Unit4LearningaboutLanguageDiscoveringusefulwordsandexpressions1.FindtheidiomaticexpressionsinthereadingpassageIdiomaticexpressionsMeaningcoverastorytoreportonanimportanteventtrickofthetradecleverwaysknowntoexpertsgetthefactsstraighttopresentideasfairlygetthewrongendofthesticknottounderstandanideaproperlythisishowthestorygoesthisisthestorygetascooptogetthestoryfirst2.CompletesentenceBusingawordorphrasefromthereadingpassagewhichhastheoppositemeaningtothewordsunderlinedinsentenceA.1.AByaccidentshebrokethatbeautifulbowl.BShedeliberatelybrokethatbeautifulbowl.2.AHedidnotstealthevasesohedidn’tdoanythingwrong.BHedidstealthevasesoheisguilty.3.AShedoesnotgetabsorbedinherstudiesforlong.BShecanconcentrateonherstudiesforalongtime.4.AThereporterwentoutwithanuntrainedphotographer.BThereporterwentoutwitha(an)professionalphotographer.5.AChrisisnotinterestedinstartinghisnewjob.BChrisiseagertostarthisnewjob.6.A“Thisroomneedsalightclean,”explainedthehousewife.B“Thisroomneedsathoroughclean,”explainedthehousewife.7.AThelawallowspeopletodefendthemselvesagainstacharge.BThelawdoesnotallowpeopletoaccusethemselvesofacrime.8.AIdon’tmindlosingthatskillifitisnotuseful.BIdon’tmindacquiringthatskillifitisuseful.AnswerkeysforEx.3onPage28:assistant,photographer,delighted,assist,editor,deadline,colleague,amateur,submitted,published,dilemma,assessed,unusual,Meanwhile,scepticalLeaningaboutLanguageLeaningaboutLanguageDiscoveringusefulstructuresDiscoveringusefulstructures1.Findthreeexamplesofinversioninthereadingpassage.1)NeverwillZhouYangforgethisfirstassignmentattheofficeofapopularEnglishnewspaper.2)NotonlyamIinterestedinphotography,butItookanamateurcourseatuniversitytoupdatemyskills.3)Onlyifyouaskmanydifferentquestionswillyouacquirealltheinformationyouneedtoknow.2.Rewritethesesentenceusingnormalwordorder.1)Ididnotknowhowtousethatrecorder.Neitherdidhe.NeitherhenorIknewhowtousethatrecorder.2)OnlythendidIbeginmyworkondesigninganewbridge.Ionlybeganmyworkondesigninganewbridgethen.3)NotonlywasthereaChristmastree,butalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.TherewasnotonlyaChristmastreebutalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.4)“Iseverythingreadyyet?”askedHuXintothephotographer.HuXinaskedthephotographer,“Iseverythingreadyyet?”3.Rewritethesesentencesusinginversion.First,findthephrasetobeginwith.Thenchangethewordorderofthesentence.Usethewordsorphrasesunderlinedtorewritethesesentences.1.YouwillseesomanyseatsonlyatastadiuminBeijing.OnlyatastadiuminBeijingwillyouseesomanyseats.2.Ihaveseldomseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.SeldomhaveIseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.3.Youwillbeabletowriteagoodreportonlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneed.Onlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneedwillyoubeabletowriteagoodreport.4.Hegavealotofpresentstohisfriends,buthehasnevergivenonetome.Neverhashegivenapresenttomethoughhegavealot(ofpresents)tohisfriends.5.Sheisnotonlygoodatlanguages,butalsoathistoryandgeography.Notonlyisshegoodatlanguage,butsheisalsogoodathistoryandgeography.6.Ihaveneverreadsuchanexcitingreportbefore.NeverbeforehaveIreadsuchanexcitingreport.7.Shetookpartinahorseridingcompetition,anddidnotmissajumponce.Notoncedidshemissajumpwhenshetookpartinthehorseridingcompetition.4.Certainexpressionscanintroduceaninvertedsentence.Nowcompletethefollowingsentencesthatbeginwiththeseexpressions.1)Onlyafter_________________did______________________________________.2)Notoncedid_________________________________________________.myoperationMyneighbourscomeroundtooffermesupportyoucometosayyouweresorryafterbreakingthevase3.SeldomhaveI________________________________________________.4.Onlybydoing___________________could________________________________.5.Onlyina____can_________________________________________.beensohappyaswhenmysongraduatedfromuniversityherexerciseeverydayJanehopetorunprofessionallyagainfilmpeoplegethitandneverseemtofeelthepain6.Notonlydid_________________________________________________________________________________________________.7.Onlythendid________________________________.ZhouJiereceiveanadmissionnoticetoBeijinguniversity,buthealsowonascholarshiptostudyinAmerica.sherememberwhatheraunttoldher
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