It teaches different activities for reading comprehension of witness statement.

1. Witness Statement
and Vocabulary
Week 7: Lecture 20
Zafar Ullah, Air University, Islamabad,
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2. Hypothesis VS Evidence
• Hypothesis
Intelligent guess
Must have been ( language style)
• Evidence
Authentic information, collected data, proof,
unfalsifiable content,
Observe language difference
Inference: decipher meaning
Pragmatics: to find the untold meaning
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4. Answers
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5. Background of UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO) is any aerial
phenomenon that cannot immediately be identified
or explained. Most UFOs are identified on
investigation as conventional objects or
phenomena. The term is widely used for claimed
observations of extraterrestrial spacecraft.
The term "UFO" (or "UFOB") was coined in 1953 by
the United States Air Force (USAF) to serve as a
catch-all for all such reports.
Astronomy reports
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7. Answer
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8. Look at the Scene and Solve an Exercise
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9. Fill in the Blanks
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10. Answers
1. Speeding
2. crashed
3. Direction
4. Swerved
5. Colliding
6. Skidded
7. Passer-by
8. Injured
9. damaged
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11. Vocabulary 11-20
11. Diffident, Self-effacing: Hesitant due to a lack
of self-confidence; unassertive
12. Pragmatic: Practical; sensible; NOT idealistic
or romantic
13. Evocation: An imaginative re-creation of
something; a calling forth
14. Presumptuous: Taking liberties; brashly
overstepping one’s place;
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12. Cont…
15. Recalcitrant: Stubbornly resistant and defiant;
Obstinate; Obdurate; Refractory; disobedient
16. Boon: A timely benefit; blessing
Bane: A source of harm and ruin
17. Clandestine, Surreptitious: Secret; covert; not
open;
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13. Cont…
18. Affable, Amiable, Genial, Gregarious:
Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm
and friendly
19. Austere: Having no adornment or
ornamentation; bare
20. Altruism: Unselfish concern for the welfare of
others
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14. Thank You
Office
Make Presentation much more fun
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