Chapter 5 More Language Input
From watching TV to using
DVD
What do these words stand for?
• NBA
• National Basketball Association
• CUBA
• China University Basketball Association
• BC
• Before Christ
• BBC
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• CCB
• China Construction Bank
• SW
• Southwest
What do these words stand for?
• USA
• United States of America
• UK
• United Kingdom
• PM
• Prime Minister
• VIP
• Very important person
• Xmas
• Christmas
• DVD
• Digital Video Disc
Answer these questions
• From which language does “television” or
“TV” come?
• What does “tele” mean?
• If a DVD has been used for a long time, will
the picture be as clear as before? Why or why
not?
• If you want to watch a film on DVD, do you
have to watch it from the beginning to the end?
Why or why not?
telephone, telegram, telegraph, telescope
Language points
• Figure out
• We must figure out how to operate the
machine.
• You are clever enough to figure out the
solution.
• Stand for
• Po stands for Post Office.
• Compare with / compare to
• The teacher compared Shelley with Keats.
• Mine cannot be compared to yours.
• Poets have compared sleep to death.
• Chairman Mao compared young people to
the sun at eight or nine in the morning.
Retell
• Compared with, a big step
forward, one advantage, digital,
picture, wear and tear, as good as,
sharp and crisp, another
advantage, store, inserting the
disc, menu, various chapters,
choose, camera angles
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