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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
swathe
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
cairn of rocks
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Here are the terms of different kinds of vessels: yacht, boat, canoe, ship, steamer, schooner. Think of similar terms in your language.
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‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.
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Have you heard any boatmen’s songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
careered down
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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
salt flats
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The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?
| Knot | stern | boom | hatch | anchor |
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The following three compound words end in-ship. What does each of them mean?
| airship | flagship | lightship |
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The following are the meaning listed in the dictionary against the phrase `take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:
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Take on sth: |
to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth |
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take sb on: |
to employ sb; to engage sb |
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Take sb/sth on: |
to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board |
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Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
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Given on the next page is a picture of a yacht. Label the parts of the yacht using the terms given in the box
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Bow |
cabin |
rudder |
cockpit |
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stern |
boom |
mainsail |
mast |
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The article has been titled ‘Silk Road.’
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Give reasons for the following statement.
Tibetan mastiffs were popular in China’s imperial courts.
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Here is some information downloaded from the Internet on Ile Amsterdam. You can view images of the isle if you go online.
| Location | South Indian Ocean, between southern most parts of Australia and South Africa |
| Latitude and longitude | 37 92 S, 77 67 E |
| Sovereignty | France |
| Political status notes | Part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
| Population | 35 |
| Census notes | Meteorological station staff |
| Land area in square kilometers | 86 |
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The author’s experience at Hor was in stark contrast to earlier accounts of the place.
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The author was disappointed with Darchen.
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The author thought that his positive thinking strategy worked well after all.
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Locate Ile Amsterdam on the world map.
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Discuss in groups of four.
The sensitive behaviour of hill-folk.
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