Chapter 2 IUnityandCoherence 31- Atsunamiisa tidalwaveproducedbyanearthquakeontheoceanfloor.The
wavesareverylongandlowinopenwater,butwhentheygetclosetoland,
theyencounterfriction^4 becausethewateris shallow _
thewavesincreaseinheightandcancauseconsiderabledamagewhenthey
finallyreachland.(ontheotherhand,asa result,forexample)
B. Fillineachblank:withanappropriatetransitionsignalfromthelistprovided.
Useeachsignalonlyonce.Addpunctuationifnecessary.
forexample infact similarly also
indeed third second finalandmostconvincing
Time
OnestereotypeaboutNorthAmericanssaysthattheyareobsessedwith^5
time.It sometimesseemstruethatforNorthAmericans,timeseemsas
valuableasmoney.(1) theyevensay,"Timeis money."
(2) haveyounoticedhowmanyverbscanbefqlloJlVed
bybothtimeandmoney?(3) youcanspendtime,
savetime,losetime,findtime,maketime,wastetime,andrunoutoftime.
(4) youcanspend,save,lose,find,make,waste,andrun
outofmoney.(5) NorthAmericansseemtoregardtime
asa "thing"thatonecanown.Youcanhavetime,buytime,andtaketime.(One
wondershowmuchit costsandwhereit is taken.)A(6) _
pieceofevidencethatNorthAmericansareobsessedwithtimeis their
fanaticismaboutalwaysbeingontime.(7) peoplewhoare
habituallylateriskpunishmentrangingfromfrowningdisapprovaltolosingtheir
jobs.The(8) proofis thatthesepoorpeoplesometimes
takecoursesintimemanagement!Thatis reallyoverdoingit,don'tyouagree?C. Improvethecoherenceofthefollowingparagraphbyaddingtransitionsin
theblankspaces.Usethehintsprovidedinparenthesestohelpyouchoose
a transition.MoveOver,DVD.HereComesBD!
First,CDsbroughtdigitalsoundintoourhomes.ThenOVOtechnology
broughtdigitalsoundandvideoandrevolutionizedthemovieindustry.Soonthere
willbe(1) (additionalidea)revolution:8lu-raydiscs(80s).
A 8lu-raydiscwillhaveseveraladvantages.(2) (listin
order)it hasanenormousdatastoragecapacity.A single-sidedOVOcanhold
4.7gigabytesofinformation,aboutthesizeofanaverage2-hourmovie.A single-
sided80,(3) (contrast),canholdupto 27 gigabytes,
enoughfor 13 hoursofstandardvideo.A(4) (listinorder)4friction:resistance
50 bsessedwith:fanaticalabout