loadingprobably smiling too, even laughing. However, in fact, his father hugged his
wife and cried like a baby in her arms. 12. Because he was blind. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1.
Part One: Michael faced the most challenging competition in his pole-vaulting
career.
Part Two: Michael’s childhood was marked with dreams and tough training. Part Three: Michael topped his personal best, won the championship and set a
new world record. 2.
(1) It also has the element of flying, and the thought of flying as high as a
two-story building is a mere fantasy to anyone watching such an event.
As long as Michael could remember he had always dreamed of flying. (2) All of Michael’s vaults today seemed to be the reward for his hard work. Language Sense Enhancement
1.
(1) startled (5) shaking the (8) out of nowhere
(2) bale of hay tension (9) pictured (3) off (6) tense (10) scared (4) intensity (7) description Vocabulary I 13 1.
1) startled 6) vain 11) In my mind’s 2) mere 7) On the occasion eye 3) motion 8) anxiety 12) recurring 4) sweating 9) emotions
5) stretched out 10) ashamed of 2.
1) coincides with her husband’s.
2) sends the prices soaring/results in the soaring of prices. 3) of alternate sunshine and rain.
4) have been his lifelong passions, although he studied economics at university.
5) Tension came over her 3.
1) media; dedication to; grace
2) his competitors; in excitement; hug him; congratulate him on 3) emotions; numerous; intensity; passion for II. Collocation
1. Mike, a Green, made the suggestion that a large park be built near the
community.
2. In a letter to his daughter, Mr. Smith expressed his wish that she (should)
continue her education to acquire still another degree.
3. There is no reason to hold the belief that humans have no direct moral
responsibility to safeguard the welfare of animals.
4. Children need to feel safe about the world they grow up in, and it is unwise
to give them the idea that everything they come into contact with might be a
threat.
5. Anxiety can result from the notion that life has not treated us fairly. 6. Nobody believed his claim that he was innocent.
III. Words with Multiple Meanings
1. I work out in the gym for one hour every morning.
2. Florence has worked as a cleaner at the factory for five years. 3. The wounded man worked his way across the field on his hands and knees. 4. The safe load for a truck of this type works out at about twenty-five tons. 5. It is difficult to understand how human minds work.
6. To my disappointment, the manager’s plan of promoting the new products
doesn’t work at all.
7. The teacher has a lot of experience of working with children who don’t know
how to learn.
8. The medicine was like magic, and it worked instantly after you took it. Comprehensive Exercises
14 I. cloze 1.
(1) In my mind’s eye (9) soaring (2) groan (10) recurring
(3) competitor (11) brought me back to earth (4) intensity (12) fantasy (5) anxiety (13) sweat (6) tense (14) congratulate (7) sweat (15) number (8) tension (16) media 2.
(1) engineer (5) build (9) sharp (2) forget (6) accident (10) touched (3) convinced (7) thought (11) instructions (4) how (8) only (12) finally II. Translation 1.