Lesson 90

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Dictation: News Items

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Part Ⅱ News

Vocabulary

1. amendment
2. execute
3. Helmut Kohl
4. Nicolae Ceausescu
5. Maurice Bishop
6. Hudson Austin
7. Paul Scoon
8. Grenada

Notes

A former British colony in the east of West Indies, Grenada achieved complete independence in February, 1974 and became a full member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Saint George's is its capital, main port and commercial center.

Student Evaluation

My general Impression Content:
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Level Of Difficulty:
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My Major Problems
____ understanding meanings
____ selecting major points
____ organizing facts
____ retaining concepts
My Comprehension Score
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Exercises:
Ⅰ. 1. Beijing:
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2. Washington: U.S. Senate's approval of
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3. Bonn: West German Chancellor's comments on
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Ⅱ. 1. How serious was the quake? And where was its center?
2. What was the result of the vote in the Senate?
3. What did the Romanian leader propose in his letter to West German Chancellor Kohl?
4. What is Grenada's Governor-General doing according to the report from the UN?

Part Ⅲ News

Vocabulary

1. marine
2. artillery
3. shell
4. capture
5. moderate
6. Yasser Arafat
7. Turgut Ozal
8. Baddawi
9. Nahr Al-Bared
10. Damascus
11. Ankara
12. Seoul
13. Jakarta

Notes

1. Syria is a republic in west Asia, covering 71, 467 sq. mi. in area. Damascus, the capital, is the country's largest city.
2. Turkey, with an area of 301, 380 sq. mi., is a republic in southwest Asia and southeast Europe. Ankara is the nation's capital.

Student Evaluation

My general Impression Content:
____ helpful _____ adequate
____ inadequate
Level Of Difficulty:
____ easy ____ fair
____ difficult
My Major Problems
____ understanding meanings
____ selecting major points
____ organizing facts
____ retaining concepts
My Comprehension Score
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Exercises:
Ⅰ. 1. Lebanon:
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2. Lebanon:
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moving to Tripoli
3. Damascus: Syria calling on
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4. Ankara:
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in parliamentary elections
5. Washington:
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6. South Korea: Crash of
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near Seoul
7. Jakarta:
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