Unit 12

Word Derivation
1. He was a ______ (picture) figure with his long beard and strange old clothes.
2. Do you think his ______ (friend) is genuine?
3. We have to go through several meetings ______ (prepare) to signing the contract.
4. It ______ (annoyance) me to think how much time we have wasted.
5. She would never ______ (know) hurt anyone.
6. The argument ______ (estrangement) him from his brother.
7. This is a ______ (romanticized) about a king who married a beggar girl.
8. At an early age his ______ (lean) towards Socialism had become apparent.
9. The two old friends were ______ (reminiscence) about their youth.

Phrasal verbs
1. Leave ______ making that noise! Cannot you see I am working?
2. Could you fill me ______ on what happened at the meeting?
3. Take the watch ______ and see if you can see what's wrong with it.
4. She gets ______ quite a lot, working for an international company.
5. Don't answer your grandmother ______: it's not polite.
6. His prison record told ______ him when he tried to get a job.
7. He had to got to the dentist and have a tooth ______ .
8. She watched ______ her chance to speak.

Choice of words
1. We must ______ to these questions as soon as possible. (answer, respond)
2. I once lived in the ______ interior that was very hard to reach. (distant, remote, far)
3. The driver applied his brakes with a jerk, and the car ______ to a standstill. (shout, scream, screech, yell)
4. The meeting was to discuss the ______ of the newly planned residential quarter. (place, location, site, spot)
5. He was ______ to learn that the train was delayed. (annoy, bother)

Grammar exercises
Translate the following into English, using proper future forms.
1. 雨一停，我们就动身。
2. 如果你明天一早动身，就得在睡觉前把行李打好。
3. 委员们定于下星期四开会来解决这一问题。
4. 她说，到周末她将已返回中国。
5. 昨天他告诉我，他打算下个月结婚。
6. 他在记者招待会宣布，日本首相定于下星期一访华。
7. 我们明晚彩排，你来吗？
8. 外长们原定于五月十四日开会来讨论缓和危机的建议，可是战争爆发了。

Translation
1. 我在一家小书店里偶然发现了这本有趣的书。（hit upon）
2. 你邀请的人都到场了吗？（show up）
3. 她在回答那个棘手的问题之前支吾了一会。（flounder）
4. 他若有所思地摸着下巴。（stroke）
5. 我再也忍不住了，朝脸盆直奔过去。（bolt）
6. 他认为她向自己发出邀请只是出于礼貌。（extend）
7. 大片溢出的石油污染了一度美丽的海岸。（smear）
8. 我们对已经决定了的事不准备改变主意。（sway）

Key for Unit 12
Word Derivation
1. picturesque2. friendliness3. preparatory4. annoyed
5. knowingly 6. estranged 7. romance 8. leaning 9. reminiscing

Phrasal verbs
1. off 2. in 3. apart 4. about
5. back 6. against 7. out 8. for

Choice of words
1. respond 2. remote 3. screeched 4. site 5. annoyed

Grammar exercises
1. We'll start off as soon as the rain stops.
2. If you are leaving early tomorrow morning, you'll have to finish packing before bedtime.
3. The committee are to gather next Thursday to settle the question.
4. She said that by the end of the week she would have been back to China.
5. He told me yesterday that he was going to get married next month.
6. He announced at the press conference that the prime minister of Japan was to visit China next Monday.
7. We're having our dress rehearsal tomorrow evening. Are you coming?
8. The Foreign Ministers were to have met on May 14 to discuss the proposals for easing the crisis, but the war broke out.

Translation
1. I hit upon this interesting book in a small bookstore.
2. Did everyone you invited show up?
3. She floundered for a moment before answering the awkward question.
4. He stroked his chin reflectively.
5. I couldn't stand it any longer, and I bolted to the washbasin.
6. He thought her invitation had been extended out of politeness.
7. The vast spill smeared the once beautiful coast.
8. We are not going to sway from what we have decided.