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BELTEI International University
Bridging Course 2 Unit 1: Culture Shock
Vocabulary and Prac<ce
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What is Culture Shock?
• The fee l ing o f confus ion someone has when they go to a new and very different place.
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Vocabulary • Advice: (n) Sugges<ons about what you think someone should do or how they should do something. • Background: (n) A person's educa<on, family, and experience of life. • Care package: (n) A parcel of food, money, or luxury items sent to a loved one who is away. • Confused: (adj) Unable to think clearly or to understand something.
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Vocabulary
• Crosswalk: (n) A special place on a road where traffic must stop if people want to cross. • Embarrassed: (adj) Feeling ashamed or shy. • Exci<ng: (adj) Making you feel very happy and enthusias<c. • SePling in: (v) To begin to feel relaxed and happy in a new home or job.
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Vocabulary • Social life: (n) The <me that you spend enjoying • yourself with friends. • Sum up: (v) To describe briefly the important facts. or characteris<cs of something or someone. • Terrible: (adj) Very bad, of low quality, or unpleasant. • Whereas: (Conj.) In contrast or comparison with the fact that. • Whistle: (v) To make a sound by breathing air out through a small hole made with your lips or through a whistle.
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Grammar in Focus • The ar<cles in English are the (definite ar<cle), a, and an (indefinite ar<cles). • Ar<cles define a noun as specific or unspecific. • A(er the long day, the cup of tea tastes par5cularly good. • By using the, we’ve shown that it was one specific day that was long, and one specific cup of tea that tasted good. • A(er a long day, a cup of tea tastes par5cularly good. • By using a, we’ve created a general statement, saying that any cup of tea would taste good aWer any long day.