文档介绍：Given name middle name family name
First name last name
Christian name surname

To learn English well, you have to be a user.
Learn to speak English by speaking whenever possible.
*TERMS
paraphrase --- v.&n. (give a ) restatement of the meaning of ( a piece of writing ) in other words
antonym (ant.)
synonym (syn.)
part of speech collocation
appositive inversion
subjunctive mood
passive/ active voice gerund
participle parenthesis
singular (sing.) plural (pl.)
receptive skills --- listening, reading
productive skills --- writing, speaking
(translating)
passive/ active vocabulary
methodology --- bottom to top
--- top to bottom
Set up a self-evaluation system with a starting point.
Set a goal for what you want to achieve in your three years of English study.
Draw up detailed plans and allow time for studies.
Unit 1 Ghosts for Tea
*Questions:
What does the word "ghost" mean?
How many characters are mentioned in the text? Who are the main characters?
What is the weather like according to the text? How do you know that?
What's the story told by the old man?
Why does the old man tell the story?
*Types of Writing
Description
Narration
Exposition
Argumentation
*Planning a narrative:
5 aspects:
context (or circumstances)--- when, where and to whom the action in a narrative happened is often made clear at the beginning of the narrative.
Selection of details --- relevant details
Organization --- a beginning, a middle, and an end (flashbacks)
Point of view --- the first person or the third person
Purpose --- to prove a theory, to illustrate a concept, to praise a virtue, to condemn a vice, etc.
Ghost--- n. spirit of a dead person appearing to sb. who is still living
He looked as if he had seen a ghost, ie. looked very frightened.
I don't believe in ghosts, ie. don't believe that they exist.
Ghost--- vt&vi
Ghost for sb.---
act as a ghost-writer for sb.
He ghosts for a number of sports personalities who 'write' newspape