Basic Needs

['k8ntri]
-ries[-riz]
Everyday Expressions
n.
Japan is an island country.

country, state, nation

country:
We passed through 5 countries on our way to
Sweden.
state: America is a two-party State.
nation: state
e.g. The United Nations
ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian
Nations)
nation
the Jewish nation
n. the country
I live in the country.
n.
rough country
wooded country

countryside
,
countryman/woman ,or

country club
country music
country house

Linguistic Skill
Useful Phrases
--- advanced countries
--- backward countries
--- the host country
--- industrialized countries
/ --- developed /developing countries
Idioms & Slang
country cousin ---

Communicating Clearly
Street Talks
Politically, the country is divided into fifty states.
A: I can throw a football a country mile.
B: Really? To be honest, not in my line of country.
Of course you can say so, its a free country.
Im a big fan of country music.

Cultural Focus
Transcripts

Thats in the country of Greenbow.

Sam: I got numbers of letters from women all over the

country.
Greg: Desperate women.

 Quotations
Public before private and country before family.
Proverb, Chinese.

Without a country, I am not a man.

Nawaf Al-Nasir Al-Sabah, Grandnephew of the Emir of Kuwait. Quoted in:
Guardian (London, 9 Aug. 1990).