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Unit 2 Love Text A PartPara s Main Ideas 11 2Love is hard to define because it can only be felt but not described 23 7The author discusses love of different depths from her own experiences 38 11The two generations handle love and relationships differently The younger generation tends to be more hasty and selfish in building relationships 412 13The author advises young people to learn the essence of love and find ways to develop relationships into lifelong bonds Text B Word Detective 1 1 engaged2 grief3 manipulate4 agonizing5 maximum 6 fascinate7 silverware8 grace 2 1 moist2 fit into3 In the course of4 glory5 overjoyed 6 clip7 in vain8 yield Enhance Your Language Awareness I WORDS IN ACTION Working with Words and Expressions 1 In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit Complete the following sentences with them Change the form where necessary 1 curled2 minimum3 clip4 yielded5 Given6 awaiting 7 fascinated8 affection9 interact10 haste11 harden12 grief 13 defies14 glance15 presence16 lasting17 via18 acquire 19 manipulate20 restraints 2 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit Do you know how to use them in the proper context Now check for yourself by doing the blank filling exercise Change the form where necessary 1 let loose on2 fit into3 hold on4 state of affairs 5 in the course of6 in vain7 build on8 In short 9 grow used to10 blame on11 reached for12 give and take Increasing Your Word Power 1 The prefix over can be added to nouns verbs adjectives and adverbs meaning above outside across or too much Study the words given in the box and choose the proper words to fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences Change the form where necessary 1 overcoat2 overhead3 overjoyed4 overslept5 overweight 6 overdue7 overtime8 overworking 2 1 crush2 attributes3 fancy4 bubbled5 grasp6 drizzling 7 labeling8 yield 3 1 We are short of hands 2 I still have some money in hand 3 Give me a hand with the box please 4 I often keep a dictionary at hand 5 The football fans were out of hand 6 Hand out the pencils to everyone in the class 7 This ring was handed down to me by my grandmother 8 Time s up Please hand in your test papers 9 Please hand on the magazine to your roommates 10 I m afraid I can t help you I m a green hand II GRAMMAR REVIEW 1 1 Sitting on the stairs was On the stairs was sitting 2 Over the wall came flew 3 Round the corner was 4 Then finally came 5 Under the table was lying 6 At On the top of On top of the hill stood 2 1 The beaver chews down tress to get food and material to build its home with 2 Do your parents think tom is a nice boy to go out with Cross out him 3 The goals for which he has fought all his life seem unimportant to him now 4 NONE 5 The essay starts by asking a question to which the author then gives a positive answer CLOZE 1 haste2 state of affairs3 distinguished4 meeting of minds 5 blossom6 inner charm7 intimacy8 emotion 9 acquiring10 ideals11 admiration12 lasting 13 affection14 forge15 honor16 overwhelming TRANSLATION 1 1 In either friendship or love you should never expect to receive the maximum while you give the minimum 2 I built all my hopes on his promises only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all 3 We took mother to all the best hospitals we could find but all our efforts were in vain she failed to survive the disease 4 Valentine s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14 a perfect day to express love to the object of your affection 5 In the information era communications with far away friends via e mail can be almost simultaneous 6 Love takes time for it is not forged until you have grown used to the other s company and learned to appreciate the other 2 After dinner we all sat around the hearth Aunt Susan was still in the grief of losing Uncle Robert In her soft voice she told us a bout their past years Uncle Robert joined the army shortly after they were engaged Given the critical situation at the time when lots of army men didn t return alive you can imagine how much overjoyed Aunt Susan was to see Uncle Robert come back safe and sound from the European battle field Then they got married and brought up five children For all those years their affection for each other grew stronger in the course of overcoming difficulties and hardships in life I was