A Day’s Wait.ppt

Unit 6 A Day’s Wait The small boy’s illness seemed not too serious. Yet he was clearly very worried about something. Whatever was it? Unit 6 A Day’s Wait 1. Useful Expressions 2. Text Interpretation 3. Word Family 4. Sentence Structure 5. Translation Practice 6. Reading Skill 7. Guided Writing 8. Homework Useful Expressions M loves company. Useful Expressions Brush up Useful Expressions Thermal underwear Warm-up questions Global analysis Detailed reading Picture talk Inspiring quotations Content questions (140) ◆ What type is the text? A narration B description C exposition D argumentation He walked slowly as though it ached to move. You better go back to bed. (Note 3) I’ll see you when I’m dressed. …capsules with instructions for giving them. I made a note of the time to give the capsules. He seemed very detached from what was going on. It was a bright cold day, the ground covered with a sleet that had frozen so that it seemed as if all the bare trees … had been varnished with the ice, … having it slide away over the ice. Coming out while you were poised unsteadily … they made difficult shooting, and I … started back pleased to have found … and happy there… On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. The hold over himself relaxed. The next day it was very slack. Tremble, quiver, misery, dose, pill, bowel, surmount, sour, alkaline, bacterium, contagious, pandemic, infectious, inflammation, indifferent, unconcerned, attached, disconnected, piratical, dizzy, faint, hot/cool/clear/heavy-headed, prescription, scribe, script describe, sleety, Ireland, brook, stream, slipper, flock, overhead, overhear, distribute, shakily, flexible, commencement, thermos flask/bottle, slacken … IV. Enriching your word power (143-4) Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily / shakily at first, but with practice his steps became steady. The doctor said