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Unit 1 Discovering yourself
Passage 1 Catching Crabs
Dealing with unfamiliar words
5 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 achieving good results
(productive)
2
the
fact
of
being
present
at
an
event,
or
of
going
regularly
to
school,
church
etc
(attendance)
3 the refusal to accept something new, such as a plan, idea, or change
(resistance)
4 determined to be successful, rich, famous etc
(ambitious)
5 agreement to a plan, offer, or suggestion
(acceptance)
6 the written words of a play, film, television programme, speech etc
(script)
7 very good, large, or showing great skill
(impressive)
6 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 5.
To be a successful film scriptwriter takes more than training although (1)
attendance
on
a
screenwriting
course
will
definitely
help
you
learn
the
skills.
You
also
need
to
be
very
(2)
ambitious
–
the
film
business
is
very
competitive.
You
have
to
be
prepared
to
work
hard
and
be
very
(3)
productive
because
it
takes
more than just one good idea to make it big. No matter how (4)
impressive
your
idea is, there will always be (5)
resistance
from producers because it’s too
expensive. So make sure you have plenty of others to show them. What are you
waiting for? Get on with writing that brilliant (6)
script
and plan your (7)
acceptance
speech for when you win your first Oscar!
7 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box.
1 We’ve seen a place we like and we’re applying for
a loan to buy a house.
(mortgage)
2 We stood on the top floor of the boat and watched the coast disappear into
the horizon.
(deck)
3 I love to walk along the beach and watch the waves breaking, and the white
water hitting the shore.
(surf)
4
In seaside
areas in
the north- east of the country,
life is
hard
and
fishermen
have to go against the forces of nature every time they go to work.
(coastal;
defy)
5 Agreement was finally reached after a long and heated discussion.
(lengthy)
8 Answer the questions about the words and expressions.
1
If
you
watch
an
impromptu
performance
of
something,
it
has
(a)
been
prepared,
or
(b) not been prepared
?
2
When
you
map
out
your
future,
do
you
(a)
plan
it
carefully
,
or
(b)
draw
a
sketch
of it on paper?
3 If you brace
yourself for
something unpleasant, do you (a) try not to think
about it, or
(b) prepare yourself for it mentally and physically
?
1
4 Do you
moor
a boat by (a) turning the steering wheel, or
(b) tying it to a
post with a rope
?
5
Is
a
rusty
piece
of
metal
something
that
(a)
is
bright
and
shiny,
or
(b)
might
have been left out in the rain and is covered with brown substance
?
6 If a bowl
is brimming with
soup, is it
(a) very full
, or (b) half empty?
7 If someone is being held
captive
, are they (a) free to do as they please, or
(b) being kept as a prisoner
?
8 If you have
figured out
something, have you (a) added numbers together, or
(b) understood it
?
Passage Two We are all dying
Dealing with unfamiliar words
4 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 involving three things of the same kind
(triple)
2 an area of ground where dead people are buried
(cemetery)
3 the part of a place or thing that is at the back
(rear)
4 a book that someone writes about someone else’s life
(biography)
5 to put people or things into a space that is too small
(cram)
6
at
the
very
beginning of a career
and likely
to be
successful
at it
(budding)
7 continuing only for a limited time or distance
(finite)
8 to pass
(elapse)
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in Activity 4.
1
About
two
hours
elapsed
before
we
reached
the
cemetery
where
the
war
dead
were
buried.
2 I sat in the
rear
seat behind the driver. My three sisters were all
crammed
in the front.
3 The entrance to the car park was blocked, so the road was full of cars which
had been
triple
-parked one against another, making it almost impossible to get
past.
4 We have a number of
budding
authors in our class this year, one of whom has
written a fascinating
biography
of his grandmother.
5 The time we have on this earth may be
finite
, but there are no limits to the
human imagination.
6 Answer the questions about the words.
1
If
you
substantiate
a
claim,
do
you
(a)
prove
it
is
true
,
or
(b)
persuade
someone
that it is true?
2 If someone
tramples
over something, do they (a) pour water over it, or
(b)
walk all over it
?
3
If
someone’s
arrival
is
untimely
,
is
it
(a)
at
the
wrong
moment
,
or
(b)
late?
4 If events are described
chronologically
, do they occur
(a) in the order in
which they happened
, or (b) in no particular order?
5 Is
ingeniously
likely to mean (a) artistically, or
(b) cleverly
?
6
Is
knackered
an
informal
British
word
meaning
(a)
very
relaxed,
or
(b)
extremely
tired
?
2
7 Is
patently
likely to mean
(a) obviously
, or (b) usually?
8 When something is
allotted
to you, is it
(a) given to you
, or (b) taken from
you?
7 Answer the questions about the phrases.
1 If you check
something out
, do you
(a) find out
, or (b) not think about it?
2 If you see something
from the sidelines
, do you (a) take part in the action,
or
(b) stay away from it
?
3 If something is
down to you
, is it your (a) bad luck, or
(b) responsibility
?
4 If you have something
on the back burner
,
(a) will you look at it later
, or
(b) are you interested in it now?
5 If you are
in a position to do something
, are you
(a) able
, or (b) unable to
do it?
6 If time is
ticking
away, does it seem (a) as if it will last forever, or
(b)
passing very slowly
?
7 If you can
have one shot at something
, (a) are you allowed to shoot it, or
(b) do you have only one chance to do it
?
8 If you
make the best of something
, do you
(a) enjoy it while you can
, or (b)
work hard to make it a success?
9
If
a
girl
stands
you
up
,
does
she
(a)
fail
to
turn
up
for
a
date
,
or
(b)
refuse
to sit down when you ask her to?
Language in use
word formation: compound words
1 Find more examples of each use of hyphens in the passage
We are all dying
.
• I’ve double
- and triple-checked it
• we are all budding crypt
-kickers
• a rear
-view mirror
• the once
-a-year holiday to Florida or Spain
• What’s all this back
-burner stuff?
• standing at the corner of th
e Co-op
• A sepia
-coloured relative that no one can put a name to
2 Rewrite the phrases using compound adjectives.
1 a party which is held late at night
(a late-night party)
2 a library which is well stocked
(a well-stocked library)
3 a professor who is world famous
(a world-famous professor)
4 some advice which is well timed
(some well-timed advice)
5 a population which is growing rapidly
(rapidly-growing population)
6 an economy which is based on free market
(a free-market economy)
7 a boat trip which lasts for half an hour
(a half-hour boat trip)
It
’
s what / how
…
that
…
3 Rewrite the sentences using
It
’
s what / how
…
that
…
1 What other people think of us is determined by how we behave.
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