Lesson 8 Your Smartphone: A True Friend or a False Friend?

False adj.

• Not real, true, honest, or sincere• False alarm

Temperature n.

• The temperature will rise/drop (fall)...• Body/air/water/room temperature• Take one’s temperature

Degree n.

• A unit for measuring how hot or cold sth. is• To some degree,….• Master’s degree/ bachelor’s degree

Pressure n.

• A force produced by a gas or liquid• Blood/air/water pressure• Peer pressure

• Under pressure• Pressure v.• He was pressured into getting married.

Normal adj.

• Usual or expected• Ant. Unusual• AbnormalSentence making• It’s normal for me to…

Schedule n.

• A plan giving a list of events and the times

schedule

• Have a busy/tight schedule• Behind/ahead of/on schedule• There is no way I can fit this task into my busy

schedule. Ask someone else to do it.

Offer v.

• Syn provide, supply• Offer to V• It’s nice of you to offer to help.

Truthful

• Syn honest• Ant dishonest, untruthful• truth

Latest adj

• The newest or the most recent• Latest vs. last

Recommend v.

• Syn suggestSentence making• S + suggest/recommend/insist/demand/..that

S+ (should) + V.• Recommend + Ving• I don’t recommend staying in the hotel. The

service here is terrible.

Recommendation n.

• A letter of recommendation (reference)

Support v. n.

• Supportive adj.• Supportive friends/family/classmates• supporter

Concentrate v.

• To pay full attention to what one is doing• Syn focus• Concentrate on/focus on• concentration

Flash v.

• A flash through one’s mind• The lightning flashed in the sky.• Flashlight• Flash mob

Effort n.

• An attempt to do sth.• Without any/much effort• Make every effort to

Scream v.

• Scream at sb. for help

Breathe v.

• To take air into the lungs and then send it out again

• Breathe in/breathe out

Breathe v.

• Breath n.• Take one’s breath away• The beauty of the Tarako Gorge took my

breath away.• You’ve got a bad breath.

Comfort v. n.

• Comfort sb.• comfortable

President n.

• Someone in charge of a company, organization, or a country

• Presidential adj.• Presidential election/debate/candidate/palace

Manufacturer n.

• Manufacture v.• Syn.

Introduce v.

• Introduce a boo/movie…• Introduce yourself• (products) were introduced into (place)• Introduction n.