your eyes. Now listen carefully. What do you hear?
B: I believe you are rubbing the top if your desk with your hand.
A: Close, but not exactly right. Try again. Are you listening carefully?
B: Aha! You are rubbing your hands together.
A: Right!
Exercise 2
1. I almost had a car accident last night. I drove down Washington Avenue when suddenly I saw a car in my line. It came right at my car, I stepped on the brakes and swerved to the right. The other car just missed my car by bout an inch.
2. Ten year ago, the government was decide to begin a food program. At the time many people in the rural areas of the country starved due to several years of drought.
3. It was my first day of class. I finally found the right room. The room already was full of students. On one side of the room, students busily talked to each other on Spanish. Other students spoke Japanese, and some conversed in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of students, however, just sit quietly by themselves. I choose an empty seat in the last row and sit down. In a few minutes, the teacher walked into the room and all the multilingual conversation stopped.
4. A: Did you hear what she just said?
B: No, I didn’t listen. I though about something else.
5. A: why weren’t you at the meeting?
B: I waited for an overseas call from my family.
6. A: I’m sure you meet Carol Jones at the party last night.
B: I don’t remember her. What she did?
7. A: What’s wrong with your foot?
B: I stepped on a bee while I run barefoot trough the grass. It was sting me.
8. A: How did you break your warm?
B: I was slip on the ice while I crossed the street in front of dorm.
Exercise 3
1. Sally is in room listening to music.
2. Roy is on the couch taking a nap.
3. Anita was in England last month attending a conference
4. The teacher is at her desk correcting papers
5. Some of students were at the park late to class because they were playing soccer.
Exercise 4
1. I haven’t attended any parties since I came here.
2. I went to a party at Sally’s apartment last Saturday night.
3. Bill arrived here there days ago.
4. Bill has been here since the 22nd.
5. Try not to be absent from class again for the rest of the term. You have already missed your many classes. You missed two classes just last week.
6. Last January, I saw snow for the first time in my life.
7. In her whole lifetime, Ana has never seen snow.
8. I have known Greg Adams for ten years.
9. So far this week, I have had two tests and a quiz.
10. Up to now, Professor William has given our class five test.
Exercise 6
1. He was a newspaper reporter before he became a businessman.
2. I had felt a little better after I took the medicine.
3. I was late the teacher have already gave a quiz when I got to class.
4. The anthropologist had leaved the village when she collected enough data.
5. It was raining hard, but by the time class had been over, the rain stopped.
Exercise 7
1. Class has already begun by the time I got there, so I make, quietly a seat in the back.
2. Millions of year ago roamed the earth, but they ___?____ extinct by the humankind first _____?______
3. _____?______ any of Picasso’s painting before I visited the art museum.
4. I almost missed my plane. All of the other passengers already had boarded by the time I got there.
5. Yesterday at a restaurant, I saw Pam Donnelly, an old friend of mine. I hadn’t seen her in year. At first, I didn’t recognize her because she has lost at lest fifty pounds.
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Preview the topic 1. Do you have fantasies or daydreams about being someone you are not ?Who is it ? Why did you choose that person? What qualities does she or he have ? 2. Has a person you really know been in your fantasies? 3. In what situations have you told false information about your life? 4. Do you know anyone who mixed up fantasy and real life? Reading Clarence Darrow Tully was fall, good — looking. and intelligent. He worked as a reporter at first and eventually became the publisher of two newspapers in Arizona. He was a competent newspapers executive and got along well with other important people in the community. He was, very successful in his career . There was , however, something unusual about Tully that was a secret for along , long time. When Clarence Darrow Tully was a young man , he told everyone to call him " Duke ". He copied that name from a famous movie actor, whom Americans liked because he was strong , tough, and brave. Tully wanted to be admired for the same reasons as this actor was . He also believed that men in military uniform looked strong , tough, and brave. Tully wanted very much to make this impression on others. His desire for this image got stronger as time went on. He tried to join the Air Force, but poor vision prevented him from being accepted. His older brother became a Marine pilot and was killed in service in 1942. When this happened, Tully began to put his imagination to work : he started to tell untrue stories about his personal life. At first degree. Every time he got a promotion in his career, He added more stories about brave active duty in the Korean and Vietnam wars. 55 |
When Tully went to military meetings or gatherings with real veterans as a reporter , he would dress in a serviceman's uniform . As he became more comfortable with the uniform and the imaginary stories about his years in the Air Force , he began to wear medals of honor and make the stories more danger- filled and exciting. Also, as he got more important jobs in real life , he gave himself a higher rank in his fictitious military life. He became a second lieutenant, then a first lieutenant, then major .It got to the point where he himself could not tell the difference between fact and fiction any more . In really, he never attended college or served in the Air Force. Tully was doing very well in this career, and people easily trusted and respected him. He was always careful and consistent when lie talked about his military adventures. He did not make mistakes with his " facts." He was a clever impostor; he told believable phony stories .No one questioned the exciting, brave dangerous events of his nonexistent military experience. He deceived everyone for many years. Recently, something happened that changed Tully's whole life. In his newspaper, he published some negative articles about a well know lawyer of his city. This lawyer became very angry with Tully. He decided to investigate Tully's personal life. In a short time, he discovered that Tully was an impostor. He publicized the fact that Tully told untrue stories about him self. Tully immediately acknowledge all his dishonest information and resigned from his job. He did not give any explanation or his behavior. He put himself in the care of a psychiatrist in order end out why he did this. As he entered a hospital in Arizona , he said," I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me " whit these words , the fantasy life- style of "Duke Tully ended. Comprehension check TRUE/FALSE Are the following statements true and false ? Circle the correct answer. 1. Tully's middle name is Duke . T F 2. Tully's father was killed in the Air Force. T F 3. Tully admired brave, tough men. T F 4.Tully's stories grew more exciting as he got older T F and went a head in his career. 5.Tully went to college and then served in the Air T F 56 |
force. 6. Tully is intelligent but has poor eyesight. T F 7. Tully was able to fool people about his personal T F Iife many years. 8. An angry lawyer found the truth about Tully's life T F 9. Tully joined the Air force late in life. T F 10. Tully wanted help to find out why he made false T F stories about himself. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the list to complete the following sentences. |
1. Helen accepted the job as waitress with the hope of getting a
2. Joseph was working during the day and attending college at night. He knew it would take a long time , but______ he would get a college degree. 3. Nika was planning a surprise birthday party for her mother . She asked all the guests to keep it a__________________________________ 4. Irene was a very_ worker . Any task she had to do was completed on time and done well. 5. The__________________________________ vice president of the company had a very responsible job. He was in charge of every department of the store. |
Acknowledge competent fiction phony Admire consistent imagination promotion Brave eventually impostor secret Career executive _______ impression vision |
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6. Nina was a little nervous about her job interview. She wanted to make a good______________________________ because she really wanted this job. 7. Doris didn't like to wear her eyeglasses, even though her
10.Stefan has a good_____________________ and makes up many fun games to play with his brother. 11. Evelyn decided to concentrate on her________________ as an actress. She gave up plans for marriage and family temporarily.
from real life for a while. 13.Chris was a very______________ tennis player . She didn't try
14.The "doctor" was immediately fired from his job when they learned he was an______________________ . He fooled many people in the
15. People began to realize that Paul was a__________________ They
16.The selfish manager refused to __________________ that other workers helped make the new shoe department successful DEFINITIONS WORK WITH A PARTNER Working together , define the vocabulary words and write your definitions the blanks . Then practice the dialogue with your partner, using the appropriate words. The first one is done for you. 1. Phony not truthful not science imagination nation of the mind |
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- It's wonderful to have a good imagination . Sometimes it is the first step toward a new invitation. - For invitation , it's great. However, using the imagination to tell lies and be phony is not really advisable. 2 acknowledge (verb) acknowledgment (noun ) When Tully was discovered to be a phony, he made instant______ of the lies. |
4. admire (verb) admiration (noun)
Tully wanted for his bravery and strength.
5. secret (adjective / noun) secretive (adjective)
Tully's actual past life was a ; he hold everyone
phony stories.
6. competent (adjective) completely (adverb)
Although Tully told everyone imaginary stories for many years, he did it
7. fiction (noun) fictitios (adjective)
Tully's employers never thought that his personal stories were
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8. promote (verb) promotion (
9. impress (verb) impression (noun)
Tully wanted to people that he was strong and brave so he
passed
along imaginary stories about himself.
10. consistent (adjective) consistently (adverb)
in order to have people believe him, Tully had to be with his stories.
REVIEW THE STORY Circle the correct word that fits the sentence. Early in life, Tully admired / acknowledged men who either were or looked strong and brave / consistent. Copying a movie actor , he took the name "Duke " for himself. In his imagination / impression, he thought it made him a tough man. Later in life , he tried to join the Air Force but was not accepted because of poor vision / phony. He was very disappointed. He then started his fiction / career working for a newspaper. At one point, his brother was killed in the Marine Corps. That's when Tully started to create fiction / secrets about his own life in the Air Force. As he got promotion / vision on the job , he continued to be an secret / consistent with the details of his stories. |
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Phony / Eventually , Tully became an executive / impostor in the newspaper company . By that time , he was an officer who had earned medals in his phony / vision. Air Force experience. He gave many people the career / impression that he was a-brave officer . One day , however, Tully's secret / imagination was out A lawyer discovered the truth about him . Tully immediately acknowledge eventually the truth and went into a hospital to get help for his problem. |
3. imagination (noun ) Imaginary (adjective ) Tully's__________________________ created a whole new life for him. |
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