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CONVERSATION: Put the Jules/Vincent conversation in order.

Big Mac’s a Big Mac, but they call it Le Big Mac.

1. They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese? (Jules)

They call it Royale with Cheese.

What'd they call it?

No, they got the metric system there, they wouldn’t know what the fuck a Quarter
Pounder is.

Royale with Cheese. What'd they call a Big Mac?

ONE-LINERS: Match a number with a letter to complete the one-liner.

1. A lot of people cry when they cut a. when they fill out a job
onions. application form.

2. My girlfriend and I often laugh b. This could be interesting.

about how competitive we are.
c. I've lost three days already.
3. The closest a person ever comes d. The trick is not to form an
to perfection is emotional bond.

4. I was watching the London e. But I laugh more.

Marathon and saw one runner
dressed as a chicken and
another runner dressed as an
egg. I thought:

5. I'm on a whiskey diet

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Dr Tony Harris: MAES; ReadingActivities

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3. Language knowledge: Efficient and inefficient reading

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4. Reading: Purpose: Critical
Excerpt 1 (John Dos Passos, USA, 1938)

Women have been a great inspiration to me all my life, lovely charming delicate
women. Many of my best ideas have come from women, not directly, you
understand, but through the mental stimulation.

Excerpt 2 (Rachel Johnson, Daily Mail, 6 November 2016)

Excerpt 3 (from an academic journal)

The aim of the study was to describe how patients perceive involvement in
decisions concerning their own treatment and nursing care. A convenience sample
of 12 patients was selected from three mixed-sex medical wards. The only criterion
for inclusion in the study was a willingness to participate.

Excerpt 4 (Analysis of ESL Textbooks, PhD, 2008)

“the man is a doctor (p. 17), the workers that Dr. Somsak works with respect him”
(p. 17), “Tom Jones, who is a famous singer, is a millionaire” (p. 21), “his father was
a dentist” (p. 23), “Tom, the president of the company” (p. 30), “Jim, the president
“(p. 71) “I was a real yellow belly. If any of the other boys wanted to fight, I ran
away as fast as I could’ (p. 13) “My sister will come once a week to help me clean it”
(p. 14)

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