English Through Reading for EFL Learners
INSTRUCTOR: DR. H. GHAEMI 51
WORDS
be around : be present -
playwright : person who writes plays, dramatist -
prose : the opposite of
poetry :
play: drama -
plot : story, storyboard -
from 1530 onwards: after 1530 - witches -
sorceresses - hag : ugly old woman - idiom: expression - vanish : disappear -
foul : horrible -
foregone: predetermined -
endure: last -
humanity: the human race -
postwar : after the war -
revenge : retribution -
treachery: treason, turning against one's friend -
to highlight : to give
prominence to -
relevant : appropriate -
topic : subject -
survey : study
Shakespeare 400 years on
Text study.
In the first
paragraph, find three words/phrases that are synonyms
1.
2.
3.
In the second paragraph, find two
words that are synonyms
1 2.
In the third paragraph,
find expressions that mean;
1. While he was still living .....................................................
2. Fortunate ............................
In the fourth paragraph, find two pairs of words that can be considered as opposites or antonyms.
1. ...................................... and ...............................................
2. ....................................... and ................................................
From the sixth paragraph, explain the meanings of these idiomatic expressions
in your own words
vanish into thin air,
a tower of strength,
the wish is father to the thought