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Understanding Pairs, Issues, and Agreements: A Comprehensive Language Lesson

This lesson focuses on various linguistic uses of words such as "couple," "issue," and "agree." Topics discuss concepts related to pairs, including mismatched items, relationships, and quantities. It also explores the verbs "issue" and "match," highlighting their diverse meanings and applications. Furthermore, learners will engage in exercises that involve tracking down information and agreeing on terms. This comprehensive approach provides clarity on word usage while enhancing language skills, essential for effective communication.

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Understanding Pairs, Issues, and Agreements: A Comprehensive Language Lesson

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  1. Lesson Four

  2. DrillＡ • A couple of: 1）. 2 things related in some way but not matched or a part of a set • 2）. 2 things of the same kind： • I found a couple of socks, but they don’t make a pair. • 3）. a man and a woman together, • I wi a wife and husband • 4）. a few; several, small number: • I will have a couple of drinks and then I will come home.

  3. DrillB • Issue: v.1.) to provide and supply: • They have issued the hungry with food. • Gas masks have been issued to everyone. • 2). To bring out (esp. sth printed and / or official) for the notice of the public • 3). Issue from: to come or result from: • His difficulties issued from his lack of knowledge. • Smoke issuing from the chimney

  4. DrillB ●n. 1). the act of coming out: the issue of the ideas from the pen of a well-known writer • 2). An issue of blood • 3). Sth printed, brought out again or in a new form: • There is a new issue of Christmas stamps every year. • Today’s issue of China Daily • 4). An important point: the real issue of Taiwan’s independence • 5). Take issue with: to disagree or begin to quarrel with

  5. Drill C Agree on: to make an agreement • Can they agree on a date of the next meeting? • Track down: The hunter tracked the bear and killed it. • All the citizens should help the police in tracking down the criminals. • Track down the cause of the infections

  6. Drill D • TOEFL : abbreviation . • OPEC ( the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) • APEC （the Asian and Pacific Economic Cooperation ） • Close down: end; cease: • The factory had to be closed down through lack of orders. • The medical officer said that all school must be closed down during the epidemic.

  7. Text: Why There Is Crime • Match: v. 1) to be equal: • You can’t match him in knowledge of wild plants. • 2). To be like or suitable for use with: • The curtains doesn’t match with the painting. • I need some yellow wool like this. Can you match it please? • 3). To cause to compete with: • He matched his dog against his neighbor’s in a race.

  8. Text: Why There Is Crime • Match • n. 1). 火柴 • 2）. I am good at tennis and I I am match for any player. But I am no match for a national player.

  9. Paraphrase 1. I feel that the fault…these young people. → It seems to me that our whole society and these young people themselves mea be equally responsible for the crime and violence. 2. It is a fact that…and violence. → The fact is that children today whether or not they are willing to, have plenty of chances to see films and reports about crime and violence.

  10. Welcome to the class • Thank you

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