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Key to Unit6, Book4 “The Pace of Life” Vocabulary 1 1) appliances 2) comparative 3) multiply 4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate 7) famine 8) large quantities of/ a large quantity of 9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered Vocabulary 2 1) eat into 2) cling to 3) stand out/ stood out 4) wears away 5) set about 6) switch off 7) will be turned loose 8) poured in Vocabulary 3 is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent. to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames. was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand. can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900 and dresses at ￡2,000. has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape. Vocabulary 4 reaction to; discontent; provoked convention; evading tax; the confines of a burden; are always on the go/ seem forever on the go; to cope II. Confusable Words 1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress; stress 4) tension 2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) Honorary III. Usage Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species – be it an elephant or an orchid – in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line? This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened --- at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves. With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you would sa