对话文本


Tim: Alice this is my cousin Michal - our new flatmate. He's really missing his friends.
Alice: Oh, Michal let me take your mind off that...So, where are you from?
Michal: From near Warsaw - the Polish capital.
Alice: Oh, what do you do?
Michal: I'm a guide tourist.
Alice: So interesting! Why are you visiting London?
Michal: To improve my English.
Alice: Oh, well, why not come out with us now? Then we can cheer you up and you can practise your English at the same time.
实战语法

Compound Words 合成词，复合词

Sometimes they become one word:
flatmate (noun)
lovesick (adjective)

Sometimes they become two words:
tourist guide (noun)
travel agent (noun)

Sometimes they become hyphenated:
low-paid (adjective)
film-goer (noun)

Note: There are no hard and fast rules about which category each compound word goes into but a good dictionary will tell you. You can also help yourself by making a note of new compound words you come across and the category they go into.

Generally the stress is on the first word:
phone box (noun)
smoke-free (adjective)
spoon-feed (verb)
技能训练
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.

1. Tim works in a __________ - large shop on 5 floors in the city centre. It sells clothes, perfume, toys and furniture.
a) department shop
b) store department
c) department store
d) departments store
2. Alice is getting ready to go out. She's putting on lipstick and mascara. She's putting on her __________.
a) makes-up
b) make-up
c) makeup
d) makes up
3. Every month the flatmates pay their rent to the person who owns the flat – the__________.
a) landlord
b) land-lord
c) landslord
d) lands-lord
4. When Michal misses his family and friends in Poland and his favourite Polish food, he feels ___________.
a) home-sick
b) homesick
c) sickhome
d) sick-home
5. This quiz has questions with 4 options for each answer. It's a ___________ quiz.
a) multiple choice
b) many-choice
c) many choice
d) multiple-choice
6. Alice said "That guy is ___________ gorgeous. I wish he would ask me out."
a. jumped-up
b. drop shot
c. dead-centre
d. drop-dead
答案详解
1. Tim works in a __________ - large shop on 5 floors in the city centre. It sells clothes, perfume, toys and furniture.
a) department shop – Wrong - look at 'shop' again.
b) store department – Wrong - the words are in the wrong order.
c) department store – Correct - this is written as two separate words.
d) 'departments store' – Wrong- look at 'departments' again.
2. Alice is getting ready to go out. She's putting on lipstick and mascara. She's putting on her __________.
a) makes-up – Wrong - look at 'makes' again.
b) make-up – Correct - this is written as a hyphenated word.
c) makeup – Wrong - look at the word 'makeup' again.
d) makes up – Wrong - look at 'makes' again.
3. Every month the flatmates pay their rent to the person who owns the flat - the __________.
a) landlord – Correct - this is written as one word.
b) land-lord – Wrong - look at the hyphen again.
c) landslord – Wrong - there is no word 'landslord' in English.
d) lands-lord – Wrong -there is no word 'lands-lord' in English.
4. When Michal misses his family and friends in Poland and his favourite Polish food, he feels ___________.
a) home-sick – Correct - this is written as a hyphenated word.
b) homesick - Wrong - look at the hyphen again.
c) sickhome - Wrong - there is no word 'sickhome' in English.
d) sick-home - Wrong - there is no word 'sick-home' in English.
5. This quiz has questions with 4 options for each answer. It's a ___________ quiz.
a) many-choice - Wrong - there is no word 'many-choice' in English.
b) multiple choice - Correct - this is written as two separate words. -
c) many choice - Wrong - there is no word 'many choice' in English.
d) multiple-choice - Wrong - look at the hyphen again.
6. Alice said "That guy is ___________ gorgeous. I wish he would ask me out."
a. jumped-up – Wrong - this describes someone who thinks too much of themselves.
b. drop shot – Wrong - this is a way to hit a ball very gently in tennis.
c. dead-centre – Wrong - this means exactly in the middle or centre of something.
d. drop-dead – Correct – this is written as a hyphenated word. Drop-dead gorgeous is an informal phrase that means very attractive.