III-1
11.3.2013.
• Revision of verb patterns
• Talking bout likes/dislikes/neither likes nor
dislikes
• Linking words: despite/although/however
• CD -practice
Unit 10: Secrets of the mind
• The secrets of happiness
• Vocabulary:
• To achieve. to succeed in finishing something or
reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or
effortThe government's training policy, he
claimed, was achieving its objectives.
• She finally achieved her ambition to visit South
America.
• I've been working all day, but I feel as if I've
achieved nothing.
• Aim-a result that your plans or actions are
intended to achieveMy main aim in life is to
be a good husband and father.
• Our short-term aim is to deal with our current
financial difficulties, but our long-term aim is
to improve the company's profitability.
• The leaflet has been produced with the aim of
increasing public awareness of the disease.
• Reward-something given in exchange for good
behaviour or good work, etcThere's a reward
for whoever finishes first.
• The rewards of motherhood outweigh the
anguish.
• an amount of money given to someone who
helps the police or who helps to return stolen
property to its ownerThe police offered a
reward for any information about the robbery.
• Expand-to increase in size, number or importance, or
to make something increase in this wayThe air in the
balloon expands when heated.
• They expanded their retail operations during the
1980s.
• Consistent-always behaving or happening in a similar,
especially positive, wayThere has been a consistent
improvement in her attitude.
• Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is she's
not consistent.
• Opposite: inconsistent
• Carry out-to do or complete something, especially that
you have said you would do or that you have been told
to doNigel is carrying out research on early Christian
art.
• The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's
wrong with her.
• Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.
• It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry out their
threat to kill the hostages.
• Don't blame me, I'm only carrying out my
orders/instructions.
• Income-money that is earned from doing work
or received from investmentsAverage incomes
have risen by 4.5% over the past year.
• More help is needed for people on low
incomes.
• I haven't had much income from my stocks
and shares this year.
• Poverty-the condition of being extremely poorTwo
million people in the city live in abject (= very great)
poverty.
• He emigrated to Australia to escape the grinding (=
very great) poverty of his birthplace.
• Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries
also helps to reduce environmental destruction.
• a poverty of sth formal a lack of something or when
the quality of something is extremely lowThere is a
disappointing poverty of creativity in their work.
• Intense-extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very
strongintense cold/heat/hatred
• an intense flavour/colour
• He suddenly felt an intense pain in his back.
• Intense people are very serious, and usually have
strong emotions or opinionsan intense young man
• intensely adverb
• /ɪnˈtent .sli/ adv
• His strongest criticism is reserved for his father, whom
he disliked intensely.
• Leisure-the time when you are not working or
doing other dutiesleisure activities
• Most people only have a limited amount of
leisure time.
• The town lacks leisure facilities such as a
swimming pool or squash courts.
• Challenge-[C or U] (the situation of being faced
with) something needing great mental or physical
effort in order to be done successfully and which
therefore tests a person's abilityFinding a solution
to this problem is one of the greatest challenges
faced by scientists today.
• You know me - I like a challenge.
• It's going to be a difficult job but I'm sure she'll
rise to the challenge.
• Immeasurably-so large or great that it cannot
be measured or known exactlyHer films had
an immeasurable effect on a generation of
Americans.
• immeasurably adverb
• /ɪˈmeʒ.ər.ə.bli//-ɚ-/ adv
• The damage from the 1956 hurricane was
immeasurably greater.
Stay,spend,pass
Make, cause
Have an effect, have/make an impact