3 Answer the questions about the vocabulary of the previous input.
What word can we use to refer to the basic support services and systems of a country?
What phrase can we use if everyone in a country seems to be discussing an issue?
What is another word for academic subjects?
What phrase means 'the basic knowledge of an academic field'?
How could the phrase the place where theory meets practice be reworded?
What verbs are typically used with (a) objective and (b) target}
What are the two noun forms connected with the verb motivate}
What is the opposite of theory-led research?
Describing Problems
A Introducing a problem
Note the way words are combined in these extracts from academic articles.
1 As the mining operations became deeper and deeper, the problem of flooding arose1.
2 In a recent survey, 34% of customers experienced difficulties with online buying.
3 Walsh's paper discusses the controversy2 surrounding privatisation of health services.
4 Conservation driven by market forces seems to be a contradiction in terms3.
5 The topic is inadequately treated, and several errors are apparent4 in the analysis.
6 Integrating the new member states poses5 a challenge to the European Union.
7 The research raises6 the issue of rainforests and the people who live in them.
8 The patient had difficulty in remembering very recent events.
9 Most theories of the origin of the universe contain inconsistencies7.
10 The results revealed shortcomings8 in the design of the questionnaire.
1 question/issue/difficulty/controversy also often combine with arise 2 a lot of disagreement or argument about something 3 a combination of words which is nonsense because some of the words suggest the opposite of some of the others 4 can be seen 5 threat/problem!danger also are often used with pose; the verb present can also be used with these nouns 6 question/problem also are often used with raise 7 if a reason, idea, opinion, etc. has inconsistencies, different parts of it do not agree 8 faults or a failure to reach a particular standard
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