October 10th, 2024
HW for Tuesday, Oct. 15th: ex. 2e p. 17, A p. 67, ex. 10 & ex. 11 p. 168
insecticide = hyönteismyrkky
pesticide = tuholaismyrkky
herbicide = kasvimyrkky
genocide = kansanmurha
homicide = murha
commit suicide
tulee latinan verbistä: caedo, cecidi, caesus sum = tappaa
dirt = multa / I would like to put some seeds in the dirt to grow.
a hippopotamus = virtahepo / plural: hippopotami
get cold feet = jänistää / I was going to try bungee jumping, but I got cold feet.
realise = BrE
realize = AmE
vastauksia: 2 A thirst for adventure
2b
Spot the phrase. How were the following expressed in the text?
1. until I first set foot on it
2. took up rock climbing
3. but it was not to be
4. I started to feel excited about the prospect of
5. one step at a time
6. I ... was unable to see more than a few metres ahead
7. I barely had time to wonder
8. whether I’d be better off unclipping myself
9. the mountain fellsilent
10. there was no response
11. I pressed on
12. we realised how lucky we’d been
13. the whole area had been hit by a much bigger avalanche
14. his death affected me
15. on the way home
2c
Choose the best alternative.
1. a, 2. b, 3. a, 4. c, 5. a, 6. a, 7. a, 8. c, 9. b, 10. a
2d
Translate into English.
1. I started to feel excited about the prospect of taking up rock climbing.
2. When I told my boyfriend about it, he fell silent and there was no response / and I didn't get any
response.
3. On the way home I realised how lucky I was to have something / when I had something to look forward
to.
4. I decided to press on one step at a time / step by step.
5. I barely / hardly have (any) time to wonder whether I'd be better off giving up my dreams or my
boyfriend.
2g
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from Marshall Islands was selected from over 500 candidates to represent the voice
of civil society at the UN Climate Summit. Fill in the missing words in herspeech based on what you hear.
1. two million square kilometres of ocean
2. The moral of the story
3. the price of inaction is so high
4. wither from the salt and drought
5. Climate change affects
6. carbon pollution
7. greenhouse gas emissions
8. indigenous mothers
insecticide = hyönteismyrkky
pesticide = tuholaismyrkky
herbicide = kasvimyrkky
genocide = kansanmurha
homicide = murha
commit suicide
tulee latinan verbistä: caedo, cecidi, caesus sum = tappaa
dirt = multa / I would like to put some seeds in the dirt to grow.
a hippopotamus = virtahepo / plural: hippopotami
get cold feet = jänistää / I was going to try bungee jumping, but I got cold feet.
realise = BrE
realize = AmE
vastauksia: 2 A thirst for adventure
2b
Spot the phrase. How were the following expressed in the text?
1. until I first set foot on it
2. took up rock climbing
3. but it was not to be
4. I started to feel excited about the prospect of
5. one step at a time
6. I ... was unable to see more than a few metres ahead
7. I barely had time to wonder
8. whether I’d be better off unclipping myself
9. the mountain fellsilent
10. there was no response
11. I pressed on
12. we realised how lucky we’d been
13. the whole area had been hit by a much bigger avalanche
14. his death affected me
15. on the way home
2c
Choose the best alternative.
1. a, 2. b, 3. a, 4. c, 5. a, 6. a, 7. a, 8. c, 9. b, 10. a
2d
Translate into English.
1. I started to feel excited about the prospect of taking up rock climbing.
2. When I told my boyfriend about it, he fell silent and there was no response / and I didn't get any
response.
3. On the way home I realised how lucky I was to have something / when I had something to look forward
to.
4. I decided to press on one step at a time / step by step.
5. I barely / hardly have (any) time to wonder whether I'd be better off giving up my dreams or my
boyfriend.
2g
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from Marshall Islands was selected from over 500 candidates to represent the voice
of civil society at the UN Climate Summit. Fill in the missing words in herspeech based on what you hear.
1. two million square kilometres of ocean
2. The moral of the story
3. the price of inaction is so high
4. wither from the salt and drought
5. Climate change affects
6. carbon pollution
7. greenhouse gas emissions
8. indigenous mothers