Cars and China - A love/hate relationship
Pre-exercise Vocabulary:
to acquire to climb swiftly
loiter to see something briefly or partially
glimpse to stand or wait around without an apparent purpose
soar to buy or obtain for oneself
striking attracting attention, impressive
get out of hand to have little or no money, penniless
eligible to not have control anymore
impecunious qualified to be chosen (especially for marriage)
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Questions on the text:
1. How does car ownership in China compare with the rest of the world?
2. Would the Chinese government like to see the motor industry in China grow or not?
3. Is police data about road fatalities in China accurate?
4. What proposals have been implemented and which ideas have been put forward in Beijing to reduce traffic congestion?
5. What are the main reasons for people in China wanting a car?
Question Tags:
We often use question tags to show surprise and disbelief:
NOTE: If we want to express surprise or annoyance, we can use a positive question tag with a positive sentence.
You didn’t really go there, did you? It’s an awful place, isn’t it?
It’s snowing, is it? We’d better dress warmly, hadn’t we!
Add question tags to either both or one of the following sentences, and then practice saying them with the correct intonation:
1. He was loitering outside the cinema. He wouldn’t be there now.
2. He acquired a new Porsche. He couldn’t have got the money legally.
3. You caught a glimpse of her wedding dress. It’s beautiful.
4. The prices have soared. That’s outrageous.
5. That’s a striking hat. It must have cost a fortune.
6. He’s impecunious. He doesn’t look it.
7. You aren’t eligible for the prize. You’re too old.
8. His behavior is getting out of hand. Well, do something about it!
Idioms:
Match the idiom with the definition, and then fill the missing idiom in the sentences below:
1. at a crossroads
a. to do something with as much speed and energy as you can
2. climb on the bandwagon
b. to do something enthusiastically and as completely as possible,
especially if this involves spending a lot of money
3. to go full throttle
c. you are at a point where an important decision or choice has to be
made
4. to go to town
d. to do something just when it happens, not in advance
5. to cross that road/bridge when I come to it
e. to do something because it is popular and everyone else is doing it
1. She’s not really interested in protesting against the government. She is just __________________________ because all her friends are doing it.
2. They really _______________________ for their wedding. It must have cost a fortune!
3. I’m not going to worry about that now, it might never happen! I’ll __________________________________.
4. We’re really __________________________________ at the moment. We could stay here or move to another country.
5. If you want your business to succeed, you need _____________________________.
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