新世纪大学英语综合教程1-课后答案-第二版--秦秀白-Unit-4-Growing-up-Keys.doc

Unit 4 Growing up: Keys to the execises?? Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action Working with Words and Expressions 1 Listed in the boxes below are some of the words that you need to be very familiar with. Now work in pairs and make sentences with each of them to see if you have really mastered their usages. You are encouraged to consult a dictionary if you are still not quite sure about their meanings and usages. 1) When the father learned about his son’s school performance, he?beamed?with satisfaction. 2) How do people?celebrate?New Year’s Day in your country? 3) What are you?complaining?about? You have already got everything you want. 4) There were 24 people?enrolled?in the French class. 5) The children?panicked?when they saw the serious look on the teacher’s face. 6) When I turned off the TV, all my three kids?protested. 7) He is too?stubborn?to admit that he was wrong. 8) George is very?ambitious?about his future though he is just a teenager. 9) My son is very good at?figures, and he plans to take up Mathematics as his major. 10) He got very?frustrated?when he learned that he had failed the exam again. 11) Being a very?possessive?father, he felt very unhappy when he learned his daughter was going to get married. 12) How can you keep your children at home for the whole week? Of course, they will get?restless. 2 In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. 1) She finds herself in?conflict?with her parents over her future career. 2) The two parties finally?overcame?their differences on the matter of interest rate?(利率). 3) Some strange customs?have survived?from earlier times. 4) Please let us know if you can?attend?the meeting scheduled?(事先安排)?for the coming Thursday. 5) She?frowned?with displeasure as she was reading her son’s school report. 6) Students are likely to let their minds?wander?if the teacher’s lectures are dull and boring. 7) I always feel s