Sunday, December 30, 2007

Crazy

inhabitant:
siren:
casualties:
Conduct:
wail v. (mainly disapproving) to make a long, high cry usually because of sadness/pain
(informal) to complain strongly and loudly
wail (n) wail of anguish/wail of police sirens.

Theatrical: describe behaviors that are insincere and too extreme and is intended to attract attention

Conduct (Organize) organize/perform a particular activity--> conduct an experiment/conduct a survey.
(Show way) conduct a tour, lead people to a particular way (formal)
(Music) to direct the performance of musicians/a piece of music
(allow through) to allow electricity or heat to go through.
(behavior) to behave in a particular way, especially in public or in formal situation.
How can I conduct myself at the party tonight, because I don't know anything about etiquette.
Comprehension and Precis:
Doctors and nurses were very busy during the civil exercise because there were many people volunteered as "casualties", which looked very realistic. The living helped to carry the dead and wounded to special stations. A six-year-old child, who pretended to be dead of shock, was carried by two adults. Some people were moved by the sight and they began to cry, when suddenly the child sat up. The doctor asked him to comment on his death and the child thought that they were all crazy.

Vocabulary:
demonstrated: were shown
inhabitants: people who live in a particular place
pretend: to act/behave in a scene as if it is true
remained: to stay
patrolled: to go around a place to check if there is any trouble or danger
volunteered: willingness to do something without being forced or paid
artificial: something that is man-made and not natural (usually a copy of natural)

Composition:
Early in the morning, people were informed on the radio that there would be a civil exercise and everyone was expected to participate in. However, the air-raid warning took everyone by surprise because they had never heard such a real and loud noise. People immediately stopped whatever they were doing and ran towards the nearest shelter. The streets were soon full of lines of people rushing to shelter and volunteers to casualties lying on the streets. Only one man was still doing his business at his own shop and objected to take part in the exercise. A policeman tried to argue with him that such kind of exercise was necessary preparation for inhabitants just in case. The man said that it was silly to pretend to ran down the streets and that the end of the world had come. The policeman was impatient to wait for him to practise the exercise and conducted him to the shelter. In a short time, the streets were only left with people pretending to be dead. The city was completely empty and quiet and only the wailing of the siren could be heard.

Key structures:
more...than, most, much, a great many, a lot of, a little, interesting than, a few, a great deal of

Special Difficulties:
I suppose he must be ill.
Suppose he's not at home. What should I do then? Let's assume that he's not at home.
He is supposed to arrive at six o'clock (he's ought to)

You was supposed to go to the doctor yesterday.
Suppose he fails to arrive. What will you do then?
He is supposed to finish at 5, but he never does.
The is an easy question. I suppose you know the answer.
Can you tell us what we are supposed to do?

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