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Lesson Four EXERCISES Paraphrase I spent most of my time roaming the woods and fields alone, playing Robin Hood, daydreaming, collecting bugs and bird-watching. Keeping to myself was of not forming attachments that I would have to abandon the next time we moved. But one day I became attached through no design of my own. I started hiking….to an almost impenetrable stand of trees called Bear Wood. Yes, they are wary. But then, gamekeepers have been shooting them ever since they got here. They’re introduced, you know, not native. I gazed…. at the glass fronted cases containing figures of ivory and carved stone … trays of pinned butterflies and … a dozen or so stuffed birds . It is a wisdom tutored by nature , about the seen and unseen , about things that change and things that are changeless , and about the fact that no matter how seemingly different two souls may be , they possess the potential for that most precious , rare thing — an enduring and rewarding friendship . Word-building Give corresponding nouns of the following verbs. to possess — possession to penetrate — penetration to explore — exploration to form —formation to incline — inclination to fascinate — fascination to encounter — encounter to endure — endurance to retire — retirement to abandon — abandonment to recover — recovery to warn — warning to proceed — proceeding to glimpse — glimpse Give corresponding nouns of the following adjectives anxious — anxiety miserable — misery dense — density instinctive — instinct familiar — familiarity essential — essence immense — immensity stupid — stupidity sudden — suddenness invisible — invisibility generous — generosity productive — productivity equivalent — equivalency fond — fondness Translate into Chinese powerful binoculars retired workers a familiar-looking house potential buyers softly-carpeted floor stuffed birds figures of carved stone ancient castles seemingly different glass-fronted cases clumsy movement dried leaves a rare animal dense laur