Discovering useful words and expressions 1. Find the words in the poems that rhymes with each of the words below. Then add other words that rhyme. The first one has been done for you. 1. dead lead red thread fed said bed 2. high 3. sing 4. today 5. lace 6. true sky pie my fly shy lie tie sigh ring wing thing king fling string away say play lay tray may bay race face case chase place space too shoe canoe blue When I was a baby, my mother used to read me _____ rhymes. I loved their _____ meaning and the way that the words _____ at the end of the lines. cottage run out of nursery rhyme minimum convey contradictory pattern translation form nursery contradictory rhymed 2. Complete the passage using the words in the box in the correct form. When I grew older, I was introduced to other _____ of poetry. Many of them also had a strong _____ which was repeated. The forms I liked best _____ their meaning by using the bare _____ of words. Some of these forms came from Asia (like the haiku) and some of these were _____ from their original language. forms pattern conveyed minimum translations cottage run out of nursery rhyme minimum convey contradictory pattern translation form When I _____ new poems to read and enjoy, I would go to the library for some more. The librarian was a friend of my mother, and she would put poetry books on one side for me. In fact, my family love reading so much that we keep buying books. Now the living room of our _____ is full of books. ran out of cottage cottage run out of nursery rhyme minimum convey contradictory pattern translation form 3. Look at the two meanings for the words below. Choose the meaning that was used in the reading passage. Then make up a sentence with the words having the same meaning. Words Meaning flexible A: something that can bend or be bent easily B: person, plan etc that can change according to the situation e.g. We should stick to the principles and be flexible as well. 既要有原则性，也要有灵活性。 Words Meaning tease A: to make jokes and laugh at someone in order to have fun B: to deliberately make an animal angry e.g. I used to get teased about my name. 过去别人总拿我的名字开玩笑。 Words Meaning endless A: very large in amount or size B: seeming to last forever e.g. an endless round of parties and visits 没完没了的一轮社交聚会和访问 Words Meaning branch A: a part of a tree that grows from the stem B: part of an organization e.g. She climbed the tree and hid in the branches. 她爬上树, 躲进枝丫里。 Words Meaning concrete A: definite and specific B: something used for building that is made by mixing sand, very small stones, cement and water e.g. We should make a concrete analysis of each specific question. 对于每个具体问题要进行具体分析。 根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或 汉语提示词，写出该单词的正确形式（每空 一词）。 1. Write on one side of the paper and leave the other side b_____. 2. Sports clothes are not a_____ for a formal wedding. 3. I’ll type your report if you’ll babysit in e_____. blank ... ...
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