UNIT 3 Dying for their Beliefs

Hello everybody,

I hope this coming year will bring you happiness and joy!! Happy new year!

During your holiday, please find time to watch this film (Lorenzo'nun Yağı). It is mostly about the things we discussed in unit 3.

After you watch the film, please answer the following questions.

1- What are the conventional or nonconventional methods they used? Were these methods successful?

2- Did you like the film? Why or why not?

Journal Topic

Hello friends,

This week for your journal topic,

I am asking a very simple question.

Please write your answers in the "comments" part. Do not forget to write your name under your comment please. You don't need to write it in your journal notebook.

The question is:

WHO ARE YOU?

(I don't ask your name, surname, title, your job etc. Just write who you are in life, and define yourself.)

Here is my answer:

"I am just a dream of God, and I am a dreamer. I am only a drop of water in the ocean :)"

Unit 2 Vocabulary Exercise

Answers of Unit 1: 1-b 2-a 3-b 4-c 5-a 6-c 7-c 8-c 9-a 10-b

Unit 2- Dreams Never Die

Choose the correct answer.

1. He _______________ his family. His wife and children never saw or heard from him again.
a. abandoned b. yearned for c. traveled with

2. The tennis player didn’t win a game this season. He was always ____________.
a. dilapidated b. tormented c. defeated

3. The old house was falling apart. It was ____________.
a. dilapidated b. defeated c. tormented

4. He could not sleep. His ______________ dreams woke him in a terror every night.
a. meager b. tormented c. light

5. There is very little food in the house. We will have a ____________ dinner tonight.
a. meager b. sordid c. tormented

6. The young girl believed that life was miserable and that there was no possibility for a better life. She lived in ______________.
a. hiding b. shame c. hopelessness

7. The father’s alcoholism brought ______________ on the family name. People in the town talked about how drunk and irresponsible he was.
a. misery b. shame c. hopelessness

8. The young boy was in terrible physical and emotional pain. He was in ______________ .
a. misery b. shame c. hopelessness

9. When their father spent all their money on alcohol, the family had to live in _______________. They had no money to buy food or pay their electricity bill.
a. misery b. poverty c. shame

10. The young woman wanted to return to her home in Ireland. She ______________ her family and village.
a. yearned for b. hoped for c. defeated


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Taste

Château Branaire-Ducru notes:

Appellation : Saint-Julien

Classification : Quatrième grand cru classé

Second wine : Château Duluc

Surface area : 50 hectares

Grape varieties : 70 % of Cabernet Sauvignon, 22 % of Merlot,
5 % of Cabernet Franc and 3 % of Petit Verdot

This week you will read the story "Taste" written by Roald Dahl. The wine bottle on the picture is the focus point of the story, which creates discussion among the characters.

Please answer the questions below and write your comments.

1. What is your reaction to how Mike Schofield treats his wife and daughter?

2. What do you think Richard Pratt will say and do to get out of the situation at the end of the story?

3. How will Mike react? What will he do? How will the evening end?

Discussion

Hello friends,
In our lesson we discussed about obstacles we have in life and the ways some people overcame them. You were supposed to watch the films above. Please answer the questions below.

1- What kinds of obstacles do the characters have? Do they find a way to overcome them?
2- Do these films have similarities?
3- Which film did you like more? Why?

UNIT 1 VOCABULARY EXERCISE

Choose the correct answer.
1. A(n) ______________ presents news stories and interviews expert guests on a TV news show.
a. editor b. anchor c. celebrity
2. A ______________ writes opinions about news events for newspapers and magazines.
a. columnist b. correspondent c. politician
3. A(n) ______________ travels around the world and reports back news stories.
a. anchor b. correspondent c. celebrity
4. A(n) ______________ reviews all the news stories, decides which stories are included, and makes language corrections.
a. reporter b. journalist c. editor
5. A(n) ______________ is any person who is famous.
a. celebrity b. journalist c. politician
6. People vote for the ______________________ who will best represent their interests in
government.
a. editor b. affiliate c. politician
7. A(n) ______________ writes articles for newspapers and magazines.
a. editor b. anchor c. journalist
8. The small local radio station was a(n) ______________ of a large media corporation.
a. tabloid b. network c. affiliate
9. A(n) ________________ covers news stories for print media, radio, or television.
a. reporter b. columnist c. editor
10. A ________________ is a newspaper that focuses on sensational news with lots of photographs
and short articles.
a. affiliate b. tabloid c. network

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