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IELTS:
Lesson 2:

stage 1:

1. Where are you from?
2. Have you ever been abroad?
3. What do you do?
4. What do you like to do in your spare time?
5. Are you a student or do you have a job? What's your major? Do you like your major?
6. Are you married? Do you have any children?

Lesson 3:

1. school background:
What area do you explore?
I didn't (quite) catch what you said.
Would you please say it again?
Would you please repeat it?

What would you mean by "tube"?
Would you please rephrase it?

junior secondary / high school
comprehensive university
well-known, famous, prestigious
school with high reputation
school of worldwide/nationwide reputation
attend school
enroll in school
join the school
accepted by xx school
become a student of
undergraduate student
postgraduate student
My major was ...
Family Birth Plan
a foundation course in the first year
complete degree in three years

Lesson 4:
philosophy
doctor's degree
a promising field of study

a decent job
a nice job
a well-paid job
a satisfactory job

follow their footstep
There will be a great demand for computer in the future.

 

2. occupation

3. hobbies

4. local culture and local custom
verbal prompt card

China has a large population.
My hometown has a population of eight million people.

terra cotta warriors
nature beauties
nature scenery
landmark
Shanghai is famous for finance.
Tibet is famous as the roof of the world.

climate:

 

 

 

 

 

CNN:

Monetary Easing
slump
Carnage
Aleppo barracks
2 tornadoes strike in NYC
US to Slash Stake in AIG
Shell begins petroleum drilling off Alaska coast
helped them rally
Molecular milestone: scientists unravel the human genome
United States agencies tap zombie fad to push survival message

Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence
Crash kills cop in Obama's motorcade
France to fund opposition in Syria

 

 

extremely diverse group
delegation
more than two dozen
a broad-based group
reach agreement on anything
policy pronouncements
accommodate Iran’s hope
garner support for
its strident stance
Israel
Syrian / Syria
Bashar al-Assad
newly-elected President
Mohamed Morsi
a sharp attack on
"oppressive" regime
lost its legitimacy
Ban Ki-moon
 Iranians / Iran
urged him to attend the conference
take “concrete” steps
fully comply with Security Council resolutions
nuclear facilities
summit
 U.N.’s Atomic Energy Agency
issued a report saying ...
 uranium enrichment program
Iran’s Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
reaffirmed that point
has never sought to build a nuclear weapon
peaceful nuclear program
 rejected such assurances
beyond a medium level of purity
Non-Aligned Movement rules
Mark Fitzpatrick
London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies
convincing members
should cooperate with the IAEA
UN Security Council
the IAEA Board meeting
 their adherence to UN sanctions
a government he says many find “not so tasteful.”

 

 

applause
thong
jockey
prostitu
prostitute
It's tasty;

lettuce
mutton
beef
shrimp
crab
monetary easing
best man
line of business
groom, bride,

primary school
Secondary school
tertiary school
possession
position
what kind of possessions give people status in your country?

lexical

 

American Mosaic:

outdoor;
be all and end all;
boast;
much more humble about themselves;
tough;
party crasher;
free-loader;
clash;
Can I crash in your sofa for a night;
crash here for the night;
That equally true;
I'm the opposite;
social life;
has a great social life;
I have no life;
disgust;
superficial;
has something in common;
confrontational;
tangle;
tangible;
It takes two to quarrel;
It takes two to tango;
to hang there;
have ego;
lash out;
poker tournament;
really have good hand;
you're bluffing;

 

news, raped vagina-----

dainty;
rebooting the AIDS vaccine;
hymen;
dummy;
zygote;
controversy;
diversity;
anatomy
reticent;
antagonism;
Vietnam;
gang
a concrete slab of guy;
rugged face;
tattoo;
streak of light;
commando;
end up alone with six of men;
gang rape;
bladder;
rectum;
bruise;
breast;
huddle ball;
do number on us;
reenact;
hazy; haze;
decent;
jab
battleground stump
envoy
2012 Rally
rip;
rap;
raped;
rape;

timid;
no recourse to the law;
tentatively;
errant; errand;
whore;
menace;
batter;
abrasion;
caramel-blonde hippie hair;
voluptuous;
ex-prostitute;
jargon;
lube;
wholesome;
brutalized;
anal rape;
porn;
traumatized;
nipple;
moan;
squeal;
startling;
sleaze guy;
odor;
repulsion;
groin sweat;
armpit sweat;
twilight zone;
crush;
pummel;
vet;
intimacy;
dating, courting;
instant;
enslaved;
plump;
trafficked girl;
jeer;
barbarian;
subjugation;
feminine selves;
trembling;
huddle;
military contractor;
peacekeeper;
brothel;
surveilance;
small swath of the earth;
an atlas of fear;
marine's corps;
cosmos;
parabolic;
consensus;
bog on limits;