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Academic Writing English for Academic
EXERCISE 4
Write the topic sentence of each paragraph on the lines that follow the paragraph. Eating lunch is one of my favorite things to do. Because lunch comes in tile middle of the day, it gives me a welcome break from studying. At school, lunch means thirty minutes out of class and a chance to rest after the morning's work. While eating I can plan what I'm going to do in the afternoon. Besides offering a pleasant break in the day, lunch is always a good meal. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Baby-sitting with my little brother is no fun. Just as I settle down to read or watch television, he demands that I play with him. If I get a telephone call, he screams in the background or knocks something over. I always have to hang up to find out what's wrong with him. he refuses to let me eat a snack in peace. Usually he wants half of whatever I have to eat. Then, when he finally grows tired, it takes about an hour for him to fall asleep. 2. _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ A bus driver must answer questions while guiding a bus through heavy traffic. All day long the driver answers the same questions without becoming angry. Every few minutes a bus driver has to ask passengers to step to the rear of the bus. In spite of traffic snarls and thoughtless passengers who cause delays, a bus driver is expected to cover his or her route on schedule. 3. __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ If an insect were to irritate a hair of the Venus-flytrap just once, no change would take place. But if within sixty seconds another shock were applied, the leaves of the planet would quickly snap shut. For here we have a remarkable example of a plant that needs more than on6 shock to cause the tightening of the leaves. 4. __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. But this is not true Go ask the forest rangers. Rangers who spend their summers as fire fighters will tell you that every thunderstorm brines several bolts of lightning to their craggy lookout stations. Not only can lightning strike twice in the same place, it is likely to. The familiar saying actually states the opposite of what really happens during an electrical storm. __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
People who live in cities today think that meat is something that comes wrapped in cellophane from the supermarket, potatoes come by the pound in plastic or paper bags, and feathers grow in hats. The city dwellers views are quite different from the views of their ancestors, who knew that meat is hunted down in the forest, potatoes fire planted and harvested, and only birds can produce feathers. Yet, whether people today realize it or not, they are still is dependent on animals and plants for their existence as their ancestors were. 6. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ English is full of words that have gradually changed their meanings. One example is the word graft. the verb to graft first meant merely "to work." English people once used the word in such expressions as "Where are you grafting ?" meaning "Where are you working?" From this perfectly respectable meaning, the word has gradually changed. Today graft to illegal gains won by dishonest politicians. 7. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Many, tourists from the United States and Europe travel to the small Greek island of Mykonos . Once there, visitors can see that the island has 365 churches on it.. 'The reason there are so .many churches on Mykonos results from a tradition the people have developed. Whenever a seafarer from the island narrowly escaped death at sea, he would build a church in gratitude. 8. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Download 1.17 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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