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U1 Penfriends
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/'beɪsbɔ:l/
baseball n.
ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players
Baseball is very popular among Americans.
/'taɪtl/
title n.
name of a book, film, article or picture
What is the title of the article?
titles
/'kɔ:nə(r)/
corner n.
place where two lines, walls or roads meet
Anna put the table in the corner of the room.
corner
a house in Walker
/'wɔ:kə(r)/
*Walker n.
a town in the UK
/'nju:ˌkɑ:sl/
*Newcastle n.
a city in the UK
Newcastle is famous for its football team — Newcastle United.
Newcastle upon Tyne
/'mi:tə(r)/
metre n.
measurement of length; 100 centimetres
Sam lives fifty metres away from his school.
Language help
1 kilometre = 1,000 metres
1 decimetre = 1/10 of a metre
1 centimetre = 1/100 of a metre
1 millimetre = 1/1000 of a metre
a metre ruler
/əʊn/
own v.
have something that is yours
Mr Chen owns three ‘cars’.
Who owns this house?
/ˌnɪə'baɪ/
nearby adv.
not far away
She lives nearby.
He gave up his seat on the bus to an old woman standing nearby.
请坐!
/'kɒlɪʤ/
college n.
a place where people go to study more difficult subjects after they have left school; a part of a university
She’s going to college next year.
My brother is at college.
King College London
/ˌju:nɪ'vɜ:sətɪ/
university n.
place where you can go to learn more after you leave school
Tom’s brother goes to university.
My uncle is a professor in this university.
Harvard University
/ə'kaʊntənt/
*accountant n.
person (in a company) who looks after the money and keeps the financial records
Sally would like be to an accountant in the future.
an accountant
/'djʊərɪŋ/
during n.
all the time that something is happening
There will be two short breaks during the performance.
The thief broke into the house during the night.
(be) keen on
She is keen on pop music and writing poetry.
/ki:n/
keen adj.
wanting to do something and interested in it
Ian was keen to go out but I wanted to stay at home.
Louise is a