facts and opinions in your writing.

Write about one of your close friends according to the outline given below.

1) a brief introduction of the friend

3) the influence of the friendship upon your life ▆ Sample essay for task 1:

Then came the day we were supposed to meet. I was on my beat then. Walking

up to the appointed place which had been turned into a hardware store, I saw a man

standing there with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. Before I could speak, he told me

that he was waiting for a friend by the name of Jimmy Wells. When he struck a match

to light his cigar, I saw a pale face with keen eyes and a scar. I recognized him

immediately. It was Bob, and it was also the face of the man wanted by the Chicago

Police. For a moment I felt like telling him to escape right away. After all, we had

been friends for so many years and he had traveled all the way to see me! But then

my sense of duty told me the right thing to do. I said good-bye to him and continued

my patrol, his last words still ringing in my ear: “I'll wait for half an hour. Jimmy will

keep his promise if he's alive…” I then sent for a plain clothes man and had Bob

arrested.（270 words）

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▆ Sample essay for task 2: An Important Friend in My Life

Li Qiang, one of my classmates, is fun to be with. He is always wearing a broad

smile as if life is forever “sunshine and butterflies.” One day, I revealed to him my

worries and anxieties: I, an ordinary-looking girl, was 177 centimeters tall, even taller

than any of the boys in my class. I thought no boy would like to date me. Besides, I

was very poor at my academic courses.

He suggested that I should learn to be myself and then he introduced me to a

fashion show team of the university. Encouraged, I decided to change myself. After a

3-month training program on weekends, I could perform beautifully as a model, and

surprisingly, I could concentrate on the required academic courses as well. The

applauses I won at each fashion show and the scholarship I earned proved that being

myself was terrific. Since then, my life has changed a lot. Thus, Li Qiang became an

important friend of mine. Unit Four Sports

Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action

▇ Working with Words and Expressions

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. ▇ Answers: 1) narrowly 2) proceeded

3) features 4) crawl

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5) spun 6) flashed 7) qualify 8) Despite 9) congratulate 10) consultant 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. ▇ Answers: 1) kind of 2) are in for 3) came in