Cellphones in School (2)

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Teaching Topic: Look Up

You know Steve, I think it's great being an English teacher here in Asia.

Why do you say that, Ken?

Because students look up to me. They respect me.

That's true. I agree. Friends, let's take a look at that simple phrase "look up to someone." When you look up to someone, you respect or admire that person. I hope you all look up to your teachers.

OK. Let's now change that a little. "Look someone up" has a different meaning.

Very different. When my friends from the U.S. plan on visiting Asia, I always tell them be sure to look me up. If you look someone up, then you go visit that person when you are in the area they live in.

OK. Now let's replace a person with a word, "look up a word." When you come across an unfamiliar word, you can look it up.

When you look up a word, you search for information on that word. You find out what it means, and how it is used. When I ask Ken, what a certain word means, he usually tells me, "Look it up." Look it up where? Look it up in the dictionary, the encyclopedia, or on the internet.

look up 
1. Search for in a book or other source, as in I told her to look up the word in the dictionary. 
2. Call on or visit, as in I'm going to look up my friend in Chicago.
3. Become better, improve, as in Business is finally looking up. 
4. look up to. Admire, respect, as in The students really looked up to Mr. Jones. 

Language Lab
ban v.
bans; banned; banning
to forbid people from using (something) : to say that something cannot be used or done
- The protester's writings were all banned by the government years ago.
- The banning of imported beef will begin next week.

occasionally adv.
sometimes but not often
- Shirley visits her grandparents in Texas occasionally.
occasional adj.
happening or done sometimes but not often : not happening or done in a regular or frequent way
- George made occasional business trips to mainland China last year.

bully v.
/ˈbʊli/
to frighten, hurt, or threaten (a smaller or weaker person) : to act like a bully toward (someone)
bullies; bul·lied; bul·ly·ing
- The senior was caught bullying a freshman in the gym.
bully n.
someone who frightens, hurts, or threatens smaller or weaker people
- The bullies were expelled from school.

enforce v.
en-使如何如何/ force 力量
to make (a law, rule, etc.) active or effective : to make sure that people do what is required by (a law, rule, etc.)
- Several new tax polices will be enforced in certain regions.
- The speed limit is strictly enforced in this country.


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