Unit Seven
Interpersonal Relationship
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
Working with Words and Expressions
1. Listed in the box below are some of the words that you need to be very familiar with. Now work in pairs and make ntences with each of them to e if you have really mastered their usages. You are encouraged to consult a dictionary if you are still not quite sure about their meanings and usages.
我看家乡新变化▆ Sample ntences for reference:
1) Every year before Christmas, we decorate our hou with colourful lights.
2) Mother scolded John for not taking good care of his younger brother when she went out.
3) 短的反义词I quickly picked up a stick to defend mylf when I saw a big dog running towards me.
4) Plea don’t interrupt — wait until I have finished what I have to say.
5) The mother embraced her son warmly as soon as he came into the hou.
6) Jimmy’s car is quite ancient; he bought it 15 years ago and it is still in good condition.
7) When I arrived I saw that the place had already been occupied by two strangers.
8) You have written a very good paper. I only made a few minor changes in the wording.
9) At different stages of our life, we encounter different kinds of problems.
10) If you need any assistance, plea let me know and I’ll be more than happy to help.
11) Some people tend to blame others for what they themlves have done wrong.
12) Children’s education is becoming too heavy a burden for many families to bear the days.
13) I can’t endure to e / endure eing animals suffer like that.
14) Davis was one of the most significant musicians of the last century.
2. In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following ntences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) delivered
2) relead
3) permission
4) rented
5) mirable
6) exploded
7) presd
8) motion
9) enthusiasm
10) bless
11) trembled
12) attached
13) inquired
14) derve
3. In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to u them in the proper context? Now check for yourlf by doing the blank-filling exerci. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) go wrong
2) broke down
3) on my way to
4) by himlf
5) in time
6) deal with
7) breezed through
8) had gone by
9) To my surpri
▆ Increasing Your Word Power
1. A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. Now identify synonyms by matching a word in Column A with another in Column B. Then complete the ntences with an appropriate word either in Column A or in Column B. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
Column A | Column B |
mirable ----------- | wretched |
wearily ----------- | tiredly |
prent ----------- | gift |
stubborn ----------- | 跳绳教程persistent |
merry ----------- | happy |
depart ----------- | leave |
reply ----------- | respond |
blame ----------- | scold |
conscientious ------- | rious |
significant ---------- | meaningful |
career ----------- | profession |
need ----------- | require |
assist ----------- | help 棋逢对手 |
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1) mirable
2) respond
3) career
4) required
5) wearily
6) assisted
7) gift
8) stubborn
9) rious
10) merry
11) departs
12) scolded
13) significant
2. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. Now identify antonyms by matching a word in Column A with another in Column B. Then complete the ntences with an appropriate word either in Column A or in Column B.
▆ Answers:
Column A | Column B |
merrily ---------- | mirably |
boring ---------- | interesting |
carelessly ---------- | carefully |
monotonously ---------- | cheerfully |
unpleasant ---------- | pleasant九阳电烤箱 |
lively ---------- | dull |
wealthy ---------- | poor |
absolutely ---------- | relatively |
desperately ---------- | hopefully |
blame ---------- | prai |
succeed ---------- | fail |
safety 号多音字组词---------- | danger |
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1) safety
2) mirably
3) 中美关系正常化cheerfully
4) carelessly
5) absolutely
6) desperately
7) blame
8) wealthy
9) boring/dull
10) succeeded
3. The words in the box below can be ud both as nouns and as verbs. U either the noun form or the verb form of the words to complete the following ntences. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
语法分析
1) slapped
2) prent
3) lit
4) burden
5) slap
6) prented
7) ordered
8) light
9) combat
10) motioned
11) strain
12) order
13) strained
14) burden
15) motion
16) volunteered
17) combat
18) volunteer
4. Did you notice the suffixes -ness, -ment in words such as illness, disappointment in this unit? The suffix -ness can be put after many adjectives to form nouns, while -ment can be added to many verbs to form nouns. Now form nouns by adding -ness or -ment to the words given in the table and write down the Chine meaning for each.
▆ Answers for reference:
Adjectives/Verbs | Suffixes | Nouns | Chine Meanings |
accomplish | -ment/-ness | accomplishment | 成就；造诣；完成 |
adjust | adjustment | 调节；调整；校正 |
appoint | appointment | 约会，约定；任命，委派 |
aware | awareness | 意识；知道；觉悟 |
calm | calmness | 平静；安静；镇静 |
competitive | competitiveness | 竞争；竞争力 |
develop | development | 形成；开发；发展 |
effectiveness | effectiveness | 效力；有效性 |
encourage | encouragement | 鼓励；赞助；促进 |
impulsive | impulsiveness | 冲动；推动；驱使 |
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