UNIT 8 VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION _ DEFINITION EXAMPLE fg 30 printing is a way of creating 30 printing (n Gri: ‘di ‘prantr printing io) | prnera/ three dimensional solid objects. art (n) Jot/ She's good at art and design chess (n) Kies! ‘Alex plays chess as a hobby. collecting (action . Collecting action figures is an ex- figures/toys/ /ka'tektsn/ pensive hobby in Vietnam things) (phr) Hove Creole cooking, so hot and cooking 7kokan/ spicy. ‘They showed a documentary on documentary (n) —/,dokju’mentri/ animal communication Next up on Channel 4 is the first drama (n) ['dra:ma/ episode of a new medical drama set in Chicago. Keeping fit(n) | /'kicpin ft/ smmnmninanmnanonene He Keeps fit by going to the gym. making jewellery/ | /'merkin ‘d3ualri Stephanie took up making jewel- models (phr) ‘modle/ “eee _lery after leaving art college. ' Many online-gaming sites offer age tom GAMING Jon 'latn "geIMinf —euninsnnnonesenne | appropriate, non-violent gaming a " options. paper flower mak- | /'perpa(r) ‘flava(r) Paper flower making isa simple ing (phr) ‘merkan/ werner handicraft for children and adults . She's taking an evening class in photography [fo'tografi/ photography. taking photos Love taking photos of the local ee FPeetkay F20t202/ enn ee (phr) people whenever | go travelling. practising a musi-_| /"praektisin a ‘ Practising a musical instrument is cal instrument mju:zakl . 00d for your mental health. (phe) ‘anstramant/ writing short sto- Writing shorts stories help children [rattan fot 'St0:F2/ ssentnimnnsennnnne " ries (phr) develop their writing skills. The parts are held together with glue (n) /glu:/ lue. | ct You mix all the dry ingredients to- ingredient (n) Aan‘gri:diant/ . gether before you add the milk He had a paintbrush in her hand paintbrush (n) | /"perntbral/ and a tin of white paint. Compiled by Amslink/ For internal use only 235recipe (n) /'resapi/ Do you know a good recipe for wholemeal bread? zoom lens (n) be mad about /zu:m lenz/ [bi maed a'bavt/ ‘Some photographers stood on a nearby mountain with zoom lens. I'm mad about food. | spend a lot sth / Ving of time thinking about it. be bout © crazy about bi krexz a'baot/ Rick is crazy about football sth / Ving \ adore cooking though I'm not adore (doing) sth /a'da:(r/ eee keen on washing up afterwards be keen on My daughter is fond of watching (doing) sth (usuat [i ki:n on/ 1V, but she understands her re- iy in neg: sponsibility for studies. tive sentences) be fond of (doing) th bi fond av/ Sheila's very fond of cooking s . My boyfriend is really into shop: be into sth/V-ing /bi ‘int e into sth / Ving /bi‘antu/ ping and fashion but | hate it Asa child | loathed cabbage. (| hat- loathe (doing) sth /lav8/ ed the smell.) ‘Asa child | loathed cabbage, but gettolike sth /get tu latk/ I've got to like it now. can’t stand (doing) sth /ka:nt staend/ There are only a couple of things | can't stand: one is snails. can’t bear (doing) sth detest (doing) sth would rather V thanV join in (doing) sth /ka:nt bea(r)/ /ch'test/ Jwod 'r0:6a(r}/ /d3omn in | can’t bear eating while someone is smoking. | detest having to get up when it’s dark outside. I'd rather die than eat yoghurt. Everyone at the party joined in the dancing. chill out with sb hang out with sb 236 Hl aut wid/ [heen aot wad/ They sometimes meet up to chill out and watch a movie, They enjoyed hanging out with each other when they were kids. ‘Compiled by Amsiink/ For internal use onlyree creative (adj) Jkei'ertiv/ She's very creative—she writes po- etry and paints. intelligent (adj) /in'teladgont/ She's obviously very intelligent, but her lectures are difficult to follow. optimistic (adj) J,opts'mastak/ She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal. passionate (ad)) /'pefenat/ She is passionate about her work. patient (adj) J’perfnt/ She's very patient with young chil- dren because she is a teacher. self-confident (adj) self-controlled (adj) /.self ‘konfrdant/ / self kan’trauld/ At school he was popular and self- confident, and we were- n't surprised at his later success. He's always seemed very self- controlled, so | was amazed by his sudden outburst in the office. Rob's very sociable - he likes par- sociable (adj) —_—_‘savfab/ ties Our share of the market has de- decrease (v) Ja'kris/ creased sharply this year. . (Our main aim isto increase sales by increase (v) An's progress (n) /'praugres/ 12% this year. ‘Technological progress has been so rapid over the last few years. improve (v) development (n} Jim'pruy/ /dt'velapmant/ | thought the best way to improve my French was to live in France. The company can offer a number of, opportunities for career develop- ment, continuously (adv) /kan'tinjuasli/ He has lived and worked in France almost continuously since 1990. She took a snap of all the hotels we snap) {soep/ stayed in, fortune (n) /'toxfu:n/ Acar lke that costs a small fortune. ‘The photographer's camera cap- capture (v} /'keeptfa(ni/ oe aeec ; tures images of extreme beauty. When | look back on my teenage look back on (v) _ /lok baek on/ years, I'm amazed by the crazy and dangerous things we used to do, specialise in (v) /'spefatare n/ Compiled by Amslink/ For internal use only The shop specializes in hand-made chocolates. 237