What do our cities say about us?Q Skills Listening and Speaking Unit 8

agreeable ( adj.) /əˈɡriːəbl/

agreed (adj) (only used before a noun)

agreement (n)

attract (v) / əˈtrækt/

attraction (n) attractiveness (n.unc)

attraction ( adj)

attractively (adv)

conscientious ( adj.) / ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs/  ˌkɑːnʃiˈenʃəs/conscientiously (adv)

conscientiousness ( n, unc)

hand in hand ( phr)

agree (v)

conscience (n)

innovation ( n.) /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/

innovate (v)

innovative (adj.)

innovator (n)

mobile (adj.) / ˈməʊbaɪl/ /ˈmoʊbl/

mobile (n.)

region (n.) /ˈriːdʒən/

regional ( adj.)

regionally (adv.)

satisfy (v.) / ˈsætɪsfaɪ/

satisfaction (n.)

satisfactory (adj.) satisfied

satisfactorily (adv.)

surroundings (n.) pl /səˈraʊndɪŋz/

tend to ( phr.)

surround (v)

surround (n)

surrounding (adj.)

At the wedding last night I was Surrounded by deafening music.

The penguin is surroundedby baby penguins.

This fire surround is quite plain.

The mother duck is tending to her ducklings.

We need to tend to plants carefully.

This is the latest innovative mobile from Nokia.

Should we stay in this mobile home for our holiday?

You really need to be mobile if you live here.

They agreed that the proposal was a good one.

This man is a conscientious objector he does not want to fight.

People are attracted tomagnets,,

He seems to be satisfied just lyingin the sun.

Tuscany is a beautiful region on the west coast of Italy.

The MMI is a recent innovation in medical science.

This building won a prize for its innovative design.

Poverty and poor health usually go hand in hand.

Each person has to make a decisionaccording to their own conscience

The sharks surrounded the boat.

The island is surrounded by water.

A study has found that students who use Facebook to share links or check up on friends tend to have higher GPA’s than those who use Facebook to make status updates.

Buenos Aires, Beijing and Dubai. Listening 2

verb noun adjective adverb phrase/ s

artificiality artificial artificially fake

celebrate celebrationcelebrity

celebratedcelebratory

character*

characteristic

characteristically

direct direction direct* directly

liven liveliness lively

precision preciseprecision

precisely

provide provision provide for

verb noun adjective adverb phrasal

reveal revelation revealing revealingly

update update

value valuevaluation

valued valuable

Don’t be like Pinocchio, in life it is better to have a direct manner.

I will take the most direct route to the hospital

sciencearts

Equal value should be given to arts and science subjects.

These Faberge eggs are very valuable

These are artificial flowers

This is an artificially created lake

Tokyo is one of the worlds most lively cities.

It took a while for the game to liven up.

Its about time I updated my

computer.!

Doctors are finding it difficult to find the

the precise cause of breast cancer.

Young Muslims celebrate Eid al Fitr

He laughed revealing a line of

white teeth.

When he opened his mouth he revealed

his pearly white teeth.

It is important we teach our

children these character traits.

Apples can have quite different

characteristics.

We need to do more

to provide people

with basic services