Studio Classroom 空中英語教室 – August 2019

Q by Gabriel Harbour and Zack Mills

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(See page 73 for answers)

Word Wise –The Life of Ryan: Vitamin C

Tip Review

1. Tom / It / day. / me as / strikes / bank / every / odd / that / goes / the / to

2. movie / The / from / action / was / far / boring.

3. several / Jerry’s / miles. / property / spreads / square / across

4. my / 100% / got / surprise, / I / my test. / To / on

5. My / Patricia / by / prefers to / go / Tricia. / sister

6. some / is / by / loneliness / Everyone / to / affected / degree.

Unscramble the following sentences. Each one will reveal a Usage Tip from this month!

Fill in the blanks of this story with the correct Word Bank

words from the following list. Note: some tenses may change.

context covet concept combination courteous casual convenience championship

cultural chaotic vacuum miraculously unconventional precaution instructor

Part 1

Review

Ryan was at home one hot afternoon, deep in thought with an opened laptop and an unopened drink on his desk. He smiled

as the recent,^1 ________ words of a friend came to mind: “I^2 ________ your life, Ryan. It’s not busy or^3 ________, but is one

that’s manageable. You’re in a steady relationship with a beautiful and^4 ________ lady. You enjoy the^5 ________ of working

from home. What could be better!” Indeed, Ryan enjoyed his life, even though it just got busier. His girlfriend Patricia had

convinced him to take an online screenwriting class taught by a famous^6 ________, Sheila Thomas. Sheila had won several

screenwriting^7 ________. Her winning stories explored the real^8 ________ experiences of tourists in international^9 ________.

She encouraged her students to try to think of^10 ________ topics, so as to stand out. Ryan was busy thinking of a^11 ________

to make his story interesting, when all of a sudden, something exploded! He had forgotten all about his fruit drink, which

was now everywhere.^12 ________ QRQH RI LW VSODVKHG RQWR KLV FRPSXWHU %XW KLV GHVN ZDOO DQG ÀRRU ± ZKLFK KH KDG

just^13 ________\HVWHUGD\±QRZORRNHGDQGVPHOOHGOLNHIUXLW³6LOO\PH ́KHVKRRNKLVKHDG³,

should have known better than to leave a^14 ________ of pineapple and lemon in a closed

container for too long on a hot day!” Next time, he would take the necessary^15 ________ of

opening his citrus drink sooner.

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