Unit 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

I . Vocabulary
1. Advertisement (n)
Advertise (v)
Advertising (n)
2. Aspect = side (n)
3. Attend (v)
Attendance (n)
Attendant = candidate (n)
4. Attention (n)
5. Award (v)
Award sb sth
6. Campus (n)
7. Course (n)
8. Detail (n)
Detail (v)
9. Dormitory (n)
10. Edition (n)
Editor (n)
11. Examiner (n)
Examinee (n)
Examination = exam (n)
12. Go on (v)
Go on + V ing
Go on + adv
13. Institute (n)
Institution (n)
14. Oral examination
15. Persuade (v)
Persuade sb to do sth
Persuasion (n)
Persuasive (adj)
16. Polite # impolite (adj)
Be polite TO sb
Politely (adv)
Politeness (n)
17. Reputation (n)
18. Scenery (n)
19. Scholarship (n)
20. State (v)
21. Supply (v)
Supply sb WITH sth
Supply (n)
22. Well-qualified (adj)
I I . Exercises
I. Identify the mistakes then correct them.
1. Henry's friends told themselves to put his coat on the rack in their hall.
2. In case it rains hard this afternoon, you should bring among this raincoat.
3. Most of the people who have seen him play believed that Michael Jordan is a
basketball genius.
4. The hardware of that computer was infected by some new viruses.

II. Supply the appropriate tenses or forms of the words in the brackets.
1. He'll come and see you before he........................for America. (leave)
2. John ........................a book when I saw him. (read)
3. He said he ........................later. (return)
4. My sister ........................for you yesterday. (look)
5. The train ........................half an hour ago. (leave)
6. When I last saw him, he ........................in London. (still work)
7. We ........................Mr. Dong since last Sunday. (see)
8. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ........................his work already. (finish)
III. Fill in the blanks with suitable word formed from the words given in brackets.
1. They are ........................-qualified teachers. (good)
2. We need further ........................but we uninformed about anything. (inform)
3. This book is ......................... We hardly find what we need. (inform)
4. Look at the ........................ Bi Rain looks handsome. (advertise)
5. We felt ........................in the program, so we turn on the TV set. (interest)
6. The song seemed........................to me, so I turned off the hi-fi system. (interest)
7. They had an ........................day by a river. (enjoy)
8. English is his ......................... (nation)
IV. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
1. I am excited about the coming festival.
I am looking ......................................................................
2. He said to Linda: " How often do you write to Dick?"
He asked ...........................................................................
3. She said to Peter: " would you mind opening the door?"
She asked ..........................................................................
4. I am interested in playing soccer.
I find it .............................................................................