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Understanding language
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@the correct option. Then
listen and check.
Complete the dialogues. Use the
correct form of the expressions
from Exercise 6b. Sometimes there
is more than one possibility.
A: Did they enjoy your talk?
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They don't speak English, so of course they didn't
understand a
sentence of what I said.
2 He spoke so fast, we just couldn't understand
anything. It was not/ totally incomprehensible!
3
Sorry, could you repeat what you just said?
I didn't miss/ catch it.
4 He's speaking so quietly that I can't make/ do
out anything at all.
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I caught/ listened the drift of some of what she
said, but I certainly didn't understand everything.
6 My German is so poor now that I managed to
pick a few words out/ in but that was all.
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7
I got the part / gist of it - you know, the
general meaning - but no details at all.
8
I don't understand computers, so he lost/
missed me completely after about two
sentences!
Complete the table with the words in the box.
word
4#:t
catch
lost
pick
understood
everything
got
a lot/ the gist
(of it/ of what they
said)
the 1 ___ drift __ ___
caught
managed to pick out
couldn't 2 ____ ..pick
___..______________
out
catch
..____..___..___
didn't 3 ....._____
didn't get
didn't understand
B:
I don't think so. I don't think they
__ understand __ a word of what
I said.
2 A: What's he saying now?
I don't know. It's too noisy in here.
can't make out
I------------------..
--..--..- anything at all.
3 A: Did you understand the lesson?
got ,,a______
lot ..of_ what she
B: I think so. Well, I _______
said. But not everything.
B:
4 A: I really didn't understand that.
My German isn't good enough.
Nor mine. I managed to
that's all.
.. ______
A: Wow! That talk was difficult to
understand.
B: It was. I _caught
____.._____ the gist - I mean,
he was talking about science but that's all understood!
B:
s
pick
out a few words
, but
__________________
I
6 A: Did you understand him?
B: No! He lost me
very beginning!
from the
Turn to page 115.
some (of it/ of what
she said)
very much
a 4 word__..______ (of it/
of what they said)
anything (at all)
He/She 5 ____lost
___________.. _________ me completely.
It was totally incomprehensible.
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UNIT9
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SIGN LANGUAGE
Unit 9 Language
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sign language = the system of hand and body
movements that deaf people use to communicate
There's a deaf girl in our street - it's amazing to
watch her talking to her friends in sign language.
slang = very informal language, usually spoken
rather than written
'Lolly' is slang for 'money' in some parts of England.
an idiom = a group of words in a fixed order that
have a particular meaning, different from what
the words on their own mean
To 'bite off more than you can chew' is an idiom
in English. It means to try to do something which
is too difficult for you.
a cliche = an expression that is very often used,
so it's not original or interesting
My wedding day - and I know it's a cliche - was
just the happiest day of my life.
bad language = language that many people think
is rude or unacceptable
My father always says that there's too much bad
language on television.
to swear = to use rude or offensive words
My mother was very angry when a man in the
street swore at her.
a slogan = a short and easily remembered phrase,
especially one used to advertise an idea or a
product
In his campaign to become president, Barack
Obama used the slogan 'Yes, we can'.
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8 to speak the same language= to have similar
ideas and similar ways of expressing them
We both come from New York and we both
love baseball - so we speak the same language!
9 terminology = special words and phrases used
by groups of people, especially in their work
It's hard to understand this letter from the
lawyer - it's full of legal terminology.
10 jargon = terminology that you don't like, that
annoys you
When Jim starts using computer jargon, I can't
understand a word of what he's saying.
The government want to buy more planes and guns, but public opinion is against it.
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