الأحد، 31 مارس 2013

Unit 14 - Greene : Travels with My Aunt

Unit 14 - Greene : Travels with My Aunt

Vocabulary
bully بلطجى " على من هم أضعف منه"
bully (v)يبلطج يستبد
Influential in  مؤثر/ ذو نفوذ فى
influence(v-n) تأثير يؤثر فى
Regard  يعتبر/ احترام
banking أعمال مصرفية
conventional تقليدى
Funeral  جنازة  \ watch out كن حذرا
adventurous مغامر adventureمغامرة
expeditionرحلة إستكشافية
Destination  المكان المقصود
colleague الزميل
announcement إعلان
routine عادة يومية  X red tape نظام حكومى
make decision=decide
retired  متقاعدretire يتقاعد
Banker  مصرفي /مدير بنك
occupation مهنة احتلال
introduce يقدم شخص
obvious واضح
Lifestyle أسلوب حياة
warning تحذير /
Relaxed مستريح relaxingمريح
Look on the internet أبحث على النت
Ceremony  مراسم
graduation تخرج
destination مكان الوصول
local محلىX international
get on well        يتوافق-ينسجم
politician رجل السياسة
based on = depend onيعتمد على
make into a filmتتحول لفيلم
fictional خيالى
(earn=make) money يكسب فلوس
novelsروابات novelist مؤلف الروايات
Reviews مقالات نقدية
Gradually  تدريجياً
Remote  بعيدremoteness البعد
literature الأدب
believe يؤمن بـbelief إيمان
spontaneous عفوي
spontaneity تلقائية العفوية
Remind of يذكر ب
excitement إثارة وشعور بالسعادة
persuade يقنع

Prepositions and Expressions
regardless of    بغض النظر عن   
with regard to    فيما يتعلق بـ
live on    يعيش علي (دخل أو طعام معين)   
make a story into a film    يحول قصة لفيلم
get on well with    يكون علي علاقة طيبة مع   
make decisions     يتخذ قرارات
without thinking    بدون تفكير   
cruel to    قاس علي
look at life in a different way    ينظر إلي الحياة بطريقة مختلفة   
on the journey to     أثناء الرحلة إلي
go travelling with    يسافر مع   
a new way of looking at    طريقة جديدة للنظر إلي
think the same way as    يفكر بنفس الطريقة مثل   
behave the same way as    يتصرف بنفس الطريقة مثل
enjoy the company of    يستمتع بصحبة ..   
open people's eyes to    يفتح عيون الناس علي
make them more tolerant of    يجعلهم أكثر تسامحا مع   
work on a local newspaper    يعمل في صحيفة محلية
work for a national paper    يعمل لدي صحيفة قومية   
earn money from    يكسب مالا من
be wary of    يكون حذرا من   
without regard to    دون مراعاة لـ
by convention    حسب العُرف   
appeal to    يروق لـ / يُعجب
travel all over the world    يسافر في أنحاء العالم   
apply for a visa    يقدم علي تأشيرة
extend (his) stay    يمد الإقامة   
go through customs    ينهي الإجراءات الجمركية
be of the opinion that    يتفق مع الرأي القائل بأن       

Words that go together
live a conventional life    يعيش حياة تقليدية   
live an adventurous life    يعيش حياة مليئة بالمغامرات
live a quiet life    يعيش حياة هادئة   
overcome obstacles    يتغلب علي العقبات
a political party    حزب سياسي   
banking system    نظام الصرافة
travel arrangements    ترتيبات السفر   
travel expenses    نفقات السفر
travel literature    أدب الرحلات   
travel companion    رفيق السفر
travel abroad/overseas    يسافر للخارج   
freedom to travel    حرية السفر
influential leader    زعيم أو قائد ذو نفوذ   
be filled with excitement    مليء بالإثارة
adventure movies    أفلام المغامرات   
conventional treatment    علاج تقليدي
conventional weapons    الأسلحة التقليدية   
funeral ceremony    مراسم الجنازة
political leadership    القيادة السياسية   
social conventions    الأعراف الاجتماعية
convention centre    مركز للمؤتمرات   
first class ticket    تذكرة درجة أولي
first class accommodation    إقامة درجة أولي   
random selection    اختيار عشوائي
outside influences    المؤثرات الخارجية   
conclusive evidence    دليل قاطع
spontaneous translation    ترجمة فورية   
international pressure    ضغط دولي
peace talks    محادثات سلام       

Read the following passage carefully:
Travels with My Aunt
Henry Pulling is a retired bank manager and lives a very conventional life. His mother dies just after he retires. At the funeral, he meets his Aunt. Augusta, a woman in her seventies who he has not seen for 50 years. Aunt Augusta has travelled all over the world. From everything she says, it is obvious that Augusta has lived an adventurous unconventional life
After the funeral, Henry and Augusta meet again and, despite having very different personalities, they get on well.  Augusta tells Henry things about his family that he never knew. Augusta then persuades Henry to go travelling with her, at first to places in England, but gradually to more exciting destinations. Until now, Henry has lived, a quiet life; most of the people he knows are bank customers or colleagues.
One   day,   Augusta tells   Henry   she is taking him to Istanbul. He is surprised by this sudden announcement. He is used to planning everything he does, but Augusta is always spontaneous and seems to make decisions without thinking. On the journey to Istanbul, Henry finds out more about his aunt's unusual lifestyle and her past. As they travel, Henry sees new cultures for the first time and Augusta introduces him to her old friends who all have exciting and unusual stories to tell. Henry is often surprised by what he hears, but begins to enjoy himself more and more.
When he returned to England, Henry enjoys his retirement looking after the flowers in his garden, but he is a changed man. He misses his aunt and her interesting friends, and Augusta has shown him a new way of looking at the world.

Definitions
banking  = the business of a bank
bully  = to frighten someone or threaten to hurt them, especially if they are weaker or smaller than you
excited  = happy, interested or hopeful because something good has happened or is expected
excitement  = the feeling of being excited
influential    = having a lot of influence
influence    = to have an effect on the way someone or something develops, behaves or thinks
regard  = to think about someone or something in a particular way
storyteller = someone who tells stories
adventurous  = exciting and involving danger
conventional  = thinking and behaving in the normal and traditional way
find out  =    to get information about something or someone
funeral   =    a ceremony for someone who has just died
lead to   =    to cause something to happen
lifestyle =    the way that someone lives, including their work and activities, and what things they own
spontaneous  = something that is done because you want to do it, not because you planned to do it

Language Notes

Travel / journey / trip / tour / voyage / cruise / expedition
Travel  السفر عموما لا تجمع        Travels   رحلات    
Future generations look forward to space travel as a holiday option.
We met some very interesting people on our travels in Thailand.
journey   رحلة عادة طويلة    
It was a long train journey to France.
trip   رحلةعادة قصيرة    
He went on a school trip to Disneyland.
tour   جولة    
The prime minister has left for a three-week tour of South America.
voyage   رحلة بحرية    
The voyage from England to India used to take six months.
cruise   رحلة بحرية من أجل المتعة    
He went on a Nile cruise with his friends.
expedition   رحلة استكشافية     
He went on an expedition to the North Pole.
We're going on a shopping expedition on Saturday.

frighten = scare     يُخيف    
Computers used to frighten me, but not now.
fear      يخاف    
Police fear that there may be further terrorist attacks.
recipe      وصفة  لعمل وجبة      prescription      وصفة طبية روشتة    
Could you give me the recipe for that chocolate cake?
I got the prescription filled on the way home.

spontaneous      عفوي / تلقائي / بدون تخطيط      simultaneous      شيء يحدث في نفس الوقت    
Her offer of help was spontaneous.
The speeches will be broadcast live, with simultaneous translation.

bully (v)  يمارس البلطجة / يستأسد علي ضعيف
Ahmed used to bully the younger kids in the neighborhood.
bully someone into doing something  يرغم شخص بعمل معين
Don't let anyone bully you into doing something you don't want to do. 
bullying (n)  البلطجة  
Bullying is a problem in many schools.

Whatever you do  تحذير - إياك أن  
Don’t tell Paul, whatever you do!
Whatever you do, don't move.

Exercises on Vocabulary and Language Notes:
Choose the correct answer:
1. Some people (think – regard – believe – wait) playing computer games as a waste of time.
2. Charles Dickens was one of the nineteenth century's most famous (storytellers – bestsellers – fortunetellers – tellers).
3. After the (enhancement – embarrassment – engagement – excitement) of the day, the children couldn't sleep.
4. Many people agree that Shakespeare is the most (infectious – illegal – influential – initial) writer in the English language.
5. Children who (fully – bully – truly – awfully) other children at school should be sent home.
6. My cousin believes in (spontaneity – stupidity – ambiguity – brutality). He never plans what he's going to do.
7. I didn't think about what I was doing. I just did it (slowly – abundantly – spontaneously – alarmingly).
8. Our holiday to Australia was a great (acupuncture – agriculture – adventure – failure). We spent two months exploring the country
9. In some countries, It is the (convention – dimension – decision – infection) to shake hands whenever you meet someone
10. She finds long train journeys very (tired – tires – tiredness – tiring). She really doesn't enjoy them.
11. He felt very (relaxing – relaxed – relaxes – relax) after his holiday. He had had a really lovely time.
12. My (adventurous – ambitious - spontaneous – religious) reaction was to run away.
13.  Playing together teaches children social (collections – combinations – comparisons – conventions) such as sharing.
14. You'd love Australia. It's an (amazement – amazed – amazing – amaze) place.
15.  Our survey indicates that one in four children is (bullied – faded – buried – pretended) at school.
16. Jurassic Park is one of the most (excited – exciting – excitement – excites) films I've ever seen.
17.  Don't let anyone (bury – carry - bully – hurry) you into doing something you don't want to do.
18. I get (bore – bores – boring – bored) if I have nothing to do.
19. To (bully – apply – comply – clarify) means to frighten someone or threaten to hurt them, especially if they are weaker or smaller than you.
20. (Strenuous – Stimulus – Spontaneous - Serious) means something that is done because you want to do it, not because you planned to do it.
21. To (affluence – influence – advance - announce) means to have an effect on the way someone or something develops, behaves or thinks.
22. (Frightened – Abandoned – Excited - Bored) means happy, interested or hopeful because something good has happened or is expected.
23. A (lifestyle – lifeboat – lifetime - lifeblood) is the way that someone lives, including their work and activities, and what things they own.
24. To (contribute to – allow to – intend to - lead to) is to cause something to happen.
25. A (concert – symphony – funeral- grave) is a ceremony for someone who has just died.
26. To (regard – approve – despise - bully) is to think about someone or something in a particular way.
27. To (put out – watch out - find out – come out) is to get information about something or someone.
28. (Ambiguous – Adventurous – Anxious - Cautious) means exciting and involving danger.
29. (International – Conventional – Emotional – Functional) means thinking and behaving in the normal and traditional way.
30. The Council had considerable (influence – acceptance – absence - appearance) over many government decisions.
31.A group of kids stood by and watched the school (belly – silly – folly - bully) beat up a smaller boy.
32. My husband is a (banker – tanker – forger - marker) with a very demanding schedule.
33. Regular exercise is part of a healthy (lifelong – lifestyle – life cycle – life story).
34. Hundreds of mourners attended the (party – celebration - funeral – arrival) of the two boys who were killed by the robbers.
35. I'm not very (dangerous – advantageous – treacherous – adventurous) when it comes to trying new food.
36. Reducing speed limits should (lead  - result – cause – induce) to fewer deaths on the roads.
37. A woman in her (seven – seventeen – seventy – seventies) killed her husband last week.
38.  The (curious – glorious - obvious – deleterious) way of reducing pollution is to use cars less.
39. I've always (took - got  - put – made) on well with Henry.
40. By the time he reached his (destination – condemnation – contamination – coronation), seven days later, he was half-starved and broke.

Find the mistakes in each of the following sentences then write them correctly:
1- He is a retired bank manager and lives a confessional life.
2- I can think of so many things I'll really mess when I leave.
3- I love working abroad and meeting people from different culprits.
4- He has very unusual stories to speak.
5- He was surprised by her sudden advertisement that she was going to resign.
6- There is no odious solution to the problem of environmental pollution.
7- Though they have different personalities, they put on very well.
8- I finally managed to precede my parents to let me go out with my friends.
9- She is always superstitious and seems to make decisions without thinking.
10- She reduced him to her old friends.
11 Meeting that famous man had a strong difference on her life and personality.
12- Why are you so pessimistic? You should take at life in a different way.
13- The village people tried very hard to maintain their traditional lifespan.
14- Travel and experiments of other cultures can change people.
15- Travel can close people's eyes to different ways of life.

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