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Key to the Exercises Pre-class Work II Listen to the recording of the text, read it through, and then fill in the blanks in the following sentences to see whether you have grasped the main ideas of the article. 1. more and more impatient; happen; hurry 2. fast; fast food; fast photos; entertainment; news; seek; fast fix; do it now; get it over with 3. saving; spending; save more time 4. better; balance; put the brakes; slow down More Work on the Text II Vocabulary Practice using the rules of word formation. Examine how the words “supermarket” and “pre-digest” are formed. Give the meaning of the prefioxes “super-” and “pre-” with the help of dictionary. The prefix “super-”, from Latin, means “mor, larger, greater ormore powerfulthan usual”, e.g. superman, superhighway. The prefix “pre-”, also from Latin, means “before, in front of”, e.g. preview, pre-war. Match the words inColumn I with its corresponding meaning in Column II. (1) g (2) h (3) f (4) d (5) c (6) a (7) e (8) I (9) b Form new words by adding the prefix “pre-” the following and then translate them into Chinese (1) 史前的 (2) 事先已定的 (3) 预先安排的 (4) 预防（措施） (5) 先决条件 (6) 预熟的 (7) 序言 (8) 工业化之前的 (9) 未成熟的；时机未到的 (10) 邮资已付的 (11) 学前的（儿童） (12) 战前 Complete the sentences based on the Chinese in the brackets. (1) precautions (2) Supernatural (3) superficial (4) superstar (5) pre-game (6) preface (7) premature (8) supervise (9) predetermined (10) predicts, super-continent Give the adjective forms of the following nouns and verbs. (1) attentive (2) convenient (3) favorite/favorable (4) impatient (5) informative (6) massive (7) medical (8) musical (9) personal (10) symbolic (11) truthful/true (12) weighty (13) devoted (14) movable/moving/moved (15) pervasive Pick out new idiomatic expressions from the text. to reduce sth to to take a (different) route in a vain attempt on one’s way to a place to slow down once upon a time to put money away for a certain purpose one pound at a time to make deposits to buy sth off