Unit 3 The Road to Success
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
Working with Words and Expressions
1.In the box below are some of the words you have learnt in this unit. Complete the following ntences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1)favourable
2)discouraged
3)connted
4)neglect
5)crept
6)sufficient
7)traced
8)somewhat
9)refresh
10)worthy
11)prospects
12)resolved
13)remarked
14)undergo
15)rewarded
2.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. 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)pack up
2)many a
3)stays the cour
4)put to the test
5)flooding in
6)came across
7)come up with
8)plunged ... into
▆ Increasing Your Word Power
1.Listed in the box below are some unit nouns. Discuss their meanings and then complete the following table by filling in the appropriate unit noun. The same unit noun may be ud for more than once. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
▆ Answers:
a slice of bread | a particle of rock |
a bunch of keys | a bar of soap |
a can of orange juice | a sheet of glass |
an item of business | an article of furniture |
a slice of meat | a particle of dust |
a can of beer | a bar of chocolate |
an article of luggage | a bunch of flowers |
a sheet of paper | an item of expen |
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2.Words such as respectful, respectable and respective may cau confusion becau they are similar either in meaning or in spelling. To communicate effectively, we need to pay special attention to such confusable words.
▆ Answers:
1)neglected
2)neglectful
3)colourful
4)coloured
5)rough
6)tough
7)worth
8)worthy
9)favourable
10)favourite
11)respectful
12)respectable
13)respective
14)considerate
15)co和平鸽的作者是谁
nsiderable
3.Word Building
Match each of the English word in Column 杭州一日游
A with its Chine meaning in Column B. You may consult a dictionary if necessary.
▆ Answers:
1)d. 2) i 3) l 4) a 5) k 6) o 7) p 8) b
9)m 10) n 11) e 12) c 13) f 14) g 15) h 16) j
Grammar in context
1.Study the following ntences that appear in this unit, paying special attention to the subordinate claus and connectives. Reflect on their grammatical function and then do the task that follows.
Task: Fill in the blanks in the following ntences by choosing proper connectives from the box below. &nb蒸蒸日上的同义词
sp; 消的成语
;
▆ Answers for reference:
1) what 2) whether 3) who 4) whoever 5) what
6) where 7) how 8) which 9) that 10) that
2．Study the following ntences that appear in this u各地特色菜
nit, paying special attention to “the preposition + relative pronoun” structure. Reflect on their us and then do the following task.
Task: Complete the following ntences using a preposition and a relative pronoun.
▆ Answers for reference:
1） of which 2) for which 3) in which 4) in whom
5) of which 6) to which 7) for which 8) at which
Cloze
Complete the following passage with words and phras chon from Text A. The initial letter of each target word is given.
▆ Answers:
1) for 2) aware 3) affair 4) prospects 5) storage 6) matter 7) plunged 8) break
9) offered 10) dancing 11) cleared 12) welled 13) stick 14) sacrifices 15) published
Translation
1. Translate the following ntences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.
▆ Answers for reference:
1)Rumour has it that his new book is bad on a true story about a family in a small Tenne town.
2)He teaches in a middle school, but he does some translation work on the side to bring in extra cash / money.
3)It’s good to be confident (about yourlf), but there’s a difference between (lf-)confidence and conceit.
4)Only tho who stick it out can achieve success. Tho who give up halfway will never realize their dreams.
5)A true hero posss / has courage, a noble purpo and a willingness to make sacrifices.
6)Anyone who picks up this novel and reads the first paragraph will be hard presd to put it down.
