Listening

Complete the following lecture summary. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

South-East Asian Traditions

• Course materials

two textbooks—Osborne and Legge

study guide and 1 ______________________________

can get textbooks from 2________________________and other materials from Paul Stange after this lecture.

Two of the readings difficult, but Bender

3 _____________________________than Smail

Both very important because help develop 4 ______________

• Course structure

Main course focus is on 5___________________of South-East Asia.

Influences from 6_______________and 7_________________

These influences have been both 8____________________and social.

The emphasis is on 9_______________________between past influences and present cultural patterns.

• Relation to other courses

Later courses focus more on political and economic aspects of modern period.

This course serves as 10______________________to later courses.

Academic vocabulary in use

1. Fill in each gap with one suitable word.

Getting Away From The Land

By the start of the twenty-first century, Britain had become a highly urbanized country, with only a small proportion of the population in touch …(1)… the working life of the countryside. But this has by …(2)… means always been the case. At the end of the nineteenth century, in excess …(3)… a million people were employed in agriculture, five …(4)… today’s figure.

Even …(5)… , however, the total was significantly below that in most European countries, high factory wages having already tempted people to leave the countryside in favour of the industrial cities. In …(6)… to this, the English custom of primogeniture, by …(7)… land is inherited only by the eldest son, served …(8)… further accelerate the rural exodus.

During the war years of the 1940s, at a time …(9)… food was short, people seized whatever opportunities …(10)… were to improve their diet …(11)… growing their own vegetables. However, this practice soon lost …(12)… appeal once the war was over, as …(13)… other temporary expediencies, such as keeping chicken in town gardens. …(14)… is more, mixed arable and livestock farming, once the norm, became rare, so that even …(15)… people than ever were involved in agriculture.

2. Select the best answer (a, b, c or d) which is appropriate for all three gaps in each of the following sets of sentences.

1. This medication can affect your … , so you must only take it before you go to bed.

Success is motivating your staff requires striking a delicate … between asserting your authority and giving praise.

She could not explain the deficit in her bank … .

A. decision B. balance C. statement D. ability

2. Karen and Brad got married last week, in a …ceremony in London.

She never really got along with her cousin, but they had always managed to be … to each other.

He objected to the company’s no-smoking rule, claiming that it was an encroachment on his … liberties.

A. personal B. dignified C. civil D. formal

3. Developments took a new … on Tuesday, with the stock market tumbling by 5.4%.

Mark admitted that he had spoken out of … .

The … of the century found Europe in a state of turmoil.

A. place B. end C. shape D. turn

4. There is a(n) … invitation for the trade unions to take part in the negotiations, but they have chosen to ignore it.

Most universities have … days in May, so that prospective students and their families can visit and find out more about the institution.

Never leave children under 14 alone in a room with a(n) … fire.

A. exposed B. extended C. common D. open

5. Under pressure from the opposition, the government decided to call a … election.

Not only keeping fit help you control your weight, but it will also give you a … sense of well-being.

Latest figures confirm a … increase in unemployment despite recent government measures.

A. general B. major C. round D. full