Unit 2 Communication Problems
Part 2 Reading-Centered Activities
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Reading Comprehension
1. 1) different
2) problems
3) communication
4) translator 5) trust 6) acceptance
7) exaggerate
8) superlatives
9) metaphors
10) generalizations
11) unsupportive
12) literally
13) rethink
14) translate
2. 1) F
2) T
3) F
4) T
5) T
6) F
7) T
8) T
9) T
10) T
*Vocabulary and Grammar
1. 1) mess
2) positively/optimistically
3) mislead
4) intended
5) tend
6) exaggerates
7) frustrating
8) misinterpreted/misunderstood
9) acceptance
10) quit
2. 1) E
2) F
3) A
4) J
5) H
6) D
7) G
8) I
9) B
10) C
3. 1)
conveyed/ conveys
2) assistance
3) encounter
4) conflict
5) emphasis
6) reacted
7) means
8) assumed
9) emerged
10) ignore
4. 1) out
2) on
3) with
4) of
5) In
6) in
7) to
8) on
9) at
10) of
*Translation
1. I went to the dentist yesterday to have a bad/decayed tooth pulled out.
2.
Salary
varies
significantly/greatly/tremendously,
depending
on
the
employees
鈥?/p>
educational backgrounds and work experience.
3.
The
use
of
information
technology
could
lead
to
major
progress
for
developing
countries.
4.
You
are
not
dealing
with/coping
with/tackling
the
problem
in
the
correct/right
manner.
5. Scientists believe that humans are on the verge of finding an effective way to cure
cancer.
6.
Divorce
is
not
a
matter
you
can
afford
to
take
lightly./Divorce
cannot
be
taken
lightly.
Part 3
Further Development