1-“Describing Objects”

Module 3, Unit 1 – “Describing Objects”
Base Sentences – ประโยคพื้นฐาน – (301-315)

301 What color is your book? หนังสือของคุณสีอะไร?
302 My book has a dark blue cover. หนังสือของฉันมีปกสีน้ำเงินเข้ม.
303 How much does that typewriter weigh? เครื่องพิมพ์ดีดเครื่องนั้นมีน้ำหนักเท่าไร?
304 It’s not too heavy, but I don’t know the exact weight.
มันไม่หนักเกิน, แต่ว่าฉันไม่รู้น้ำหนักตรง
305 This round table weighs about forty-five pounds.
โต๊ะกลมตัวนี้มีน้ำหนักประมาณสี่สิบปอนด์.
306 What size suitcase do you own? คุณมีกระเป๋าขนาดเท่าไร ?
307 One of my suitcases is small, and the other one is medium size.
กระเป๋าใบหนึ่งของฉันมีขนาดเล็ก และอีกใบขนาดกลาง
308 I like the shape of that table. ฉันชอบรูปทรงของโต๊ะตัวนั้น
309 How long is Jones Boulevard? ถนน โจนซ์ ยาวเท่าไร ?
310 That street is only two miles long. ถนนสายนั้นยาวแค่สองไมล์
311 Will you please measure this window to see how wide it is?
คุณกรุณาช่วยวัดขนาดหน้าต่างบานนี้ดูว่ากว้างเท่าไร ?
312 This window is just as wide as that one.
หน้าต่างบานนี้กว้างเท่ากับหน้าต่างบานนั้น
313 The walls are three inches thick. ผนังนั้นหนาสามนิ้ว
314 This material feels soft. ผ้านี้รู้สึกนิ่ม
315 This pencil is longer than that one. ดินสอด้ามนี้ยาวกว่าด้ามนั้น

Verb Study – ศึกษากริยา

1. weigh = หนัก, มีน้ำหนัก, ชั่งน้ำหนัก
How much does that typewriter weigh? This table weighs about forty-five pounds. Did you weigh the suitcase? Yes, I weighed the suitcase this morning.
2. like = ชอบ
I like the shape of that table. Do you like the shape of that window?
I like that movie very much. He likes the medium size suitcase.
3. measure = วัด
Will you please measure this window? I’ve already measured that window.
I’m measuring the window right now.
Did he measure the table to see how long it is?
4. feel = รู้สึก
This material feels soft. I feel fine today. I didn’t feel well yesterday.
He felt the material to see how soft it was.
5. own = เป็นเจ้าของ
What size suitcase do you own? I own a small suitcase and a medium size one.
He owns that automobile. Last year he owned a good automobile.
6. have = มี
My book has a dark blue cover. I have two suitcases.
Last year I had a good typewriter. Does he have a dark blue book?
7. be = เป็น, อยู่, คือ (is, am, are, was, were)
What color is your book? The walls are three inches thick. I’m a doctor.
He was in New York yesterday. Isn’t John your brother.

Substitution Exercises – แบบฝึกหัดการทดแทน

1a What color is your book? Do you remember?
1b What color is your pencil? Do you remember?
1c What color is your typewriter? Do you remember?
1d What color is your camera? Do you remember?
2a My book has a dark blue cover. Have you seen it?
2b My book has a light blue cover. Have you seen it?
2c My book has a bright red cover. Have you seen it?
2d My book has a red and blue cover. Have you seen it?
3a How much does that typewriter weigh? Can you tell me?
3b How much does that table weigh? Can you tell me?
3c How much does that dog weigh? Can you tell me?
3d How much does that elephant weigh? Can you tell me?
4a It’s not too heavy but I don’t know the exact weight.
4b It’s not awfully heavy but I don’t know the exact weight.
4c It’s very light but I don’t know the exact weight.
4d It’s pretty light but I don’t know the exact weight.
4e It’s fairly heavy but I don’t know the exact weight.
5a This round table weighs about forty-five pounds.
5b This square table weighs about forty-five pounds.
5c This long table weighs about forty-five pounds.
5d This narrow table weighs about forty-five pounds.
5e This small table weighs about forty-five pounds.
6a What size suitcase do you own?
6b What size notebook do you own?
6c What size house do you own?
6d What size apartment do you own?
6e What size diamond do you own?
7a One of my suitcases is small, and the other one is medium.
7b One of my suitcases is large, and the other one is medium.
7c One of my suitcases is little, and the other one is medium.
7d One of my suitcases is big, and the other one is medium.

Reading Practice – การอ่านการปฏิบัติ

Yesterday was Jim’s birthday. He got a lot of presents from his friends and family. All the gifts were wrapped in colored paper.
Some of the packages were large, but others were very small. Some were heavy, and others were light.
One square package was blue; there was a book in it. Another one was long and narrow; it had an umbrella in it.
Jim’s sister gave him a big, round package. He thought it was a ball, but it was not. When he removed the yellow paper that covered it, he saw that it was a globe of the world.
After that, his brother gave Jim another gift. It was a big box wrapped in green paper. Jim opened it and found another box covered with red paper. He removed the paper and saw a third box; this one was blue in color.
Everyone laughed as Jim opened the boxes. There were six of them! In the last one he found a small white envelope. There was a piece of paper in the envelope that said: “Look in the closet near the high window. You will see three suitcases: a black one, a brown one and a grey one. Your birthday present is in one of these.” 
Jim went in the large bedroom. He went to the closet and began opening the suitcases. He had to open all of them before he saw his brother’s present.
He was very happy. It was just what Jim wanted — a portable typewriter.

Questions – คำถาม

1) What was in the square blue package?
2) What did Jim’s sister give him?
3) What was in the long, narrow box?
4) Describe the gift from Jim’s brother.
5) Was Jim happy with the gift from his brother? Why?

Conversation – การสนทนา

WALTER: Karen, where have you been? It’s after six o’clock.
KAREN: Wait until I tell you, Walter. I’ve been downtown and I saw just what I wanted.
WALTER: I know. A green dress to match the green shoes you bought last week.
KAREN: No. Not a green dress or red one or yellow one. It isn’t anything for me. It’s for our house. WALTER: Our house? What is it?
KAREN: You’ll never guess. It’s a new sofa. A yellow one.
WALTER: We already have a sofa, Karen. A very good one.
KAREN: I never liked it. It’s brown and our other furniture is light blue. It doesn’t match. The yellow one will look good with our other things.
WALTER: Very well. Tell me about it.
KAREN: First of all, it’s exactly the right size for the wall near the window. The sofa we have now is too short. WALTER: Is it wide or narrow?
KAREN: It’s as wide as our old sofa, but it looks narrower because it’s longer.
WALTER: Fine. Then I’ll have a very good place to sleep after dinner.

Word List – รายการคำ

apartment (əˈpɑrtmənt) = อพาร์ทเม้น
as … as (æz … æz) = เท่า …
awfully (ˈɑfli) = ชะมัด
big (bɪg) = ใหญ่
bright (braɪt) = สด, เข้ม, สว่าง, แจ่มใส
camera (ˈkæmərə) = กล้องถ่ายรูป
color (ˈkʌlər) = สี
cover (ˈkʌvər) = ฝา
dark (dɑrk) = มืด
diamond (ˈdaɪmənd) = เพชร
describing (dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ) = อธิบาย
elephant (ˈɛləfənt) = ช้าง
fairly (ˈfɛrli) = พอใช้ได้
foot, feet (fʊt, fit) = เท้า, เท้า ๆ
hard (hɑrd) = ยาก, แข็ง
heavy (ˈhɛvi) = หนัก
high (haɪ) = สูง
inch (ɪnʧ) = นิ้ว
large (lɑrʤ) = ใหญ่
length (lɛŋkθ) = ความยาว
light (laɪt) = เบา ๆ
long (lɔŋ) = ยาว
material (məˈtɪriəl) = วัสดุ
medium (ˈmidiəm) = กลาง
mile (maɪl) = ไมล์
narrow (ˈnɛroʊ) = แคบ
only (ˈoʊnli) = เพียว
ounce (aʊns) = ออนซ์
pound (paʊnd) = ปอนด์
round (raʊnd) = กลม
shape (ʃeɪp) = รูป
short (ʃɔrt) = สั้น
size (saɪz) = ขนาด
small (smɔl) = เล็ก
soft (sɑft) = mอ่อนนุ่ม
square (skwɛr) = รูปสี่เหลี่ยม
suitcase (ˈsutˌkeɪs) = กระเป๋าเดินทาง
thick (θɪk) = หนา
too (tu) = เกิน
typewriter (ˈtaɪˌpraɪtər) = เครื่องพิมพ์ดีด
weight (weɪt) = น้ำหนัก
wet () = เปียก
wide (waɪd) = กว้าง
width (wɪdθ) = ความกว้าง, ส่วนกว้าง
yard (jɑrd) = หลา

Verb Forms – แบบฟอร์มกริยา

feel, felt (fil, fɛlt) = รู้สึก, ได้รู้สึก
measure (ˈmɛʒər) = วัด
measured (ˈmɛʒərd) = วัดแล้ว
own, owned (oʊn, oʊnd) = เป็นเจ้าของ, ได้เป็นเจ้าของ
weigh, weighed (weɪ, weɪd) = ชั่งน้ำหนัก, ได้ชั่งน้ำหนัก

Conversation and Reading Practice – การสนทนาและ

ball (bɔl) = ลูกบอล
bedroom (ˈbɛˌdrum) = ห้องนอน
box (bɑks) = กล่อง, หีบ
closet (ˈklɑzət) = ตู้เก็บเสื้อผ้า
colored (ˈkʌlərd) = มีสี
covered (ˈkʌvərd) = ปกคลุมแล้ว
downtown (ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn) = กลางเมือง
dress (drɛs) = กระโปรง
find (faɪnd) = พบหา, ค้าหา
furniture (ˈfɜrnɪʧər) = เครื่องเรือน
gifts (gɪfts) = ของขวัญ
globe (gloʊb) = กลมโลก
laughed (læft) = หัวเราะ
match (mæʧ) = ไม้ขีดไฟ
package (ˈpækəʤ) = กล่องห่อ
portable (ˈpɔrtəbəl) = พกได้
presents (ˈprɛzənts) = ของขวัญ
removed (riˈmuvd ) = เอาออกแล้ว
shoes (ʃuz) = รองเท้า
sofa (ˈsoʊfə) = โสฟา
surprise (sərˈpraɪz) = ประลาดใจ
umbrella (əmˈbrɛlə) = ร่ม
why (waɪ ) = ทำไม
wrapped (ræpt) = ห่อ
umbrella