Unit 1 Fighting with the Forces of Nature Text A The Icy Defender
Vocabulary I. 1. 1) 2) at the cost alliance of 5) minus 6) regions 10) bide his 9) raw time 2. 1) is faced with 3) is pressing on/pressed on 5) get by 7) have cut back 3. 1) lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future. 2) has been brought to a halt by the delayed arrival of raw materials due to the dock workers’ strike. 3) will/should never get in the way of her career. 4) caught the foreign minister off guard. 2) get bogged down 4) drag on 6) dine out 8) get through 3) stroke 4) limp
7) declarations 8) siege 11) have taken 12) In the their toll case of
5) of the electronic calculator has rendered the side rule out of date/ obsolete. 4. 1) Being faced with the occupation of Regions 2) crucial to Weaken 3) a heroic siege efficient the decisive by launching to reckon with turned the tide be brought to a halt
II. More synonyms in Context 1) occurred=took place 2) preparations=efforts/ homework 3) talk=words 4) weak=fragile III. Usage 1) fall ill weeks severe=harsh Verb + adjective 2) lay dead at home for two
3) dropped dead from a heart attack 4) fell asleep 5) marrying young 5) to sit still for longer than a few prehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1. Text-related (1) invasion (2) stand in the way
(3) Conquest (4) catching…off his guard (5) launching (6) declaration (7) campaign (9) reckon with 2. Theme-related (1) allow (4) forests (7) delivery (10) powerful II. Translation 1. Sentence-Translation 1) Mr. Doherty and his family are currently engaged in getting the autumn harvest in on the farm. 2) We must not underestimate the enemy. They are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons. 3) Having been out of a job/Not having had a job for 3 months, Phil is getting increasingly desperate. (2) reckoned (5) rapidly (3) highly (6) instant (9) observing (8) drag on (10) bringing…to a halt
(8) advantage
4) Sam, as the project manager, is decisive, efficient, and accurate in his judgment. 5) Since the
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