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Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
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Working with Words and Expressions
1.
In
the
boxes
below
are
some
of
the
words
you
have
learned
in
this
unit.
Complete
the
following sentences with them. Change
the form where necessary.
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Answers:
1) narrowly
2) proceeded
3) features
4) crawl
5) spun
6) flashed
7) qualify
8) Despite
9)
congratulate
10) consultant
11) compete
12)
disciplined
13) confessed
14) tripped
2.
In the boxes
below are some of the expressions you have learned
in this unit. Do you know
how
to
use
them
in
the
proper
context?
Now
check
for
yourself
by
doing
the
blank-filling
exercise. Change the form where
necessary.
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Answers:
1) kind
of
2) are in for
3) came in
4) rose to their
feet
5) brought up
6) made … a fool of
herself
7) under wraps
8) get hot under the collar
9) looked the part
10) in an
emergency
11) has had her eye on
12) is
…
taking shape
13) bring out
14) put in/ squeeze in
15) win
… hands down
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Increasing Y
our Word
Power
1.
Choose two verbs from Column B for each
noun in Column A, paying attention to the
v.
+ n.
collocation. Write down the verbs in
the space provided before the corresponding noun.
The
first item has been done for you.
Answers:
Column A
Column
B
1)
break
/
set
the record
applaud
form
award
hold
2
）
embody
/
represent
an idea
break
host
3
）
award
/
win
a medal
congratulate
reach
4
）
hold
/
host
the
Olympic Games
represent
5
）
applaud
/
congratulate
an Olympic
champion
cross
6)
form
/
forge
a friendship
embody
set
7)
cross
/
reach
the finish line
forge
win
Now fill in each blank in the following
sentences with a verb in Column B. Change the verb
form
where necessary.
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Answers:
1)
applaud
2)
embodies/represents
3)
forged/formed
4)
congratulated
5)
broken
6)
awarded
7)
crossed/reached
8)
host
2.
The suffix
“–cy” can be added to
some adjectives,
nouns or verbs to form nouns, meaning
“the
state
or
quality
of…”,
or
“the
status
or
position
of…”.
Now
form
new
words
after
the
example and give their meanings in
Chinese. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
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Answers:
1)
accurate
→
accuracy
精确，准确
(
度
)
2) adequate
→
adequacy
适当；充分
3)
consistent
→
consistency
一致性；连贯性
4)
delicate
→
delicacy
细致
;
精致
5) efficient
→
efficiency
效能，效率
6) intimate
→
intimacy
亲密，密切
7) president
→
presidency
总统等的职位
8) private
→
privacy
隐私；独处
9) secret
→
secrecy
保密；保密能力
10) self-sufficient
→
self-
sufficiency
自给自足
Now fill in the blanks in
the following sentences by choosing the proper
words you have just
formed.
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Answers:
1) secrecy
2) presidency
3) consistency
4) efficiency
5) privacy
6) intimacy
7)
accuracy
8) self-
sufficiency
9) adequacy
10) delicacy
Grammar in Context
1.
Study the
following sentences, each of which
contains either an
“appositive
phrase
” or an
“appositive clause”
, and
then do the following task.
Now translate
the following sentences into English, using
either an “appositive phrase” or
an “appositive clause”
.
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Answers for reference:
1) Football
,
his
only hobby in life
, has brought him
many friends.
2) The President of the
company
,
Mrs
Jones
, held a press conference after
the board meeting.
3)
The
question
whether to confess
or not
has been troubling
little Tom.
4) You should not have any
doubt about
the fact that the criminal
has been arrested
.