Unit 5 The English Countryside
? Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Part III Extended Activities
Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Introduction of functions
? Listen and speak
? Try to speak more
? Make your own dialogue
? What are they for?
Introduction of functions
Ask for an opinion
? I’d like to have your view/opinion on
? Do you have any opinion/comments on…
? Do you have any particular views on
? What’s your opinion of …
? How do you feel/think of …
? Will it do if both of them have full-time jobs?
? I think..,What do you feel? / What’s your
view/opinion? / What do you think of it?
? How do you see things like …?
? I don’t think much of …,do you?
? Sb wants to...,What do you say?
Listen and speak
? Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to
each question,
Turn to p,1,and let’s listen,
1,What’s John’s preference about living in the city or the
country?
Key,a
2,What does John think of the large population in the city?
Key,c
3,What is John’s opinion of the pollution problem in the
city?
Key,b
4,What are the good points about city people,according
to John?
Key,a
Try to speak more
Note,
1,Either say,According to someone or In
someone’s opinion,Don’t say according to
someone’s opinion,
2,Opinion is often used as a count noun when it
means personal ideas or beliefs about a
particular subject/matter/ person,
3,break one’s back (to do sth.),work very hard
(to achieve sth.)
Make your own dialogue
1,Use the following cues to make a dialogue,
(Turn to page 62)
2,The following picture are two pictures of
men who are bored with their present lives,
They hope to have a change,Now,work
with your partner to discuss some possible
attractions that could be recommended to
them,(Turn to page 62)
What are they for?
Key,1.d 2.b 3.g 4.f 5.c 6.e
If you want to learn more
Key,a.2 b.1 c.7 d.6 e.3 f.4 g.5
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? Notes
? Translation
? Comprehension work
? Language work (A,B,C)
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? Name some of the factors which could make a
village a beautiful place,
? What could be the typical characteristics of the
English countryside? Tick the words and
phrases that you think represent scenes of the
English countryside,
Text
Most Englishmen,if only because of the natural
formation of their island,are essentially more at home
in the lowlands than on the heights,The popular idea of
an English village is of one in a valley,where it can be
overlooked from the hills,clustered about its ancient
church; and similarly,the general conception of a farm
in this country is of a more or less commodious
homestead in a valley,sheltered by ample trees,with
broad fields like open hands stretched out to receive
the sun,and a river flowing not far away,There is
always a river not far away,in England; and although,
judged by Continental standards,our rivers may for the
most part be small and insignificant,they are perhaps
more intimately known for that,
The English Countryside
Turn to p.64,and listen to the text,
Certainly they are not the kind about which
national songs are composed,as in the case of the
Rhine or the Danube or the Volga; but at least they
are the kind in which a boy can bathe and in which
(even today) a farmhand can tickle an occasional
trout,They permit of such homely occupations as the
gathering of watercress or the growing of osiers for
basket weaving; and although the mill-wheels they
once turned are silent now and weed-clogged,men
still lean over the weirs on summer evenings and
watch the swallows cross the clear water under the
bridges,Such rivers,insignificant as they may be,
influence the lives of those who live near them in the
most subtle and sensuous way,
The English Countryside
The English Countryside
For some time I lived in a cottage on the western
edge of the Cotswolds,In front of my garden a
meadow---itself a garden of cowslips in spring and a
haunt of bee-orchises that fell with the swaths of grass
in summer---dipped down to the Severn Valley,
Standing at my door,I could see across the lowland
orchards and pastures to the Malverns on the one hand
and to the Welsh mountains on the other,Those far
blue ridges might be hidden by mist or cloud from time
to time; but seldom was there a day when I could not
clearly follow the course of the river down to its wide
muddy estuary,Year in,year out,the Severn was part
of my view; It was even part of my consciousness,
e.g,
1,If only I were rich,
但愿我很富有。
2,If only it would stop raining,
真希望雨能停。
3,If only I had gone by taxi,
假若我是乘计程车去的就好了。
if only,1) used to express a wish with
reference to present or future time; 2) used
to express a wish that past events had been
different
e.g,
1,Make yourself at home!
不要拘束。
2,After a while we began to feel at home with each
other,
过了一会儿，我们互相之间就无拘无束了。
feel/be at home in/with,to feel comfortable
in a place or with a person
e.g,
1,The little boy stretched out his arm to take the
candies on the top of the shelf,
这个小男孩伸出手臂去拿放在架子最上面的糖果。
2,She stretched her neck up to find her lost sister in
the crowd,
她伸长脖子去寻找她走失在人群中的妹妹。
stretch out,to put out your hand,foot etc
in order to reach something
e.g,
1,For the most part,she is a well-behaved child,
她在大多数情况下是个很乖的孩子。
2,For the most part,people seemed pretty friendly,
大多数情况下，人们似乎很友好。
for the most part,usually; in general; used to
say that something is generally true but not
completely true
e.g,
1,The situation does not permit of delay,
情势刻不容缓。
permit of,(esp,in negative sentences) admit
sth,as possible
e.g,
1,The library is a favorite haunt of college students,
图书馆是大学生们常去的地方。
2,a haunt of criminals
罪犯的老窝
haunt,n,a place that someone likes to go to
often
如果只考虑这个岛国的自然地势，绝大多数英国人感到
生活在低地比生活在高地要舒适得多。人们心中喜爱的英国
乡村是在山谷里，从山上可以俯瞰它的全貌，并簇拥在古代
的教堂周围；同样，这个国家的人们对农场的普遍概念也是
山谷地里宽敞的家园，绿树成荫。广阔的田野延伸开去，就
像张开的双手接受阳光普照，不远处还有潺潺流水的小溪。
在英格兰，周边总有小河流淌；按照欧洲大陆的标准，我们
的河流多半小得不起眼，但就因为如此，人们才对它们感到
亲切。当然，它们不像莱茵河、多瑙河、伏尔加河那样，有
许多民歌为之歌唱，但至少它们能供孩子嬉水，能让农夫时
常在那儿抓鲑鱼。人们还能在这儿找到家常的活计，诸如打
捞水田芥，种柳枝编篮子；虽说那些曾经靠他们而转动磨坊
车轮如今已沉静且布满野草，人们仍旧在夏日的傍晚倾靠在
拦河坝上观望燕子在桥下掠过清澈的河水。这些河流虽不起
眼，却在不经意地而又切切实实地影响着周围居民的生活。
英国乡村
有一段时间我住在科斯伍德西部的一间茅草房里。
我花园前面的牧场，春天就是一个长满黄花九轮草的
花园，夏天则是对叶兰和其它青草被割之后的长居之
地。它一直延伸到塞汶河谷。站在家门口，越过低地
我可以欣赏那一边是莫尔文山，另一边是威尔士山脉
的果园和牧场。远处那绿色的山脊时常为云雾所遮盖，
但那小河流向宽阔、多泥的河口,我总是能够看得清
清楚楚。日子年复一年，塞汶河已成为我赏景的一部
分，甚至是我意识中的一部分。
英国乡村
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
1,Where do the majority of Englishmen
prefer to live?
2,What is the popular idea of an English
village?
3,What is the general conception of an
English farm?
4,Compare with rivers on the Continent,
what are the English rivers like?
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
5,How do these rivers influence the lives of people
who live near them?
6,Where did the writer once live?
7,What could he see from his doorway?
8,Why couldn’t he see the mountains in the
distance?
9,Could he always follow the course of the Severn
with his eyes?
10,What effect did the Severn produce on the writer?
Language work (A,p,66)
1,subjects,course,ample
2,stretch out,overlook,lowland
3,valley,clustered,occupations
4,homestead,sheltered
5,farm-hands,haunt
6,influenced,subtle,consciousness
Language work (B,p.66)
1,When we lived in the country,we had a
commodious house,
2,Each individual's contribution to the fund seemed
insignificant,but the total sum was very large
indeed,
3,Many women in the countryside still carry on
such homely crafts as making jam and weaving
baskets,
4,I could not fully understand the lecture because
the speaker made a number of subtle distinctions,
Language work (B,p.66)
5,A poet often has the ability to convey to his
readers his own sensuous experiences,
6,When the birds were set free,they flew out of the
cage and looked very much at home in the trees,
7,The rainforest in this tropical area is for the most
part dark and wet,
8,The new software permits faster processing of
data by the computer,
Language work (C,p.67)
1,a,She was born in the US,but she is
essentially more Chinese than American,
b,Richard is essentially a soft,caring
person,although he looks quite tough,
c,John is essentially more a scholar
than a politician,
Language work (C,p.67)
2,a,After the accident,she became more or
less handicapped,and lost her job in the
factory,
b,The new student seems more or less
familiar with the subject,so let him join the
discussion,
c,The children in the mountainous village
grow up more or less in freedom,
Language work (C,p.67)
3,a,Judged by national standards,the so-
called "Great Hotel” is only a small inn,
b,Judged by modern moral standards,
Songjiang's reconciliation with the
government is sensible in some aspects,
c,Judged by Chinese standards,these
rivers are only small creeks,
Language work (C,p.67)
4,a,Some new scientific advances may have
unpleasant side effects,as in the case of the
nuclear radioactivity,
b,Some big rivers are often regarded as the
origins of human civilization,as in the case of
the Huanghe River and the Nile,
c,Many scientific discoveries come out in
dreams,as in the case of the sewing machine,
Language work (C,p.67)
5,a,Walking down the road,we can see sharply
contrasting views,tall and new buildings on the
one hand,old and shabby houses on the other,
b,Looking out of the window,you can see
snowy mountains on the one hand and an icy
river on the other,
c,Going through the students writing,the
teacher discovered how creative the students
were on the one hand,but how poor their basic
writing skills were on the other,
Language work (C,p.67)
6,a,Nobody would mind the lecture being
interrupted with interesting questions
from time to time,
b,We would stop and ask for directions
from time to time,as we were in a new
city,
c,The white sails of the fishing boats are
obscured from time to time by mist and
cloud,
Part III Extended Activities
? Dictation
? Read more
? Grammar work
? Word formation
? Vocabulary work
? Translation
Dictation
? Script of the Dictation
There is no place like the English countryside
for those who love it,its firm yet gentle lines of
hills and valleys,its ordered confusion of features,
its parks and lowland,its ancient castles and
houses,its cottages and churches,its farms and
trees,its pools and ponds and shining rivers – all
present a peaceful and lovely sight,Much of the
countryside is of course farmland but there are
often paths through the fields,called public
footpaths,which you can walk along,It is good for
people to walk through such a land,forgetting for
a time all the worries of the world,and become
just happy wanderers in a world of pleasant
breezes and song-birds and shady trees,
Read more
? Choose the best answer
? 1.b 2,b 3.c 4.a 5.c
? Topic for discussion
1,What is the nature of a true village?
2,What causes the change of the nature
of the village?
3,Is the change for the better or worse in
your opinion?
Grammar work
1,Original,I want to buy a thriller because I love
to be excited and thrilling in reading,
Correct,I want to buy a thriller because I love
to be excited and thrilled in reading,
2,Original,Everybody is pleased to the results,
Correct,Everybody is pleased at the results,
3,Original,The old lady was really shocking at
the terrible mess in the house,
Correct,The old lady was really shocked at the
terrible mess in the house,
Grammar work
4,Original,It is quite annoyed to interrupt one’s
talk,
Correct,It is quite annoying to interrupt one’s
talk,
5,Original,Local people are disturbing at the
news that a wild animal is still at large,
Correct,Local people are disturbed at the
news that a wild animal is still at large,
6,Original,Are you satisfactory with the design
of the new product?
Correct,Are you satisfied with the design of
the new product?
Grammar work
7,Original,Shakespeare is known with his famous plays,
Correct,Shakespeare is known for his famous plays,
8,Original,The speaker was bored – you could see it on the
faces of the audience,
Correct,The speaker was boring – you could see it on the
faces of the audience,
9,Original,Researchers were disappointing at the result of
the test,
Correct,Researchers were disappointed at the result of
the test,
9,Original,Her remarks were rather confused,
Correct,Her remarks were rather confusing,
Word formation
? Answers,
1,fascinating
2,determined
3,boring,amused
4,embarrassed,telling
5,worried
Vocabulary work
? Answers for reference
Towns The countryside
Historic,magnificent,lively,
elegant,beautiful,packed,
crowded,filthy,bustling,
shabby,run-down,deserted,
picturesque
Picturesque,hilly,pastoral,
rural,beautiful,quiet,
tranquil,rustic,spacious,
deserted,shabby,historic,
lively,magnificent
Translation
1,Her bedroom has large windows overlooking a beautiful
lake,
2,He collapsed into the armchair,stretching out his legs in
front of him,
3,I simply could not live there; it rained day in and day out
when I went there on holiday,
4,A dry warehouse is important especially in the case of
these medicines,
5,The people in this village,for the most part,are quiet and
well behaved,
6,We tend to get cold winters and warm,dry summers in this
part of the country,
7,It’s a simple dish to prepare,consisting mainly of beef and
vegetable,
? Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Part III Extended Activities
Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Introduction of functions
? Listen and speak
? Try to speak more
? Make your own dialogue
? What are they for?
Introduction of functions
Ask for an opinion
? I’d like to have your view/opinion on
? Do you have any opinion/comments on…
? Do you have any particular views on
? What’s your opinion of …
? How do you feel/think of …
? Will it do if both of them have full-time jobs?
? I think..,What do you feel? / What’s your
view/opinion? / What do you think of it?
? How do you see things like …?
? I don’t think much of …,do you?
? Sb wants to...,What do you say?
Listen and speak
? Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to
each question,
Turn to p,1,and let’s listen,
1,What’s John’s preference about living in the city or the
country?
Key,a
2,What does John think of the large population in the city?
Key,c
3,What is John’s opinion of the pollution problem in the
city?
Key,b
4,What are the good points about city people,according
to John?
Key,a
Try to speak more
Note,
1,Either say,According to someone or In
someone’s opinion,Don’t say according to
someone’s opinion,
2,Opinion is often used as a count noun when it
means personal ideas or beliefs about a
particular subject/matter/ person,
3,break one’s back (to do sth.),work very hard
(to achieve sth.)
Make your own dialogue
1,Use the following cues to make a dialogue,
(Turn to page 62)
2,The following picture are two pictures of
men who are bored with their present lives,
They hope to have a change,Now,work
with your partner to discuss some possible
attractions that could be recommended to
them,(Turn to page 62)
What are they for?
Key,1.d 2.b 3.g 4.f 5.c 6.e
If you want to learn more
Key,a.2 b.1 c.7 d.6 e.3 f.4 g.5
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? Notes
? Translation
? Comprehension work
? Language work (A,B,C)
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? Name some of the factors which could make a
village a beautiful place,
? What could be the typical characteristics of the
English countryside? Tick the words and
phrases that you think represent scenes of the
English countryside,
Text
Most Englishmen,if only because of the natural
formation of their island,are essentially more at home
in the lowlands than on the heights,The popular idea of
an English village is of one in a valley,where it can be
overlooked from the hills,clustered about its ancient
church; and similarly,the general conception of a farm
in this country is of a more or less commodious
homestead in a valley,sheltered by ample trees,with
broad fields like open hands stretched out to receive
the sun,and a river flowing not far away,There is
always a river not far away,in England; and although,
judged by Continental standards,our rivers may for the
most part be small and insignificant,they are perhaps
more intimately known for that,
The English Countryside
Turn to p.64,and listen to the text,
Certainly they are not the kind about which
national songs are composed,as in the case of the
Rhine or the Danube or the Volga; but at least they
are the kind in which a boy can bathe and in which
(even today) a farmhand can tickle an occasional
trout,They permit of such homely occupations as the
gathering of watercress or the growing of osiers for
basket weaving; and although the mill-wheels they
once turned are silent now and weed-clogged,men
still lean over the weirs on summer evenings and
watch the swallows cross the clear water under the
bridges,Such rivers,insignificant as they may be,
influence the lives of those who live near them in the
most subtle and sensuous way,
The English Countryside
The English Countryside
For some time I lived in a cottage on the western
edge of the Cotswolds,In front of my garden a
meadow---itself a garden of cowslips in spring and a
haunt of bee-orchises that fell with the swaths of grass
in summer---dipped down to the Severn Valley,
Standing at my door,I could see across the lowland
orchards and pastures to the Malverns on the one hand
and to the Welsh mountains on the other,Those far
blue ridges might be hidden by mist or cloud from time
to time; but seldom was there a day when I could not
clearly follow the course of the river down to its wide
muddy estuary,Year in,year out,the Severn was part
of my view; It was even part of my consciousness,
e.g,
1,If only I were rich,
但愿我很富有。
2,If only it would stop raining,
真希望雨能停。
3,If only I had gone by taxi,
假若我是乘计程车去的就好了。
if only,1) used to express a wish with
reference to present or future time; 2) used
to express a wish that past events had been
different
e.g,
1,Make yourself at home!
不要拘束。
2,After a while we began to feel at home with each
other,
过了一会儿，我们互相之间就无拘无束了。
feel/be at home in/with,to feel comfortable
in a place or with a person
e.g,
1,The little boy stretched out his arm to take the
candies on the top of the shelf,
这个小男孩伸出手臂去拿放在架子最上面的糖果。
2,She stretched her neck up to find her lost sister in
the crowd,
她伸长脖子去寻找她走失在人群中的妹妹。
stretch out,to put out your hand,foot etc
in order to reach something
e.g,
1,For the most part,she is a well-behaved child,
她在大多数情况下是个很乖的孩子。
2,For the most part,people seemed pretty friendly,
大多数情况下，人们似乎很友好。
for the most part,usually; in general; used to
say that something is generally true but not
completely true
e.g,
1,The situation does not permit of delay,
情势刻不容缓。
permit of,(esp,in negative sentences) admit
sth,as possible
e.g,
1,The library is a favorite haunt of college students,
图书馆是大学生们常去的地方。
2,a haunt of criminals
罪犯的老窝
haunt,n,a place that someone likes to go to
often
如果只考虑这个岛国的自然地势，绝大多数英国人感到
生活在低地比生活在高地要舒适得多。人们心中喜爱的英国
乡村是在山谷里，从山上可以俯瞰它的全貌，并簇拥在古代
的教堂周围；同样，这个国家的人们对农场的普遍概念也是
山谷地里宽敞的家园，绿树成荫。广阔的田野延伸开去，就
像张开的双手接受阳光普照，不远处还有潺潺流水的小溪。
在英格兰，周边总有小河流淌；按照欧洲大陆的标准，我们
的河流多半小得不起眼，但就因为如此，人们才对它们感到
亲切。当然，它们不像莱茵河、多瑙河、伏尔加河那样，有
许多民歌为之歌唱，但至少它们能供孩子嬉水，能让农夫时
常在那儿抓鲑鱼。人们还能在这儿找到家常的活计，诸如打
捞水田芥，种柳枝编篮子；虽说那些曾经靠他们而转动磨坊
车轮如今已沉静且布满野草，人们仍旧在夏日的傍晚倾靠在
拦河坝上观望燕子在桥下掠过清澈的河水。这些河流虽不起
眼，却在不经意地而又切切实实地影响着周围居民的生活。
英国乡村
有一段时间我住在科斯伍德西部的一间茅草房里。
我花园前面的牧场，春天就是一个长满黄花九轮草的
花园，夏天则是对叶兰和其它青草被割之后的长居之
地。它一直延伸到塞汶河谷。站在家门口，越过低地
我可以欣赏那一边是莫尔文山，另一边是威尔士山脉
的果园和牧场。远处那绿色的山脊时常为云雾所遮盖，
但那小河流向宽阔、多泥的河口,我总是能够看得清
清楚楚。日子年复一年，塞汶河已成为我赏景的一部
分，甚至是我意识中的一部分。
英国乡村
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
1,Where do the majority of Englishmen
prefer to live?
2,What is the popular idea of an English
village?
3,What is the general conception of an
English farm?
4,Compare with rivers on the Continent,
what are the English rivers like?
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
5,How do these rivers influence the lives of people
who live near them?
6,Where did the writer once live?
7,What could he see from his doorway?
8,Why couldn’t he see the mountains in the
distance?
9,Could he always follow the course of the Severn
with his eyes?
10,What effect did the Severn produce on the writer?
Language work (A,p,66)
1,subjects,course,ample
2,stretch out,overlook,lowland
3,valley,clustered,occupations
4,homestead,sheltered
5,farm-hands,haunt
6,influenced,subtle,consciousness
Language work (B,p.66)
1,When we lived in the country,we had a
commodious house,
2,Each individual's contribution to the fund seemed
insignificant,but the total sum was very large
indeed,
3,Many women in the countryside still carry on
such homely crafts as making jam and weaving
baskets,
4,I could not fully understand the lecture because
the speaker made a number of subtle distinctions,
Language work (B,p.66)
5,A poet often has the ability to convey to his
readers his own sensuous experiences,
6,When the birds were set free,they flew out of the
cage and looked very much at home in the trees,
7,The rainforest in this tropical area is for the most
part dark and wet,
8,The new software permits faster processing of
data by the computer,
Language work (C,p.67)
1,a,She was born in the US,but she is
essentially more Chinese than American,
b,Richard is essentially a soft,caring
person,although he looks quite tough,
c,John is essentially more a scholar
than a politician,
Language work (C,p.67)
2,a,After the accident,she became more or
less handicapped,and lost her job in the
factory,
b,The new student seems more or less
familiar with the subject,so let him join the
discussion,
c,The children in the mountainous village
grow up more or less in freedom,
Language work (C,p.67)
3,a,Judged by national standards,the so-
called "Great Hotel” is only a small inn,
b,Judged by modern moral standards,
Songjiang's reconciliation with the
government is sensible in some aspects,
c,Judged by Chinese standards,these
rivers are only small creeks,
Language work (C,p.67)
4,a,Some new scientific advances may have
unpleasant side effects,as in the case of the
nuclear radioactivity,
b,Some big rivers are often regarded as the
origins of human civilization,as in the case of
the Huanghe River and the Nile,
c,Many scientific discoveries come out in
dreams,as in the case of the sewing machine,
Language work (C,p.67)
5,a,Walking down the road,we can see sharply
contrasting views,tall and new buildings on the
one hand,old and shabby houses on the other,
b,Looking out of the window,you can see
snowy mountains on the one hand and an icy
river on the other,
c,Going through the students writing,the
teacher discovered how creative the students
were on the one hand,but how poor their basic
writing skills were on the other,
Language work (C,p.67)
6,a,Nobody would mind the lecture being
interrupted with interesting questions
from time to time,
b,We would stop and ask for directions
from time to time,as we were in a new
city,
c,The white sails of the fishing boats are
obscured from time to time by mist and
cloud,
Part III Extended Activities
? Dictation
? Read more
? Grammar work
? Word formation
? Vocabulary work
? Translation
Dictation
? Script of the Dictation
There is no place like the English countryside
for those who love it,its firm yet gentle lines of
hills and valleys,its ordered confusion of features,
its parks and lowland,its ancient castles and
houses,its cottages and churches,its farms and
trees,its pools and ponds and shining rivers – all
present a peaceful and lovely sight,Much of the
countryside is of course farmland but there are
often paths through the fields,called public
footpaths,which you can walk along,It is good for
people to walk through such a land,forgetting for
a time all the worries of the world,and become
just happy wanderers in a world of pleasant
breezes and song-birds and shady trees,
Read more
? Choose the best answer
? 1.b 2,b 3.c 4.a 5.c
? Topic for discussion
1,What is the nature of a true village?
2,What causes the change of the nature
of the village?
3,Is the change for the better or worse in
your opinion?
Grammar work
1,Original,I want to buy a thriller because I love
to be excited and thrilling in reading,
Correct,I want to buy a thriller because I love
to be excited and thrilled in reading,
2,Original,Everybody is pleased to the results,
Correct,Everybody is pleased at the results,
3,Original,The old lady was really shocking at
the terrible mess in the house,
Correct,The old lady was really shocked at the
terrible mess in the house,
Grammar work
4,Original,It is quite annoyed to interrupt one’s
talk,
Correct,It is quite annoying to interrupt one’s
talk,
5,Original,Local people are disturbing at the
news that a wild animal is still at large,
Correct,Local people are disturbed at the
news that a wild animal is still at large,
6,Original,Are you satisfactory with the design
of the new product?
Correct,Are you satisfied with the design of
the new product?
Grammar work
7,Original,Shakespeare is known with his famous plays,
Correct,Shakespeare is known for his famous plays,
8,Original,The speaker was bored – you could see it on the
faces of the audience,
Correct,The speaker was boring – you could see it on the
faces of the audience,
9,Original,Researchers were disappointing at the result of
the test,
Correct,Researchers were disappointed at the result of
the test,
9,Original,Her remarks were rather confused,
Correct,Her remarks were rather confusing,
Word formation
? Answers,
1,fascinating
2,determined
3,boring,amused
4,embarrassed,telling
5,worried
Vocabulary work
? Answers for reference
Towns The countryside
Historic,magnificent,lively,
elegant,beautiful,packed,
crowded,filthy,bustling,
shabby,run-down,deserted,
picturesque
Picturesque,hilly,pastoral,
rural,beautiful,quiet,
tranquil,rustic,spacious,
deserted,shabby,historic,
lively,magnificent
Translation
1,Her bedroom has large windows overlooking a beautiful
lake,
2,He collapsed into the armchair,stretching out his legs in
front of him,
3,I simply could not live there; it rained day in and day out
when I went there on holiday,
4,A dry warehouse is important especially in the case of
these medicines,
5,The people in this village,for the most part,are quiet and
well behaved,
6,We tend to get cold winters and warm,dry summers in this
part of the country,
7,It’s a simple dish to prepare,consisting mainly of beef and
vegetable,
