TOEFL IBT Reading Longman week 7
Reading to learn Q.
1. organization & purpose
2. a mental frame work
3. major / minor points
4. rhetorical functions
Summary Prose Q.
same essential meaning
it will not match any particular sentence from the passage.
Cancer
Plastic Surgery
inadequacy
inadequate
adequacy
adequate
cur, cour, cor = run
current
currency
precursor
cursor
course
concur
concurrence
concurrent
excursion
incur
incursion
recur
recurrence
intercourse
Obesity
1. epidemic, reduce life
2. Serious problem: both developed & developing countries
3. Cause: food supply & life style changed
4. Men: overweight/women: obesity serious diseases
5. Traditional prevention & treatment: changing the behavior of individuals X
6. O: multifaceted public health policy + money
7. Companies promote fast foods: taxes + give money
Obesity
1. epidemic, current level – 4~9月生命
2. Serious problem: both developed & developing countries
3. Cause: food supply & life style changed
4. Men: overweight/women: obesity serious diseases
5. Traditional prevention & treatment: changing the behavior of individuals X
6. O: multifaceted public health policy + money
7. Companies promote fast foods: taxes + give money
impressionable
suggestible
susceptible
gullible
credulous
cred = believe
credulous
incredulous
credible
incredible
credit
Don't get me wrong.
Modesty is a good thing.
But in business,
it's important to take credit
for your success
before someone else does.
I do it all the time,
cred = believe
credulous
incredulous
credible
incredible
credit
credence
credentials
creditor
creed
credo
discredit
accredit
accreditation
accredited
Schizophrenia
1. definition
rational
sane
logical
sensible
wise
reasonable
Schizophrenia
1. definition
2. bizarre to a rational person
3. 2 kinds of symptoms:
positive & negative
4. Treat: medication
debilitating
debilitate
debilitating
debilitate
Schizophrenia
1. definition
2. bizarre to a rational person
3. 2 kinds of symptoms:
positive & negative
4. Treat: medication
hallucinogen
Munich Olympic Games
1. MOG: not elaborate, not trained force
2. Olympic committee & German: change image no force
3. Hostage news reached
4. German refused Israel’s help
5. Police X
6. German’s practice
7. Errors
8. No trained police
9. Result: tragedy
unify
unite
confederate
consolidate
merge
amalgamate
deplorable
deplore
Karl Marx
1. Marx
2. Think: communities, society, work
3. Capitalist: circulation makes no value
4. Stood for workers
5. Anthropological definition: he who works
6. Marx’s history
7. X Henry Ford’s assembly line
8. History: kings……control the economy
9. Other incarnations
incarnation
incarnate
incarnation
incarnate
Week 1, ch7
The 1920s were the era of the speakeasy and the mob boss epitomized by Al Capone.
doc, disc = teach
doctor
doctoral
doctorate
indoctrinate
indoctrination
doctrine
dogma
docile
discipline
disciple
exact (adj.)
precise
accurate
definite
specific
exact (v.)
demand
command
compel
force
猿 ape
猩猩 orangutan
黑猩猩 chimpanzee
satirize
satire
satirist
satiric
satirical
Expression of emotions
1. All the same around the world
2. Experiments confirm
3. Psychological research: facial reflect emotional states
4. facial-feed-back hypothesis
5. Link between facial & emotions?
6. Ekman’s example
despondent
barring the teeth
The Fore also displayed familiar facial expressions when asked how they would respond if they were the characters in stories that called for basic emotional responses.
concerning
about
regarding
as regards
respecting
Expression of emotions
1. All the same around the world
2. Experiments confirm
3. Psychological research: facial reflect emotional states
4. facial-feed-back hypothesis
5. Link between facial & emotions?
6. Ekman’s example
act, ag, ig = do, drive, process
activity
act
active
action
interact
interaction
interactive
agitate
agitation
agitated
agile
react
reaction
reactionary
transact
transaction
counteract
counteraction
counteractive
The preparation time needed depends on your English proficiency.
This universality in the recognition of emotions was demonstrated by using rather simple methods.
Expression of emotions
1. All the same around the world
2. Experiments confirm
3. Psychological research: facial reflect emotional states
4. facial-feed-back hypothesis
5. Link between facial & emotions?
6. Ekman’s example
Spot The Fake Smile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/
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