Emphasis & misunderstanding ‘A, (Emphasis) Match the sentences on the left with an appropriate sentence on the right. 1. The minister's emphasis on the word ‘A. The government will have to sit up and ‘peace’ was noticeable. take note of what these important peopie 2. Our guide accentuated the importance of have to say. remaining calm if there was trouble B. She emphasised the fact that panicking 3. Our teacher explained that it was crucially Would only make matters worse. Jmportant to pace ourselves while revising The leader gave prominence to the need to for the exam, create better job opportunities. 4. At the People's Party conference, the accent D. We consider progress in this field to be was on youth unemployment. extremely important. 5, Prominent trade unionists have called for a E. He put great stress on the maxim that ‘All boycott of imported goods. ‘work and no play makes Jack a dull bo 6. It s of crucial importance that we make F._ He stressed again and again the importance more use of technology if we are to make of an established détente, progress. 8. (Emphasis) Now complete these sentences with an expre: bold from the above exercise. In some cases, more than one answer may be possible. 1. Some medical treatments do very little to help the patient. in fact, in some cases, they only _ the pain. 2. The revolution began when a member of the ruling party was assassinated 3. At the meeting of the Students’ Council, the ______was on better standards of ‘accommodation. 4 She the need to be fully prepared for all eventualities while traveling 5. The Minister of Transport Con the need for an integrated transport policy. 6. Itls - that we try to improve relations between our countries >. She banged the table for as she spoke. ¢. (Misunderstanding) Complete sentences 1 - 8 with an appropriate word or expression from the box. In some cases, more than one answer is possible. mixup * obscure. = *~—simpression + ~—_cdiistorted misapprehension * mistaken * confusion * assumed * confused She was __ by the journalist's questions. 2. There were scenes of at the airport when the snowstorm stopped al the lights. 3. We nearly didn't catch our flight because of a lover the tickets. 4. There are several __ points in his letter t's not very clear. He the meaning of my speech, creating the false impression that | was a racist. He was under the that socialism and communism were the same thing, The jury _ wrongly, that he was innocent. 5. They were in the belief that the refugees were in the country for economic rather than political reasons. 3, The press were under the ‘that the Prime Minister was about to resign. ‘te Colin Publishing. ©2001. For reference sete English Donny fo Stents (1 901688.262) Aiejnqeroa jesoueb 33