Dest B1 Unit 21 Word wormation additional

Unit 21

NOTE: В упражнении кроме новых слов повторяются слова из предыдущих разделов.

Study the following reference materials:

certain определённый, неизменный, постоянный
certainly конечно, непременно; несомненно; безусловно
certainty уверенность

communicate сообщать, передавать поддерживать связь, общаться
communication связь, общение
communicator человек, умеющий ясно выражать свои мысли для других людей

connect соединять, связывать
connection связь, соединение
disconnect разъединять, разобщать, расцеплять

deliver доставлять
delivery — доставка

express выражать
expression выражение
expressive выразительный

inform сообщать, извещать, уведомлять, информировать
informative 1) информативный 2) поучительный 3) содержательный
information информация, сведения, данные

predict предсказывать; прогнозировать; пророчить
prediction предсказание; прогноз; пророчество
predictable предсказуемый

secret тайный, секретный, сохраняемый в тайне
secretly тайно, втайне от других; скрытно
secrecy секретность, тайна

speak говорить
speaker говорящий; выступающий (на собрании и т. п.); оратор
speech речь; речевая деятельность

translate переводить (с одного языка на другой)
translation перевод; переведённое произведение
translator переводчик

Practise:

1. Today’s inflation figure is *** too high… [CERTAIN]
2. I have told them with absolute *** there’ll be no change of policy… [CERTAIN]
3. Radio was the pilot’s only means of ***. [COMMUNICATE]
4. 13 men have been questioned in *** with the murder. [CONNECT]
5. The family agreed to *** her life support system. [CONNECT]
6. His *** were magnificently written but his delivery was hopeless. [SPEAK]
7. Laughter is one of the most infectious *** of emotion… [EXPRESS]
8. He had a quiet but *** voice. [EXPRESS]
9. Something that is *** gives you useful information. [INFORM]
10. I need more ***. [INFORM]
11. Weather *** has never been a perfect science. [PREDICT]
12. The reasons are, of course, entirely ***. [PREDICT]
13. He wore a hidden microphone to *** tape-record conversations. [SECRET]
14. He was not a good ***. [SPEAK]
15. I’d make fun of her dress and imitate her ***. [SPEAK]
16. She had done a *** of the poem. [TRANSLATE]
17. Speaking through a ***, she described her life in Guatemala. [TRANSLATE]
18. You might need to install a new ***. [BOIL]
19. Heat the cream to *** point and pour three quarters of it over the chocolate. [BOIL]
20. Carbon dioxide is released in the ensuing [возникающий] *** reaction. [CHEMIST]
21. Edison was his hero; *** and electricity were his passions. [CHEMIST]
22. It is still too early to reach a *** on this point. [CONCLUDE]
23. I had the tutor for a year right until I took my ***. [EXAMINE]
24. On closer *** the vases were found to be cracked in several places. [EXAMINE]
25. The *** told him to relax and then asked him to turn on the engine. [EXAMINE]
26. India will always hold a great *** for me. [FASCINATE]
27. Everything about ancient Egypt is absolutely ***. [FASCINATE]
28. It’s wonderful to see so many people here on this *** occasion. [HISTORY]
29. Today, bound in their massive heavy green covers, they provide fascinating reading for ***. [HISTORY]
30. The two words are pronounced ***. [IDENTICAL]
31. The hotel pool is 15 metres in ***. [LONG]
32. What’s your waist ***? [MEASURE]
33. She gave a lecture to 2 000 fellow *** in Kyoto. [SCIENCE]
34. The test involves simple calculations, such as *** and subtraction. [ADD]
35. Now we can get something that would be half ***. [AFFORD]
36. The tallest buildings in London are small in *** with New York’s skyscrapers.[COMPARE]
37. I didn’t want to influence his ***. [DECIDE]
38. Do you have any less *** cameras? [EXPENSE]
39. It is too soon to reach any *** judgement. [DEFINE]
40. The food was bad and the *** was dreadful. [SERVE]
41. His *** hastened (=do smth quickly) to make all ready, build fires and heat water for the baths and prepare food. [SERVE]
42. In the town very few know the whole ***. [TRUE]
43. They said the claims were ***. [TRUE]
44. I think she is a *** and moral person. [TRUE]
45. The bank gave us a lot of *** advice about starting our own business. [USE]
46. Computers would be *** without software writers. [USE]
47. I think we’ve all learned a *** lesson today. [VALUE]

Keys

1 certainly 2 certainty 3 communication 4 connection 5 disconnect 6 speeches 7 expressions 8 expressive 9 informative 10 information 11 prediction 12 predictable 13 secretly 14 speaker 15 speech 16 translation 17 translator 18 boiler 19 boiling 20 chemical 21 chemistry 22 conclusion 23 exam 24 examination 25 examiner 26 fascinaton 27 fascinating 28 historical 29 historians 30 identically 31 length 32 measurement 33 scientists 34 addition 35 affordable 36 comparison 37 decision 38 expensive 39 definite 40 service 41 servant(s) 42 truth 43 untrue 44 truthful 45 useful
46 useless 47 valuable