Unit4LearningaboutLanguage

DiscoveringusefulwordsandexpressionsUnit4LearningaboutLanguage1.FindtheidiomaticexpressionsinthereadingpassageIdiomaticexpressions

Meaningcoverastorytoreportonanimportanteventtrickofthetradecleverwaysknowntoexpertsgetthefactsstraighttopresentideasfairlygetthewrongendofthesticknottounderstandanideaproperlythisishowthestorygoesthisisthestorygetascooptogetthestoryfirst1.Findtheidiomaticexpressi2.CompletesentenceBusingawordorphrasefromthereadingpassagewhichhastheoppositemeaningtothewordsunderlinedinsentenceA.AByaccidentshebrokethatbeautifulbowl. BShedeliberately

brokethatbeautifulbowl.2.AHedidnotstealthevasesohedidn’tdoanythingwrong.BHedidstealthevasesoheisguilty.2.CompletesentenceBusinga3.AShedoesnotgetabsorbedinherstudiesforlong.BShecanconcentrateonherstudiesforalongtime.4.A Thereporterwentoutwithanuntrainedphotographer. B Thereporterwentoutwitha(an)professionalphotographer.5.AChrisisnotinterestedinstartinghisnewjob.BChrisiseagertostarthisnewjob.3.AShedoesnotgetabsorbe6.A“Thisroomneedsalightclean,”explainedthehousewife.B“Thisroomneedsathoroughclean,”explainedthehousewife.7.AThelawallowspeopletodefendthemselvesagainstacharge.BThelawdoesnotallowpeopletoaccuse

themselvesofacrime.8.AIdon’tmindlosingthatskillifitisnotuseful.BIdon’tmindacquiringthatskillifitisuseful.6.A“ThisroomneedsalightAnswerkeysforEx.3onPage28:assistant,photographer,delighted,assist,editor,deadline,colleague,amateur,submitted,published,dilemma,assessed,unusual,Meanwhile,scepticalAnswerkeysforEx.3onPage2LeaningaboutLanguageDiscoveringusefulstructuresLeaningaboutLanguageDiscover1.Findthreeexamplesofinversioninthereadingpassage.1)NeverwillZhouYangforgethisfirstassignmentattheofficeofapopularEnglishnewspaper.2)NotonlyamIinterestedinphotography,butItookanamateurcourseatuniversitytoupdatemyskills.3)Onlyifyouaskmanydifferentquestionswillyouacquirealltheinformationyouneedtoknow.1.Findthreeexamplesofinve2.Rewritethesesentenceusingnormalwordorder.1)Ididnotknowhowtousethatrecorder.Neitherdidhe.

NeitherhenorIknewhowtousethatrecorder.2.Rewritethesesentenceusin2)OnlythendidIbeginmyworkondesigninganewbridge.

Ionlybeganmyworkondesigninganewbridgethen.3)NotonlywasthereaChristmastree,butalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.

TherewasnotonlyaChristmastreebutalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.2)OnlythendidIbeginmywo4)

“Iseverythingreadyyet?”askedHuXintothephotographer.

HuXinaskedthephotographer,“Iseverythingreadyyet?”4)“Iseverythingreadyyet?”3.Rewritethesesentencesusinginversion.First,findthephrasetobeginwith.Thenchangethewordorderofthesentence.Usethewordsorphrasesunderlinedtorewritethesesentences.3.RewritethesesentencesusiYouwillseesomanyseatsonlyatastadiuminBeijing.

OnlyatastadiuminBeijingwillyouseesomanyseats.2.Ihaveseldomseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.

SeldomhaveIseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.Youwillseesomanyseatsonl3.Youwillbeabletowriteagoodreportonlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneed.

Onlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneedwillyoubeabletowriteagoodreport.4.Hegavealotofpresentstohisfriends,buthehasnevergivenonetome.

Neverhashegivenapresenttomethoughhegavealot(ofpresents)tohisfriends.3.Youwillbeabletowritea5.Sheisnotonlygoodatlanguages,butalsoathistoryandgeography.Notonlyisshegoodatlanguage,butsheisalsogoodathistoryandgeography.5.Sheisnotonlygoodatlan6.Ihaveneverreadsuchanexcitingreportbefore.NeverbeforehaveIreadsuchanexcitingreport.7.Shetookpartinahorseridingcompetition,anddidnotmissajumponce.

Notoncedidshemissajumpwhenshetookpartinthehorseridingcompetition.6.Ihaveneverreadsuchane4.Certainexpressionscanintroduceaninvertedsentence.Nowcompletethefollowingsentencesthatbeginwiththeseexpressions.Onlyafter_________________did______________________________________.2)Notoncedid_________________________________________________.myoperationMyneighbourscomeroundtooffermesupportyoucometosayyouweresorryafterbreakingthevase4.Certainexpressionscanint3.SeldomhaveI________________________________________________.4.Onlybydoing___________________could________________________________.5.Onlyina____can_________________________________________.beensohappyaswhenmyson

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dayJanehopetorunprofessionallyagainfilmpeoplegethitandneverseemtofeelthepain3.SeldomhaveI_____________6.Notonlydid_______________________________________________________________________________________________