Unit 10 Writing Part 2

The life of Pi

Still: a photograph of a scene from a film/movie or video

a publicity still from his new movie

The police studied the stills from the security video.

Definition of CGI abbreviation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

    

 CGI abbreviation

computer-generated imagery

The movie ‘Dinosaur’ combines CGI animation with live-action location shots.

uplifting  adjective

making you feel happier or giving you more hope

an uplifting experience/speech

state of the art adjective

using the most modern or advanced techniques or methods; as good as it can be at the present time

The system was state of the art.   --  state-of-the-art system

The Physics Department has state of the art facilities.

hilarious adjective  extremely funny

a hilarious joke/story

Lynn found the whole situation hilarious.

Do you know Pete? He's hilarious.

witty adjective  able to say or write clever, amusing things

a witty speaker    a witty remark

Innovations in the movie industry

Unit 9 Speaking

There was not an easy and quick way to record a memorable scene or a person's likeness before the camera was invented. Before the camera, people had to rely on drawings and paintings to see what a certain place or person may have looked like. The first camera, which had the name of camera obscura, could not record print images. Later on, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre invented a way to make photographs on an incredible light-sensitive plate that was inserted into a specific type of camera, but this process for making daguerreotypes was certainly too expensive, awkward and perhaps time consuming. Then, George Eastman came along and simplified this photographic process and invented the Kodak camera, which made photography easy and accesible to the public. The Polaroid, the Leica, digital and disposable cameras have made photography even more versatile and popular. We often take for granted how this turning point invention of cameras has affected our lives. Next,  we will explore the world before this invention, the life of the inventor, and how she or he came upon the discovery, how the world was changed by the invention, and how it may influence our future.

How did the invention of the camera change the world¿

AT A GLANCE: The modern world is an electrified world. The light bulb, in particular, profoundly changed human existence by illuminating the night and making it hospitable to a wide range of human activity. The electric light, one of the everyday conveniences that most affects our lives, was invented in 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison. He was neither the first nor the only person trying to invent an incandescent light bulb.

Light bulb

Unit 10 Innovation

Mason jars


Extraordinary ways to use every objects

Bamboo: a tall tropical plant that is a member of the grass family and has hard hollow stems that are used for making furniture, poles, etc.

a bamboo grove  -  a bamboo chair

bamboo shoots (= young bamboo plants that can be eaten)

Cotton:

1.  a plant grown in warm countries for the soft white hairs around its seeds that are used to make cloth and thread

cotton fields/plants  -  bales of cotton

2.  the cloth made from the cotton plant

The sheets are 100% pure cotton.  -  a cotton shirt/skirt  - printed cotton cloth

Linen:

1. a type of cloth made from flax, used to make high-quality clothes, sheets, etc.

a linen tablecloth  -  a fine linen shirt

2. sheets, tablecloths, pillowcases, etc.

(British English) a linen cupboard

(North American English) a linen closet

We change the bed linen once a week.

Rattan: a SE Asian climbing plant with long thin strong stems used especially for making furniture

a rattan chair

Unit 9 Writing Vocabulary

Household Appliances - AM. English

Electrical appliances

Home Equipment - DICTIONARY

Unit 9 Listening

The environmental impact of aviation occurs because aircraft engines emit heat, noise, particulates and gases which contribute to climate change and global dimming. Among others airplanes emit particles and gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and black carbon which interact among themselves and with the atmosphere.

Despite emission reductions from automobiles and more fuel-efficient and less polluting turbofan and turboprop engines, the rapid growth of air travel in recent years contributes to an increase in total pollution attributable to aviation. From 1992 to 2005, passenger kilometers increased 5.2% per year. And in the European Union, greenhouse gas emissions from aviation increased by 87% between 1990 and 2006.

Unit 9 Speaking The weather

Weather in Argentina

One of the features of the Argentine territory is its variety of climates: humid, dry, tropical heat or nival cold, through different kinds of mild climates. Nothing remains outside the possibilities offered by the types of climate in Argentina.

The variety of geographical regions in Argentina, are a determining factor of the different types of climates.

Breezy: with the wind blowing quite strongly

It was a bright, breezy day.

breezily adverb

breeziness noun

Bustling adjective

BrE /ˈbʌslɪŋ/ ; NAmE /ˈbʌslɪŋ/

full of people moving about in a busy way

a bustling city

bustling with something The market was bustling with life.

Close: warm in an uncomfortable way because there does not seem to be enough fresh air

synonym : stuffy

It’s very close today—I think there’s going to be a storm.

Dull: not bright, with a lot of clouds

synonym overcast

It was a dull, grey day.

Showery:  (of the weather) with frequent showers of rain

a showery day

Sprawling: spreading in an untidy way

a modern sprawling town

Unit 9 Vocabulary

Volcanoes

Tornadoes

Droughts