Lesson 51 Reward for virtue
New words and expressions:
1. reward
Reward for virtue
He deserves a material reward.
The school offers a reward to virtual students.
2. virtue
She is a person of great virtue.
Chinese people have many virtues.
3. diet
My friend, Huge, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
He began his diet a week ago.
She is on a strict diet.
Mrs. White has put on some weight although she went on a diet.
4. forbid
First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.
He forbids his sons tobacco and wine.
The doctor forbade my father to drink excessively.
5. hurriedly
He let me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk.
He greeted me and then hurriedly went away.
After work, he went home hurriedly.
6. embarrass
It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.
He always feels embarrassed at parties.
Your joke embarrassed me.
7. guiltily
When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.
He buried his face in his hands guiltily.
“It’s my fault,” he said guiltily.
8. strict
He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.
The headmaster was very strict with his pupils.
Peter is a strict person.
9. reward
How can I reward your kindness?
He rewarded the newspaper boy forty dollars.
10. occasionally
The couple went to the cinema occasionally.
Occasionally, I met the lonely old man in the park.
Lesson 52 A pretty carpet
New words and expressions:
1. temporarily
To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor.
He was out of work temporarily.
She lived with her parents temporarily.
2. inch
At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room.
He missed the target by an inch.
Twelve inches equal a foot.
3. space
It’s hard to find the parking space by the roadside.
The office building covers one thousand nine hundred square meters of floor space.
4. actually
Actually he is responsible for the project.
Actually he was fired by the boss.
Lesson 53 Hot snake
1. hot
Hot snake
Water is boiling hot.
I love a hot bath in cold weather.
2. fireman
At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.
A fireman was missing in the fire.
The firemen fought bravely with the fire.
3. cause
Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.
What caused the accident?
The cause of the plane crash has not been identified.
4. examine
Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass.
The doctor examined the patient carefully.
He examined the engine and found everything was okay.
5. accidentally
This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.
He learned the truth accidentally.
The patient accidentally learned that he had got cancer.
6. remains
He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.
The divers found the remains of the ancient ship.
The new city was built on the remains of the buildings.
7. wire
The snake then wound itself round the wires.
This is the insulated wire.
The wire broke in the storm.
8. volt
Volt was named after its discoverer.
A 16,000-volt power line is very dangerous.
9. power line
The power line of this city is very complex.
The power line of the city is well maintained.
10. solve
In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.
With his experience, he solved the problem quickly.
At the moment, no one solved the puzzle.
11. mystery
It is a mystery to me why he lives in solitude.
Nature has a lot of mysteries.
12. snatch
A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it onto the wires.
A hawk snatched up a rabbit from the grass.
He snatched up the vase before it dropped.
13. spark
When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.
Striking two stones can produce sparks.
Some forest fires are caused by sparks.