leaving out words

2 Rewrite the sentences.

1 ... and the waiter had already brought an enormous portion of seafood, crabs,prawns, lobsters and all sorts of shellfish which were clinging onto each other...

... and the waiter had already brought an enormous portion of seafood, crabs,prawns, lobsters and all sorts of shellfish clinging onto each other ...

2 On his plate was a pile of discarded lobster claws, and alongside was abattery of implements which were used to crack the shells ...

On his plate was a pile of discarded lobster claws, and alongside was abattery of implements used to crack the shells ...

3 The next development was learning how to get cocoa butter from the beans,a process which was first tried in 1825.

The next development was learning how to get cocoa butter from the beans,a process first tried in 1825.

4 Condensed milk is a thick, sweet milk which is sold in cans.

Condensed milk is a thick, sweet milk sold in cans.

5 Hormones are a chemical substance which is produced by your body.

Hormones are a chemical substance produced by your body.

word formation

3 Form new words with the following words andthe prefixes / suffixes in the table. air – airsick car – carsick fiction – non-fiction help – helpful

sea – seasick shop – shopaholic smoker – non-smoker spoon – spoonful stop – non-stop work – workaholic

4 Answer the questions with the words youformed in Activity 3.

What’s the word for:

1 how you feel if the sea makes you ill? (seasick)

2 someone who likes shopping a lot? (shopaholic)

3 what something is if it is useful and providing help? (helpful)

4 what a flight is if it goes directly from one place to another? (non-stop) 5 someone who doesn’t smoke? (non-smoker)

6 writing which is about real people and events, not imaginary ones? (non-fiction) 5 Translate the sentences into Chinese.

1 Outside the skies were grey and a strong wind was blowing off the sea.It looked as gloomy as I felt.

外面，天空灰蒙蒙的，海面上刮来一阵强风。天气看起来和我的心情一样阴郁。

2 “Now, stop complaining, try one oyster for me, then you can have somethingnice and easy to eat, maybe some prawns with bread and butter,” he suggested,striking a note of compromise for the first time during the whole meal.

“好啦，别抱怨了，就给我尝一只牡蛎，然后你就可以吃些好吃、顺口的东西，比如对虾加黄油面包。”他提议说。吃了这么长时间的饭，他的话中第一次有了妥协的意思。

3 But with the clear conception which only a ten-year-old boy can have, Istill understood that the

compromise included eating that oyster, sitting on the side of my father’splate.