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Week 4 Session 2
Nursing
An English professor wrote some words on the whiteboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
The words: woman without her man is nothing
If you were one of the students, what would you do? How would you punctuate this sentence?
Two ways to punctuate the sentence
Woman! Without her, man is nothing.
From a woman's perspective
Woman, without her man, is nothing.
From a man's perspective
What are you going to do?
Duration: around 10 minutes
Highlights:
Foxconn/ Golden Gate Bridge
Samaritans
Polysemy
Collocation
Polysemy: words may have more than one meaning
One form (written or spoken) with multiple meanings which are all related by extension
Examples:
Head: part of our body
Head: of the family
Foot: part of our body
Foot: of a mountain
Fork: instrument for eating
Fork: in a road
1. The latest casualty fell to his death from a dormitory building in a Shenzhen plant at around 11:20 pm Wednesday.
c. a factory or a place where power is generated
2. It was the 10th such death and 12th such fall at the plant in Shenzhen this year ...
a. a quick downward movement onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force
3. Foxconn Technology Group chairman Terry Gou flew to Shenzhen and led a rare damage-control media tour to the factory complex in Shenzhen ...
a. not common or does not occur very often
4. He told about 300 Chinese and foreign journalists that nets had been put on buildings ...
a. connected with a country which is not your own
5. Foxconn is part of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. and makes computers, game consoles and mobile phones ...
b. the control unit of a mechanical, electrical, electronic system or computer
6. They work shifts and live inside the massive factory complex.
b. a person's scheduled period of work, esp. the portion of the day scheduled as a day's work ...
7. They work shifts and live inside the massive factory complex.
b. a group of buildings designed for a particular purpose, or one large building divided into several smaller areas
Background information:
1. In what way has the bridge romanticised as the good place to commit suicide?
The fall from that frees you from all your worries and grief, and
The waters below will cleanse your soul.
2. How did jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge kill somebody?
After a free fall of 4 to 5 seconds, the body strikes the water at about 75 miles an hour. That impacts shatters bones, some of which then puncture vital organs. Some will flail in the water and drown.
move and swing in an uncontrolled way
make a hole
3. There is a story Jason told to Kevin Briggs before committing suicide. What is the name of it?
Pandora's box
4. Do you think Jason was clear-minded when he committed suicide? Why/ Why not?
up to you
I think Jason was clear-minded as he could still tell the story of the Pandora's box and ask Kevin the question of what if there was no hope.
5. Fill in the blanks on the advice on handling suicidal cases according to Kevin Briggs.
Dos
Don'ts
6. Kevin Briggs received an email from a lady who lost her son earlier in the year. Is she supportive of Kevin's work? How do you know?
Yes. She said, 'Thanks so much for standing up for those who may be only temporarily too weak to stand for themselves.
7. Kevin Berthia, the one who committed suicide, later told Kevin, the TED talk speaker, the reason he stayed on. What is the reason?
He said, 'You listened. You let me speak, and you just listened.
8. Did Kevin Berthia live on well later on?
Yes, he has become a loving father and contributing member of society. He speaks openly about the events that day and his depression in the hopes that his story will inspire others.
9. For those who jumped off the bridge and miraculously survived, what did they think afterwards?
Most have said that the second that they let go of that rail, they knew that they had made a mistake and they wanted to live.
Please refer to another ppt presentation
Academic writing = Formal writing
What is special about Academic writing?
What is more?
Please read the text entitled 'What is Academic Writing?'
Formality
academics
family and friends
serious thought
conversational
complex sentences showing considerable variety in construction
mostly simple and compound sentences joined by conjunctions such as and or but
clear and well planned
less likely to be clear and as organised
likely to be error free
may not always use complete sentences
Technical and academic language used accurately
use of short forms, idioms and slang
Task 2
Put the following texts in order by giving 1 to the most academic and 4 to the least academic
Answer:
B D C A
B: the most academic
D: the second most academic
C: a mixture of formal and informal modes
A: part of a speech or an informal letter or email
Summarize in about 180 words the text 'Spare the rod, save the child'.
Your summary should outline the situation briefly, and then focus on the causes of the prevalence of corporal punishment in Kenya. You must write in paragraphs with full sentences and you must not copy indiscriminately from the passage.
Points to remember:
Situation:
Causes:
Try to present the key ideas in your own words.
Time allowed: 15 minutes