the key to a happy life.

Based on the survey, we may conclude that nowadays, girl students generally

hold a rational attitude towards love and life. Admittedly, the improved material

conditions of life explain why girls take economic status and money rather lightly. But

contrary to the popular view that girls are more concerned about self-development

in the workplace and social status, they still regard marriage and family life as central

to a happy life. (235 words) Unit Three Friendship

Enhance Your Language Awareness

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Words in Action

Working with Words and Expressions

In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete

the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers: bound unfolded possessing has surpassed appointed virtues

had corresponded gazed keen grasped grounded sensible regulating

In the box below are some of the words 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. ▆ Answers: distinguish between

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checked up on torn down make a fortune all of a sudden lost track of Casting an eye over broke up take pleasure in described as turned up in so far as is under arrest pass on as to

▆ Increasing Your Word Power

The preposition “as” is often used together with some verbs to describe the fact

that sb./sth. has a particular function, role or job. Translate the following into

Chinese, paying attention to the “verb… as” collocation.

▆ Answers:

him both as a father and as a writer myself as a swan dancing on the lake

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the challenge as an opportunity to test his courage me as one of their family members it as a joke

Mark as being in his late teens, tall and friendly to everyone as the greatest painter of his time love as a way of life, it as a way to feel

Did you notice the suffix “-al” or “-ial” in the words “trial” and “arrival” in this

unit? The suffix “–al” or “-ial” can be added to verbs to form nouns. Put down the

noun forms of the following verbs in the space provided. ▆ Answers:

Now fill in the blanks in the following sentences by choosing the proper words

with the suffix “–al” or “–ial” from the above table. refusal arrivals