新标准大学英语3unit9词汇句子.ppt

Language in Use;1 Look at the sentence from the passage Calling your kid Noah or Coke – how wet is that? and answer the questions. Lots of my forty-something friends seem to be taking a leaf out of the Blairs’ book on birth control and squeezing out a last-minute baby. How old are the writer’s friends? (a) 40. (b) Nearly 40. (c) Just over 40. (d) Between 40 and 50.; 2 Rewrite the sentences using -something or -odd . 1 There are about 20 people waiting in the corridor outside. There are twenty-odd people waiting in the corridor outside. 2 The new lecturer is between 50 and 60, I think. The new lecturer is fifty-something, I think. ; 3 Why don’t you invite all your friends who are in their thirties? Why don’t you invite all your thirty-something friends? 4 I reckon that there were 200 people in the cinema. There were two hundred-odd people in the cinema. 5 I don’t know how old she is, maybe between 70 and 80. I don’t know how old she is, maybe seventy-something.;3 Rewrite the sentences using as much / many ... as there is / are . 1 In Britain for every curious surname there is an interesting place name. There are as many curious surnames in Britain as there are interesting place names. 2 For each community in the capital there is a major cultural festival. There are as many major cultural festivals in the capital as there are communities. ; 3 There is a lot of confusion about the new traffic rules, and there is the same amount of dissatisfaction about the changes in the opening hours of shops. There is as much confusion about the new traffic rules as there is dissatisfaction about the changes in the opening hours of shops.; 4 For each member of our organization there is a different opinion about what we should do. There are as many different opinions about what we should do as there are members of our organization. 5 I’ve got the feeling that the number of problems to resolve on this project is equivalent to the number of stars in