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Stephenie Meyer began writing Twilight on June 2, 2003, which she remembers as the first day of her children's swim lessons. She woke up from a vivid dream about a girl and a vampire falling in love but struggling because of his thirst for her blood. Inspired by this dream, Meyer sat down to write despite having other responsibilities, typing up what she could remember from her dream and calling the characters "he" and "she."
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- 1. I know theexact date that I began writing Twilight, because it was also the first day of swim lessons for my kids. So I can say with certainty that it all started on June 2, 2003. Up to this point, I had not written anything besides a few chapters (of other stories) that I never got very far on, and nothing at all since the birth of my first son, six years earlier. I woke up (on that June 2nd) from a very vivid dream. In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl, whereas the other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire. They were discussing the difficulties inherent in the facts that A) they were falling in love with each other while B) the vampire was particularly attracted to the scent of her blood, and was having a difficult time restraining himself from killing her immediately. Though I had a million things to do (i.e. making breakfast for hungry children, dressing and changing the diapers of said children, finding the swimsuits that no one ever puts away in the right place, etc.), I stayed in bed, thinking through the dream, as I was so intrigued by the nameless couple's story that I hated the idea of forgetting it; it was the kind of dream that makes you want to call out your friend and bore her with a detailed description. (Also, the vampire was just so darned good-looking, that I didn't want to lose the mental image.) Unwillingly, I eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that I possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something I hadn't done in so long that I wondered why I was bothering for the fear of losing the dream, so I typed out as much as I could remember, calling the characters "he" and "she." listening
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- 6. I know theexact date because it was also the first day of swim lessons for my kids. → → → → How many sentences are there? How many verbs and subjects in the sentence? What comes after “because” ? What is the form of the sentence? Though I had a million things to do, I stayed in bed. → → → → How many sentences are there? How many verbs and subjects in the sentence? What comes after “though” ? What is the form of the sentence?
- 7. ● ● ● SUBJECT + VERB+ OBJECT + CONJUNCTIONS + SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT & CONJUNCTIONS + SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT, SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT ● ● ● I know the exact date because it was also the first day of swim lessons for my kids. Are the sentences separable? What kind of a relationship do the sentences have? Is there a reason relationship ? Is it something related with time? Though I had a million things to do, I stayed in bed. Are the sentences separable? What kind of a relationship do the sentences have? Is the reason relationship ? What is the aim of usig “though”? Does it have a negative or positive meaning?
- 8. ● ● ● We use CONJUNCTIONSin order to explain ● ● ● TIME When she was 9 years old, she gave birth to her own child. REASON/CAUSE Since his rent is so high, he works overtime. (the reason why he Works overtime is that his house is so expesive.) Because of the strict rules, he got fired PURPOSE He didn’t go to the hospital for the fear that police would find him. (he didn’t go to the hospital for not to get caught) CONTRAST Althoug I dont have enough time to design a unit, I know that I will sucseed. As much as I like painting, it drives me crazy sometime. Whereas I believe that I can do anything I want in life, my dad doesn’t CONDITION I am coming with you as long as you take the all responsibility.
- 9. ● ● ● 1) Jane cannotcome to the party __________ she has to look after her little brother. a) Because b) So c) As much as d) Though 2) He took my phone number with him _______ he would call me a) But b) so c) whereas d) though 3) _________ I wasnt there, they managed it. a) Because b) For the fear of c) Since d) Though 4) ________ ı like Tom, he gets on my nerves sometimes a) Because b) as much as c) for the fear of d) Since 5) Mary is rich, _______ John is poor a) Whereas b) so c) as much as d) because 6) _______ he was watching football match, she was cooking a) While b) Because c) Though d) as much as ● ● ●
- 11. You are thefather/mother your child wants to go to a foreign country for the summer. But you dont want him/her to go for the fear of that something bad would happen. Although he/she is mature enough, you dont want to be apart from him/her. Because he/she insists on going, you have to explain your feelings to him/her and convince him/her not to go. You are the only child of your parents. You want to go to a foreign country for this summer with your friends. Despite you are old enough your parents don’t want you to go to another country. Whereas they think that something bad may happen, you don’t afraid of anything and insist on going. You need to talk to your parents and convince them.
- 12. 1) I’m veryexcited to finally be able to say that you are officially my sister Bella __________it’s like I’ve known you my whole life! 2) Bella In a short amount of time we have been friends. I _________know that you will be one of my forever friends. 3) I mean Alice, you did and _____________ job with Bella. 4) The road to get here has been bumpy and we have had our fair share of _____________but _____________ I’m standing here is a true ____________ to the fact that true love can conquer all 5) It may not have always been easy but when has anything ________ fighting for been easy?
- 13. 1) What arethey talking about? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ________________ 2) Where do you think they are? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ________________ 3) Can you tell who is the 3rd speaker? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ________________ 4) What is the party for? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ________________ 5) What the speaker tried to tell saying “the road to get here…” ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ________________
- 15. Bella met withEdward in the Forks just after she moved to the city. They were in the same class and fortunately at the same desk. They were deeply fallen in love with each other. But the thing that Bella doesn’t have an idea about was Edward’s being a vampire. After getting through a hard road they nearly come to the end. They got married taking all the risks. True love conquered all. But how about than would they be able to happy while Bella was getting older but Edward was staying young? Is that an end for them? After the wedding ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________....
- 16. For the listeningvideo “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMElyvS7CI0 “ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://www.visualthesaurus.com/landing/?ad=cdo&utm_medium=default&utm_campaign=VT&utm_source=cdo&word =appendix
- 17. THE ORIGINAL TEXT Iknow the exact date that I began writing Twilight, because it was also the first day of swim lessons for my kids. So I can say with certainty that it all started on June 2, 2003. Up to this point, I had not written anything besides a few chapters (of other stories) that I never got very far on, and nothing at all since the birth of my first son, six years earlier. I woke up (on that June 2nd) from a very vivid dream. In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire. They were discussing the difficulties inherent in the facts that A) they were falling in love with each other while B) the vampire was particularly attracted to the scent of her blood, and was having a difficult time restraining himself from killing her immediately. For what is essentially a transcript of my dream, please see Chapter 13 ("Confessions") of the book. Though I had a million things to do (i.e. making breakfast for hungry children, dressing and changing the diapers of said children, finding the swimsuits that no one ever puts away in the right place, etc.), I stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. I was so intrigued by the nameless couple's story that I hated the idea of forgetting it; it was the kind of dream that makes you want to call your friend and bore her with a detailed description. (Also, the vampire was just so darned good-looking, that I didn't want to lose the mental image.) Unwillingly, I eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that I possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something I hadn't done in so long that I wondered why I was bothering. But I didn't want to lose the dream, so I typed out as much as I could remember, calling the characters "he" and "she."