B. Explain the meaning of the following sentences.
1. I know that my own intense “when I grow up” yearnings throughout childhood were locked in combat with an equally intense wish that nothing would ever change.
2. Worst of all, I could tell from their responses to this cruel and annoying behavior that I would lose my senses and become brainlessly boy-crazy.
3. At 50, I blew out the candles with good humor because I had to—but I gulped inside.
4. But there is another truth available, an inexplicable and sometimes crazy truth that is no less compelling. The living of a life, day by day and moment, is also wild with joy.
3 Vocabulary and structure A. Complete the sentences with the words below. Change the form where necessary.
sob yearning adolescent detestable ponytail snap confess intense compelling combat 1. The troops were exhausted after months of fierce . 2. The people who do this fighting thing are . 3. He had a deep to return to his hometown.
4. The child covered her face with her hands and started to
uncontrollably.
5. However, I must that I do not find this to be a serious problem, at least, not yet.
6. John changed from a friendly and cheerful young boy into a confused .
7. Young people today are under pressure to succeed. 8. The court was presented with evidence that she’d murdered her husband.
9. One of the strings on my guitar when I was turning it. 10. She often showed up late for class, and she chewed gum and tossed her . B. Complete the sentences with the expressions below. Change the form where necessary.
in combat with toward the end of instead of on the edge of blow out used to by all means be wild with
1. My parents worked in Japan for four years, so I fly over there to see them in holidays.
2. He plans to take a trip around the world the year. 3. Six soldiers were seriously hurt the enemy.
4. Hull is on the east coast of Britain. It is the river Humber which leads out to the North Sea.
5. We should get it finished in time .
6. The wind her candle and she couldn’t see anything but the shining stars in the sky.
7. I took bus subway, which can save me 1.6 yuan each time. C. Complete the following sentences with “used to” or “be/get used to”. Change the form when necessary. 1. He live in Paris. 2. He living in the country.
3. When we were children we go skating every winter. 4. I don’t smoke these days, but I .
5. He the cold weather after he lived there for two years. 6. Life was so different in the country and she couldn’t the fresh air, the slower pace, and the cleanliness of everything.
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Grammar development: Verb patterns A. Tick the verbs or phrases below which can fill in the blanks, and cross out those which cannot.
1. She thinks that her mother will do the job. a. help her b. agree to c. enjoy
2. Although it was hard at first, she came working for the airline.
a. to enjoy b. enjoying c. enjoy
3. We have tried to persuade her to stop, but she just goes on . a. to smoke b. smoking c. smoke 4. Tom begs his grandmother about the war. a. to tell b. to tell him c. telling him 5. He’d like stories about the war.
a. to hear b. hearing c. her to tell him
6. He always enjoys his grandmother talking about her childhood.
a. to listen to b. listening to c. hearing to 7. Jack play with his little brother. a. is made b. is told to c. is made to 8. He playing with Jim.
a. can’t stand b. doesn’t want c. dislikes
9. Passing the kitchen, he stopped a large glass of water. a. drinking b. pouring c. to drink 10. He her to send him a birthday present. a. remembers b. reminds c. asks
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Vocabulary building: Prefixes with negative meaning B. Complete the sentences with the words produced from Exercise A. Change the form where necessary.
1. The students often have difficulty in their learning because they
have a (an) grasp of some concepts. 2. Any
behavior
that
causes
us
potential
damage
is
absolutely .
3. We won’t intervene unless the child is physically . 4. How can you yourself by writing such trash? 5. It seems the bank always profits from farmers’ .
6. My parents thought it was for a boy to be interested in ballet.
7. I recognized the doctor’s messy and handwriting. 8. The virus will your computer.
9. He seemed of understanding how she felt.
10. His father was an farm worker. He had never went to school.
Extension When did she Really grow up?
Beverly Beckham
Every night after I tucked her into bed, I sang to her, a silly song, a made-up song, our song. “Stay little, stay little, little little stay; little stay little stay little.”