Unit one- model answers

I. Answer the questions in your own words.

1. A bazaar is a traditional Middle Eastern market. You can find them in countries like Turkey, Egypt and Iran.

2. In the bazaar you will find the clothing market, the copper-smiths’ market, the carpet market, the spice market, the food market, the dye market, the pottery

market and the carpenters’ market. They represent a handicraft economy because in the market you can see craftsmen making and selling their wares.

3. The sounds and smells of the bazaar could tell a blind man where he was in the bazaar.

4. It is muted or quiet because the earthen floor deadens the sound of footsteps and the people in the market speak in low, soft tones.

II. Paraphrase

1. The donkeys went in and out among the people and from one side to the other. 2. Then as you pass further into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance gradually

disappears and you reach the quieter cloth market.

3. They reduce the number of their choices and begin bargaining with the shop

owner so he will lower the price.

4. He will set a high price for the item and refuse to reduce it by any significant

amount.

5. As you become nearer, you will begin to hear the tinkling, banging and crashing

of the copper-smiths’ market.

VII. Explain the slight difference in the word meanings. 1. Glare means unpleasant brightness.

2. Din means confused noise that continues.

3. Quiet or silent means that there is no sound while muted means that there is noise, but

the noise is deadened or absorbed.

4. When one displays anything, he puts it in a position where it can be seen to advantage or

with great clearness so as to strike the eye. One exhibits anything which he puts forward prominently or openly to attract attention or inspection.

5. Distinct means that the sound is so clear that it can easily be distinguished from other

sounds.

6. Huge suggests immenseness of bulk. It is more specific than large.

7. Varied implies more than different. It stresses the idea of full of changes or varieties,

having numerous forms or types.

8. Exotic means not only strange, but also pleasing to the senses.

9. Sunlight is more specific. It refers to brightness as a result of sunshine. 10. Massive means not only large but also impressive.

11. Constantly stresses steadiness and devotion while endlessly stresses weariness and

monotony.

12. A used can may not necessarily be old. It only means that it is no longer new.

VIII. Replace the italicized words with simple everyday words.

1. buyers for purchasers 2. sharp or strong for pungent

3. dismal, gloomy, solemn for sepulchral 4. declaring, insisting for protesting 5. strike for impinge 6. abundance, plenty for profusion 7. rich and costly for sumptuous 8. goods for merchandise 9. mixing for blending

IX. Complete the sentences using the models

1. The cloth-market, where you can buy materials for clothes, curtains, chaircovers, etc. 2. The copper-smith’s market, with its tinkling, banging and crashing.

3. The carpet market, where you can find carpets with varied textures and regional designs. 4. The spice market, where you will notice pungent and exotic smells. 5. The food market, with its tiny restaurants selling bread and cheese. 6. The sunlit courtyard, with camels disdainfully chewing their hay.

X. Translate into English.

1. A zigzag path loses itself in the shadowy distance of the woods.

2. At the bazaar there are many stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold. 3. I really don’t know what it is that has made him so angry.

4. The newly unearthed bronze vase is pleasing in form and engraved with delicate and traditional designs.

5. Beyond the mountains there is a vast grassland that extends as far as the eye can see. 6. They decided to buy that house with a garage attached. 7. The teachers made a point of being strict with the students. 8. This little girl is very much attached to her father.

9. To achieve the four modernisations, we make a point of learning from the advanced

science and technology of other countries. 10. As dusk fell, daylight faded away.

11. The apprentice watched his master carefully and then followed suit. 12. Frank often took a hand in the washing-up.

XI. Words associated with Middle Eastern countries.

bazaar, veiled women, copper vessels, carpets, spice, mosque, camels, caravanserai, desert

NOTE: For some of these exercises there are many other possible answers.