Unit 5 – Expanding Your Horizons

Topic: Culture & Travel

Expand = widen = broaden  genişletmek

Horizon = view = understanding = mindset  ufuk, anlayış, görüş

Expect = await = wanting

Expectation  beklenti

Concerned (adj) = worried

Concern (n, v) = worry

customs = traditions = expectation

foreign (adj) = strange = not familiar  yabancı

foreigner (n) = foreign person = stranger  yabancı

anxious = worried = stressed  kaygılı

Embarrassed = ashamed  utanmış, utangaç

Enthusiastic = eager = keen on = excited  hevesli, heyecanlı

Fascinated = amazed = stunned = surprised  büyülenmiş

Homesick = feeling of missing home or hometown  memleket özlemi, vatan hasreti çeken

Secure = safe

Certain = sure = exact

Insecure = not safe = unsure = uncertain

Etiquette (ethics) = manners  görgü kuralları

Turn down = reject = refuse

Elbow  dirsek

Chopstick

Conversation

to bring someone along  birini yanına getirmek

Punctual (adj) = precise  dakik

Punctuality (n)  dakiklik

Grammar

supposed to = it is required = it is needed

it is the custom to = it is a tradition to

expense = cost = spending  masraf, gider

Listening

hijab = covering the head or all body  başörtüsü

slurp = making sound drinking food  şapır şupur içmek, höpürdeterek içmek

Reading

Eye-opener  göz açıcı

Passionate = ambitious  tutkulu

Enthusiastic = eager = excitied about something  hevesli

Greet = saying hello and welcoming  selamlaşma, karşılama

Cheek  yanak

Handshake  tokalaşma

Homework

Speaking Topics (Voice Messages)

• Have you ever experienced culture shock? What happened?
• What is something unique about your culture that visitors might find surprising?
• How do cultural expectations differ in different countries?
• Record a message about the challenges and benefits of adjusting to a new culture.

Writing Topics (IELTS Style, Adapted)

• Some people think living abroad is the best way to understand a culture. Do you agree or disagree?
• Describe a cultural tradition in your country and explain why it is important.

Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary in Use:

• Unit 30: Cause & Effect (trigger, chain reaction)
• Unit 19: US vs. UK Systems (cultural comparisons)

Grammar Book

• Noun phrases containing relative clauses (Grammar for IELTS: Unit 17 – Complex Sentences).
• The custom to, (not) supposed to, expected to (Grammar for IELTS: Unit 10 – Expressing Expectations).