bac revision

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4thform programme
General Revision
F.B SECONDARY SCHOOL
2020 * 2021
UNIT 1: HOLIDAYING AND ART SHOWS
Lesson 1: Holidaying
Vocabulary:

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The addresser: The speaker or the writer
The addressee: the listener or the Reader (who receives the message)
The host (the Person who receives the visitor) ≠ the guest (the visitor)
Summer outings → activities we do out of the house during Summer Holiday
Grammar:
1) Parallelism: the repetition of a tense, a form or a structure in a sentence
E.g.: The information will be not only useful but also important
↔The information will be both useful and important.
* Repetition of a form: She is the best, the kindest and the most intelligent
(Superlative form)
* Repetition of a tense: The mother was preparing dinner and was looking after the baby
(past progressive)
* Repetition of a structure: I love you, I care about you, I respect you and I’ll never forget you (subj. +
V + obj)
2) Structure: Subj. + used to + bare infinitive
Subj. + would + bare infinitive
→To describe a habit in the past or a repeated action in the past
Essay: * Compare between holidays in the past and holidays nowadays.
e.g. In the past, people used to spend their Holidays at home with the family and relatives. They would
Work on the farm and help their parents.
However, nowadays people spend their Holidays with friends practising various activities such as
water skiing, canoeing, camping, and sunbathing
* Active Holiday: Sport activities / Camping / Skiing /A Country walk.
* Lazy Holiday: Watching TV / Sunbathing on the Beach.
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Lesson 2: SPACE TOURISM
Space-related words: Planet, Shuttle, Travel, Trip, Ship, Space port.
→Space tourism requires exorbitant prices, so most of people can’t afford it.
VOCABULARY
Exorbitant (adj.) = very costly = very expensive.
To afford something = Find the money to do it = financially able to achieve it.
Worth = Deserve.
Rivalry (N) = Competition / The rival (personal noun).
Face off (N) = Fight, argument.
Foothold (N) = Strong position in business.

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Well-to-do (adj.) = Rich.
A deal (N) = Agreement.
Emerging = Becoming known or seen = Appearing.
To Please (V) → Pleasant / pleased (adjs) → Pleasure (N).
GRAMMAR
* Negative prefixes: Used at the beginning of a word to give its antonym.( in- / dis- / ab- / un- / im-
…etc…)
* E.g.: She stopped eating to answer the phone.
→ She was eating and she stopped that action.
Begin / stop / enjoy / dislike / admit /
consider / miss / finish / mind / imagine / + V + ING
Deny / involve / postpone / suggest / regret
/ delay / avoid / practise / risk
WRITING: We can speak about the advantages and the disadvantages of Space Tourism.
* ADVANTAGES:
- It’s the only chance to discover another world.
- To discover an outer space and satisfy one’s curiosity.
- For relaxation, entertainment, pleasure.
- Discover new things, become more and more open -minded and experienced.
- It can be worthy doing a suborbital flight as it can be a rich source of information.
- Space Tourism will be widespread in the future.
* DISADVANTAGES:
- Very expensive tours
- It’s useless to spend a lot of money just to prove that someone can be the first one to discover the
Space
- It’s shameful to spend exorbitant prices on space flights while thousands of children die every day
because of hunger and illness.
- I am afraid of visiting other planets
- It’s a waste of time and money.
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Lesson 3: Art Shows
Vocabulary
- Foyer = entrance hall or a large entrance space
- Refreshments = drinks
- Interactive = helping to communicate with each others
- Performances = shows

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- To book = make reservations
- Free = at no cost
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Lesson 4: “IMORTALITY” BY CELINE DION
VOCABULARY=
Super star state = state of being a famous singer or actor.
Stardom = level of importance.
Prowess = Great skill at doing something.
Convene (v) = to come together.
Celebrity = fame = popularity.
Memory = something we remember.
Eternity = immortality / Eternal (adj) = Timeless = life long.
Fate = Destiny.
Faith = Trust = Belief.
Determination = Willingness.
Come true = Achieve = Fulfill. (a dream )
Sorrow = Sadness.
GRAMMAR: Modals’ functions.
Can = Expressing ability / Giving permission
Can’t = Expressing inability / Refusing permission.
Must = Expressing obligation.
Mustn’t = Expressing prohibition.
ESSAY
You attended a musical show. Describe the show, the atmosphere and your feelings.
Lesson 5: Walking Tour
Vocabulary
Frontier = border
A part of = constituent
Containing people of different races = cosmopolitan
In all seasons = year round
Places where shows take place = venues
Former = last = previous
Marvelous = wonderful = amazing = spectacular
To impress = to fascinate
Grammar ; Superlative form
- The + short adjective + est
Eg : Edinburgh is the second largest city
- The most / the least + long adjective
Eg : Changing the guards is the most spectacular ceremony

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Essay
Plan a guided walking tour for English tourists who came to visit your town / village
Focus on places of interest and highlight the features of such places
Text type and purpose
Narrative → to narrate events
Argumentative → to persuade the reader
Expository → to inform the reader
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Lesson 6: A Package Tour
Vocabulary
Package tour = a tour organized by a travel agency in which you travel with a group
Exhibition (n) = collection of art works shown to the public
To exhibit (v) = to show for the public
Accommodation = the place where we stay while we are in a journey or trip (hotel – bungalow – tent)
To accommodate (v)
Essay: What are the benefits and drawbacks of package tours?
Package
Tours
Advantages
Disadvantages
- Making new friends
- Having fun within the group
- A great sense of community
- Safe and well-organized
- Differences between the group members
may be embarrassing
- You feel limited and have less freedom
- There may be no sense of adventure since
everything is predictable
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Lesson 7: At the Travel Agency
Vocabulary
- Disappointed = deceived (adj) / Disappointment = deception (n)
- Trustworthy (adj)= someone whom you can trust
Lesson 8: Put A Little Drama in Your Travel
Vocabulary