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Discovering useful structures This summer, the latest version of Googles self-driving car will make its first appearance on public roads. Well over 600 million people around the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods, such as fishing or farming. Yet experts say since 1900, 64 percent of wetlands have disappeared and the rest are on the decline. 英语构词法 (Word Formation) 英语一些常用的构词法: 1.派生 (Derivation) 2. 转化 (Conversion) 3.合成 (Compounding) 1) negative prefixes (dis- , in-, im-, ir-, il-, non-, un-) ability convenient bearable common correct formal patient famous responsible legal order profit employment advantage polite ease in/ dis in un un in in im ir il dis non un dis im in un negative prefixes added to the same root cover 1. Authorities said they had ___ a plot to attack the official language. 2. With the help of high technology, more and more new substances have been ___ in the past years. like 3. Linda is ___ any other woman I have ever known. 4. Father sometimes goes to the gym with us although he ___ going there. ability 5. Some families go without medical treatment because of their ____ to pay. 6. She is deaf, but refuses to let her ___ prevent her from doing what she wants to do. prefixes of time and order (ex-, fore-,pre-, post-, re-) re- ‘again’ ‘back’: reconsider, rebuild, recheck, renew fore- ‘before’ : foretell, foresee, forefather pre- ‘before’: pre-war, pre-reading, preview ex- ‘former’: ex-president, ex-manager,