新标准大学英语综合教程4教师用书(外研社)(13)

know how to use the breaks. You should be honest and responsible with people who trust you.

Dealing with unfamiliar words

4 Match the words in the box with their definitions.

1 funny or entertaining (amusing)

2 used for emphasizing that something good has happened, especially because of good luck (fortunately)

3 an amount of money that a person, business or country borrows, usually from a bank (loan)

4 to take an amount or number from a total (deduct)

5 the most exciting, impressive, or interesting part of an event (highlight)

6 to show that you understand someone’s problems (sympathize) 7 needing a lot of time, ability, and energy (demanding)

5 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in Activity 4. Teaching tips

When Ss have completed the blanks with the correct form of the appropriate words, ask them to practice

reading the dialogue, trying to make their reading sound as conversational as possible. Choose a pair to

perform their reading to the class. The class listens and gives the performing pair a rating on a scale of 1-10

for fluency and naturalness.

A After three years at university, I’m now quite heavily in debt.

B I (1) sympathize with you, I know what it’s like to have financial problems. But (2) fortunately I didn’t

need to take out a student (3) loan when I was at university, because I had a part-time job.

A What did you do?

B I worked in a restaurant at weekends.

A That must have been very (4) demanding.

B Yes, it was. I had to get the right balance between work and study. But the other people who worked

there were good fun to be with, so it was quite (5) amusing too. The (6) highlight of the weekend was

always Saturday night when we worked overtime.

A But I don’t expect you made a lot of money?

B No, there wasn’t much after they’d (7) deducted tax and pension contributions. But it was enough to

keep me going.