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SECTION 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT - UNIT 19 :TRAVEL AND TOURISM (Discovering West Nepal : The Wild Frontier)

Find the words from the text which mean the following.  became fuller and softer by shaking - fluffed   sound mental health - sanity consisting of or easily breaking into small pieces - crumbly neither very hot nor very cold - temperate land that does not have enough water to support the growth of plants - arid region only slightly warm - lukewarm  Find the meanings of the following words in an English dictionary, write their word classes and use them in your own sentences.  hazy : | ˈ he ɪ zi| : covered by a haze/foggy - It was a beautiful day but quite hazy. frontier : | ˈ fr ʌ nt ɪ ə,fr ʌ n ˈ t ɪ ə| : a line or border separating two countries - International crime knows no frontiers. lush : |l ʌʃ | : produced or growing in extreme abundance - She glanced around the lush hills. flip-flops : |’flip ˌ flóp| : open shoes - She took off her flip-flops before crossing the river.   altitude : |’al‑ti ˌ tyood| : height above sea level - The aircraft is flying at an altit

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported speech   is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech. direct speech :  'I work in a bank,' said Hari. indirect speech :  Hari said that he worked in a bank . In indirect speech, we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past (e.g. worked) than the tense originally used (e.g. work). This is called ' backshift '. We also may need to change other words that were used, for example pronouns. Present simple, present continuous and present perfect When we backshift, present simple changes to past simple, present continuous changes to past continuous and present perfect changes to past perfect. 'I travel a lot in my job.' Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job. 'The baby's sleeping!' He told me the baby was sleeping. 'I've hurt my leg.' She said she'd hurt her leg. Past simple and past continuous When we backshift, past simple usually changes to

SECTION 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT - UNIT 18 : IMMIGRATION AND IDENTITY (Identity Crisis in Immigrants)

Across   2. as is certain to happen Inevitably   4. famous and respected Eminent 6. a temporary stay Sojourn 7. knowing everything Omniscient Down   1. the state of being preoccupied Preoccupation 3. anxious or fearful that something bad will happen Apprehensive 5. a person of mixed white and black ancestry Mulatto Find the meanings of the following words in a dictionary as they are used in the text.  melancholy | ’me-lun,kó-lee | : a feeling of thoughtful sadness, typically with no obvious cause elusive | i’loo-siv | : difficult to describe motif | mow’teef | : a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colours disdain | dis’deyn | : lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike fabricate | ’fa-bri,keyt | : put together out of artificial or natural components or parts/construct/manufacture intoxicate | in’tók-si,keyt | : fill with high spirits/fill with optimism resentment | re’zent-munt | : a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

SECTION 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT - UNIT 17 : GLOBALISATION & DIASPORA (What Lost Identity? The Diaspora and Globalisation)

ANSWERS ravage |ra-vij| refugee |re-fyû'jee| confront |kun'frúnt| usurp |yû'surp| assimilation |u,si-mu'ley-shun| enclave |'en,kleyv| Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the brackets.  I asked him if he was attending the ceremony and he ...... his head 'no'. (shook/moved/ nodded) I asked him if he was attending the ceremony and he shook his head 'no'. They made a horrible decision which caused ...... damage to our company. (hopeless/ inflexible/irreparable) They made a horrible decision which caused irreparable damage to our company. The leaders need to break down ...... so as to create favourable environment in the nation. (barriers/obstacles/hindrances) The leaders need to break down favourable so as to create favourable environment in the nation. You ought to talk to the manager to settle the dispute. (solve/settle/clear up)  Perhaps this issue will not get much media ...... (security/examination/ coverage) Perhaps thi

SECTION 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT - UNIT 16: CRITICAL THINKING (What is the Soul?)

  Immortality of the human soul has been, like other problems in philosophy, an unresolved and persistent problem. Over the years, solutions to this problem have proven inadequate as a result of the varieties of modes of philosophizing; philosophers’ theories or views; as well as the logical tenacity of these theories.  A materialist, who is logically consistent with the tenets (doctrines) of materialism, cannot accept the existence of any spiritual reality. Bertrand Russell denied the immortality of the soul on the basis that man, instead of being made up of substances that is body and soul, is composed of  events . He believes that death brings the human event to an end. Since there is a difference between “ being ”, and “ acting ”, we can argue that the existence (being) of a soul that survives death could be logically defended. The human soul exists, though it is not explicitly understandable. It is, ontologically (metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence) independen