Self IELTS writing exercise (3)

The fluctuating prices of housing in the country can cause severe consequences and only governmental actions can solve the problem. Do you agree or disagree?

word 08 11 12

eliminate
unify
stretch
scalable
unprecedented
lurch
havoc
nevertheless
expansion
opt
quagmire
pursue
varioius
structure
additive
fertilizer
harvest
severe
resentment
discrepancy
crunch
consumption
stimulus
liquidity

Self IELTS Writing exercise (02)

Food can be produced much more cheaply today because of improved fertilizers and better machinery or chemistry technology. However, some of the methods or chemistry ways may be dangerous to human health, and have negative effect on societies. To what degree do you agree or disagree?

Self IELTS writing exercise (01)

Many national leaders believe that the global stagnate economy need the urgent cooperation between countries and the current working emphasis of government is to promote the cooperation and cope with the difficult situation together .To what extent do you agree or disagree?

IELTS writing exercise 17th OCT 08

The problems of young people arise from many married women work and neglect to their children, discuss.

It’s no doubt that the problem must be obviously while a childhood without stable kindness from motherhood. Actually, the role of motherhood isn’t able to be replaced, especially in human being. Lack of encourage beyond the kids, the younger easy to lost the confidence and stray in the growing stage. Absolutely there are serious issues while the misfit younger swing in the street, whereas drug abuse and crimes is trending gradually in teenage nowadays. It’s alert for the parents to look after their children by take more attentions. However, the name of housewife can’t constraint married woman stay home without their career goals. solicitude

IELTS writing exercise 3rd Oct 08

“Prevention is better than cure.”
Do you buy any medical insurance?
Who has responsibility to take care HK residents’ health?

IELTS speaking sentence form 01

It’s difficult to say what/where/why/how.
That’s difficult to answer, but maybe…
How shall I put it, let me think for a second…
That’s an interesting question… let me see. Well, I suppose that…
It’s/that’s a big/complex/controversial/complicated issue/problem/topic.
More and more people in Hong Kong are…
The … problem is getting more and more … in Hong Kong have/has been going through some big changes.
…are increasing / falling rapidly …
Well, I’m no expert, but I guess…
What are the important trends? I’ve never thought about it, but I guess…
The number of … has risen dramatically over the last few years.
Yes … plays a big role in our lives.
Yes, I think it’s an important issue for us in Hong Kong
Yes, I’ve personally experienced … while …
Maybe I can answer this by telling you about a personal experience I had.
Probably the main reason … is because …
The best reason I can think of for … is …
I’m not sure, but from my own observation, I’d say that… because.
I’m not too familiar with … but I think …
If I had to say what the biggest impact of … is on, I’d say I was…
In my opinion,
From my point of view, I think…
The … is a good example.
Personally, I think…
But frankly I think …
I can give you one example of …
To solve this problem I think we should …
Negative effects
There are two sides to this issue. On the one hand… on the other hand…
This issue is complex. On the one hand people say… but one the other hand…
There are many advantages and disadvantages to …
The main advantage of … is that … The disadvantage is …
The strengths of … are … but the weakness is …
The positive side of … is …, but the darker side of it is that …
The benefits of … are … but the challenges are …
The difference between … is that … is more … while … is more…
There are some key differences between … and …
Yes, there are quite a few differences between … and … A good example is …
As far as I’m concerned, the …
I prefer to …
I’d rather …
As I see it …
I’m more attracted to …
It seems to me that …
My view is that …
I’m more interesting in …
I’m fond of …
Be diligent
Be neat and tidy
Be patient
Be aggressive
Be innovative

unit 4 of 3000 words for IELTS

bow 弓,弄彎, 躹躬
brag 吹噓
breach 違反,破壞
breed 繁殖
bribe 賄賂
brochure 小冊子
bruise 傷痕
bucket 水桶
bud 芽,花蕾
bulge 腫脹
bulk 體積, 大部分
bully 惡霸 ,很,極
bump 碰,撞
bunch 串,束
buoyant 能浮起的, 上漲的, 心情愉快的
bureaucracy 官僚政治
burgeon 萌芽
burrow 挖地洞, 探索
burst 爆炸
bushfire
bustle 奔忙,充滿,催促
buzz 嘁嘁喳喳
bypass 旁道,分流
byproduct 副產品
cafeteria 自助餐館
calamity 災難
calculus 結石, 計算法, 微積分
camouflage 偽裝,掩飾
campaign
canteen
capable
capacity
capsule 小容器, 概要
captive 俘虜
capture
carnivore 食肉動物
carve 刻,雕刻
casualty 傷亡人員
catalyst 催化劑
catastrophe 大災, 大禍
catching 傳染性的, 迷人的
category
cater
cathedral 大教堂, 權威性的
cease 停止
celebrity 名流,著名
cellular 細胞組成的,劃分的
census 人口普查
ceramic 陶器的
cereal 穀類植物
ceremony 儀式,典禮
certainty 碓實,必然
chamber 房間, 會場, 議院
champagne
champion
chancellor 大臣
characteristic 特有的,典型的, 特性,特色
charcoal 木炭, 炭筆
charity 慈善, 寬容
charm 魅力,使陶醉
chart 圖表
charter 特許狀
chase 追逐
cheat 欺騙
cherish 撫育,愛護
chill 寒冷, 冷淡的
cholesterol 膽固醇
boycott
brainstorm
branch
brand
breach
breakthrough
brief
bubble
budget
calculate
calculation
calendar
camp
campus
can
cancel
candidate
canteen
capital
career
cargo
cashier
casino
catalogue
caution
celebrate
cereal
certificate
certify
chain
challenge
channel
chaos
chapter
character
charge
checklist
chef

IELTS writing exercise 26th Sep 08

Fatherhood just like motherhood, men and women share the equal duty to bring up the children. Do you agree or disagree?

review on 27th Sep 08

Slave, it’s a name far from us, especially in Hong Kong, such prosperous city, but, until the astonished documentary in ATV world’s national geography, the serious situation of child slave in India, unveiled the deep-rooted bad habits in such kinds of poor countries. It’s no doubt that slave is unbelievable and illegal nowadays, indeed, freedom is a natural and basic human right without anybody can take it away. However, the world isn’t the prefect we imaged and the hidden story shocks us ceaselessly.

IELTS part 3

attend
attorney
(N)律師
attract
attribute
(N)特性
auction
audience
audit
augment
(V)擴大,增大
authentic
(A)可信的
authority
authorize
automatic
auxiliary
(AN)輔助的,助手
available
avenue
average
aviation
aware
(A)知道的
awesome
(A)可怕的
awkward
(A)笨拙的
axis
bachelor
backbone
background
backup
bacteria
(N)細菌
badge
(N)徵章
badminton
baggage
bait
(N)餌
balcony
(N)露台
bald
(A)秃頭的
ballet
ballot
ban
band
bankrupt
banquet
baptize
(V)洗禮
bar
barbecue
bare
(A)祼的
bargain
bark
(N)咳嗽
barrel
(N)大桶
barren
(A)不生育的
barrier
(N)路障
basis
battery
battle
bead
(N)有孔小珠,命運
beard
(N)鬍鬚
beam
(N)橫樑
bear
(V)支持
beast
(N)野獸
beforehand
behalf
(N)代表,利益
behaviour
benchmark
(N)基準
bend
(V)彎曲
beneficial
beset
(V)困擾
bet
beverage
bewilder
(V)使糊塗
bias
(N)偏見
bibliography
bid
(V)命令,吩咐
bilateral
(A)左右對齊的
billiards
(N)彈子戲,撞球
bind
(V)捆,綁
bite
(V)咬
bizarre
(A)奇異的
blame
blank
blend混和
bless
(V)為祝福
block
bloom
(N)花
blossom
(N)開花
blot
(N)污漬
blow
(V)吹
blueprint
blunt
(A)鈍的
blur
(N)模糊
Boast
(V)吹牛
boil
bold
bombard
(V)轟炸
bonanza
(N)致富之源
bond抵押
bonus
boom
(N)激增
boost
(N)提高
booth
(N)貨攤,電話亭
border
(N)邊緣
bore
botany
(N)植物學
bother
(N)煩惱,麻煩
boundary
(N)邊界

IELTS Writing exercise 19th Sep 08

Computer issue

Vocabulary 18 September 08

unit 2
(N)ambassador
大使, 使節
(A)ambiguous
含糊不清的
ambition
(N)雄心, 抱負
ambitious
(A)有雄心的
ameliorate
(V)改善, 改良
amend
(V)修改, 修訂
amenity
(N)舒適, 優雅
amid
(P)在…之間.
amphibian
(A)(N)兩棲(動)
ample
(A)充裕的
amplify
(V)放大, 增強
amuse
(V)使..歡樂
anaesthetic
(N)麻醉劑
analogy
(N)相似, 類似
analyse
(V)分解, 分析
analysis
(N)分解, 分析
analyst
(N)分析員
anatomy
(N)解剖學
ancestor
(N)祖先, 先驅
Ancient
(N)老人
animation
(N)活潑, 卡通
annihilate
(V)消滅, 毁滅
anniversary
announce
announcement
anonymous(A)
annoy
(V)惹惱,使生氣
anthropology
(N)人類學
antibiotic
(N)抗生素
anticipate
(V)預期, 期望
anticipation
(N)預期, 期望
antique
(N)古董
anyhow
(AD)無論無何
apathetic
(A)冷淡的
apparent
(A)表面的
appeal
(V)呼籲, 懇求
appearance
append
(V)添附, 附加
appetite
(N)食慾, 胃口
applaud
(V)鼓掌, 喝采
appliance
(N)器皿, 設備
application
apply
appoint
(V)任命, 指派
appointment
appreciate
apprentice
(N)學徒
approach
(N)入口, 接近
appropriate
(A)適當的
approval
(N)批準, 認可
approve
(V)同意, 贊成
approximate
(A)(V)接近的
aptitude
(N)傾向
aquarium
(N)水族館
aquatic
(AN)水生植物
arbitrary
(A)武斷的
arch
(N)拱門
archaeology
(N)考古學
arduous
(A)艱鉅的
arena
arise
aromatic
(A)芳香的
arouse
(V)喚起
arrange
artery
(N)動脈
arthritis
(N)關節炎
artifact
(N)手工藝品
artificial
(A)人工的
ascend
(V)上升
ascribe
(V)歸因於
aspect
(N)方面觀點
ash
(N)灰
aspiration
(N)抱負,志向
aspire
(V)響往
assault
(N)抨撃
assemble
assert
(V)斷言
assess
assessment
(N)估價
asset
assign
associate
assort
(V)分類
assorted
(A)各色具備的
assume
assumption
assurance
assure
astound
(V)使震驚
astronaut
(N)太空人
astronomer
(N)天文學家
asylum
(N)避難
asymmetry
(N)不對稱
atheism
(N)無神論
athlete
atlas
(N)地圖集
atmosphere
(N)大氣,氣氛
atom
(N)原子
attain
(V)達到
attempt

Vocabulary 15 September 08

Abandon
(VN)放縱, 丟棄.

abbreviation
(N)縮寫

abdomen
(N)下腹, 腹部

abnormal
(A)反常的

aboriginal

abortion
(N)流產, 堕胎

absenteeism
(N)長期在外

absorb
(V)吸收(聲,光)

absolute

abstract

abuse
(V)濫用

academic

accelerate

accept

access

accessible

accessory
(NV)配件

accident

acclaim
(V)歡呼,喝采

accent

accommodate

accommodation

accompany

accomplish
(V)實現,逹到

account

accredit
(V)相信,認可

accumulate
(V)累積

accuracy

accuse
(V)指控,控告

accustom
(V)使習慣

acid
(A)酸的

acknowledge

acquaintance
(N)相識, 了解

acquire

activate

acupuncture
(N)針刺療法

acute
(A)尖銳的

adapt
(V)適應

adaptable

addict
(V)醉心,成癮

addition

address

ah hoc

Adequate
(A)足夠的

adhere
(V)黏附

adjacent
(A)鄰接的

adjust

administration

admire

admit
(V)承認

adolescent
(N)青少年

adopt
(V)採取

adore
(V)崇拜

advance
(V)推動

adventure
(N)冒險

adverse
相反的

advertise

advocate
(N)擁護者

aerobic
(A)有氧的

aesthetic
(AN)美學(的)

affect

affection

affirm
(V)斷言

affluent
(AN)富裕的

afford

agency

agenda

aggravate
(V)加重

agitate
(V)鼓動,煽動

agreeable

Aid

airborne
(A)空運的

airtight
(A)密閉的

aisle
(N)通道,走道

alarm

albeit
儘管, 雖然

alchemy
(N)煉金術

alcohol

algae
(N)水藻,海藻

algebra
(N)代數學

alien
(A)外國的

alight
(V)下來.

allege
(V)斷言,宣稱

allergy
(N)過敏症

allergic
(A)過敏的

alleviate
(V)減輕,緩和

allocate
(V)分派,分配

allot
(V)分配

allowance
(N)津貼

all-round
(A)全面的

allure
(V)引誘

almond

alter
(V)改奱

alternative
二者擇一

altitude
(N)海拔

alumni
男女合校

amateur

amaze

amazing(end of unit one)

IELTS Writing exercise 12 September 08

Describe some problems that overpopulation and suggest solution.

IELTS Writing exercise 5th August

Which media do you believem, TV, newspaper, radio etc. What will you like to hear, good news or bad news?

writing exercise IELTS

Studying a language in a country where it is widely spoken has many advantage. Discuss.

Vocabulary 25 August 2008

mere (a) It's hard to say that Liu Xiang can't finish mere 110 metres running.

lender (n) The one who own the money but lend them out.

forex (n) foreign exchange

intervene (v) The government has to intervene the issue.

momentum (n) The momentum of turnover increasing is slow and stable in 10% growing.

rebound (v) The rate is rebound to 2.55 when the government intervene the market.

dignity (n) respectability, respectableness

handicapped (a) Paralympic is for handicapped althetes and on the themes of "Improvement," "dignity" and "Friendship".

mechanism (n)

ill-advised (a) The decision is ill-advised.

integrity (n) The principal is integrity and respected by teachers and students.

caliber (n) The caliber of the principal is absolutely prefer.

slip-up (n) Due to a slip-up on my understand the document, I late this morning.

embroiled (a) The teacher has been embroiled in the corruppied case.

violently (ad)

pendulum (n) The siutation is pendulum and the result is unclear.

legitimate (a) the contract is legitimate document.

controverisal (a) The point is controverisal and the compete is on going.

Vocabulary 18 August 2008

recognition (n)
recognize (v)

contrariety (n) A opposite situation bewteen two things.

contradiction (n) The opposite of a thing.

hence
(= therefore)

emotionless (n)

naturalness (n)

crucial (a)

critical (a) = crucial

sentiment (n) = emotion

opposite (a) (n)

broaden (v) = enlarge

ultimately (ad)

hurried (a)

seldom (ad) (a)

poverty (n) poor

pity (n) (v) a poor thing.

intimate (a) have a intimate talk

Writing exercise

There is generation gap in Hong Kong.
Do you think so? Do you share everything with your family? Discuss.

Think small

small is easy to alert
small is possible be start
small can be managed better
small is first stage everything
small is about quality
small is about growing
small is about benefit
small can be anything, anywhere, anytime, anybody as well.
Let's think small.

Vocabulary 14 August 2008

whereby (ad) There is no other way whereby we can pass the exam.

dispose (v) The principal disposed a teacher in management team last week.

leisurely (a) (ad) The student always do his homework leisurely and without any pressure.

evaporate (v) Over 10Billion evaporated in the stock market this morning and the trend should be declined more sharply.

bourse (n) The bourse operator in China is organized by the government.

hostile (a) The student is a hostile classmate for most of students in the classroom.

grilled (a) Foods was grilled and ready on the table.

distraught (a) Students are distraught as the exam comes early.

beam (n)

distract (v) The result distracted the attention in the quality concern.

clinch (v) (n) The students clinched the settlement with a happy ending in the placement issue.

eye-catching (a) The result is eye-catching and surprised the whole school.

Athens (n) The captial of Greece.

morale (n) There are high morale beyond the game comes success.

enthusiasm (n) The reaction of hometown fans are enthusiasm for their athletes in Olympic game.

atmosphere (n) The atmosphere in the team is happy and relax.

herald (n) (v) The herald is prime newspaper in Melbourne.

loyal (a) The loyal fans of the superstar are crowd in the front door with flowers.

crucial (a) It's crucial decision in the moment for your future.

snatch (v) (n) The army should snatch the town by the strong support from Russia govenement military.

nerve (n) The student holds his nerve and pass the exam successful.

Vocabulary 13 August 2008

gas (n) gas bloating (for human body's rymptom)

bloating (a) Gas bloating is a kind of rymptoms about allergic reaction.

rash (n) The baby borke out in a rash when drunk the juice yesterday.

symptom (n) The movement could be considered a symptom of internal management unblanced.

immune (a) (n) Immune system is important element of human being.

strengthen (v) The movement strengthens the management and is a start of new generation of the school.

diet (n) (v) The diet of the children is healthly and listed in the routine.

vomit (v) (n) The student finished his meal then vomitted a few times, however, he is better now.

pediatrician (n) A pediatrician was listed in the school and he is a specialist of chinese medicine as well.

throw (v) A difficult question throws the student in the oral presentation.

eliminate (v) Seven teachers will be eliminated from the list of next year.

migraine (n) A kind of headache

diarrhoea (n) = diarrhea = (idiom) run

depression (n) Super inflation should cause a great depression in the economy.

constipation (n) A kind of symptom againsts the diarrhoea.

sinusitis (n) A kind of illness

kidney nuts

eczema (n) a kind of illness.

allergic (a) Migraine or rash should be a kind of allergic reactions.

gluten (n) A kind of elements in the diet.

crackdown (n) The management should made a crackdown for the staff often arrive late.

statutory (a) The length of work hours is a statutory regulation by-law in the school.

subvention (n) The government should provide more subvention for the teachers supporting their daily expenses.

allegation (n) The allegation of the principal explains the management of the school is successful and efficiency.

regulation (n) (a) The behavious of the teache againsts the regulation of the school.

stringent (a) The regulation is published and stringent instructure to against the weakness of the management.

substantial (a) (n) The meansure for curbing the inflation should be a substantial reaction in the financial market.

vibrant (a) The student is a vibrant member in the sproting team of the school.

scientific (a) The idea from the student is scientific and surprised the teacher and principal.

innovation (n) The innovation of Information Technology is continuous and should gain a more success in the future.

take part in

realization (n) The realization of the new policy for the staff is responsibility of the personal department.

forge (n) (v) The innovation of the information technology can forge a digital city.

How change of food can make you better (NEWS)

Milk, eggs and gluten are the three top foods that trigger delayed allergic reactions among Hong Kongers and avoiding them would enhance their health.

A Hong Kong BioTek poll of 1,053 people found milk affected 48 percent, eggs, 46 percent and gluten, 18 percent.

Also near the top of the list of offending foods were soybeans and kidney beans which people with eczema, sinusitis, fatigue, constipation, depression, diarrhoea or migraine should avoid.

Nearly 90 percent of 147 medical perfessionals surveyed believe eliminating such products from the daily diet is the most effective method of overcoming food allergies, a BioTek spokeswoman said.

Tsang Ka-wai's daughter, Oi-ching, had been throwing up mild three times a day since she was a baby. Every time they went out, the parents had to bring an extra set of clothes for her to change into.

Tsang had consulted Western and Chinese doctors over the years, but the situation did not imporve.

When Oi-ching turned three, Tsang found Dr Sophie Leung Suk-fong, a pediatrician who submitted the girl to a food allergy test that pinpointed the foods causing the delayed allergic reactions.

Eggs and milk were found to be offending foods for Oi-ching, along with peanuts, honey and tuna.

The doctor suggested avoiding them immediately and within a month, there was less vomiting.

It has now been more than a year and Tsang is slowly allowing his daughter to incorporate milk and eggs into her diet.

"Once offending foods and identified, they should be eliminated completely from one's diet for at least a year,' Leung said.

"Only then can the foods be slowly incorporated back into the diet, but in small amounts about once a week."

She added:"Of course, diet change is not the only thing to consider,"suggesting medicine and vitamins to strengthen the immune system.

"Eliminating foods such as milk, red meat or eggs will not interfere with balanced diet. There are many alternatives."

The common symptoms, she said, are skin rashes, eczema, sinusitis, fatigue, gas bloating, headache, migraine and constipation.

Leung encouraged those with health problems or allergies to assume a traditional Chinese diet with fewer eggs and less milk.

The study was conducted between January last year and June. Respondents included 147 medical professionals.

Vocabulary 12 Auguest 2008

midair (n) The speculation is in the midair and nobody find the answer.

climax (n) (v) The position of principal is the climax of the teacher in the school.

firecracker (n) The firecracker is the traditional stuff in the chinese new year.

explode (v) The inflation was exploded in last few months when the dramatically increasing the oil price continously.

drum (n) The performance of the drum in the Olympic opening cermomy is great.

thundering (a) (ad) The news in the market is spreading and thundering.

extravaganza (n) The performance of the concept is with extravaganza and impossible talnets.

rave (v) (n) (a) The principal raved the performance of the teacher with fried color results in her class.

spectacle (n) The view of winter in the town is spectacle and focused the eyes of worldwide travelling committee.

recognition (n) The recognition for the school from nationwide is surprised the principal and the teachers.

cauldron (n) The cauldron above the bird nest stadium is blazing the olympic fire.

hoist (v) (n) The rubbish was hoisted and collected by a track.

accomplished (a) The task have been accomplished and spent thousands bucks.

meticulous (a) The staff is so meticulous and waste the time of us.

spectacular (a) (n) The film is spectacular and touched the heart of the audiences.

footprint (n) They are going on the pace beyond the footprint of their parents.

hurdler (n) The chinese hurdler is the hope of the olympic winner in Alth. games.

aquatics (n) The aquatics of the school is with good results always.

emerge (v) The difficult situation was emerged immiediately when the budget was overpaid.

nevertheless

post-mortem (a) (n) The team from the police and hospital is for post-mortem in this case.

judicial (a) The judicial review is disadvantage for the government.

promenade (n) (v) The promenade of the wanchai beach should be built in 2010 summer.

fiercely (ad) The inflation is spreading nationwide fiercely.

brewing (n) The brewing of the plan took three months and spent thousands and thousand dollars in the process.

approval (n) The approval of the agreement was confirmed last week and the project is going on.

unaware (a) (ad) The school was unaware that the principal resigned immidiately.

fallout (n) The fallout of the issue should be argument in the congress.

prominent (a) The company is prominent in the industrial field.

savvy (v) (n) The savvy of the political basic is weakness in the government administration.

pale (a) (v) His face became pale and the speaking was slowing.

cylinder (n) The oxygen is saving in the cylinder.

inhalation (n) The pollution impact the inhalation damaged our lungs.

mezzanine (n) The guy is living in the mezzanine and spending less rent.

charred (a) The chicken wings had been charred by him in last babecue.

sacrifice (n) The sacrifice of the education policy is the students.

inferno (n) It's the inferno in the oldern building for the fire department.

gear (n)(v) The gears of the police is sufficient and ready for the special situation.

oxygen (n) O2 is oxygen 2.

probe (n) (v) The guy is a probe from the police and hiding in the underground party.

blaze (n) (v) The blaze of olympic fire is bright and strong to display worldwide.

Vocabulary 09 August 2008

Olympic games:

1. wrestling - a traditional sport in Western of Aisa
2. weightlifting - hold weight up
3. trampoline - dump on the net
4. taekwondo - Korean sport
5. synchronised swimming - a team performing the dance in the swimming pool
6. sailing - Hong Kong got a first Olympic glod from sailing game
7. rhythmic gymnastics - a gymnastic shows the soft
8. rowing - rowing is a sport to completing ship skill
9. jodo - Japanese sport
10. fencing - a sport from the European using the fence
11. kayak slalom - a kayak game with some obstacles.
12. canoe - a small ship suits only a person
13. badminton - chinese sport beyond the table tennis
14. athletics - running, etc.
15. artistic gymnastics - another kind of gymnastics.
16. archery - worldwide traditional sport, force target and shooting
17. swimming
18. basketball
19. football
20. volleyball
21. shooting
22. softball
23. table tennis
24. tennis
25. triathlon
26. modern pentathlon
27. baseball
28. beach volleyball
29. boxing
30. cycling
31. diving
32. equestrian
33. handball
34. hockey


Athletics:
heptathlon (7 item) 100m hurdles (running and jump the obstacles.
shot put (a weight ball be thorwing out)Man Qualifying
100m Men Heats (a run off preparation game)
heptathlon high jump
hammer man qualifying (another kind of shot put with holder)
discus women qualifying (another kind of shot put with thick shape)
3000m steeplechase women (running with obstacle in wild environment)
Triple jump Women qualifying
high jump men qualifying
pole vault women final (high jump with pole)
long jump men final
Javelin Throw women qualifying (throw the long thick javelin)
4x100m relay women heats

Artistic Gymnastics:
Floor exercise men final
pommel horse final
vault women final
rings final
uneven bars final
parallel bars final
beam final
horizontal bar final


Diving:
3m synchro men's doubles final
3m springboard women preliminary round
10m platform women semi-finals

equestrian:
concours individuel de dressage final
team eventing dressage final
tean eventing cross country final
individuel jumping qualifying
Team dressage grand prix final
team jumping final

Swimming:
400m individual medley men heats (conbins a few kinds of style)
100m butterfly women heats
400m freestyle men heats
100m breaststroke men heats

shooting:
10m air rifle women qualifying
trap men qualifying (moving target shooting)
10m air pistol men final
50m rifle 3 positions women qualifying
skeet women qualifying (moving target shooting)
50m rifle prone men final (lay in the ground to shooting with rifle)

Vacabulary 08 August 2008

cautiously optimistic - we remain cautiously optimistic on the property markets of Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland in the near future.

vanish (v) The trend of price increasing in the market has vanished and the enviornment worsened nowadays.

narrow (a) The narrow room between the 1st and 2nd one.

dash (v) (n) The dash of stocks should vanish when the Olympic games close at the end of August.

remittance (n) I sent over hundreds thousands dollars to Australia by remittance already.

speculative (a) The decision is a speculative investment and high risks should be involving.

abundant (a) There are abundant incomes in the orange field this year.

repatriate (v) The spy had been repatriated to his hometown last year.

swell (v) (a) (n) The emotion swelled hughly when the country won the olympic in Benjing 08.

revised (a) The catalogue had revised last year and updated more latest products.

clamp (n) (v) The United Stated should clamp the toughful policy to prevent the strong import from China.

amid (prep) The opportunity lifes amid the difficult and the darkness.

aftermath (n) There are expensive management experiences in aftermath of the 1997 financial crisis.

trepidation (n) The students standed in the stage and with some trepidation when the result still not be revealed.

Vocabulary 06 August 2008

itch (n) (v) The students had itch on their hand when touched the plant.

scribe (n) (v) Journalist is a scribe in another word, and reporter as well.

incarnation (n) The teachers decribed the principal was an incarnation of the dictator in the school.

slant (v) (n) The report should be slanted in supporting the principal.

huff (n) (v) Don't huff if you feel unhappy and calm down youself slowly.

convention (n) The target of the board is higher than emb convention.

athlete (n) The athletes of United Stated was the first team arrived the Olympic campus.

damnation (n) The damnation for the principal is spreading in the campus by the student.

glory (n) (v) The fly-color result in Olympic math complete is the glory of the school.

inheritor (n) The president should be a inheritor of the media mogul.

humble (a) (v) The humble habit is the advantage of Chinese in the world.

joy (n) The television show makes the joy for the children.

eternal (a) The study is a eternal issue in the life.

palm oil

platinum (n) The platinum card is the symbolic id for your position.

palpable (a) The growing result is a palpable evidence providing the student has worked hard in his study.

snap up

bubble

commodity

burst (v) The speculation is spreading in the market and should burst the bubble of the increasing prices of the commodities.

gloom doom

jurisdiction (n) The Hong Kong government owns the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

toll (n) the transfer charge of the bridge

contribution

reveal (v) (n) Neither principal nor teather revealed the further information about the case development for the student.

unveil (v) A speculation has been spreading unveilling the corruption in the principal poll.

long-awaited (a) The news is long-awaited for their parents and encourage the students in the school.

get off (ph)

massive (a) The project is a massive task in the year and the principal should conduct it directly.

pour (v) The board poured a great amount for developing the IT campus.

Vocabulary 05 August 2008

medalist (n) The coach is medalist and treasure over hundred medals.

treasure

hassle (n) (v) The teacher seems the issue is a real hassle from the student.

decathon - includes ten subjects of sports
pentathlon - includes five subjects of sports
triathlon - includes three subjects of sports

arduous (a) It's a arduous task to achieve the figure of sales.

crisp (a) The meet is fried and crisp.

pint (n) a quantity meansure - a pint of beer

amend (v) The policy should be amended and suited the new enviornment in education.

keen (a) The student is keen to help other people for their homeworks.

capitalism

prop (n) (v) The fund by government should prop up the stock market from the dip.

buyout (n) The buyout is last one strategic to contorl the company.

exact (a) (v) The buyout requires the exact marketing value and its addition potection.

avid (a) The principal is a avid person and seems the teacher as her slave.

prosperity (n) Hong Kong had been prosperity for ten years before 1997.

rats (int) = pesky (a)

legion (n) (a) The lecturer is famous and has a legion of students.

piper (n) The piper of Scotch dressed traditional costume to perform the music show.

legendary (a) The president was a legendary peron in WWII.

vernacular (n) (a) The vernacular of Hong Kong is cantonese.

pundit (n) The guy in the show names himself is a pundit.

flute (n)(v) The piper plays the flute in the show.

fluke (n) (v) The principal could be a leader of the school was just a fluke.

straight (a)

elite (n) The student is a elite of the famous school and successed in Olympic math compete.

despair (n) (v) Don't despair or give up when face the difficult.

movement (n)

grenade (n) The terriost throw the grenade forwards the police cars.

compound (n) (a) The school is a compound with church and school campus.

paramilitary (a) (n) The force is organized as a paramilitary police team to guard the town.

jog (v) The sport studio has a lot of people jogging and doing the exercises.

condemn (v) The crime should be condemned by the people because it damaged the country image.

moderate (a) (n) The level of security of Hong Kong still is moderate and the police is standby for the

thorough (a) The exam was a thorough success for the school.

conduct (v) (n) The principal should conduct the project to control the expense in budget.

enforcement (n) The enforcement of the policy should be handled in the middle level management.

tragic (a)

suspected (a) The suspected issue should be reported to the school board and investigated by the principal.

reassess (v) The board of school should reassess the capability of the principal.

Vocabulary 04 August 2008

admiration (n) The student felt wonderful admiration for the principal about her patriotic sentiment.

patriotic
sentiment

pamphlet (n) The teacher issued a pamphlet concerning the health behavious in school.

routine (n) (a) The principal drafts a routine for the new staff.

horrifying (a) The horrifying news occured in the small town and surprised the whole country.

de-

short-lived (a) The teather has been a short-lived president in the board of the school.

definitive (a) The principal gave the teacher a definitive routine for the board meeting.

secrecy (n) A good listener should be a keeper of the secrecy.

archipelago (n) The archipelago of southern chinese ocean becomes a issue between Vitnam and China.

monumental (a) The monumental status has been built for twenty years.

resistance (n) The resistance of the Olympic Game in China is from pollusion and anti human rights.

dictator (n) The teachers described the principal was a dictator in the school but became nice-people when facing the parents.

beard (n) (v) The student didn't dare to beard the teacher.

condolences (n) The presdient sent his condolences for the victims in the earthquake disaster.

stroke (n) Fail the exam is a storke for the student, who study hard and spend much free time in the subject.

literary (a) The teacher has issued a literary textbook for the students in the campus.

Vocabulary 03 August 2008

artificial intelligence

would-be (a) The student is a would-be captain of the children army.

embarrassment (n) It's embarrassment to singing in the public area.

communist (n) The communist is the member of the largest party in China.

modernity (n) The principal provides modernity to the traditional campus style in the school.

treatment (n) The principal criticized the treatment for the student from the teacher.

dissident (a) (n) The teacher is a dissident against the principal in the educational strategics.

dissent (v) (n) The student dissented the treatment from the teacher and gave up the study.

notably (ad) The news surprised the students notably, even all staff in the school.

medley (n) (a) The music is a medley combined with R&B and rock elements.

participant (n) (a) The participants of the running game are ready and standby in the start point.

censorship (n) The censorship of the films in Hong Kong is notably strict and classify three level, which are I, II, III respective.

Vocabulary 02 Aug 08

suspicion (n) The teacher questions the student by the suspicion about the issue.

ambassador (n) The student is named as sporting ambassador in order to promote sporting club in the campous.

bylaw (n) Bylaw has not imposed administrative responsibility to the teachers.

contravene (v) The behavious of the teacher contravenes the policy of the emb and surprises the principal.

inflammable (a) The school didn't allow the staff stocking any inflammable material in the school area.

impose (v) The new tax will be imposed in the next financial year and with the against from all social workers.

expectation (n) The expectation of the parents is satisfied when all pupils passed the open exam.

punctuality (n) The principal provides the functuality in order to the student comply with it.

liaison (n) The social worker keeps liaison with the local police station and prevent the special case in the school.

contingency (n) The principal must work out a contingency strategy to solving the problem.

spell out (ph) The principal spelled out the blueprint about the development of the school in last board meeting.

escalator (n) The children should be cautioned to using the escalator individually.

concourse (n) The police is patrolling the concourse to prevent the crime.

impose (v) (n) The expense should imposed on the department budget but without any explanation.

tremendous (a) The pace of developing infrastructure is tremendous and surprised the universal presses.

stride (v) (n) The teacher strode out the meeting to against the imperious principal.

substitute (n) (v) The teacher doesn't want to being substitute of the position.

Exercise 1 Aug 08

Technology can replace the human being. Do you think so?

IELTS essay exercise 26/07/08

Hong Kong is a workaholic city. Are you a workaholic? Why? and effects?

total description writing example (12)

Higher College Graduates
The charts shows student enrolment by gender and level in different colleges of the Higher Colleges of Technology colleges in the UAE.

There are clear differences in male and female enrolment. Females outnumber men in all the colleges, with almost 25% more students in Dubai Women's college than in Dubai Men's. Ras Al-Khaimah Women's College has almost 180 students, compared to only 100 in the Men's college.

Females also outnumber males by level, with almost double the number of men at Higher Diploma level (330 compared to 181). Only at Diploma level does the number of men slightly exceed that of women.

Over half the students are in Certificate level, with less than a quarter at Higher Diploma or Bachelor level.

In conclusion, most students in the Higher Colleges are enrolled at Diploma level or below, and the majority of students are women.

143 words

pie chart description writing example (11)

US Spending Patterns 1966 - 1996
The piecharts show changes in American spending patterns between 1966 and 1996.

Food and cars made up the two biggest items of expenditure in both years. Together they comprised over half of household spending. Food accounted for 44% of spending in 1966, but this dropped by two thirds to 14% in 1996. However, the outlay on cars doubled, rising from 23% in 1966 to 45% in 1996.

Other areas changed significantly. Spending on eating out doubled, climbing from 7% to 14%. The proportion of salary spent on computers increased dramatically, up from 1% in 1996 to 10% in 1996. However, as computer expenditure rose, the percentage of outlay on books plunged from 6% to 1%.

Some areas remained relatively unchanged. Americans spent approximately the same amount of salary on petrol and furniture in both years.

In conclusion, increased amounts spent on cars, computers, and eating out were made up for by drops in expenditure on food and books.

bar chart description writing example (10)

Computers & Internet in the Arab World
The chart shows striking differences in the level of computer and Internet penetration in the Arab world.

The UAE and Kuwait are by far the most computerized countries, with Lebanon a distant third. The UAE has over 150 computers for every 1000 inhabitants, compared to Kuwait's 130 and Lebanon's 60. In contrast, countries such as Egypt, Morocco and Syria have less than 20 computers per 1000 inhabitants.

There are also great differences in Internet use and availability. The UAE has by far the highest proportion of users, with more than one-third of its population using the Internet. Kuwait and Lebanon are second and third again, with 100 users per thousand in Kuwait and 80 in Lebanon. In some countries the number using the Internet is negligible: Saudi Arabia has less than 20 users per thousand, and there are fewer than 5 users per thousand in Syria.

One unusual feature of the graph is that Internet use does not seem to be directly related to the number of computers. In several countries (the UAE, Lebanon, Jordan and Oman), there are more Internet users per thousand people than computers. However, in other countries, such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria, the number of Internet users is lower than the number of computers.

In summary, there are major differences between computer use and Internet use in the Arab world, but the UAE clearly leads the area in both number of computers and number of internet users per capita.

bar chart description writing example (9)

Internet Usage in Taiwan by Age
The graph shows changes in the age profile of Internet users in Taiwan between 1998 and 2000.

The main users of the Internet in Taiwan are young adults between 16 and 30 years old. In 1998, they accounted for more than half of all users. In 1999 the number dropped slightly to 45%, but even in 2000 they were the biggest group.

The second biggest group of users is aged between 31 and 50. They made up 41% in 1998, falling slightly to 37% in 2000. When combined with the 16-30 age group, over 94% of users in 1998 were between 16 and 50.

However this number is dropping steadily as more children and older users log on. In 1999, the number of children online quadrupled from 2% to 8%, and it continued to increase in 2000. There were similar increases for older users, rising from 4% in 1998 to 10% in 2000.

In summary, while adults between 16 and 50 still represent the great majority of Internet users in Taiwan, their share is declining as more children and older users join the web.

(180 words)

bar chart description writing example (8)

Higher College Graduates
The chart shows male and female graduates from the Higher Colleges of Technology colleges in the UAE.

The most outstanding feature of the graph is female graduates outnumber males in all the colleges. For example, in Dubai, there are 30% more women graduates than men. There are also large differences in Al Ain and in Ras Al Khaimah. However, the number of men and women is almost equal in the colleges in Abu Dhabi.

There are also big differences in the sizes of the colleges. Ras Al Khaimah has less than 300 students altogether, while Abu Dhabi has about 600 and Dubai has almost 1000

In summary, women outnumber men in all the colleges, and there are significant differences in the sizes of the colleges.

124 words

bar chart description writing example (7)

Oil Production Capacity
The graph shows Oil Production Capacity in millions of barrels per day for selected Gulf countries. There are several features in this graph.

The most significant feature is that oil production will increase sharply in almost all the countries shown. Kuwait and Iraq are both expected to double their output between 1990 and 2010, with Kuwait's production rising from 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 1990 to 3.8 in 2010. Iran will also increase its output by a slightly smaller amount. After remaining steady at 2.5 million bpd from 1990 to 2000, the UAE's output is expected to approach 4.0 million bpd in 2010. Only Qatar's production is predicted to fall, back to 0.8 million bpd after a slight rise in 2000.

However, the greatest increase will be from Saudi Arabia. In 1990, its output capacity at 8.5 million bpd exceeded the combined production of Iran, Iraq and Kuwait. This lead is expected to continue with a 75% increase in production to 14.5 million bpd 2010.

In summary, while most of the countries are expected to show increases, Saudi Arabia will maintain and strengthen its position as the major producer.

(194 words)

bar charts description writing example (6)

Fertility Rates
The chart shows striking changes in the fertility rate of women in six Gulf countries – Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain between 1990 and 2000.

In the ten year period, there was a decline in the number of births per woman in all countries. The biggest declines were in two countries which had low fertility rates at the start of the decade, Bahrain and the UAE.

Fertility rates vary greatly between the six countries. Oman and Saudi Arabia had the highest rates, with over seven births per woman in 1990. This compared with around 4 births per woman in Bahrain and the UAE, and just 3.75 in Kuwait

By 2000, the rate had fallen below three births per woman in Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE, with a drop of over 25% in a decade in the UAE. However, in Saudi Arabia and Oman, the rates fell by just 20%, from 7.0 to 5.5.

In summary, there were major decreases in birth rates in all countries, but some countries in the region have double the fertility rate of others.

162 words

bar charts description example (5)

Heart Attacks by Age and Gender
The graph shows how age and gender influence the frequency of heart attacks in the US.

Less than 6% of all heart attacks occur in the 29-44 age group. The number of women who suffer heart attacks in this group is negligible - only 3000 per year, compared to 123,000 men.

However the proportion of men and women with heart attacks rises dramatically between 45 and 64, with over half a million per year. Over 420,000 men a year in this age group have heart attacks. The incidence amongst women increases - women have one heart attack for every three men in this age group.

Over the age of 65, the number of men suffering heart attacks only increases slightly. However there is a huge increase in the number of women with heart attacks - they comprise over 40% of all victims.

In conclusion, men are more likely to be the victims of heart attacks at all ages, but women are increasingly likely over the age of 65.

graph description writing example (4)

Underground Station Passenger Numbers
The graph shows the fluctuation in the number of people at a London underground station over the course of a day.

The busiest time of the day is in the morning. There is a sharp increase between 06:00 and 08:00, with 400 people using the station at 8 o'clock. After this the numbers drop quickly to less than 200 at 10 o'clock. Between 11 am and 3 pm the number rises, with a plateau of just under 300 people using the station.

In the afternoon, numbers decline, with less than 100 using the station at 4 pm. There is then a rapid rise to a peak of 380 at 6pm. After 7 pm, numbers fall significantly, with only a slight increase again at 8pm, tailing off after 9 pm.

Overall, the graph shows that the station is most crowded in the early morning and early evening periods.

graph description writing example (3)

Dubai Tourism, 1990-1994
The graph shows the numbers of tourists in hundreds of thousands visiting Dubai between 1990 and 1994. There are several features in the graph.



First of all, the total number of tourists increased rapidly between 1990 and 1994. In 1990 there was a total of 450,000 tourists in Dubai. This rose sharply to 625,000 in 1991, an increase of more than 30%, and rose slightly again to just under 700,000 in 1992. In the following two years, the number of visitors started to pick up again and reached 1 million in 1994. This was more than double the figure for 1990.



The second trend is that there was a huge increase in the number of tourists from Russia. In 1990, Russian tourists comprised only 20,000 or less than 5% of visitors. This number shot up to 50,000 in 1991 and doubled again to more than 100,000 in 1992. Between 1992 and 1994, the number trebled, from 110,000 to 330,000. This meant that Russian tourists made up one-third, or 33%, of Dubai’s 1 million visitors in 1994. In comparison, the number of tourists from other countries increased only slightly, from 550,000 in 1991 to 580,000 in 1994.



In conclusion, although the number of tourists from all countries is increasing, Russian tourists are becoming more and more important for the tourism industry in Dubai.

graph description writing example (2)

Dubai Gold Sales
The line graph shows estimated sales of gold in Dubai for 12 months in 2002 in millions of dirhams. There were two main seasons for gold sales.

The main season for sales is in the December to May period. Sales were consistently above 200 million dirhams per month, rising sharply to a peak of 350 million dirhams in March. However, for the next four months, sales declined steadily, reaching an annual low of 120 million dirhams in July.

In August, there was a sudden increase. Sales almost doubled, rising from 120 million dirhams in July to 210 million dirhams in August. This was followed by a drop in September, back to the July figure.

From September to October, sales recovered, from 120 to 180 million. In October and November, sales remained steady, and there was a small increase in December to 190 million dirhams.

In conclusion, the main sales period is in the early part of the year, slumping in the summer, except for a sudden increase in August.

graph description writing Example (1)

North American Fish Catches
The graph shows changes in fish catches for the US and Canada over the last 30 years.

The most significant feature is that fish catches have declined drastically in both the US and Canada since the mid-1980s. Although Canadian production is much lower, its echoes US figures, declining or increasing at the same rate.

Between 1972 and 1977, US fish catches averaged between 2.5 and 2.75 million tonnes per year, while Canadian landings fluctuated between 800,000 and 1.1 million tonnes. In 1997, however, there was a big increase in fish caught in the US, and this rise continued up to a peak of 5.5 million tonnes in 1987. During the same period, Canada's catch increased from 1 million tonnes to 1.5 million tonnes, an increase of 50%.

From 1987 onwards, there was a sudden decline in both countries. US figures tumbled to 4 million tonnes in 1995, a drop of 28%, and Canadian catches plunged to 0.5 million tonnes, a drop of 66%. In the following four years, US catches fluctuated around the 4 million tonne mark, while Canadian catches rose very slightly.

In general, both Canadian and the much larger US catch have declined dramatically since their peak in the mid-1980s.

Exerice Line graph

There is a line graph about Number of people at a London undergroung station, which indicated the number of people between 6:00 and 22:00.

LINE GRAPHS (IETLS)

Nouns: a rise, an increase, a fall, a drop, a decline, a peak/dip

adj/adv: sharp, sharply, dramatic, dramatically, considerable, considerably, steady, steadily, slight, slightly, gentle, gently, gradual, gradually, relative, relatively

phrase: remain the same, reach a plateau,, remain stable, remain/stay constant, reach a peak, hit/fall to the lowest point

Sentences from News (24 July 08)

Keeping prices deliberately low through policies cannot help but worsen inflation in the long term.

The committee said Beijing should maintain tight monetary policy and prudent fiscal policy, but with "flexibility".

Writing skill (1)

Essay

(1) Introductory Paragraphs

*Hook: one sentence (first sentence in the introductory paragraph)
*Development: three to four sentences (middle sentences)
*Thesis: one sentence (often the last sentence in the introductory paragraph)

The thesis sentence is the most important part of the introduction.
When writing a thesis sentence
<1> limit the topic
<2> make a clear statement about the topic
<3> refine the statement by explaining it clearly and using specific words, action words, and sensory details.

15-30 words

Example: A: More frequently than people realize there are dangers in deli work.
B: If you don't want to end up in the emergency room on your first day here, you need to be aware of the potential dangers in working at a deli.


A: A sense of humor has been useful to me.
B: Being able to laugh at myself in embarrassing situations has saved me from some depressing moments.

A: Winter is hard on the world
B: With its Arctic wind and subzero temperatures, winter drives plants, animals, and people into hiding.

A: I know how to make my wife(husband, girl/boyfriend) happy.
B: While my wife enjoys receiving presents on established occasions like birthdays, if I want to make her truly happy, I bring her small, unexpected presents throughout the year.

A: There is one kind of party that is sure to attract the police.
B: Whenever I have Eric's band over to play at a keg party in my backyard, the police show up before midnight.

A: Buying gifts that will be well received is not easy as you need to pick the right gift.
B: To buy a special gift for someone, you have to know the person well and buy her what she, not you, would value.

A: Extreme sports fall into several different categories.
B: Leaping from a bridge with a piece of rope attached to my ankle, clinging to a sheer rock face 2,000 feet above the ground, or jumping out of a plane at 15,000 feet-my favorite extreme sports can be classified by the element of risk in eash.

Strategies for introductions
1. Description
2. Narration
3. Comparison/contrast
4. Cause and effect
5. Definition
6. Persuasion
7. Question(s)
8. Background information/history (including why the topic is important to you)
9. Startling information
10. Reversal
11. Combination of serveral methods

Methods for creating hooks
1. Ask a question
2. Begin with a line of dialogue
3. Begin with a quotation
4. Make a startling statement
5. Present an unusual fact
6. Use a vivid image
7. Create a comparison (possibly a metaphor or simile)
8. Combination of methods.

Vocabulary 23 July 08

TheStandard news

-Cyber dissident arrested, rights group says
-Convicted sergeant given bail ahead of appeal
-Australian truckers clog highway in fuel protest
-Malaysian dam project threatens world heritage park: activists
-Three Skorea marines killed as guard post collapses
-US polygamist sect leader charged with child sex assault
-Thorpe torpedoes Phelps' quest for eight Olympic golds
-Frenchman Dessel conquers Alps to take Tour's 16th stage
-Fears grow for Macau gaming glut
-DaChan Food to gobble up processors (poultry)
-Thumbs up for US banking system

Vocabulary 22 July 08

-news 22 July 08 Hong Kong

Nine-year-old girl turns drug mule
Stamps to mark Olympic Equestrian events
Strike halts delivery of drinking water
Price differences exposed at supermarkets
Oil spill closes beach
Woman sues Jockey Club for horse bite
Fake watch syndicate busted
New private unit numbers dwindle
Code of conduct for dentists revamped
800,000 seen flocking to Olympic piazza
Technician
Obama says talks with Maliki 'constructive'
Malaysia's police chief sues Anwar for defamation
Pakistani court upholds curbs on nuclear scientist
Britain mulls military mission to Jamaica

topics (1) for writing and discussing

potentially disastrous combination of climate change, high inflation and econoic slowdonw

every home must generate its own power

build offshore wind farms that can convert wind energy to electricity.

NASA researchers said they are using global satellite data to create maps of ocean areas best suited for wind energy.

pollution - Beijingers breathed easier on Sunday as traffic restrictions and factory closures came into effect in a last ditch attempt to turn the often smoggy Chinese capital into a pollution-free venue for next month's Olympics.

On a sunny but still slightly hazy day

The city's chronic pollution has been one of the biggest headaches for Games oranizers

Vocabulary 21 July 08 (2)

adrift (a) (ad) The principal's speech is adrift and without any promise for the teacher, whom should lost their trust for the school.

compromise (n) (v) The teacher neogtiated with the principal and came to a compromise.

oust (v) The principal ousted a teacher from the committee because the teacher was a rival in the poll of next principal.

persuade (v) The teacher persuaded the student don't give up and go ahead as poor result in the A-level exam.

reinforce (v) The class is in order to reinforce the speaking of English for the Band 5 students and presented by the principal teaching directly.

settlement (n) The settlement of salary negotiation between empolyer and the delivery workers is successful and satisfied by both side.

status quo (ph) The status quo of the Iraqi government is a puppet of the president of United Stated.

Vocabulary 21 July 08

pour (v) (n) - (before)

mire (n) (v) The mire of inflation should impact the domestic consumption and be a burden on the civilian.

blend (v) (n) The student blended the red color and yellow one together became orange.

cumulative (a) The balance of school account reached 1 million dollars cumulatively.

consortium (n) The consortium from Chinese tycoons and overseas investers made a bid for the TVB.

exceed (v) The score of the school exceeded the expectation of the principal.

amid (prep) Amid the exam and the competition, the student lost his confidence and gave up the opportunity to being the best player of the year.

contribution (n) The contribution of the principal could decreased the pressure of the board in the draft of developing purposal for new year.

interval (n) The argument prolongs the interval of the performance.

conservative (a) (n) In British, the Conservative Party owns majority seats in the parliament.

gain (v) (n) The student gained highest mark in the univerisal maths competitive.

Exercise 20 July 08

Do you suffer from higher inflation in HK? Can you examine the causes and effects? Any suggestion to solve this problem?

The influence of global economical enviornment, the inflation in Hong Kong is extremely obvious, and almost all here suffer the higher inflation.

Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, owns independent financial system and advocate of free market economy. High population density and expensive land price
always occur inflation

Vocabulary 20 July 08

Kabul (Capital of Afghanistan)

NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

coalition (n) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a coalition of western counties.

respective (a) The students

insurgency (n)

shelter

topple

Vocabulary 19 July 08

credentials (n) Barack Obama would like to make a credentials that prove his ability of handle foreign issues or international minifield's events.

credibly (ad) The principal could credibly negotiate with the teachers for the board.

prove (v) The students proved their experience in the performance and surprised the principal.

as far as - As far as we are concerned, as soon as possible. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes.

minefield (n) Salary is a minefield in the school and the principal should tackle the issue carefully.

navigate (v) The principal always navigate between teachers and the board.

rival (n) (a) (v) The teacher is a rival for the principal in the poll of best staff in school.

pull out - The central government vowed to pull out the tiger of corruption in shichu development project.

Vocabulary 18 July 08

depression (n) The great depression

substantial (a) (n) Study and hard work is substantial

nosedive (n) (v) The index of Heng Seng was nosedived yesterday.

suspicious (a) The suspicious news of the marriage of the actress was a speculation by the magazine editor.

patriotic (a) The troops in Iraq were very patriotic and real servants of the country.

derivative (a) (n) A new derivation of the heng seng indexs will be introduced next week to encourage the invester share the risk in finance market.

prominent (a) The talnet of the new principal is prominent and surprised the senior teachers.

regulatory (a) The power system is under regulatory monitor by a group of engineers.

comprise (v) A school should comprise a principal and a teacher, at least, and a classroom, virtual or actual one.

recurrence (n) The speculation of recurrence of financial crisis was spread and scared most of investers.

integrity (n) An integrity policy for the school is important and must be processed properly.

hedge (n) (v) The resident planted a hedge around the garden and a lot of trees there.

tumble (v) (n) The heng seng index had tumbled continusly because the gulf war was evoloved.

commodity (n) Commodities in United Stated is plentiful and the people enloy their life there.

bullish (a) The new secretary of monetary authority is a bullish leader.

optimist (n) The treasury secretary is optimist.

bearing (n) Bearing on the issue was between invester and the consumers.

shed (v) The resources in China is shedding forward to Hong Kong and support the weakness of the financial system.

gulf (n) The gulf war spend three years in Iraq and involved many countries.

aggressive (a) The price is aggressive but the school can't afford it.

numerous (a) The student should encountered numerous difficulties in their final project.

struggle (v) (n) The democrats struggled for the freedom of the democrats in China.

levy (v) The tax of war will be levied for the gulf war.

reimburse (v) United Stated will reimburse the loss of the Iraq economy.

Vocabulary 17 July 08

pour (v) (n) The students poured out of the the hall without comply with the order.

offset (v) (n) The flycolor result of the English will be offset by the unexpected score of the maths.

rally (v) (n) The speech of the president rallied the confident of the consumer and pulled back to the American market.

extremely (ad)
circumstance (n)
ignore (v)
cue (n) (v)

falter (v) (n) The student voice faltered, and descriped the terrible experience.

worrisome (a) Bad result always is a worrisome matter for the student.

tie (v) (n)
shift (v) (n)

shrink (v) (n) The economy of America was shrunk by the speculation of unexpected subprime circumstances.

swing (v) (n) The swing of the bus made the students sick.

bloc (n) The bloc of the express service drafted a statement to protect the lowest labour cost.

clinch (v) (n) Blarak Obama clinched Clinton and became the candidate of the Democratic Party.

cushion (n) (v) The cushion lays on the seat and made comfortable to the person.

crucial (a) The decision is crucial and make sense by the supplier.

presence (n) The presence of the principal was surprised the students in the fallwell party.

crowd (n)
tout (v)

allot (v) The student was allotted a notebook to study in the campus.

Vocabulary 16 July 08

delinquent (a) (n) The staff of the post office is delinquent and always lost the letter and without explanation.

exposure (n) The exposure of the news that the tycoon dated the actoress has delcined the image of this public icon of Hong Kong.

plummet (n) (v) When the exposure of delinquent loans, the price of the bank stock was plummeted and record unprecedented lowest price.

rife (a) The illegal DVD was rife and impacts the pop music creative in the world.

nervousness (n) The weakness of the principal is nervousness that limited the development of the school.

preoccupy (v) The question was preoccupied in the interview with the presdient that the exposure of the relationship of the first family.

intensify (v) The accident was intensified the cooperation of government departments.

squelch (v) The government squelched the rumor of the bankrupt of the finance company.

spike (n) (v) The speech by the president spiked the speculation of the stock market that the rate of interest would declined 0.5%.

diminish (v) When the principal takeover the management of the panel, the reputation of the organization was diminished.

sputter (v) (n) The terrible news was sputtered by the man and angry the people.

witness (n) (v) We are the witness of the development of Hong Kong and will shore up the economic enviornment in the moment.

embattled (a) The troops of Iraq was embattled and prepare the war against Iran.

testify (v) The witness testified the defense was honest and a good guy.

monetary (a) The monetary issue in Hong Kong was held by central government and distributed by Chief Executive.

turmoil (n) The turmoil of financial market is from the speculation about the prediction of American subprime.

High speed downlink packet access

http://hspa.gsmworld.com/

HSDPA stands for High Speed Downlink Packet Access, is new generation technology for mobile network access, and more stable and fast than GSM, even WCDMA. The technology had provided in global market, included four cellphone distributors in Hong Kong, whereas the i-phone is with this technology and access to the Internet more fexibility and with fast speed for download or upload data. The user should be benefited by the new technology and the related products should be completed by latest technology and fast speed. Nobody knows the trend of next generation, but the generation must be advantage and good for the human being.

Vocabulary 14 July 08

shore (n) (v) The teacher should shore up the confident of the students who failed the exam.

allay (v) The announcement of the school board allayed the speculation of the teacher and would keep the whole team in new year.

treasury (n) The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve

hatch (v) (n) The plan was hatched in an attempt to calm the students after most of them failed the exam.

plummet (v) the index of HS plummeted more than 5% yesterday and recorded the lowest price in the month.

bailout (n) The universial bailouts will be spend in rebuilding the city.

g rappled (

Vocabulary 13 July 08

cite (v) The reporter cited a quote from Barack Obama to support a stance of his rhetoric.

infringe (v) The lawsuit infringed the publication of the famous scientist.

interim (n) An apartment for the English teacher will be ready at the end of Summer holiday. In the interim occupancy will be a principal's house.
(a) an interim report

Iraqi (Iraq)

mandate (n) The student carry out a mandate and reach a star on his report.
(v) American troops occupied the Iraq for a long period and the area was mandated by UN.

memorandum (n) The board of school had draftd the memorandum before negotiated with the principal.

pact (n) Iraq should continuously sign the pact for the mandated area where the US troops occupied and allow the condition provide by US.

rebuff (n) (v) The principal rebuffed the requirement from the teachers that they would like to cancel Saturday teaching activties.

strategy (n) The principal strongly recommended the teacher follow her management strategy.

sovereignty (n) Taiwan always claimed the sovereignty of Taiwan is owned by the 20 million people in the island.

Vocabulary 12 July 08

regulator (n) The regulator of government took over the YMD hotel, which owed BOE over 800 million dollars.

swoop (v) The Custom officer swooped the shop and accused they copy the illegal movie this afternoon.

cap (v) The news of marriage of Miss Hong Kong capped the intelligence of Africa flood crisis.

tumultuous (a) The fans of Chelsea hold their tumultous emotion to watch the historial moment when the football club won the cup of England.

Thrift (n) A large thrift institution had bankrupted because the economic in United Stated slid precipitously.

blame (n) (v) The stockholder blames the management of the industry enterprise isn't flexibility and can't save the useful manpower.

elevated (a) The standard requirement of new F.1 students is elevated and reach unprecedented peak.

distress (n) (v) The people in Sicheu are distress but they try their best to rebuild the city.

interference (n) The meeting in 6 parties for Northern Korea always is broken by interference from Russia and Japan.

slid (slide)

precipitously (ad) The resignation of the principal was startled the school precipitously.

swiftly (ad) The board of the school cancelled the project swiftly when the teacher againsted it.

Vocabulary 11 July 08

intelligence (n) The dept of intelligence has been taken over by the chief executive.

assuage (v) The rhetoric of the Reverend assuaged the pressure of the teachers.

Tehran (the capital of Iran)

atomic (a) Iran attempts to developing atomic weapon but US against their idea.

assault (n) (v) The combat troops of US assaulted the Iraq and took over the government.

at stake - People in SiChu are at stake and we lost the intelligence of there.

dampen (v) Don't dampen yourself if the situation can't suit your mind, anythings could be better tomorrow.

maneuver (n) The military held a maneuver in the strait of easten ocean.

rattled - The index of hengseng was rattled and recorded 3000 points decline a day.

surged (n) (v) The HSI was surged between 1000 and 3000 points every day this week.

substantiate (v) The rumor was substantiated and the confident of the salesman was pulled back.

rumor (n) (v) The sentence about me was a rumor and withour any evidences.

strait (n) (a)The student must go forward without the strait fears.

torpedo (n) (v) The adavantage of thhe

uranium (n) Uranium is a expensive element in the atomic

enrichment (n)The first of events of china enrichment the procedure of the China.

extremely precise - The clock of Sony was extremely precise and without

halt (n) (v) The presdient haltted the contract with the organization that list in the blacklist.

violation (n) The teacher's rumor was violation and give the

無路可退

一條謎樣的道路
一段凌亂的旅途
一直揮不去命運的霧
投名狀走到分叉路
決定是難免會痛苦
等待你下了注　沒有退路
已經很清楚　一切已落幕
也許你快樂我也被說服
加快了速度　心已經麻木
一口氣咽下所有的痛楚

為什麼
那麼的相信讓我無窮無盡的心碎
那麼的付出給我傷心欲絕悲痛滋味
那麼的蒼白無法阻止我腦海記憶
對你　我不曾後悔
那麼的在乎顯得我到底有多狼狽
那麼的偉大究竟把誰變得無家可歸
那麼的冷靜無法停止我向前狂奔
因為　我已無路可退

當我遍體為你被插滿　折磨的箭
請求你給我一箭穿心的乾脆

為什麼
那麼的相信讓我無窮無盡的心碎
那麼的付出給我傷心欲絕悲痛滋味
那麼的蒼白無法阻止我腦海記憶
對我　你可曾後悔
那麼的在乎顯得我到底有多狼狽
那麼的偉大究竟把誰變得無家可歸
那麼的冷靜無法停止我向前狂奔
因為　我無路可退




暗淡了刀光劍影，遠去了鼓角錚鳴
眼前飛揚著一個個鮮活的面容
湮沒了黃塵古道，荒蕪了烽火邊城
歲月啊！你帶不走那一串串熟悉的姓名

興亡誰人定啊！盛衰豈無憑啊！
一頁風雲散啊...變幻了時空
聚散皆是緣啊！離合總關情啊！
擔當生前事啊...何計身後評？

長江有意化作淚，長江有情起歌聲
歷史的天空，閃爍幾顆星
人間一股英雄氣...
在馳騁縱橫...

Vocabulary 10 July 08

talk down to sb (ph) Some teachers compalined the principal always like to talk down to the teachers and the students.

broaden (v) The experience from traveling China will broaden his understand of the chinese community.

crude (a) The student's crude manners must be repudiated by the teacher and the principal.

disparaging (a) The sentence was disparaging about the Chinese living environment.

come off (ph) The presentation was came off the communication skill from Obama.

acolyte (n) The young guy is a acolyte of the Reverend in the church.

slay (slain) (v) Lincole is a slain president of US and a great leader.

mike (n) (v) The teacher would like to teaching by a mike.

unequivocally (ad) Teachers repudiated the opinion from the principal unequivocally.

reverend (the Reverend) (a) (n) The director of the school is a reverend lawyer, a close friend of the Reverend ABC.

condemned (a) The statement seems a condemned sentence for the student in the exam room.

thoroughly (ad) The policy invested the case thoroughly to find out the crimer.

repudiate (v) The actress repudiated the relationship with the tycoon.

rhetoric (n) The principal deeply appreciated the rhetoric of the parent representative in the ceremony.

utter (v) (a) He uttered a sigh when he understood the exam was failed.

Vocabulary 09 July 08

flip-flop (v) The medium of teaching language was flip-flopping by government latest statement.
(n) Changing Chinese-mediuam to Engish-medium teaching is flip-flop by the school management.

wiretap (n) Illegal recording the personal communication is a kind of behavious of wiretap.
(v) The police wiretaps the cellphone dialogue between two spy members.

notion (n) It's a notion in my mind when visiting in China.

eagerly (ad) The donation activities for China are going on eagerly and the target is 100 billion dollars.

expediency (n) Selling some shares to Microsoft is expediency by Yahoo management.

eavesdropping (n) Eavesdropping is not allowed in gentleman guidebook.

pundit (n) The pundits accused the government always beneif closely tycoons in many public projects.

disenchanted (a) The actress's behavious made her fans disenchanted and give up their support to him.

lurch (v) (n) The passengers lurched to their seats when the train went fast.

zig (n) The zig on the corner is danger for the driver.
(v) The car was zigging quickly when the driver noticed the bridge was borken.

reckless (a) Punish children by hand is reckless and illegal behavious.

abandon (v) (n) Smoking is abandoned in all resturent in Hong Kong.

disillusion (v) (n) The disillusion should be depends on himself and nobody could help him.

whiplash (n) The action became a whiplash in whole area's economic enviornment.

cynical (a) The new generation people is cynical and independation.

vocabulary 08 July 08

withhold (v) You must withhold anxious and keep focus to study, especially a exam be hold tomorrow.

revolutionary (n) He declared the orgainzation was revolutionary and help the people in poverty.

march (v) Keep the pace to follow the march.

jungles (n) "Survivor" always take action in jungles and the audience enthuse in this kind of program.

counter-narcotics

narotic (n)

opium poppy (n) Opium poppy is one kind of the narotic and it could produces to drugs.

cultivation (n) The flower cultivation is the main incomes for the small town.

trafficking (n) Police will take action to withhold the trafficking in this area.

pose (v) The lack of labours will pose the decline of production.

sustainable (a) The advantage of finance business are sustainable in Hong Kong.

licit (a) Mark Six is licit in Hong Kong and presents a wish for the people.

essay tips (1)

Introduction: a lead-in sentence

Conclusion: concluding paragraph with a lead sentence includes a connector, a brief summary of the essay's main points, and a link to the thesis.

vocabulary 07 July 08

kick off (starting and restarting play the game) - The soccer game is kicked off and will be finished at 11 o'clock.

backpedal (v) We are not able to backpedal the proposal because most of members had collected it last few days.

poverty (n) Most of countries in Africa are still poverty and lack of rice and clean water.

tackle (v) The new presdient should tackle with these trouble cases in the period of assuming new post.

arguably (ad) The project should cost arguably most expensive and actually it's unprecedented success for the college.

advocacy (n) Not smoking in restaurent is the party's advocacy during the poll.

alleviate (v) The fund from government should alleviate the pressure for the poverty of a few of families.

Vocabulary 6 July 08

advocate (n) Most of teachers are advocate of English teaching in class.

alter (v) Don't try to alter the mind of the genius who belongs the thinking style.

ardent (a) The principal is an ardent advocate of ending the war of Iraq.

combat troops (ph) US employed two hundreds soldiers to join the combat troops of Iraq.

committed (a) The man is a committed member of the community party.

frenzy (n) The Germany won the Euro cup and their fans became frenzy after the game.

puzzled (a) The question made him puzzled and confused about the answer.

refine (v) The teacher asked the student refined their speech of graduation.

set off - They set off in search of the survivor of the accident.

staunch (a) He is staunch supporter of Iraq war.

vacillating (a) The presdient may not be a vacillating leader in such common issue.

innocuous (a) It's an innocuous product, even though it's not any help for our health.

vocabulary 3 July 08

boardwalk (n) A long boardwalk beside the beach and was crowed in the evening.

contest (n) Five tenders involved a contest to get the contract of rebuild ABC market.

elsewhere (ad) The shoe is special and can't be found elsewhere.

enthuse (v) The audience enthused to dancing with his song in the concert.

fatigued (a) The workers were doing their job with fatigued body when continous woking for over 16 hours.

lengthy (a) Flying to San Franscisco is a lengthy journey.

in the midst of - Actually the project is in the midst of progress.

political science (ph) He is a political science professor in Uni of HK.

prediction (n) The speculation of the presidential winner was from the prediction of yahoo online voting result.

pull back (ph) The interesting contest will pull back the focus of the audience.

Republican (n) Most of Republican support Geroge W Bush for his political concept.

riveting (a) The talk show by Obama is riveting and attract 5% audience in US.

theater (n) The famous Opera will be hold in the theater of Hong Kong Hall.

tired of - The audience was tired of watching the same scene of the movie ending.

ultimately (ad) Bill gates will leave Microsoft ultimately and a new style of management will be take over the traditional way.

waist (n) She kept gym for two months and declined the size of waist to 28".

wearily (ad) The speech was lengthy and the audience felt wearily.

worn out (ph) He worn out as kept running for 3 hours.

vocabulary 2 July 08

authority (n) The authority of the school is from the principal.

boycott (v) The consumer of China boycotted the Japanese product.
(n)

call on - The ministers call on the new presdient and provide their opinions.

diplomacy (n) The principal showed diplomacy in the negotiation with food supplier last week and decrease the price by 20%.

envoy (n) China sent an envoy to Taiwan for discuss the peace agreement.

insurmountable (a) Lazy is insurmountable factor for me.

mediation (n) The salary crisis was settled by mediation from pan-democratic party.

obstacle (n) The reluctance of labour side is an obstacle to making agreement with government.

permanent (a) He applied a permanent resident of Australia last year and will keep stay here for another year.

puppet (n) The principal is the puppet of the school board.

resolution (n) The school board have passed a resolution to install WI-FI Access point.

run-off (n) Obama will flight with McCain in the run-off between two parties.

take over (ph) The president took over the sales dept and will settle some change.

vow (n) The soccer player make a vow to win a championship for the club.

Words for writing (1)

(for adding material)
again, also, and, as well as, besides, last, next
furthermore, in addition, further, likewise, moreover

(for giving examples and emphasis)
above all, after all, another, as an example, certainly, especially, for example, for instance, indeed, in fact, in particular, in truth, it is true, most important, of course, one reason, specifically, surely, that is, to illustrate

(for comparing)
alike, also, both, in the same way, like, likewise, resembling, similarly

(for contrasting)
after all, although, but, dissimilar, even though, however, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, though, unlike, whereas

(for showing cause and effect)
accordingly, and so, as a result, because, consequently, for this reason, hence, since, so , then, therefore, thus

(for summarizing and concluding)
finally, in brief, in conclusion, in other words, in short, largely, that is, to summarize

(for moving in time)
after, afterward, at last, awhile, first(second, etc), immediately, in the meantime, in the past, next, now, often, once, suddenly, then, time passed, until

vocabulary 1 July 08

broker (n) Salesman is a borker, whom services manufactory and the consumer.
(v) The school board broker a deal for parents commission and food supplier.

censure (v) The teacher censured the principal whom didn't care the voice from them.
(n) The principal didn't care the public censure for his terrible management sense.

consensus (n) Their opinions were consensus and the deal had been made.

democcratic (a) It's hard to say Hong Kong is a democratic city.

division (n) Division of opinion among the school hold up the language development pace.

evolve (v) Students shall evolve their personal style to organize their study.

float (v) The new teaching project should be floating in middle of terms.

imminent (a) The effect of increasing prodcution didn't seems imminent and must do it step by step.

impasse (n) The negotiation in Middle East Peace is impasse and the civil war still happen.

overcome (v) The student was overcome by the study pressure.

reluctant (a) The government was reluctant to negotiate with the chicken owner.

Sierra Leone (one country in Western of Africa)

speculation (n) The speculation in school has been concerned in management term.

veteran (n) The principal is a veteran of twenty years teaching experience.

Vocabulary 30 June 08

Ethiopian

hyperinflation (n) In 1947, Chinese economy was hyper-inflation and terrible, so that the people was poor and would like to change their life.

mediator (n) China always be a mediator between United Stated and North Korea.

observer (n) Clinton, the pre-president of US, as a observer, went to Isreal to monitor the situation of Middle East peace.

polarization (n) High pressure will be polarization, success or lose.

Pretoria (Capital of South Africa)

prosperous (a) Hong Kong was a prosperous industry city in 1980s.

ruin (n) Great Wall indicates the ruin of Chinese first empire.
(v) The bad reputation ruin the company completely.

saddle (v) She was saddled with a boy and a family.

stance (n) The stance of school board is cut off the budget of builting new staff office.

strain (v) The marriage pressure strained his emotion and behavious deeply.

unity (n) Student should study together in unity.

Awarding ceremony 08 (CPCPS)

An awarding ceremony united three primary schools has hold in Tuen Mun town hall this morning. The annual celebration is in order to awarding outstanding students and performs some programs greeting the parents.

Tuen Mun town hall is absolutely big and suits a lot of programs, even large size of the opera. There are with sharp light system and provide many dressing rooms for the performer.

It’s raining cats and dogs in the morning, fortunately, the ceremony began on time and the visitors and the parents attended in time. One and half hour’s program has done successful and the guest enjoy the party very well, however, at least I felt well, because I done what I am tasked.

Vocabulary 29 Jun 2008

ballot (n) The people cast their ballots for the man represents them in the legislative council.
(v) The student balloted for a captian of the class.

commission (n) The salesman got a 10% commission on each transation of the property.
(n) The case has been sent to a commission of internal affair.
(v) The boy was commissioned the captain of class 6E.

decline (v) The hengseng index was declined continous for three days.
(n) The CD shop is decline in the CD industry.

defeat (v) The German will defeat the Spain tonight and get the winner of Euro 08.
(n) Lazy was doomed to defeat.

despite (prep) He went to evening school despite he felt so tired when working whole day.

detractor (n) The news is from a detractor and cause the conflict between a department and b department.

Dutch
Egypt

hold up - The fog held up the plane and the departure will delay for a few hours.

inaugurate (v) He was inaugurated as the principal.

indicate (v) The figure indicates the economic index is gorwn.

intend (v) The student intend to give up the study and travel overseas for enjoy his life.

landslide (n) The result of polling was landslide and Obama is the winner.

polling (n) The polling is settled for the class captain.

propaganda (n) The government spent huge money on the propaganda of anti-smoking.

rural (a) The people would like to house in rural area with fresh air.

summit (n) The Europe summit will be hold in England and discuss the issue of Euro affair.

swear (v) He sworn in May and became a Canadian.

tally (n) The tally of Germany will defeat the Spain in this game.

turnout (n) The turnout of the factory is increased 100% this year.

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Vocabulary 28 Jun 2008

blot - (n) <+ on> Corruption is a blot on his politics career.
(v) The student blotted his record by smoking in the school.

call off (ph) Call off the progarm and back to classroom, please.

colonial (a) Canada was a colonial government by France before gaining independence in 19th century.
(n)

condemnation (n) Illegal copy the movie will deserve the condemnation from entertainment industry.

continent (n)

crisis (n) The economic recession in American was from subprime crisis.

critic (n) He becomes a politics critic and will prepare a talk show in radio.

declare (v) The school declared the headmaster was retired yesterday.

genocide (n) Genocide is a terrible news from Africa and will be accused by human being.

in the making (ph) A well-ordered habit in the classroom is in the making from the teacher work hard.

intervention (n) <+ in> The intervention of school board in tutor fee argument will be helpful and effective.

isolate (v) The genius always be isolated by their beautiful mind.

outspoken (a) I am a outspoken guy but it's easy to displeasing people.

postpone (v) The immigration plan will be postponed because of language study.

sanction (n) The US will impose economic sanction if North Korea don't giveup the unclean development.
(v) The board would not sanction the teacher's new teaching plan because of the budget.

Security Council (ph) The Security Council is the board of the UN.

shrug off - She can shrug off the presure and keep the study continous.

step up - She step up her pace to fullfil the qualification of new system.

unprecedented (a) The oil price growing is unprecedented and will cause inflation globally.

urge (v) The school urged the staff will continous study to fullfil the new qualification evaluation from EMB.

violence (n) The II(B) movie usually will be with some violence scenes.

withdrawn (a) The boy is withdrawn but he is a genius in Maths.

Zimbabwe

Kenya (Kenyan)

Southen Africa

Rwanda