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Story Book : The Long White Cloud
Author : Christine Lindop

Vocabulary
1.ancestor : a person in your family who lived a long time
2.ashes : what is left something has been destroyed by burning
3.boar : a wild pig
4.burst : to come from somewhere suddenly
5.conoe : a long narrow boat which you move along in the water with paddles
6.china : a fine white clay
7.crest : a design used as the symbol of a family with a long history
8.ditch : a long channel at the side of a road that takes away water
9.genealogy : the record of a family's history
10.gig : a small light carriage pulled by a horse
11.injection : putting a drug into someone's body with a needle
12.longing : a strong feeling of wanting something
13.nod : to move your head up and down to show agreement
14.roar : to make a very load, deed sound
15.sigh : to let out a deep breath to show you are sad,tired,etc
16.fullas : a group of people
17.laying-out pyjamas : pyjamas that are put on a dead body before it is buried
18.district nurse : a nurse who visits people in their home
19.Bible : the holy book of the Christian religion
20.cattle truck : a large vehicle used for carrying cows

Comment and thought
The stories in this book look at life at both ends. First, there is Walter, six years old, always asking questions, wanting to find out things that adults don't want him to know. At the other end of life are Mr and Mrs Blackie, looking for ways to show each other what is in their hearts. Then there is Roy, alone and lonely, roaring into the night on his motorbike. And the fourth story is a Maori family , grandson and grandfather, gathering the whakapapa, the long history of their family. For the Maori people go back many centuries, into the misty past, to the time when the first canoes came over the sea to Aotesroe, the land of the long white cloud.

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Story Book : Famous Classic Tales
Auther : Magdalene Hou

Vocabulary
1.scarcely : barely,almost not
2.scorched : burned
3.discontent : dissatisfaction
4.driving : forcing
5.wrath : anger
6.toiled : worked long and hard
7.scanty : little and barely enough
8.philosophy : the search for the nature and meaning of life
9.descended : went down
10.mocked : made fun of
11.compassion : pity
12.embraced : hugged
13.astounded : greatly surprised
14.gazed : looked long and steadily
15.luxury : pleasure
16.staggered : walk unsteadily
17.virtuous : good and excellent
18.renowned : famous
19.bestowed : gave as an offering
20.gallent : brave

Comment and Thought
In this story, I found that everybody must learned to be satisfied with it, and did not long to be something or somebody else. We will be more happier if we never longed for things we had not got, or desired to be greater and mightier than people.

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Story Book : Treadng on Dreams

Author : Clare West

Vocabulary
1.aubergine(n) : a long vegetable with dark purple skin
2.blush(v) : to become red in the face
3.breeches(n) : short trousers fastened just below the knee
4.buckles(n) : pieces of metal used for fastening shoes
5.drag(v) : to pull something along with difficulty
6.eyelids(n) : the pieces of skin that move to cover your eyes
7.giggle(v) : to laugh in a silly way
8.gin (n) : a strong, colourless alcoholic drink
9.missus (informal) : used when speaking to a woman
10.nail varnish(n) : a liquid that people paint on their fingernails
11.naked(v) : no wearing any clothes
12.pillar(n) : a stone columm that supports a wall
13.raffle(n) : the sale of numbered tickets, one of which wins a prize
14.reel(n) : a fast Irish, Scottish, or American dance, for two or four couples
15.sober(adj) : not drunk, not affected by alcohol
16.turban(n) : a long piece of cloth around the head worn, for examples, by Sikh and Muslim men
17.bolloks(slang) : someone of bad character
18.exaggerate(v) : to make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is
19.hips(n) : the bones at the sides of your body, just below your waist
20.fiddle(n) : a stringed musical instrument usually called violin

Comment ang thought
Irish writers have long been famous for short stories and there is a rich variety in this volume. On the windswept west coast of Ireland a boy and his grandmother welcome a stranger; ina a Dublin bar two men discuss a women. Amother strunggles to live withe the pain of a child's death; a failed musician drowns his sorrows in whiskey in New York. Then there is the fishermen who caught no fish; a small boy who gets cross with his father; and a girl with long black hair, cycling down the mountain road to her first party, with hope in her heart. And the wish in all their hearts might be, in the words of the poet W.B. Yeats,"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams'.
After reading this book, I found that somebody who have dreams and never give up themself will achieve their dreams.

Unified Test 2

Foon Yew High School JB
Senior Middle One
1st Half Year Unified Test 2
13th April 2011

A.     Comprehension (20%)
        (5 Subjective Questions)

B.     Vocabulary (20%)
        (Top 1 Standard: Unit 3 --pg32&33)

C.     Literature Component (20%)
        (Poem: 'He Had Such Quiet Eyes' -- 5 True/False Statements
                                                              5 Subjective Questions)

D.     Verb Forms (10%)
         1. The Simple: Past, Present, Future (Active & Passive)
          2. The Continuous: Past, Present, Future (Active & Passive)
          3. The Prefect: Past, Present
          4. The Perfect Continuous: Past, Present
          5. The Conditionals
          6. Gerund
          7. The Infinitives: Bare, To-infinitive

E.     Formation of Words (10%)
        Practice Session 5 & 7

F.     Rewriting Sentences (10%)
        Exercise B

G.     Grammar (10%)
          1. Countable and Uncountable Nouns (Top 1: pg16-17)
          2. Prepositions (Top 1: pg61-62)
          3. Subject and Verb Agreement

teacher ~

       Teacher just likes a candle, burning himself and light up other people.There are many teachers in our life, but they were only a life passer for us.
       I remember that last year my form teacher Ms Lim gives me a deep impression. She teaches me Chinese. She is old. I feel that she is a stubborn and nonsence people because she always talks rubbish and she doesn't like to hear our opinion. But she is quiet kind because she always ask us to do good things. She likes to tell us about Confucious story so her lesson also can't finish. She is an vegetarian. She also tells us not to kill animal that is alive. She is a funny teacher so i still can't forget her although she doesn't not teach me anymore.
     

Top 1 Standard Pg32

Vocabulary
1.imperative(n) : very important and needing immediate attension or action

• It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week.
• It is imperative to continue the treatment for at least two months.

2.Spirited(adj) : :full of energy,determination or courage

• She is a spirited young men.
• She put up a spirited defence in the final game.

3.engaging(adj) : interesting or pleasent in a way that attracts your attension

• Nami has an engaging smile.

4.toss(v) : to throw something lightly of carelessly

• I tossed the book aside and got up.
• He tossed the ball to Anna.

5.exhilaration(n) : happiness and exitement

• She has the exhilaration of performing on stage.

6.conduct(v) : to organize and do a particular activity

• He is conducting an experiment now.
• The negotiations have been conducted in a positive manner

7.attachment(n) : a short time spent working with an organization

• She's an attachment to the local hospital

8.enclosure(n) : closed- up area

• There is a wildlife enclosure.

9.resource(v) : to provide something with the money or equiment that is needed

• School in the area are still inadequately resourced.

10.scrutinise(v) : to look at of examine something carefully

• She leaned forward to scrutinise their faces
• The statement was carefully scrutinised before publication.

11.texture(n) : the way a surface feels when you touch it

• She uses a variety of different colours and textures in her wall hangings.

12.disability(n) : the state of no being able to use a part of yur body completely or easily

• He qualifies for help on the grounds of disability.

13.burden(v) : to give somebody a duty that causes worry,difficult or hard work

• They have burdened themselves with a high mortgage.
• I don't want to burden you with my worries.

14.endeavours(n) : efforts

• Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.
• We must put more endeavour in our study.

15.fidgety(adj) : restless

• The audience was being fidgety.
• After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel fidgety.

16.imparting(v) : giving

• The spice imparts an eastern flavour to the dish.

17.convinced(adj) : persuaded

• I am convinced of her innocent.
• Sam nodded but he didn't look convinced.

18.spotted(adj) : saw

• I finally spotted my freind in the crowd.
• I've just spotted a mistake on the front cover.

19.counsel(v) : advise

• Most experts counsel caution in such casses.
• He counselled them to give up the plan.

20.implore(v) : beg

• She implore him to stay.
• 'Help me,'he implored.

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story book: Mr Mystery<The Mystery Of The Boy Who Never Was>
auther: James Lee

Vocabulary
1.indigo: very dark blue in colour
2.archenemy: a person's main enemy
3.sort: kind
4.investigation: enquiry
5.immensely:extremely
6.fad: craze
7.elevator: a place for storing large quantities of grain
8.denim: jeans
9.obscure: not well known
10.exaggerate: to make something seem larger,better
11.predator: an animal that kills and eats other animals
12.artifact: an object thst is made by a person
13.sneer: mock
14.glint: shine
15.glance: scan
16.merchant: a person who likes a particular activity
17.interrupting: to stop something for a short time
18.sarcastically: showing or expressing sarcasm
19.classy: of high quality
20.scoff: mock

Characters

Justen/ Ricky

Sabrina Sim

The Shark

Mr Sim

Rublev

Plot
Criminals are looking for the Silver Begging Bowl and one of Mars' friends has a new boyfriend

Expressive Sentences
1.Rublev froze, his eyes bulging at rthe twin points of silver that were poised centimeters from his arm.
2.The snake was prowli ng restlessly around the study in his mignificent mansion.
3.Alvin frowned, drumming his fingertips on the desktop.