English as the language of internet

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While

• To compare how two people, groups are different
• E.g. While some people think his comedy is funny, others find him offensive.

Ban ... from

• To forbid someone from doing something
• E.g. They banned him from entering the building.

Prevent...from

• To make someone not to do something
• E.g. Bad weather prevented us from leaving.

At the rate of

• E.g. The average human heart beats at the rate of 72 beats per minute.
• At the expense of...
• Obama offers security at the expense of liberty.

Result in

• To cause something to happen
• E.g. The disease resulted in his death.

As a consequence

• as a result of something
• E.g. Hundreds of people became sick as a consequence [=as a result] of the poor sanitary conditions.

Lie in something

• To be found in something
• E.g. His achievements lie in his hard work.

No doubt

• E.g. No doubt you'll want to unpack and have a rest before dinner.

Few / a few

• Few- not many
• E.g. Few people came.
• A few- some
• E.g. I know some (a few ) people in the class.

Spanish in USA

• the second most spoken language in the US
• 45 million Hispanophones speak Spanish as their first, second or heritage language, 6 million Spanish language students
• The US- the third-largest Hispanophone country in the world (Mexico-1 , Colombia-2, and Spain-4)

Hispanic influence in US

Populations of the countries

Policies for population control

• China- one-child policy
• India - the government offers $106 to couples for waiting two years to have their first child
• Russia - Anyone having a baby on June 12 may win a car or a fridge! On Valentine’s Day in 2013, President Putin brought in Boys II Men to perform in Moscow

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• South Korea- “Family Day”: offices shut down early to encourage family time and baby-making time

Writing task ( group work)

• First paragraph- reasons why we have a low birth rate in Taiwan/ is it good or bad?
• Second paragraph- advantages and disadvantages for this phenomenon/ your own creative ideas as solutions
• At least 20 sentences

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