New Headway English Course

Our mission:
This blog is designed to share and provide some either handouts or materials of preparation for both busy teachers and learners to be well-prepared and make them more confidently in their performance, including understanding technical specifications and chatting online.

Our objective:
* Teachers can be confident they’re using the most up-to-date course available, featuring the latest advances in technology such as on the Internet.
* Teachers can rely on clear explanation and technical advice to support both themselves and their students.
* Teachers can take advantage of the course’s modular nature to focus on the most relevant topics and language for their students.
Students will be able:
1. Learn the language and skills they need for real-life scenarios
Keep up-to-date with the world of computing technical reading texts and realistic listening material.
2. Use their computer skills as they learn with the interactive online workbook and internet research tasks.
* This blog contains the features that has been chosen specifically for its interactive potential in class- the activities and extra interactive resources create new ways to engage students and motivate them, so students or learners will be able to develop their understanding and use the main features in the following accurately:
1: Tenses
2: Clauses : A Clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. Clauses are divided into two types: Independent clause ( main or principle clause) and Dependent clause (subordinate or sub-clause)
3: Conditional Sententences : English tense usages can be divided into two categories: Tenses are used to refer to fact, and those are used to refer to non-fact. Fact is what is considered real or quite possible; non-fact is what is supposed or wished for, which is either unreal or impossible.
4: Phrasal Verbs : What are phrasal verbs? A. A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb. Example: I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. run + into = meet Example::He ran away when he was 15. run + away = leave home

B. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. An intransitive verb cannot be followed by an object.

Example:He suddenly showed up. "show up" cannot take an object

C. Some phrasal verbs are transitive. A transitive verb can be followed by an object.

Example:I made up the story. "story" is the object of "make up"

D. Some transitive phrasal verbs are separable. The object is placed between the verb and the preposition. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, separable phrasal verbs are marked by placing a * between the verb and the preposition / adverb.

Example:I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car. She looked the phone number up.

E. Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable. The object is placed after the preposition. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, inseparable phrasal verbs are marked by placing a + after the preposition / adverb.

Example: I ran into an old friend yesterday. They are looking into the problem.

F. Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, such phrasal verbs are marked with both * and + .

Example:I looked the number up in the phone book. I looked up the number in the phone book.

G. WARNING! Although many phrasal verbs can take an object in both. Places, you must put the object between the verb and the preposition if the object is a pronoun. Example:I looked the number up in the phone book. I looked up the number in the phone book. I looked it up in the phone book. correctI looked up it in the phone book. incorrect
5:Writing Essays: The sentence, the paragraph, and the essay are three basic building blocks in communicating your ideas. A sentence expresses one or more complete sentences, expresses one idea and explains or supports that idea. An Essay, which contains of three or more paragraphs, expresses and explains a series of related ideas, all of which support a larger, broader idea.

What Is an Essay? An essay is a group of paragraphs about one subject. It contains one key idea about the subject, which is called the thesis statement. Each paragraph in the essay supports or explains some aspects of the thesis statement.
6: Conversations :
7: Auxiliary Verbs : What are auxiliary verbs?
Auxiliaries are a small set of verbs that combine with principle verbs to form tenses, and the passives, and to function as operators for forming negatives and questions or to convey distinctions of modality (such as possibility, obligation, certainty or permission). The verbs helped by auxiliaries are called the Principle Verbs. Auxiliary verbs are sometimes called helping verbs.
a) Auxiliary verbs (sometimes known as helping verbs) are verbs that are used to assist the verb.
b) Auxiliary verbs can not be used without a main verb.
c) Auxiliary verbs can not be used with modal verbs.
d) Auxiliary verbs are used to make sentences negative.e) Auxiliary verbs are used to ask questions.
Auxiliary verbs are used in the sentence structure of the verb sentence.
The 3 most common auxiliary verbs are:
1. Do - Does - Did
2. Do is used with the present simple tense. Do-Does are used as part of the sentence structure for negative statements/sentences with the present simple tense
3. Do- Does are used as part of the sentence structure for questions, with the present simple tense.

4. Did is used with the past simple tense.
5. Did is used as part of the sentence structure for negative statements/sentences with the past simple tense
6. Did is used as part of the sentence structure for questions, with the past simple tense.
Be - Am - Is - Are -Was - Were

7. Have - Has -Had
DO', 'BE' and 'HAVE' are the English auxiliary verbs used in a negative structure, a question or to show tense.
DESCRIPTIONS OF ENGLISH AUXILIARY VERBS:
1. 'DO', 'DON'T', 'DOES' and 'DOESN'T' are used for questions and negatives in the Present Simple Tense, and 'DID' and 'DIDN'T' are used in the Past Simple Tense.
2. 'BE' is used with the Present Participle in Continuous (Progressive) Verbs. It is also used with the Past Participle in the Passive.3. 'HAVE' is used with the Past Participle to form the Perfect Aspect.
8: Writing Paragraphs: A paragraph is a group of related sentences that develops one main idea. A paragraph is a basic unit of organization in writing in which a group of related sentences develops one main idea. A paragraph can be short as one sentence or as long as ten sentences. The number of sentences is unimportant; however, the paragraph should be long enough to develop the main idea clearly.
9: Listening to VOA, Special English Program: Listening is one of important skills among the micro skills, ………

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*Quebec City is the Capital of Quebec province. It is on the St. Lawrence
River in eastern Canada. 95% of populations speak French as their first
language. However, many people still speak English also.
* Guangdong province is the southern China.

1. dormitory /n/= Hall of residence /n/ : a large room where many people sleep.
2. snowmobile /n/ : it is a small vehicle that travels on the snow or ice.
3. dog-sledding /n/ or dogsled /n/ a vehicle that slides over snow
pulled by dogs, used especially in Canada and Alaska.
4. to be situated on Sth: in a particular place or position
5. view /n/ a personal opinion about sth; an attitude towards sth
see also POINTOFVIEW
6. to be useful /a/ that can help you to do or achieve what you want
7. toy /n/ is an object for children to play with
8. factory /n/ a building or group of buildings where goods are made
8. to employ sb: ~ sb (as sth) to give sb a job to do for payment
see also SELF-EMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED
9. to do overtime = to extra time at work:
10. wage /n/ a regular amount of money that you earn, usually
every week, for work or services
12.competition /n/ a situation in which people or organizations compete
with each other for sth that not everyone can have
14. tobe essential /adj/ =tobe important :
15. marina /n/ a specially designed harbour for small boats and YACHTS
16. boss /n/ a person who is in charge of other people at work and tells them what to do
17. to hurt /v/ to cause physical pain to sb/yourself; to injure sb/yourself
18. fashion buyer/n/ : 1. a person who buys sth, especially sth expensive
2. a person whose job is to choose goods that will be sold in a large shop/store

Tales of Two Cities
19. to divide sth into sth /v/ to separate into different parts
20. manicure /n/ treatment to make your hands and fingernails look attractive
21. pearl /n/ a small, hard, round, white object that grows inside the
shell of a type of shellfish (an oyster). Pearls are used to make jewellery
22. Contact lenses /n/ a small piece of plastic that fits onto your eye to help
you to see better
23. to act the part = to play the role ( here, play the role of being English)
24. to sip a glass of wine = to drink, taking only a very small amount of wine
into your mouth at a time
25. to drink a pint of beer = In the UK, a pint is equal to 0.57 Litres.
26. a trendy bar = a fashionable and modern bar.
27. a local pub = a traditional pub which is close to where you live.
28. to share a roof top flat = to live with other people in a flat at the top
of a high-rise building with access to the roof.
29. to live in a city centre loft = a loft is a room or fat at the top of a block of flats.
30. distance /n/ the amount of space between two places or things
31. door-to-door : (from) house to house
32. advantage /n/ something that helps you or that will bring you a good result
33. exhausted /adj/ very tired = exhausting /adj/ very tiring
34. colleague /n/ a person who works at the same place as you
35. glamorous /adj/ especially attractive and exciting, and different
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mystery (n) something that is difficult to understand or to explain
take place (v) = happen
the rest of sth : the remaining people or things; the others
To run out (of sth): to use up or finish a supply of sth
e.g: While I was driving on the road, my car didn’t work. I tried to start
it until I realized that it ran out of gasoline.
woof = the noise dogs make.
staff = people who work in an office, factory, etc.
cage = a metal box for animals.
ghosts haunt = spirits of dead people appear in (a place).
To make a mess = make a people very untidy.
lurcher = a type of dog.
To release sb / sth ~ sb/sth (from sth) to let sb/sth come out of a place
where they have been kept or trapped
e.g: The former king of Kingdom of Cambodia usually releases the
sparrow in front of the royal palace.
To steal sth = to take sth from a person, shop/store, etc. without
permission and without intending to return it or pay for it
reporter (n) : a person who collects and reports news for newspapers,
radio or television
celebrity (n): (also informal celeb) a famous person 2. the state of
being famous SYN FAME
kennel /n/ = dog house : a small hut for a dog to sleep in
crime(n): activities that involve breaking the law
To fill (v) : ~ (sth) (with sth) to make sth full of sth; to become full of sth
To hide (v) : to put or keep sb/sth in a place where they/it cannot
be seen or found
To destroy sth (v) : to damage sth so badly that it no longer exists,
works, etc e.g: Many thousands of buildings in Puma were destroyed
by Cyclone storm last week.
Court (n ) : the place where legal trials take place and where crimes,
etc. are judged
canal (n) a long straight passage dug in the ground and filled with water
for boats and ships to travel along; a smaller passage used for carrying
water to fields, crops, etc
apartment /n/ a set of rooms rented for living in, usually on one floor
of a buildingcompare CONDOMINIUM, FLAT
security /n/ the activities involved in protecting a country, building or
person against attack, danger, etc
guard /n/ a person, such as a soldier, a police officer or a prison officer,
who protects a place or people, or prevents prisoners from escaping
security guard /n/ a person whose job is to guard money, valuables,
a building, etc.
priceless /a/ extremely valuable or important compare VALUABLE
To pick up the phone = To answer the phone
e.g. He picked up the phone and dialed the number.
jewellery /n/ objects such as rings and NECKLACES that people wear
as decoration. e.g. I bought a charm bracelet at the jeweler’s near my office.
perfume /n/ a liquid, often made from flowers, that you put on your skin
to make yourself smell nice
To go on spending spree /v/ to spend on sth freely with necessary things
e.g. After getting my salary, we can go on a spending spree at the super market.
e.g. Chenda can go on a spending spree and don’t have to worry how much she has to spend because her father is a business millionaire.
air-conditioning /n/ a system that cools and dries the air in a building or car
e.g. Our room doesn’t equip with air-con cos the fee school is cheaper than the others.
To turn sth off = To switch sth off
e.g. Would you mind turning the air-con off and opening the window, please?
* His heart was thumping = beating hard because he was nervous.
To breath in /v/ the air that you take into your lungs and send out again
Tobe a result of sth /a/ a thing that is caused or produced because of sth else
e.g. His illness is a result of breathing in paint fumes over many years.
relief /n/ the feeling of happiness that you have when sth unpleasant stops
or does not happen
To breath in the air with relief /v/
e.g. She breathed heavily because she was so nervous, thus she needed
to breath in the air with relief.
curtain /n/ a piece of fabric that is hung to cover a window see also DRAPE
pillow /n/ a square or RECTANGULAR piece of fabric filled with soft material,
used to rest your head on in bed
To creep = crept = To crawl /v/ to move forward on your hands and knees,
with your body close to the ground
e.g.When I came back from Rock entertainment center,
I crept slowly up the stair, trying not to wake my parents.
hell /n/ (usually Hell) (used without a or the) in some religions,
the place believed to be the home of devils and where bad people go after death
What the hell are you doing here?
To whisper to sb about sth:
e.g. What are you two whispering about?
e.g. She whispered to me urgently that she was afraid.
To bang : ~ (on) sth to hit sth in a way that makes a loud noise
To shut = to close /v/ to make sth close; to become closed
e.g. At the last moment the window banged shut with a noise like a gunshot.
To hire sb to do sth: 1. to pay money to borrow sth for a short time
-> RENT 2. to give sb a job
3. to employ sb for a short time to do a particular job
e.g. If you had ten billion dollars, would you hire any slaves to serve you?
.assassin = murderer /n/ a person who murders sb important or famous,
for money or for political reasons.
.poker /n/ a card game for two or more people, in which the players
bet on the values of the cards they hold
.terrorist /n/ a person who takes part in terrorism.
Compare FREEDOMFIGHTER
e.g. World Trade Centre in New York was destroyed by terrorist group
of Osama Binladen on the 11the of Sept, 2001.
.Secret agent /n/ a person who is used by a government to find out secret
information about other countries or governments SYN SPY
To capture sb /v/ to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner
or in an enclosed space
e.g. The animals are capture in nets and sold to local zoos.
.To escape from sb/ sth: to get away from an unpleasant
or dangerous situation
e.g. There were two prisoners have escaped from prison this morning.
.To charge sb for sth : to ask an amount of money for goods or a service
e.g. If you use USIM card 013, the Cube Company will charge you
$3 per month for out going calls within network.
.bullet /n/ a small metal object that is fired from a gun: bullet wounds
* There were bullet holes in the door. * He was killed by a bullet in the head.
see also PLASTICBULLET, RUBBERBULLET
.spy /n/ a person who tries to get secret information about another country,
organization, or person, especially sb who is employed by a government or the police
To engrave on sth : to cut words or designs on wood, stone, metal, etc

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A: To begin with, I would like to pay my respect to teacher and welcome ladies and gentlemen who are present here. Today I am absolutely delighted that the teacher asks me to make dialogue with you. At the same time, if I speak English incorrectly or slip out any bad words unintentionally, please forgive me.

B: That’s really good. You can begin your questions freely and openly. I myself feel that fully capable of replying all your questions. I welcome you with open arms. / warmly.

A: Do you give me the priority of asking you?
B: Exactly! Don’t you want to start your question first?
A: Why not? What number are you among your siblings?
B: I am the first child in the five of co-blooded relatives.
A: Do you love your parents so much?
B: Absolutely. I deeply adore them because they give me a birth. Furthermore, they’ve cared for me like sickness since I was a baby.
A: Do you want to repay your gratitude to them? If yes, how? If no, why not?
B: I have already done as a grateful child.
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