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Lesson 43 / Read & explore
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Look through the pages, understand the abbreviations, and recall experiences.
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Let us look through this book for a picture of a whale.
Let us look through this book for a picture of a whale.
I looked through the album before choosing a photo.
I looked through the album before choosing a photo.
You view a set of content one after another; Do not separate “look” and “through”.
Cambridge Dictionary · look through
Look at the whale in this picture.
Look at the whale in this picture.
We looked at the cover before opening the book.
We looked at the cover before opening the book.
“At” refers to the object you look at. This is a verb that goes with a preposition, and is grouped together in the study group.
Cambridge Dictionary · look at
What does TV stand for?
What does TV stand for?
TV stands for television.
TV stands for television.
In the lesson, it is used to explain abbreviations. Past tense “stood”; no phrase separation.
I like to look back on our first school trip.
I like to look back on our first school trip.
When I look back, I remember how excited we were.
When I look back, I remember how excited we were.
The lesson is about remembering the past, not just looking back. Add “on” when stating an experience.
The next book in the series comes out in June.
The next book in the series comes out in June.
This comic came out last week.
This comic came out last week.
In the lesson, it is introduced to the public. The past tense of “come” is “came”; there is no direct object.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 82, 81, 120, 81, 26. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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OBSERVE · UNDERSTAND · MATCH
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Nhi flipping through pages in a book at the library.
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Nhi stared intently at the picture of a whale on a page of a book.
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Nhi points to a card showing the letters TV beside a picture of a television, showing what the abbreviation stands for.
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Nhi looks at old photos and remembers her first day of school.
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Nhi excitedly received the new storybook that had just been released.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
I am looking through the new guidebook.
I am looking through the new guidebook.
Look at the symbol beside that picture. What does it stand for?
Look at the symbol beside that picture. What does it stand for?
Let us check the key before we look back at the earlier pages.
Let us check the key before we look back at the earlier pages.
“Look through” involves examining parts of a document; “look at” directs your gaze or attention to something. Looking at one picture need not mean reviewing the whole book.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
An illustrator examines a whole brochure, then pauses at one symbol whose meaning is unfamiliar.
Describe the quick survey of the brochure.
She looks through the brochure.
The illustrator surveys the whole brochure, so “looks through” fits rather than inspecting just one symbol.
Complete: What does this symbol stand ___?
for
“Stand for” asks what the symbol represents; “for” follows the subject and verb in this question.
Ask someone to examine the single symbol.
Please look at this symbol and help me identify it.
“Look at this symbol” directs attention to the unfamiliar symbol instead of surveying the whole brochure again.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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