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Unit Four
Sports
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.
1
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Answers:
Column A
1)
break
/
set
the record
2<
/p>
）
embody
/
represent
an idea
3
）
awa
rd
/
win
a medal
4
）
hold
/
host
the Olympic Games
5
）
applaud
/
congratulate
an Olympic
champion
6)
form
/
forge
a friendship
7)
cross
/
reach
the finish line
Column B
applaud
form
award
hold
break
host
congratulate
reach
cross
represent
embody
set
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 adjecti
ves,
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
3) consistent
4) delicate
5) efficient
6) intimate
7) president
8) private
9) secret
10) self-
sufficient
→
adequacy
→
consistency
→
delicacy
→
efficiency
→
intimacy
→
presidency
→
privacy
→
secrecy
→
self-sufficiency
适当；充分
一致性；连贯性
细致
;
精致
效能，效率
亲密，密切
总统等的职位
隐私；独处
保密；保密能力
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
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