Summary: ACADEMIC WORD Conventional ideas or ways of doing things are accepted, common and familiar. Unconventional ideas can be new, unfamiliar and disturbing, but can allow for critical understanding and change. TEST Here are FOUR sentences with the word of the day. But only THREE are correct. Which is the Odd One Out? Theirs was a highly unconventional home life, in which parental responsibilities were shared among several adults. Her approach to design was unconventional and difficult for her colleagues to understand but no one could argue with her results. His dress sense was, to say the least, unconventional, which certainly made him stand out in a crowd. The introduction of new, unconventional laws led to widespread resistance and anger among the wider population. PRACTICE Would you describe yourself as unconventional in your _________ daily routine? dress sense? taste in music? religious beliefs? KIWI QUIZ Rhythm and Vines is a popular _________ festival which takes place at New Year in Gisborne, New Zealand. Music / Food and Wine / Religious VIDEOhttp://www.ted.com/talks/martin_jacques_understanding_the_rise_of_china 1) According to 2010 estimates, in which year is China expected to become the world’s largest economy? 2020 2025 2027 2) Martin Jacques believes that it is mistaken to assume that modernisation is ________________ westernisation. independent of dependent on associated with 3) Martin Jacques argues that the Chinese concept of the state is different from that in the West because it is based on ______ nation progress civilisation 4) What does Martin Jacques see as the disadvantage of the strong Han identity in China? it has led to a lack of appreciation for diversity it has kept China together as a single state it has led to unsustainable centralisation of power 5) One reason Martin Jacques thinks that the Chinese state has legitimacy and authority is its ___________ democratic roots long history efficiency 6) Martin Jacques believes that the Chinese identify the role of the state as similar to _________ the head of the family an unwelcome intruder a constraint on decision-making 7) What two major flaws does Martin Jacques identify in the conventional Western view of China? laziness and superficiality greed and hypocrisy arrogance and ignorance 8) Martin Jacques argues that, compared to Europe, East Asian countries have a stronger sense of the ______ past present future 9) Martin Jacques believes that the global shift of power away from Europe and North America is generally ______ positive uncertain unbalanced GRAMMAR SPOT Sentence Inversion. Sometimes, for extra emphasis, we put a negative phrase (Never ____, Only ____, Not only __, No sooner ______) at the beginning of a sentence. When we do that, we need to use the question form of the main verb. Here is an example from the lecture: Never before, in the history of the modern world, has the world’s largest economy been that of a developing country, rather than a developed country. Do the same with these sentences. Start the sentence with the negative phrase and make the necessary changes to the sentence, keeping the same meaning. Sicily is the only place where you can only ski and sunbathe in the same afternoon. Only in ___________________________________________ The new model is not only more powerful than the existing one; it is also cheaper. Not only _________________________________________ I’ve never seen such maturity in one so young. Never ___________________________________________ As soon as we had completed our exams, we started preparing for summer school. No sooner ________________________________________
