Wednesday, 14 December 2011

UFS201-3rd Vocabulary Entry



1. Tear
     Tear something up: rip into pieces
     eg: I tear up my ex-boyfriend's letters and give them back to him.

     Tear down: destroy
     eg: The country decided to tear down the dilapidated school and build a new one.

2. Fall
     Fall down: fall to the ground
     eg: the picture that you hung up last night fell down this morning.

     Fall out: separate from an interior
     eg: the money must have fallen out of my pocket.

3. Break
     Break down: get upset
     eg: the woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died.

     Break up: end a relationship
     eg: My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America.

4. Stand
     Stand for: represent
    eg: word SCUBA stand for "self contained underwater breathing apparatus"

     Stand up to: keep your principles when challenged by an authority
     eg: she stand up to the police when they tried to corrupt her.

5. Keep
     Keep something/someone out: stop from entering
     eg: try to the wet dog out of the living room

     Keep something up: continue at the same rate
     eg: if I keep those results up you will get into a great collage.

6. Turn
     Turn something down: refuse
     eg: I turned the job down because while the guests are here

     Turn up: appear suddenly
     eg: our cat turned up after we put  all over the neighborhood.

7. Pull
     Pull through: barely survive
     eg: I didn't think she was going to make it, but pulled through in the end.

     Pull away: when a vehicle moves from a place
     eg: the car pulled away from the lights at high speed.

8. Walk
     Walk away from: walk away for something
     eg: when you walk away from something, you leave an unpleasant situation instead of
          dealing with it.

     Walk on: when you walk, you continue walking
     eg: he stopped and had a chat with her and then walked on.

9. Back
     Back something up: reverse
     eg: you'll have to back up your car so that I can get out.

     Back someone up: support
     eg: my wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.

10. Take
     Take something back: return an item
     eg: I have to take our new TV back because it doesn't work

     Take off: start to fly
     eg: my plane takes off in five minutes.

UFS201-5th Reflection topic

Story dialogue

  • Choose a scene:
  1. A girl telling her housemate not to go "clubbing"  every night.
  2. A boss scolding a subordinate for doing mistake at work.
  3. A man trying to sell a magic potion to a young lady.
  • Write the story Dialogue based on the scene.
  • The dialogue should only be in 1 scene.
Answer1: A girl telling her housemate not to go "clubbing" every night.

Shasha was getting ready to leave, suddenly Maria entering the Shasha room and going to chat together for a while. " Where are you going Shasha?" Maria asked Shasha while sitting on the bed. Shasha kept silent and continued to ready. A few minutes later Maria asked again to Shasha and Shasha said " I want to go clubbing,   I want to release my tension, I'm stress". Maria stood next to Shasha. " but this is not the proper way to release your tension, you almost every night to go to the clubbing, what the problem makes you feel stress?" Shasha sat on the bed and looked down. " I stressed was in college, I could not receive the learning given by lecturer, that is caused me to stress". " but not necessarily go to the clubbing you can solve this problem, you should learn what you do not understand rather than step out at the club, you will not get anything there, there does not guarantee your future, this is the only college that can guarantee your future, you must remember that". Maria give advice to Shasha. " okay I understand, I do not go to clubbing again, thank you Maria because realized me, so far I was wrong to take decisions, thank you" Shasha said with regret words. " Never mind, it should be I do that, as friend and housemate we must help each other, right? Maria said with smile. Shasha only nod in agreement.