CHAPTER 2

Dear All,
As you may know, you are required to cover the assigned reading texts before coming to the class. Let's have a look at the words and the phrases in Unit 2A Love & Attraction

Anthropologist	Intensity	In defiance of	Evolutionary
Romance	Insult	In love with	Inherent
Occupied with	Look down on	Psychiatrist	Mate
Prehistoric	Shameful	Root	Bear children
Fill out a survey	Groom	Affection	rugged
Passion	On the rise	Inclination	Immune system
Conduct	Sweat-sweaty	lovesickness	overwhelming
Obsessive-compulsive disorder	recruit	Lit up	exhilaration
norm	Break up	infancy	bond
mutual	abundant	trigger

Unit 2B- Animal Attraction

 Vocabulary and Phrases

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noble	feather	Tap (v)	unique
attempt	Impress-impressive	pause	commence
sink	bounce	mate	dense
absurd	resemble	Worth-worthy	Stand out
species	display	Show off	spread
wing	Intense-intensely	giant	Eye-catching
resist	Prominent-prominently	flap	Evolve-evolution
surrounding	contradiction	Notice-noticeable	predator
harsh	Come up with	abundant	undergo
Pass on	enhance	diversity	Vary-various
swamp	landscape	barrier	distinct
ritual	evoke	capture	warrior
demand	peak	Pass down from	Permit
Breed-breeding	welfare	logging	Oil prospecting
conservationist	yam

UNITS 1&2 Word Formation :

Change the forms of underlined words to fill in the gaps. Write only ONE word.

E.g. It would be absurd to do that.

·          Doing that would be an ...absurdity…. .

1.    They had not seen each other for a long time. They embraced for a long time.

·          They gave each other a long …………………..  .

2.    The meeting will commence at 7.30 and finish around 9.

·          The …………………..  of the meeting will be at 7.30

3.    The little fish saw the big fish coming and had to flee.

·          The little fish ………………….. . 

4.    It can be difficult to navigate the stormy seas of love.

·          …………………..  of the stormy seas of love can be difficult.

5.    Going on a date can be boring. Often, the best part is anticipating it!

·          Often, the best part of a date is the ………………….. !

6.    Learning English is ok, but I have more passion for computer games.

·          Learning English is ok, but I feel more ………………….. about computer games.

7.    His knowledge of grammar is good, but he is not very fluent so he needs to work on that.

·          He needs to work on his ………………….. .                    

8.    If we do the same thing all the time, it tends become a kind of ritual.

·          If we do the same thing all the time, it tends to become ………………….. .    

9.    The film’s music and photography evoked a very strong atmosphere.

·          The film’s music and photography was very ………………….. .

10.  In an aristocratic system, the nobles own the land.

·          In an …………………..  system, the nobility owns the land.

11.  He shows little inclination to work these days.

·          He is not …………………..  to work these days.

12.  The company is finding it difficult to recruit suitable staff

·          The company is finding …………………..  of suitable staff to be a problem.

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Answer Key:

1.     embrace

2.     commencement

3.     fled

4.     Navigation

5.     Anticipation

6.     passionate

7.     fluency

8.     ritualized

9.     evocative

10.  aristocratic

11.  inclined

12.  recruitment 

Please find the unknown words in  Unit 3 (both 3A & 3B) and complete the reading tasks given.