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Chapter 2 Using proper words heavy wind? strong rain? Collocation What is collocation? A collocation is a pair or group of words which are often used together in a way which sounds _____________ to native speakers of English. 搭配是经常在一起使用的一对或一组词语。这些搭配对于以英语为母语的人来说听起来很自然。 Collocation Fast (food?glance?) You must do an effort and study for your exams. Did you look at TV last night? This car has a very strong engine. Why is collocation important? True or False 1) Using collocations properly will get you better marks in exams. 2) Learning collocations will make your English sound more natural. 3) Learning collocations will help you to express yourself in a variety of ways. 4)Learning collocations will help you express yourself much more clearly and precisely. Very Very concerned Very successful Very disappointing Very opposed Very controversial ( strongly, bitterly, highly, deeply…) How to Learn collocations My friend Beth is desperately worried about her son now. He wants to enroll on a course of some sort but just can’t make a decision about what to study. I gave Beth a ring and we had a long chat about it last night. She said he’d like to study for a degree but is afraid he won’t meet the requirements for university entry. Beth thinks he should take a course in Management because he’d like to set up his own business in the future. I agreed that that would be a wise choice. My friend Beth is desperately worried about her son now. He wants to enroll on a course of some sort but just can’t make a decision about what to study. I gave Beth a ring and we had a long chat about it last night. She said he’d like to study for a degree but is afraid he won’t meet the requirements for university entry. Beth thinks he should take a course in Management because he’d like to set up his own business in the future. I agreed that that would be a wise choice. Types of collocation 1) Unemployment is a major problem for the government at the moment. 2) Improving the healt