Saturday, 28 July 2012

UFS201 - 5th VOCABULARY ENTRY


1. Passive:  Expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb.
Ø  But Afghanistan could force the new government to rethink its passive approach to the rest of the world.
2. Omitted: Leave undone or leave out.
Ø  It has also omitted its stock dividend for the first time in 71 years.
3. Doer:  A person who acts and gets things done.
Ø  On the whole, though, he was a doer.
4. Fewer: Comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number.
Ø  They work only because there are things computers can't do, and there are fewer and fewer of those things all the time.
5. Clause: A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will).
Ø  Federrer make a legal passport for make him easy to go anywhere.
6. Similar: Having the same or similar characteristics.
Ø  A convenient, non-threatening way to connect to other people who share similar interests and live nearby.
7. Correlative:  Mutually related.
Ø  He was instrumental in starting a correlative agency in Canada.
8. Manner: A way of acting or behaving.
Ø  A manner makes a difference at the White House.
9. Subordinate: Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient.
Ø  The General asked his subordinate commanders to put into practice all that was assimilated during training.
10. Pair: A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
Ø  The final tally on Imelda's shoes was 1,060 pairs, less than the 3,000 originally reported.

UFS201 - 5th REFLECTION


ABOUT MY DAY
v Classes delayed today. I do not know that today's class postponed. I went to college thinking today we have a class and we will present about crazy commercial. But, unfortunately is class postponed. Next week we will present commercial crazy and we will do a role play Twisted Fairy Tale Musical Comedy. My group and I had discuss and talk about the role play and we are making a good preparations in terms of props and costume. I and my group members hope that we will do our best to role play in next week. Good luck for my team! J

UFS201 - 4th VOCABULARY ENTRY


1. Preposition: A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word.
Ø  I hesitate to add that 'about' in this case is used as a preposition.
2. Separate:  Separate into parts or portions.
Ø  About $500 billion resides in separate accounts.
3. Frequently:  Many times at short intervals.
Ø  Again, that's in people who are eating fish very frequently and eating fish that are generally high in mercury.
4. Native: Belonging to one by birth.
Ø  A native named Akva came stumbling into the military post at Ponthierville.
5. Idiomatic: Of or relating to or conforming to idiom.
Ø  PTI denies any ribald intention in translating Pliny's phrase as it did holds that idiomatic sense is more sacred than a literal translation, and a damn sight less harmful.
6. Colloquial: Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation.
Ø  John's colloquial style of writing has won him many admirers.
7. Involve: Connect closely and often incriminatingly.
Ø  If needed, such a process could involve subpoena powers and even the authority to obtain immunity from prosecution in order to get to the whole truth.
8. Combination: The act of combining things to form a new whole.
Ø  We combine the chicken into the soup.
9. Insulting: Expressing extreme contempt.
Ø  Never mind insulting someone else; in the land of hara-kiri, it's even more devastating when you use such language to insult yourself.
10. Consistent: The same throughout in structure or composition
Ø  Mike always consistent in his exam result.


UFS201 - 4th REFLECTION


MAKE AN ESSAY
v Create an essay with an easy way. It is a lecturer is teaching us today. I really like the way that it taught. Because it is very simple and easy. We are given a piece of paper to perform an essay. The first step we have to write a few words. After that, we will combine all the words so that it becomes an interesting essay.
On that day, we all tell about the party on our birthday. For me                                                                                 I write about the worst birthday party on my birthday. It is quite hurt and makes me always remember that incident. But, I want to share my bitter story. I was state that story as an essay that will be sent to the lecturer.

UFS201 - 3rd VOCABULARY ENTRY


1. Stranded: Cut off or left behind.
v  Some spotted stranded motorists, who had survived miraculously far from towns.
2. Context: The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.
v  The back-and-forth of this establishes a context.
3. Interrupted: Discontinued temporarily.
v  During a July 2006 taping of the show, Leno's interview with Colin Farrell was interrupted when an audience member stormed on stage.
4. Auxiliary:  Someone who acts as assistant.
v  The Handley Page wing contains a long narrow auxiliary wing set in its forward edge.
5. Required: Required by rule.
v  Both she and her mother are required to wear scarves over their hair.
6. Occur: Come to pass.
v  A comparable eclipse will not occur again until the year 2150.
7. Common:  Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.
v  Jack always speak their own language at home.
8. Refer:  Seek information from other source.
v  His campaign staffers even refer to their operation as McCain 2.
9. Main:  Most important element.
v  The past never seems to give up on the state of Maine.
10. References: The act of referring or consulting.
v  It is a reference, of course, to the white-bearded Ayatullah Khomeini, who is respectfully called Imam Khomeini.

UFS201 - 3rd REFLECTION


Ghost Story
v Ghost stories that we will presentation for today. This is the group’s working my team already have a frightening ghost story. On that day, all groups will tell about their ghost stories. All the stories of fear of the ghosts are quite right. I feel happy because all the team give their commit the best at that time for make our class presentation success. Our lecturers also told us. That we have a good commit in our work. Some groups are not satisfied with their achievement sand some group are also satisfied. For me and my team members. We have tried to commit the best.

UFS201 - 2nd VOCABULARY ENTRY


1. Either: After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like
`likewise' or `also.
v  I don't deny my Muslim roots, but I don't vilify Europe either.
2. Whimpering: A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way.
v  Championed by Woodrow Wilson to foster world peace after World War I, Geneva's League of Nations was steamrollered by war, and died with barely a whimper in 1946.
3. Anxious: Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
v  But we live in a particularly anxious age.
4. Riddle: A difficult problem.
v  None of the group can solve the riddle, but each has a fine musical time working it over.
5. Neither: Not one or the other.
v  Most of us are neither pilots nor astronauts.
6. Sprint: Usually for a short distance.
v  Since 1999, he has won the sprint world title twice.
7. Pattern: A decorative or artistic work.
v  More than the patterns have changed at Rosenthal.
8. Tricky: Not to be trusted.
v  The task is a tricky one, but Rubin remains bullish.
9. Athlete: A person trained to compete in sports.
v  So athletes who depend on the drugs are usually careful to stop using them before that time.
10. Contraction: A word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds.
v  Stomach contractions are generally unmistakable hunger signals to the stomach's owner.

UFS201 - 2nd REFLECTION


Make Song.
v Today we are in the task of making songs. I am with my group to discuss how to make songs. We become dizzy as this first time we create songs. However, the song must be in accordance with the existing melody. We are in for a chance to choose the melody to our songs. So I and my team members choose the melody song and that song is Someone Like You by Adele. One of my team members Rechey were singing the songs that we create. Our lecturer quite satisfied with our work.

UFS201 - 1st VOCABULARY ENTRY


1. Indicate: Be a signal for or a symptom of.
Ø  Get ready for its quirks and foibles to dominate the airwaves Tuesday if the election stays as close as the polls indicate.
2. Conjugate: Inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.
Ø  Joined together especially in a pair or pairs.
3. Notice: An announcement containing information about an event.
Ø  Most accident insurance policies contain a provision requiring that notice of the injury be given to the company within a certain time generally 30 days after the accident.
4. Habit: An automatic pattern of behaviour in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition.
Ø  Sleep is just a bad habit.
5. Stammer: A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds.
Ø  Sometimes, when crossed in an argument, he will seem to fumble for words, with a disarming, apologetic smile, a brown-eyed stare, and an Oh-gosh stammer.
6. Verb: A content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
Ø  Verbs in English come in two flavours.
7. Statement: A message that is stated or declared, a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.
Ø  The girl makes a statement about herself.
8. Regular:  A regular patron.
Ø  We are inaugurating a regular history section, which will put today's news in the context of relevant historical events.
9. Strange: Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected, slightly odd or even a bit weird.
Ø  The strange smell, like dead things, in his house.
10.  Spelling: Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage.
Ø  The Cat Stevens incident has its origins in a spelling mistake.

UFS201 - 1st REFLECTION


First Day in English Specific Purpose
v My feelings on the first day in class I'm very happy because it is teaching the class is Madam Atee Stanley. I really hope I can pass in this subject. I want to take attention in class. Although, if I did not come to class. I will check all my work. I will ensure that I pass the exam. Thanks to Madam Atee Stanley for providing guidance and often help if I do not understand in an any chapter.