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Song Appreciation – I Have a Dream

Video 1

 

The original version by ABBA.

 

Video 2

 

An adapted version by Westlife.

 

Video 3

 

An adapted version by Angel Voices.

 

How do these three versions differ? Which version do you like? Why?

 

 

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream
(I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream)

I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream

Tips on Writing Essays

Tips on Writing Essays

A. Planning

1.  Spend 5 minutes to plan your essay.

2.  Jot down a plan of the points you want to make before you start writing.

 

B. Starting Your Essay

1.   Introduce clearly the overall point that your essay is making.

2.  The introduction gives a brief answer to the question. The rest of the essay expands on your answer and gives evidence for it.

3.  Grab the reader’s attention at the start -  use strong, emotive language to get your opinions across, especially in persuasive essays.

4. Start with a short, quirky statement for immediate impact.

5. Remember to back up your controversial viewpoints made in the introduction in the rest of the essay.

6.  A good introduction will really impress the examiners.

 

C.  Paragraphs

1. Paragraphs make your writing clearer.

2. Start a new paragraph every time something changes.

3. Each paragraph needs a clear topic.

4. Paragraphs need to be linked.

5. Paragraphs should follow a clear order.

 

D.  Giving evidence

1. Give an example every time you make a point.

 

E.  Concluding and Checking

1. Bring together the key points in your conclusion.

2. Check over your essay when you’ve finished.

3. Check your work, re-check it, then check it again!

4E Performance Assessment 2 Tasks 1 – 4

Performance Assessment 2 Tasks 1 – 4

 

Task 1 (12 marks)

 

Message 1

The trekking trip is confirmed. There will be a briefing session on Tuesday, 23 July, at 8.30 p.m. Place: Room 2, City Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui.

 

Message 2

Ticket price: $4750 on Air Nepal, and $5580 on Pacific Airways. Hotel room in Kathmandu: US$13 a night.

 

Message 3

Will arrive on 30/9. Please book hotel room for 2 nights. Budget: HK$100. Don’t mind guesthouse.

 

 

Task 2 (20 marks)

?	û	?	ü
û	?	ü	ü
û	ü	?	ü
ü	ü	û	û
ü	ü	ü	ü

 

 

Task 3 (18 marks)

Type of Visa: Student (1mark)

Name of applicant: Richard (1mark) Ng (1 mark)

Passport number: HA03839387 (1 mark)

Type of passport: British passport (1 mark)

Address in Hong Kong: Flat 2A, Sunset Court, Causeway Bay Road, Causeway Bay (2 marks)

Correspondence address: Same as above (1 mark)

Telephone number: ü Home: 28229000 (1 mark)

                                ü Mobile: 31280128 (1 mark)

Duration of stay: 14 days (1 mark)

From 02/10 (1 mark) to 15/10 (1 mark)

a.       Holiday (1 mark)

b.      ü No (1 mark)

c.       ü No (1 mark)

Paid by: ü Cash (1 mark)

 

 

Task 4 (16 marks)

Contents (12 marks)

1.      Destination: Everest Base Camp

2.      Name of travel partner: Sandy (Jones)

3.      Did you enjoy the trip? Yes

4.      I enjoyed the trip because the scenery was beautiful, the people were nice and the company was good

5.      Were you satisfied with the food? No

6.      Reason: No variety

7.      Were you satisfied with the accommodation? Yes

8.      Did you get along with your travel partner? Yes

9.      We had problems with getting trekking permit. There were too many people and the situation was chaotic

10.  I suggest that visitors ask a travel agent to apply for them

11.  We were hassled by young children. They thought all foreigners had money and they asked us to give them money

12.  I suggest that visitors give them food or pencils instead of money

 

Bonus marks (4 marks)

Spelling	0 – very little correct	1 – some correct spelling	2 – spelling almost all correct
Use of the past tense to talk about the problems encountered on the trip	0 – no consistency	1 – moderately consistent	2 – largely but not necessarily always consistent

 

4E Performance Assessment 2 Task 5

Performance Assessment 2 Task 5

 

Content Area: Brief Introduction to Nepal and the Programme Student Adventurers

1.      The location of Nepal: situated between southern China and northern India

2.      The best time to go trekking is between October and February

3.      Joined Student Adventurers

4.      Organiser: The International Student Association

5.      The amount of grant received: $5000

 

Content Area 2: About the trekking

1.      Started trekking on 2 October

2.      In Lukla

3.      Duration of the trip: 14 days

4.      Destination: Everest Base Camp

5.      mention everyday activities: got up at 6 a.m., had breakfast, walked, had lunch, walked more and stopped at 3.00 p.m.

6.      Mention activities after a day’s walking: took a rest and read some books

 

Content Area 3: What is Tough about the Trekking and Things Learnt

1.      Weather was cold, about 12℃to -10℃

2.      Food: lack of variety

3.      Everyday ate rice, bread or instant noodles

4.      Stayed at mountain lodges which were basic but fine

5.      Had an accident: almost fell into an icy cold river, hurt ankle, swollen for a day

6.      Thing learned; to take care of oneself

7.      Thing learned: to enjoy simple things in life

8.      Thank the International Student Association for the grant

 

Total Marks: 20 marks
Task Fulfillment (TF): 10 marks
Marks	Description
	Content Points	Content Areas
10	15-19	All three
8	12-14	Two or three
6	8-11	One or two or three
4	5-7	One or two or three
2	2-4	One or two or three
0	0-1	-
Language (L): 5 marks
Style and Format (SF): 5 marks

 

4E Performance Module 2 Task 6

Performance Module 2 Task 6

 

Content Area 1: Excess Luggage and Charges

1.      Date of flight: 4 August 200( )

2.      Flight route: From Hong Kong to Sydney

3.      Flight number: AP298

4.      Very disappointed with your service/ airline

5.      Forced  to pay HK$550 for the excess luggage

6.      Not told of luggage limit/allowance until I checked in

7.      Unreasonable/Ridiculous to allow 7kg of luggage

8.      Charge almost twice as much as other airlines for the excess luggage

 

Content Area 2: Flight Delay and Luggage Delay

1.      Flight was delayed for four hours

2.      Nobody explained why it was delayed and how long it would be delayed

3.      Luggage was delayed for three days

4.      Upset because there was no apology from staff

5.      Did not have personal belongings for three days

 

Content Area 3: Rude Treatment by Staff

1.      Staff at the lost luggage office was rude and unhelpful

2.      Rudely told to call the airline to check it myself

3.      Deserve an apology from your airline

 

Total Marks: 20 marks
Task Fulfillment (TF): 10 marks
Marks	Description
	Content Points	Content Areas
10	14-16	All three
8	10-13	Two or three
6	7-9	One or two or three
4	4-6	One or two or three
2	2-3	One or two or three
0	0-1	-
Language (L): 5 marks
Style and Format (SF): 5 marks

 

 

4E Reading Exercise – Option 4 Practice Paper 3

Option 4 Practice Paper 3

 

1.      D

2.      G

3.      B

4.      C

5.      D

6.      B

7.      T

8.      F

9.      T

10.  F

11.  N/G

12.  POWH; Chinese U (CU) Faculty of Medicine             QMH; HKU Faculty of Medicine

13.  3 hospitals built in 1990s (NDH, PYNEH, AHMLNH); older hospitals have modern facilities (QEH ‘advanced teaching centre’; POWH ‘up-to-date facilities’; QMH ‘state-of-the-art centre of medical research’)

14.  because he has lost a lot of weight (23kg)

15.  2

16.  B

17.  weight

18.  to lose weight (by reducing craving)

19.  craving

20.  because they stimulate internal organs to aid digestion

21.  B

22.  a fat body

23.  (i) He is married to Dr Sun; (ii) He is a manager of an Aimin hospital; (iii) He is a former obese patient

24.  A

25.  such

26.  ago

27.  full

28.  must/ should

29.  lose

30.  most/ only

31.  F

32.  A

33.  G

34.  D

35.  B

36.  E

37.  (i) it’s very hot; (ii) it’s polluted with car exhaust

38.  3

39.  sounding a horn

40.  because she fainted (and so doesn’t remember sitting down)

41.  C

42.  Anna – C; Phil – B; Andy – D

43.  because Andy is not sympathetic

44.  A

45.  B

46.  because after she fainted she found out that her boyfriend Andy does not care for her (but Ohil does)

47.  she hopes to have a relationship with Phil

48.  C

6A Section C Exercise – Integration Unit 4

Integration Unit 4

 

1.      D (line 6)

2.      B (line 9, lines 11-13, line 17, lines 20-21) (fifth is higher on the list then ninth)

3.      C (line 19: dark)

4.      A (lines 25-26)

5.      C (line 43: the gap is growing)

6.      A (vulnerable = easily hurt)

7.      C (lines 57-61)          

l      B (intoxication = drunkenness: line 61)

8.      B (lines 70-71)

9.      D (line 74)

10.  A

11.  B (lines 89-90)

12.  A

13.  B (lines 108-110, line 112) 

l     A = trauma centres

l     C = suitable equipment for extracting people from vehicles (lines 108-109)

l     D = first aid training

14.  C (line 114)

15.  D (line 120)

16.  A

17.  C (behind = supporting)

18.  D (puts emphasis on)

19.  B

20.  B (this is theintention of the uni)

21.  D (at all, used for emphasis)

22.  A (may be = the verbs of the sentence; maybe = perhaps, an adverb)

23.  A (apart from)

24.  A (be aware of = realize)

25.  B

26.  C

27.  C (This means that = the result of this is that …)

28.  B (‘limited’ and ‘scope’ frequently go together)

29.  C (takes a course or subject)

30.  D (present perfect infinitive: will have to have decided = need to have made a decision)

31.  A (fixed, and cannot be changed)

32.  B

33.  B (not accustomed to)

34.  D (overcome difficulties)

35.  C (If they are working è)

36.  A (easily exploited è)

37.  D (children have a right to è)

38.  D (è Our shopping habits are part of the problem0

39.  C

40.  C (è the family starve)

41.  B (but if anything serious goes wrong they è)

42.  A (who search the rubbish tips of cities è)

43.  C

44.  C (violation è)

45.  funded (è world’s wealthier countries)

46.  B

47.  fascinated

48.  dinner plate

49.  soak up

50.  bread

51.  conversation

52.  hostess

53.  the same

54.  the Queen

55.  result

56.  more time/ enough time

57.  Earth

58.  emergence

59.  human civilization

60.  of

61.  history/ etymology

62.  cooked twice

63.  orange

64.  pea

65.  warning

66.  embarrassment

67.  F

68.  G

69.  H

70.  K

71.  L

72.  E

73.  D

74.  A

75.  J

76.  C

77.  I

78.  listing è list

79.  appear è appeared

80.  mean è means

81.  hardly è hard

82.  looks ^ after

83.  do è does

84.  fun è funny

85.  uses è spends

86.  be ^ a

87.  completing è complete

88.  storm è stormy

89.  to ^ be

90.  sunglass è sunglasses

91.  ice-skate è ice-skater

92.  have è keep

93.  appalling è appallingly

94.  bracket è blanket

95.  dessert è desert

96.  hardly ^ be