3) Compared with growing up in primitive societies, growing up in today’s world is in some ways harder.
4) When I first settled into teaching in this small town, I felt very awkward, for my neighbors wanted to know everything about me.
5) The boys would give anything / the world to meet that football star. 6) Tom rushed into the room when Jane and I were in the midst
of a conversation.
7) It’s true that his father is a world-famous movie star, but Jack became famous in his own right .
8) We didn’t plan it like that but it worked out very well.
9) At first he found it extremely hard to fit in with his colleagues at the new company.
10) When I was in my teens, I gradually grew apart from my parents, only to realize how wrong I was in my later years.
11) I’m sorry to hear that you’re suffering from a severe cold. No wonder you did not turn up at the party yesterday.
12) It is not a healthy habit staying up too late.
13) I was annoyed with my mother’s tight control over me and ended up shouting at her one day.
14) The boy was scared of his mother because she would always scold(责怪) him if he did anything wrong.
15) Because of my carelessness, I soon found myself in trouble again and then I realized that what my mother had said was right.
16) He is not a very responsible person. For instance , he promised to come to our meeting, but never even responded when we invited him.
● Increasing Your Word Power
1 The words listed in the following box can be used to describe either a teenager or a parent. Go over each word carefully and then choose the right word to complete each sentence.
1) He is a very possessive father. He says “no” to all his daughter’s boyfriends. 2) A(n) over-protective parent usually weakens his / her child’s belief in his / her ability to solve his / her own problems.
3) Are you a(n) frustrated parent whose teenager always makes angry scenes when you try to get him or her to “just DO something”?
4) His possessive mother wants him to ring her 3 times a day at least to keep her informed of what he does at school.
5) It is often the case that in a family one parent is usually slightly lenient /
strict and the other is slightly strict / lenient .
6) Teenagers are rather rebellious as they often prefer to be on their own and refuse to listen to their parents.
7) Don’t blame him: he’s just a(n) frustrated teenager who feels that he is unable to find his position in life.
8) Don’t blame him for not wanting to stay at home. He is just a restless teenager longing for adventure.
9) She used to be a(n) stubborn teenager who thought that whatever she believed was correct.
2 Match the verbs in the box with the nouns below so that they form correct collocations. If you are in doubt, consult a dictionary. Put the verbs in the space provided and each verb is to be used only once. Then write down six sentences of your own using the collocations.
1) survey the damage 2) sustain dents 3) attend a meeting 4) terrify somebody 5) wrap presents 6) recall an event
Write down your own sentences here.
1) After surveying the damage, we concluded that it was caused by animals. 2) His car sustained dents when it hit the road block. 3) The teachers will attend our meeting this afternoon. 4) The stern expression on his face terrified me. 5) Please wrap the presents carefully.
6) When he recalled what happened ten years ago, he still couldn’t help feeling sorry.
3 Did you notice the suffixes -ize, -ify in words such as realize, terrify in this unit? The suffixes -ize, -ify can be added to nouns or adjectives to form verbs. Now form verbs by adding -ize or -ify to the words given in the table and write down the Chinese meaning for each verb.
Nouns / Adjectives SuffixesVerbsChinese Meanings
beauty beautify 使美起来；美化 just justify 证明…正当；证明…无罪 modern modernize 使现代化
popular popularize 使大众化；普及，推广 pure purify 使纯净；提纯 simple -ize/-ifysimplify 简化；使简易 symbol symbolize 作为…的象征，标志 test testify 作证，证明；表明 theory theorize 使理论化；从理论上说明
4 Complete each of the following sentences with a proper word you have thusformed.
1) The procedures have been simplified so that users can operate the system easily.
2) The flower baskets and paintings helped to beautify the church. 3) The pursuit of good ends does not justify the employment of bad means. 4) He decided to testify on behalf of the accused man before the jury(陪审团). 5) It is much easier to theorize about a solution than to actually put it into practice.
6) The government is making efforts to popularize solar energy industry in response to national energy shortage.
7) Research has shown that certain green plants can purify indoor air and regulate humidity.
8) Many people deeply sympathized with the victims of the disaster and donated whatever they could to help them out.
9) In religion and art, an eagle stands for freedom and strength, while a dove symbolizes peace and purity.
10) The company has made massive investments in modernizing its assembly line(生产线).
Grammar in Context
Task 1: Discuss with a partner and explain whether the highlighted verbs below have different meanings when used transitively or intransitively.
1) a. I survived my last years of high school until finally I turned eighteen. (Para. 9, Text A)
b. Thousands of people were killed in the disaster, but he survived. a.: vt.; b.: vi., with the same meaning: “did not die”
2) a. And so when strangers asked me if I was Doctor Eppley’s son, I replied emphatically, … (Para. 4, Text A)
b. I wrote him a letter telling him that I would pay him a visit, and he replied that he would be glad to see me again. a.: vi. meaning “respond in words” b.: vt. meaning “write back”
3) a. And I can manage quite well on my own. (Para. 4, Text A)
b. He had been managing the business for six years before it made a profit. a.: vi. meaning “succeed in dealing with sth.” b.: vt. meaning “be in control or in charge of”
4) a. I was sixteen years old and the neighbors still called me “Doctor Eppley’sson.” (Para. 3, Text A)
b. I’ve got to call at the bank to get some cash.
a.: vt. meaning “say or consider that (sb. or sth.) is (sth.)” b.: vi. meaning “pay a brief visit”
Task 2: Read the sentences below and decide whether each one contains an error in the use of transitive or intransitive verbs. Put a tick (√) before the sentence that is correct. Put a cross (×) before the incorrect sentence and make corrections in the space given below. ×1. The couple argued each other right after they got married and refused
to make up.
(argued with each other)
×?2. The accident was happened right at this spot.
(The accident happened …)
×??3. Tommy went to the party and he really enjoyed.
(enjoyed it)
√??4. John really has green fingers. He grows a variety of beautiful flowers
in his garden.
√??5. Your mother is critically ill. She may not be able to survive this winter.