Skim: read fast
Article: story in the newspaper or magazine
Aspect: part
Screenplay: story or plot of a movie
Particular: special
Type: kind
Audience: people watching a movie or concert
Cinematography: photography in a movie; how beautifully or special the movie is filmed
Special effects: dinosaur, bomb, car race; something that makes the audience say “wow!” = exciting part of the movie
Affect: influence
Bored to tears: you want to emphasize bored
Confused: don’t really understand
Character: not a real person
Create: make
Cinema: movie
Er: person
Thought provoking: interesting
Christy is playing hooky.
Feel: felt
How come? = Why
Elaborate: explain
Flick: movie
Genre: kind or type of movie
Horror: scary movie
Accent
Documentary: sounds “tree” doc
Science fiction: sci-fi
14. Why have special effects gotten better in movies? The main reason is computer animation, which started in the 1990s.
How to pass the GEPT:
1. 65 or over on the listening (first column). PINK
2. 65 or over on the reading (second column). PINK
140 or over total score (third column).
GREEN
Could you please repeat that?
How do you spell ?
Hitchhiker optimistic pessimistic
Midterm Exam is out of 90. /90
It is 15% of your final grade. So I can divide by 6. For example, 75/6=12.5 or 13%
When you write a sentence in English, you cannot start with a number.
With 100, I cannot divide by 5.
At the top of the Midterm Exam page:
Class/Day: 3:10; Thursday
Teacher: Patrick Cowsill
Could you also write your seat number at the top of the page? Thanks.
In my opinion, a paragraph cannot be shorter than five sentences. You cannot develop an idea in less than five sentences.
1. Explain: why/because
2. Quote: My friend said: “I am from Tokyo, but I do not speak Japanese.”
3. Chronological: First, then, after, finally
4. W5: Who, what, when, where, why?
6. Transition word: therefore, however, furthermore, in conclusion, nonetheless, nevertheless, moreover
S.V.O;TW,S.V.O.
I like to eat pizza; moreover, I enjoy having pasta.
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