Unit 1 Women of achievement

Period 4

Vocabulary

I. Homework checking

• Share your writing with our group. Check with each other.

II. Word formation 1. Fill in the chart with a suitable verb or

noun form. Pay attention to the connection

between them. （ p.4 Ex. 2）

Verb Noun

achieve  

  behaviour

  observation

specialize  

  advertisement

achievement

behave

observe

specialist

advertise

Word formation

Verb Noun

connect  

organize  

  inspiration

  argument

permit  

connection

organization

inspire

argue

permission

Word formation

2. Work in groups to discuss how verbs can be changed into nouns.

• agree--- move---

• appreciate--- examine---

• admit--- educate---

• tour--- separate---

-ment -ation -ion -ist

agreement movement

appreciation examination

admission education

tourist separatist

Word formation

3. Can you summarize other suffixes? Give examples if you can.

work--- drive--- advise--- act--- conduct--- sail--- attend--- admit--- attend--- guide--- employ--- train--- address--- read--- cook--- record--- depart --- press--- fail---

-er -or -ant -ance -ee -ing -ure

worker driver adviseractor conductor sailor

attendant

admittance attendance guidance

employee traineeaddressee

reading cooking recording

departure pressure failure

Word formation

III. VocabularyWork in groups and study the words and expressions. Try to summarize the usages. Then make sentences by yourselves.

1. achieve sth (success, goal, aim, purpose, etc)

1) He achieved his ambition of making a robot.

2) Because he was hard-working, he achieved full

marks in the exam.

n. achievement

1) The achievement as a teacher is to show his

students how to learn.

2) A sense of achievement will encourage students to

learn more.

Vocabulary

2. campaign n. & v.

1) Now we have launched a campaign against

the drug.

2) We should carry on a campaign for protecting the environment.

3) Jody Williams helped found an international campaign to stop the making of landmines.

4) The organization campaigned to protect women’s rights.

～ for/against; ～ to do sth

Vocabulary

3. dress 1) Is the boy old enough to dress himself yet?

2) The bride was dressed in white.

3) She got dressed and went out.

4) Joan of Arc dressed as a man.

5) People dress up to celebrate Mardi Gras.

Vocabulary

4. put sb/sth to death

All the chicks and ducks were put to death because of bird flu.

5. deliver

1) We deliver the goods to your door.

2) She was delivered of a healthy girl.

3) He delivered a talk on chimps to the society.

Vocabulary

6. behave

1) He behaved well/badly.

2) He behaved himself in public.

well-behaved / badly-behaved

a well-behaved girl

a badly-behaved class

Vocabulary

7. argue vi.

1) Yesterday I argued with my father about/over

money.

2) We argued against buying a computer.

3) We argued for / in favour of protecting the world environment.

8. worthwhile

1) A worthwhile experiment

2) Working on the farm is worthwhile.

3) It is worthwhile to print this book.

Vocabulary

9. observe v.

1) He observed Tom leaving the hotel.

2) Near the ant hole, you can observe ants take

food back to their hole.

3) He came into the room and immediately

observed that his TV was gone.

4) When driving, we must observe traffic

regulations.

Vocabulary

10. lead a … life

Nowadays people lead a happy life.

11. crowd in

Memories of last year crowed in.

12. look down upon/on

Her parents tell her not to look down upon

people without a college education.

Vocabulary

13. intend

1) I don’t intend to wait here all day.

2) I did not intend you to go out.

3) Don’t read the letter. It is not intended for

you.

4) This book is intended for children, not adults.

Vocabulary

14. carry on

1) They ignored me and carried on with their

conversation.

2) They ignored me and carried on talking.

3) It was too noisy to carry on their conversation.

15. refer to

1) He referred to me during their conversation.

2) If you have any problem, you can refer to this book.

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with the words in

their proper forms.

1) A sense of (achieve) is very important for a student.

2) It is strange that the old lady is (dress) in red.

3) His life (devote) to helping the poor.

4) It is worthwhile (walk) to work every day.

5) The school being built is (intend) for the homeless children.

6) He observed her face (turn) red.

IV. Practise

achievement

dressed

was devoted

walking

intended

turning

2. Complete the passage.

My neighbour Pat Anderson always shows great ______ and __________to others. One day we had an ________ in our family. My sister Lily was going to ______ a speech at an institute. I ______ to take her there, but our car would not start. I rushed into the street to hire a taxi. Then suddenly I ________ Pat. She was going to hospital, because she feared that she had caught the ______ that was going around the local area. After she heard our problem, she rushed home to get her own car and took us there. The ______ was already in the hall. We were only just in time!

kindness

consideration emergencydeliver

intended

came across

sickness

audience

audience intend kindness consideration deliver

emergency come across sickness

IV. Practise

V. Summary and homework

1. Summarize noun suffixes.

2. Finish Exercises 1 and 3 on page 42.