Lcyee Horreya First secondary stage 1 Upstream B2+ unit 1 crossing barriers Word Meaning 1- barrier - A barrier stops something from happening like a fence or wall. 2- cultural diversity - The cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world or a society 3- celebrities - Most of the world’s best known people. 4- Multilingual - including, or expressed in several language 5- To conduct - To lead or guide something 6- Benefits - To be useful or helpful 7- Fields - An area of human activity 8- proficient - skilled in something 9- Access - The ability to enter or approach or use sth. 10- adapt - To get used to something. 11- guarantee - to be sure of something 12- Pace - The rate of speed of an activity 13- local companies - Business that operates only in the country where you live. 14- Expands - To increase the size or growing. 15- Offend - to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure 16- tend to - to be wanting to do something. 17- Content - Material including text and images 18- Region - An area of interest or activity 19- Reputable - Trustable 20- For one thing - One reason for 21- Approximately - Nearly 22- Audience - the group of listeners or viewers in( a theater ) 23- disabilities - a physical or mental problems that prevents someone to have , normal life 24- colossal - extraordinarily great in size, 25- rehears - practice 26- immense - extremely large or great Compound words:- Examples 1. Mother tongue. : - My mother tongue is Arabic. 2. Cultural diversity. : - Immigrants bring cultural diversity to a country. 3. Credit card details. : - Never let other people see your credit card details. 4. Access the Internet. : - It is possible to access the Internet from our mobile phones. 5. Professional use. : - A new software is available for professional use. 6. World markets. : -There is global increasing in the world market. Ways of communications :- Yell :- To shout and make aloud voice with the sound . Weep : - To cry and shed tears. Whisper :- The act of speaking in quiet voice without vibrating the vocal cords. Giggle :- To laugh in silly way. Yawn :- To open mouth widely and take a long breath often because one is tired. Clap :- The act of striking the palm of the two hands together. Whistle :-To make the sound of swallow using mouth.
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Lcyee Horreya First secondary stage 1
Upstream B2+ unit 1
crossing barriers Word Meaning
1- barrier - A barrier stops something from happening like a fence or wall. 2- cultural diversity - The cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the
world or a society 3- celebrities - Most of the world’s best known people. 4- Multilingual - including, or expressed in several language 5- To conduct - To lead or guide something 6- Benefits - To be useful or helpful 7- Fields - An area of human activity 8- proficient - skilled in something 9- Access - The ability to enter or approach or use sth.
10- adapt - To get used to something. 11- guarantee - to be sure of something
12- Pace - The rate of speed of an activity 13- local companies - Business that operates only in the country where you live. 14- Expands - To increase the size or growing. 15- Offend - to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure 16- tend to - to be wanting to do something. 17- Content - Material including text and images 18- Region - An area of interest or activity 19- Reputable - Trustable 20- For one thing - One reason for 21- Approximately - Nearly 22- Audience - the group of listeners or viewers in( a theater ) 23- disabilities - a physical or mental problems that prevents someone to have
, normal life 24- colossal - extraordinarily great in size, 25- rehears - practice 26- immense - extremely large or great Compound words:- Examples
1. Mother tongue. : - My mother tongue is Arabic.
2. Cultural diversity. : - Immigrants bring cultural diversity to a country.
3. Credit card details. : - Never let other people see your credit card details.
4. Access the Internet. : - It is possible to access the Internet from our mobile phones.
5. Professional use. : - A new software is available for professional use.
6. World markets. : -There is global increasing in the world market. Ways of communications :-
Yell :- To shout and make aloud voice with the sound .
Weep : - To cry and shed tears.
Whisper :- The act of speaking in quiet voice without vibrating the vocal cords.
Giggle :- To laugh in silly way.
Yawn :- To open mouth widely and take a long breath often because one is tired.
Clap :- The act of striking the palm of the two hands together.
Whistle :-To make the sound of swallow using mouth.
letters. 2. Phone call answer a phone, receive a phone, call make a phone call 3. Fax send a fax; receive a fax; answer a fax 4. Text message send a text message; receive a text message; type a text
message; answer a text message. 5. Note Write a note; send a note; receive a note; answer a note. 6. Face to face Communicate face to face; talk face to face. 7. e-mail Type an email; send an email ; receive an email ; answer an email. 8. personal Belonging to a particular person. 9. impersonal Not referring to any particular person. 10. efficient Able to work well without making mistakes. 11. inefficient Not working well. 12. economical costing less line, money 13. costly Costing a lot of money. 14. formal Anything used when you want to appear 15. Informal Not formal. 16. reliable That you can trust.
Aspects of language
Body language. - First language
Native speaker. - Regional accent.
Official language. - Mother tongue.
Small talk. - Figure of speech Confusing words :-
Tell
Tell the difference Say
say a word
Tell people what to do don’t say a word
Tell truth Say you’re sorry
Talk
talk non-stop Speak
speak your mind
talk business
Fixed Phrases and idioms :-
Idiom Meaning
Out of touch with something Not informed about something.
Out of touch with someone No longer in communication with someone.
Get hold of To communicate with, as by telephone.
Lose contact with someone To lose communication with someone.
Lose touch with Cannot contact with others.
Hold the line To wait on the phone for a while.
Come into touch with to keep informed about someone
Lcyee Horreya First secondary stage 3
Preposition:-
1) Hear from 2) Smile at 3) Shout at/to 4) Chat to I with
5) Bump into :- meet
6) Wave at :- to move an upraised hand.
7) Connect with :- to form an association with someone or a group.
8) Glare at :- to look at someone with angry stare.
9) Wink at somebody :- to close one eye at a person as a sign of friendliness.
10) Whisper to 11) write a letter to
11) shake hands with 12) make an appointment with
12) communicate with 13) have a meeting with Phrasal verbs :-
Phrasal verbs :- Meaning
1. switch sth off Stop sth working (for electrical devices engine ,etc).
2. put sb through Connect by phone.
3. hang on Wait for a short while.
4. run out Have no more of sth left.
5. cut off Disconnected.
6. get through Finish (a piece of work).
7. call sb back Telephone again in return for a phone call.
8. hang up End a telephone conversation.
Choose the correct word(s) between brackets
1- I …………….him a quick note, and left it on the table.
a- received b- sent c-wrote d-answered
2- There’s no need to ……….! We can all hear you very well.
a- whistle b-whisper c-yawn d-yell
3- The prime minister delivered his…………. in German.
a- speech b- talk c- tongue d- accent
4- He speaks five European languages, but his mother ………is Japanees.
a- speech b- language c- tongue d- talk
5- They were very ….when their son turned up from Australia for their 50th wedding