Unit 9 A
Endure(v): to experience a painful or difficult situation because you have no
other choice / endurable(adj)-endurance(n)
I suffer from migrane. I have to take strong painkillers to endure it.
Aircraft(n): a vehicle that can fly such as an airplane or helicopter
We buy all our aircraft
from other countries as we don’t manufacture them.
Blanket(n): a piece of thick cloth used for warmth in bed / blanket(v)
In case it gets colder in the night, there are extra blankets in the closet. You can use
them.
Rescue(v): to save from danger or trouble / rescuer(n)- rescue(n)
The Coast Guard rescued
all the survivors of the shipwreck.
Volunteer(v): to work without pay because you choose to do something /
volunteer(n)-(v)-voluntarily(adv)
University students volunteer
to help elementary students with their lessons in summer camps.
Sew(v): to join fabric together with a thread and needle
I can’t even sew a
button on a shirt. I take everything to the tailor.
Steady(adj): gradual, without sudden changes/ steady(v)-steadily(adv)-stediness(n)
The company is making a steady
progress and will surely be one of the biggest in the country in a few years.
Tough(adj): very strong, able to tolerate difficulty or suffering / toughly(adv)-toughness(n)-toughen(v)
The men who work in the mines are tough. They can deal with difficult conditions.
Rationalize(v): to think of reasons to justify or explain / rationalization(n)-rational(adj)-rationally(adv)-rationality(n)
The financial manager tried to find a way to rationalize what he had done. His decision had put the company in a
very bad financial crisis.
Sustain(v): to nourish or provide support so someone else can live / sustainable(adj)-sustainability(n)sustained(adj)
Animal lovers in the neighborhood provide food and water to sustain street dogs.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in
the box.
aircraft
blanket
endure
rationalize rescue
sew steady sustain tough volunteer
1. The injured man was lying on the ground
covered with a ____________________
when the ambulance arrived, and people were preparing to place him on a jeep.
2. Is there a way to ____________________ what you have done? I think you will be fired.
3. Last night, three young men were being
hailed as heroes after a dramatic ____________________
of a newsagent from a flooded shop.
4. The problem is that ____________________
accident investigation wasn’t carried out in a completely impartial and
objective manner and they did the easiest thing - putting the blame on the dead
pilots.
5. You don’t
need to be talented to ____________________
a button on your shirt. All you need is a needle and thread.
6. The diet industry (via the media) sells the myth that a
new body shape can be obtained as easily as a new haircut, provided you can
afford their products and ____________________ prolonged starvation.
7. When there are many casualties, as in a war, doctors have
to make some ____________________ decisions about who to treat first.
8. In order to ____________________
economic growth, the government needs to implement new policies.
9. A ____________________
is someone who works without pay.
10. He has shown a ____________________ progress since he started working for the
company, and we expect him to promote soon.
Answers:
1. blanket 2. rationalize 3.
rescue 4. aircraft 5. sew
6. endure 7. tough 8. sustain 9.
volunteer 10. steady
Unit 9 B: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S QUEST
Convince(v): to persuade by argument or evidence /convinced(adj)-convincing(adj)-convincingly(adv)
They are trying to convince
their grandmother to live with them, but she insists on living alone in her
own apartment.
Explode(v): to burst with great violence, to blow up /explosion(n)-explosive(adj)-(n)-explosively(adv)explosiveness(n)
A gas tank in a petrol station exploded in the middle of the night burning almost the half of the
station and three cars.
Terror(n): very great fear, panic, or dread / terrorize(v)
When a man started to fire his gun aimlessly in the street, people
around screamed in terror and tried
to run away.
Border(n): the dividing line between two countries countries or places / border(v)
Land mines that were laid all through the border during the war are now being cleared.
Mercy(n): kind and forgiving treatment toward a powerless person /merciful(adj)-mercifully(adv)-merciless(adj)-mercilessly(adv)
He was a fearful commander. He showed no mercy to the ones who made mistakes intentionally or
unintentionally.
Stable(adj): strong, steady, calm /stability(n)-instability(n)-stably(adv)-unstable(adj)-stabilize(v)-stabilization(n)
Children
like stable environment as they are in need of safety psychologically.
Tragedy(n): an extremely sad evet or situation /tragic(adj)-tragically(adv)
Tragedy struck all the country when an earthquate hit and killed
thousands of people.
Clinic(n): a place where people go for medical treatment or advice /clinician(n)-clinical(adj)-clinically(adv)
I have an appoinment at the dental clinic tomorrow. I have to have all my teeth checked.
Wage(n): a salary, payment for doing work /waged(adj)-unwaged(adj)
Workers went on strike for a rise in their wages, for they cannot make their living with the present amount
they are earning.
Mobilize(v): to organize people and resources for an urgent purpose / mobilization(n)-demobilize(v)-immobilize(v)
Leftist political parties started a campaign to mobilize support for the strike.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in
the box.
border
clinics
convince
explode mercy
mobilize tragedy terror unstable wage
1. One of the smallest countries in the world
is Liechtenstein, the tiny principality which lies on the ____________________ of
Switzerland and Austria.
2. In my former workplace, everyone was paid a different ____________________ , so no one knew
what anyone else was getting.
3. How often do we ask the question ‘Why me?’ when faced with
some personal trauma or ____________________?
4. I won’t let you take any of these
documents unless you convince me that they are necessary for the inquiry.
5. The hardships that they had once suffered had left no
bitterness in their gentle souls, and all through their lives they showed ____________________ and kindness to
others.
6. A man whose parents were being held captive had been
forced to drive into a border checkpoint in a van containing the bomb, which,
luckily, had failed to ____________________.
7. When the little girl was found alone in the dark, she was
screaming in ____________________.
8. Her husband became an alcoholic and they
had to put him away in a____________________.
9. America is ready to ____________________
its army if North Korea back down from threatening its neighbors.
10. The conventional accounts of violence against women
suggest that most men who are violent to women are mentally ____________________ in some way.
Answers:
1. border 2. wage
3.
tragedy 4. convince 5.
mercy
6. explode 7.
terror 8. clinic 9. mobilize 10.
unstable
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