Gu-Hoon Kwon Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
What's the meaning of "rather different in spirit"?
Q1: What's the meaning of "rather different in spirit"? I googled this phrase and found many sentences in which the phrase is used. Is it a kind of idiom? What's the meaning?
Q2: Please check the passage below.
I don’t understand the meaning of the second sentence--especially the underlined phrase. And why is the author saying that the traditional exercises might spoil the story for the children?
There are many well-known traditional exercises for showing understanding, such as true/false questions, comprehension questions, and jumbled sentences. We must remember that these exercises are rather different in spirit from a story and might spoil the story for the children. Here I suggest some more interesting variations on these traditional techniques.
Q2: Please check the passage below.
I don’t understand the meaning of the second sentence--especially the underlined phrase. And why is the author saying that the traditional exercises might spoil the story for the children?
There are many well-known traditional exercises for showing understanding, such as true/false questions, comprehension questions, and jumbled sentences. We must remember that these exercises are rather different in spirit from a story and might spoil the story for the children. Here I suggest some more interesting variations on these traditional techniques.
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In Question 2, the underlined phrase is "rather different in spirit from a story."
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Q 1 - rather different is spirit means that the tone and purpose are different.
The purpose of a story is to touch you on a human and emotional level.
But the purpose of a grammar exercise is simply to teach you grammar
Q 2 - The wr
The purpose of a story is to touch you on a human and emotional level.
But the purpose of a grammar exercise is simply to teach you grammar
Q 2 - The wr
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Gu-Hoon Kwonthese exercises are rather different in spirit from a storyThe exercises are designed for a different purpose than a story is.
Gu-Hoon Kwonwhy is the author saying that the traditional exercises might spoil the story for the children?If the children are capable of doing it, they can read the whole story and fin
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