SILK ROAD
Name two important trade centres on the Silk Road.
Istanbul, Rome, Xi'an (Chang'an), Dunhuang, Kashgar
What is "arm candy"?
an attractive person who accompanies someone to a public gathering
How long is a decade?
Ten years
What idiom means that something is very easy?
a piece of cake
Name two countries whose names both begin with the word "The".
The United States
The Netherlands
The Republic of Congo, etc.
The Silk Road was a major trade route for how many years?
1,500
What is one of the newest sources of slang today?
new technology
What does the vocabulary word "evolving" mean?
to change ,sometimes to grow into something better or more complex
What idiom means that someone is sick?
under the weather
I have been in Seattle ________ 2017. I have been in Seattle_________three years.
since
for
What was the main reason the Han government initially traveled West?
To get horses
What is inevitable?
language change
What does "identity" mean?
the qualities that make a person unique or different from others.
This idiom describes someone who makes everyone enjoy things more
the life of the party
Name the three principal parts of the verb "choose".
choose chose chosen
What two things did traders want to avoid?
Bad people and bad weather
What is one thing that allows people to feel part of a group?
slang
What does "phenomenon" mean?
something that is exceptional or unusual
What someone does is more important than what he or she says
actions speak louder than words
If I were rich I _____ buy a big house. If I had been here 40 years ago, I ______ _____ experienced the Mt. St. Helens volcano.
would
would have
What were the two main reasons trade on the Silk Road stopped?
There was too much fighting and traders started to use ships
S.I.Hayakawa describes slang as the "poetry of everyday_____________? What word/words go in the blank?
life
What is the definition of the word "attitude"?
behaviour or conduct
What idiom means that you have to work for what you want
no pain, no gain
To make the R sound, the tip of the tongue is _____ while the back/midpart of the tongue is ______.
The back/midpart of the tongue presses against the insides of the top _____.
down
raised
teeth