Holiday Shopping!

PTS Offers Shopping Shuttle for Students This Sunday...

Parking & Transportation Services, in cooperation with Student Government, will be providing free transportation for students between the UK campus and Fayette Mall on Sunday, December 2, from 12 noon to 6 p.m. By offering the Holiday Shopping Shuttle, PTS hopes to make transportation convenient for students who do not have cars on campus and for those who want to steer clear of holiday traffic.The CATS bus will pickup and drop off passengers on the north side of the mall at the entrance to Macy's.

For campus pickup times and locations,
visit www.uky.edu/Parking/transportation-shuttle-holiday.html.

Questions regarding the shuttle should be sent to UKBuses@lsv.uky.edu.

Using the Vocabulary, Pages 11-112

1. factor

2. diet

3. suffer, severe

4. harmful

5. effective, poison

6. in charge of

7. progressing

Volunteer Opportunities!

Check out this website for some great ideas for volunteering:

http://www.volunteersolutions.org/uwbg/volunteer/

There are a number of holiday volunteer opportunities listed.

ICH

The International Conversation Hour ...

will meet tomorrow (Wednesday the 28th) in the basement of Bradley Hall from 6:00-8:30pm.

Reading Class

Homework for Weds, Nov. 28:

Read "Designing the Future".

Do pages 99-102.

Answers for "Using the Vocabulary", pages 100-101:

1. approaching

2. athletic

3. intellect

4. brings up

5. shortage

6. acceptable

7. appearance

8. restricted

9. convinced

10. lead to, advantages

11. In short, humanity

Coats, etc.

Free Winter Coats Available in Lending Closet

The weather is to turn cold this weekend. International students in need of coats, hats, and scarves are welcome to check out the Lending Closet in the Office of International Affairs. Please stop by Suzanne Anandappa's office in 202 Bradley Hall from 9:00-12:00 tomorrow if you need help finding the Lending Closet. Our offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday this week for the holidays.

Happy Thanksgiving!

For level 3 Reading:

HW due Monday: pages 90-93B And "Writing", page 95 (do "writing" on a separate piece of paper)

HW due Wednesday, Nov. 28: Read "The Luncheon". (If you were absent today, you can get the story from me on Monday.)

Using the Vocabulary, Page 90

1. realize, generation

2. genes, instructions

3. individual

4. come out

5. illnesses, cure

6. cell, replace

7. gender

8. determine

9. desirable

Expanding Vocabulary

1. replace

2. instructions

3. cured

4. desirable

5. generations

6. genes

7. illness

8. realize

9. individual

10. cells

11. determines

12. came out

13. genders

Word Families, Page 93

A.

desire / desire / desirable

prevention / prevent / preventable

cure / cure / curable

B.

1. preventable

2. curable

3. desire

4. cure

5. prevention

6. desire

Unit 2 Reading Test on FRIDAY!

Level 3 students, please see answers to the "Wrap-up" below...

(I have not included answers for all the exercises. We will go over some in class tomorrow.)

Comprehension Check, page 78

1. T

2. F

3. ?

4. F

5. T

Understanding Inference, Page 78-79

1. a

2. a

3. b

Studying Phrasal Verbs, Page 80

1. NO

2. O

3. NO

Word Families, Page 80-81

1. victimize

2. economize

3. publicize

4. criticize

5. pressurize

Playing with Words, pages 81-82

1. background

2. data

3. likely

4. aggression

5. absences

6. perfectionist

7. lack

8. survive

9. pattern

10. official

11. despite

12. gifted

Building Dictionary Skills, page 82

1. a. 1 b. 2

2. a. 2 b. 1 c. 3

3. a. 1 b. 2

Holiday Events!

Check this website to see special holiday events:

http://www.visitlex.com/holiday.html

Word Families, Part A, Page 74

Noun (thing) Verb Adjective
agression / x / agressive
anxiety / x / anxious
economy, economics / economize / economic, economical
examination / examine / x
survey / survey / x
freedom / free / free

TOEFL Answers, Reading Comprehension, Practice Test 6

Don't panic!!!! I gave you the wrong answer key. I'm so sorry! :(

Here is the correct answer key:

1. C
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. A
18. A
19. A
20. C
21. D
22. A
23. B
24. A
25. A
26. C
27. B
28. B
29. B
30. C
31. A
32. C
33. B
34. B
35. D
36. A
37. A
38. C
39. B
40. A
41. A
42. D
43. B
44. B
45. B
46. C
47. D
48. A
49. D
50. B

Thanksgiving Airport Transportation!

Parking & Transportation Services Offers Free Airport Shuttle

Parking & Transportation Services is helping students reach their Thanksgiving holiday destinations by providing a free shuttle to Bluegrass Airport. The shuttle will run Monday, November 19, Tuesday, November 20, and Wednesday, November 21, with daily campus pickup times of 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Students should plan to leave campus at least two hours prior to takeoff.To schedule a pickup, email UKParking@lsv.uky.edu with at least 48 hours in advance (not including weekends) and provide the following information:

* Name
* Campus address
* Campus phone number and/or cell number
* Date, time, and location of campus pickup

A representative from Parking & Transportation Services will call to confirm a pickup time and location. Students must make their own arrangements back to campus. LexTran’s Airport/Keeneland Express, which runs Monday through Friday and drops off at the Vine Street bus terminal, can be found at http://lextran.nextinsight.com/routes.php?mrnid=27. Fare is $1. American Taxi (859-381-TAXI) accepts UK PLUS accounts, and charges approximately $16-$20 for cab fare from Bluegrass Airport to campus.

Quick Announcement

Monday, I plan to give a practice TOEFL for the Reading section.

Please check the vocabulary exercises below to prepare for class on Tuesday.

Using the Vocabulary, Pages 70-71

1. conducted

2. examines

3. data

4. survey

5. economic

6. background

7. overweight

8. anxious

9. self-esteem

10. attitude

11. freedom

12. contact

13. on the basis of

Expanding Vocabulary, Pages 72-73

1. attitude

2. examine

3. freedom

4. overweight

5. on the basis of

6. economic

7. anxious

8. data

9. survey

10. background

11. contact

12. self-esteem

13. conduct

Studying Word Grammar, A, page 64

1. publishing

2. burning out

3. criticizing

4. pressuring

5. achieving

Word Families, Pages 63-64

1. achievement

2. tendency

3. publisher

4. publication

5. criticize

6. criticisms

7. critique

8. critique

9. concentration

10. pressure (or criticize)

11. champion

12. perfect

13. critic

14. perfection

15. perfect

Thanksgiving Event!!!

International Students Thanksgiving Dinner

All international UK students are invited join the UK Alumni Association and Dr. and Mrs. Lee T. Todd at the King Alumni House for Thanksgiving Dinner. Enjoy a delicious buffet of traditional American Thanksgiving foods including: turkey with dressing, cranberry sauce, corn pudding, fruit salad, sweet potato and broccoli casseroles, green beans, mashed potatoes, pecan and pumpkin pies, and more. Space is limited. Register now at http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UKY/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2100623.0

Event Title: International Students Thanksgiving Dinner
Date: Nov 20, 2007
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM ET
Location: King Alumni House, Corner of Rose St. and Euclid Ave.

Welcome students!

Welcome to the CESL Blogspot!

I will occasionally use this blog to post announcements and answer keys.

Using the Vocabulary, Page 59

1. gifted

2. concentrate on

3. championships, literature

4. sensitive

5. injustice

6. critical

7. perfectionists

8. pressure

9. burn out

10. published

11. despite

Expanding Vocabulary, pages 61-62

1. championship

2. burn out

3. published

4. sensitive

5. injustice

6. Despite

7. literature

8. perfectionist

9. concentrate on

10. pressure

11. gifted

12. critical