大学英语精品课件（兰州大学）U6Active reading 1.pptVIP

* 徐向君 赵勇 张珍丽 郑小红 * * Collocations swap This word usually means to replace one thing with another. (a) So what happens when a student in China  swaps places with a student in the US? The Chinese student goes to America and  the American student comes to China. More Active reading 1: Resources Collocations (b) If two families each has a house, what happens when they agree to do a house swap? Family A goes to live in Family B’s house and vice versa. (c) What happens if you take an item of clothing back to a shop and swap it for another size or colour? You hand back the first one and the shop gives you another one of different size/colour without any further payment. Active reading 1: Resources swap Back Collocations loyal When you’re loyal to someone, you’re willing to work for someone or be their friend even in difficult circumstances. (a) What kind of person is a loyal customer? One who always uses the products or services of a particular business, eg the customer only buys drinks/coffee in Starbucks. More Active reading 1: Resources Collocations (b) Why do shops offer customers a loyalty card? To encourage customers to keep on coming back. (c) If you have mixed loyalties towards two people or organisations, do you want to be loyal to both or neither? Both. Active reading 1: Resources Back loyal Information related Sir Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain Sir Winston Churchill and King George VI Statue of Winston Churchill Paris Phil Reed’s comment on Churchill’s speeches Last farewell to Sir Winston Churchill Active reading 1: Resources Sir Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain 1. With whom did Neville Chamberlain sign an agreement (communique)? 2. What did Chamberlain declare? 3. How did British people respond to that agreement? 4. How did Winston Churchill respond to it? 5. What did Winston Churchill predict? Watch the video for more details from Prof Simon Schama.