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Target Language

In this lesson, we will talk about：• learn words/expressions/phrases
related to the topic;• make sentences related to the topic;• answer questions and share ideas
related to the topic.

Greetings

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Key Sentences

1. I heard about the job through amutual acquaintance.
2. He was a casual acquaintanceof my family in Japan.

3. The president should be addressed
as Mr. President.
4. Mike complimented me on mynew hairstyle.
5. I didn’t recognize you in your uniform.

mutual acquaintance two people know one person
casual acquaintance someone you have known but not a particularly close friend
addressed called/to use a particular title or name when speaking or writing to someone
compliment say something good about you/praise you
recognize to know who someone or something is or be familiar with them2Topic Conversation
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Target Language

In this lesson, we will talk about：• learn words/expressions/phrases
related to the topic;• make sentences related to the topic;• answer questions and share ideas
related to the topic.

Friends

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Key Sentences

1. James is a mutual friend of ours.

2. Few people smoke in my circleof friends.
3. You have to meet my childhood friend.
4. I don’t need fair-weather friends.

5. One of my closest friends is getting
married this weekend.

mutual friend a friend that you and another person have in common that is, both of you know those people
circle of friends a number of close friends who usually do things together as a group.
childhood friend a friend since you were a childfair-weather friend a type of person who only wants to be your friend when things are going well for you
closest friend friend that is very close to you, you know that person very well and vice versa

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Target Language

Television

In this lesson, we will talk about:• learn words/expressions/phrases
related to the topic;• make sentences related to the topic;• answer questions and share ideas
related to the topic.

Hometown

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Key Sentences

1. She grew up in a rural area where morethan half of the people were farmers.
2. People were leaving the farmfor better jobs in the urban areas.

3. The Golden Gate Bridge is a famous
landmark in San Francisco, California

4. She had a fun-filled childhood.

5. Rural environment is too quiet for me.
rural relating to parts of a country that are not near the cities and where the population is low
urban it is the characteristic of the town or city
landmark a famous building or object that you can see and recognize easily
childhood the state or period of being a childenvironment the surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives

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Target Language

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Television

In this lesson, we will talk about：• learn words/expressions/phrases
related to the topic;• make sentences related to the topic;• answer questions and share ideas
related to the topic.

Culinary

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Key Sentences

1. My cousin is a sous chef in a popular
restaurant.
2. Deep-fried foods have been linked tohigh levels of cholesterol.

3. Sauté the onions for five minutes before
adding the vegetables.
4. My grandmother taught me how tomake bread from scratch.
5. I didn’t read the recipe carefully but thesoup still tastes good .
sous chef the top assistant in a professional kitchen
deep-fried food fried in a deep pan in which it is completely covered by oil
sauté to cook food in oil or fat over heat, usually until it is brownfrom scratch to make something from basic ingredientsrecipe a set of instructions for making something from various ingredients

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Target Language

In this lesson, we will talk about：• learn words/expressions/phrases
related to the topic;• make sentences related to the topic;• answer questions and share ideas
related to the topic.

Education

2Key Sentences
1.

Girls tend to do better academicallyin single-gender schools thanco-educational ones.
2. Only a few students can afford
the tuition of $12,000 a term.

3. The teacher will explain the school
curriculum next month.
4. Anyone caught cheating will be
immediately disqualified fromthe exam.

single-gender school describes a school that is for either girls or boys, but not both.
co-educational the system of education in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes.
tuition a fee or instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning.
curriculum the subjects that are taught by a school, college etc., or the things that are studied in a particular subject.
cheat to behave in a dishonest way in order to win a competition, game, or pass an examination.

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Target Language

In this lesson, we will review the：• words and phrases;• definitions of words and phrases;• situations related to the topics.

2Topics
1. Greetings is something friendlyor polite that you say or do when
you meet or welcome someone.
2. Friends is a person who you know
well and who you like a lot but
who is usually not a member ofyour family.
3. Hometown is the town or city thata person is from, in which they
were born and lived while they were young.
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4. Culinary is something related
to food or cooking.

5. Education is the process of teaching or
learning in a school, or the knowledge
that you get from this.

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