1、Discovering useful words and expressions Learning about Language 1. Find the word or phrase from the text for each of these meanings. 1. _ brown (skin) from spending too much time in the sun. 2. _ to make something or somebody free of 3. _ to become larger in size, number or amount 4. _ to make info
2、rmation and ideas known to many people. sunburnt rid of expand circulate 5. _ would prefer to 6. _ to try extremely hard to achieve something 7. _ to send things to foreign countries for sale 8. _ pleased by having what one wants or needs 9. _ to provide with things necessary for a certain purpose 1
3、0. _ plants grown in large amounts by farmers. 11. _ because of would rather struggle export satisfied with equip crops thanks to 2. Find words from the previous pages of this unit to replace the underlined words. 1. According to the WHOs information, about 1.8 million people across the world die ea
4、ch year from diseases caused by unsafe food and water. 2. Different kinds of strong corn, another hybrid grain, has been developed by scientists of many different races. 3. Not having enough food leads to poor health and, therefore, sickness. statistics globe super nationalities Hunger 4. Over 56 pe
5、rcent of the people in a small Southeast Asian country are in jobs related to agriculture. 5. With the open conditions, in todays international business world, hybrid grains can be sold and sent abroad to countries around the world. Vietnam occupations freedom exported 3. Complete the passage with t
6、he words below in their proper forms. In the past _, some of the farmers in the west of China have met with some success in the _ against the _ desert. _ with new scientific farming methods, they have been able to use less farmland than in the past. Their _ of _ and other _, however, is still the sa
7、me, which makes it possible for them to use the remaining farmland for planting trees. decade struggle expanding Equipped output grain crops 3. Complete the passage with the words below in their proper forms. These and other farmers are starting to win small _ in the great war against the _ growth o
8、f the desert. battles disturbing Workbook: Using words and expressions 1. Which of the following verbs must change their form to become nouns? Write the noun forms for the verbs below. Then complete the sentences, using the correct forms. battle circulate comment confuse discover equip expand export
9、 focus produce regret struggle sum circulate confuse discover equip expand produce circulation confusion discovery equipment expansion production battle comment export focus regret struggle sum battle comment export focus regret struggle sum 1. The news about Jeffs success quickly _ around the schoo
10、l. 2. The _ of his study was on the _ of Chinese products. 3. In an interview, Jeff _ that he had only one _. 4. Before, he often _ to understand the _ world of business. 5. He was studying English to _ himself for his new job. circulated focus export commented regret struggled confusing equip 2. Co
11、mplete each blank with a word below. Be sure to change the form, if necessary. Today we use _ in almost every part of our lives, hoping to make life faster, more convenient or just better. At home we use them to kill flies and other disease- carrying _. Doctors give them to us in medicine to fight h
12、armful _ in our bodies. Factory workers use them in industrial _ to make everything from toys to shoes to toothbrushes. Farmers also use them in the _ chemicals pests bacteria production soil to help their plants grow fast and become strong. However, the _ of new ways to use _ have brought difficult
13、ies as well as benefits. For example, too much use in farming leads to food that is low in _ and other things that we need for good _. What is the _ of the problem? Some people think it is from a wrong _ on money and speed, while others say it is just from a lack of education about the problems. Who
14、 knows? Maybe it it both. discoveries chemicals minerals nutrition root focus 3. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases in brackets. 1. 今天的课主要讲如何写新闻总结。(focus on; summary) Todays lesson focuses on how to write a summary of a news article. 2. 我们必须快速浏览这个报告，找到它的主 要内容
15、。(skim) We must skim the report to find the main idea. 3. 老师让我们在难懂的单词下画线并查字典（找出其意思） 。(underline) The teacher told us to underline the difficult words and look them up in the dictionary. 4. 他说像统计数据这样的细节就不必包括在内了。(statistics; details) He said that details like statistics should not be included. 5. 我想我将
16、用到一篇关于农民们让自己的土地远离化肥的报 告。(keep free of; chemical fertilizers) I think Im going to use a report about how farmers are keeping their fields free of chemical fertilizers. 6. 这个农民花了20年的时间来创建自己的企 业。(build up) It took the farmer twenty years to build up his business. 7. 使用过多的化肥导致了严重的问题。(lead to) Using too much chemical fertilizer will lead to serious problems.
