Unit 3. Thrill seekers

Unit 1. We are all friends now

helpful hard-working careful/caring/care respectful/respectable/respect calm/calmness cheerful/cheerfulness generous/generosity loyal/loyalty humorous/sense of humour social/sociability punctual/punctuality reliable/reliability talented/talent ambitious/ambition artistic sporty supportive talkative dynamic adventurous chatty conscientious considerate creative wise

fall slightly and then level off dip/fall slightly and quickly recover fall gradually/decrease steadily fluctuate/be erratic hit a low/reach their lowest point hit a peak/reach a high plummet/plunge remain stable/stabilize rise gradually/increase slowly but surely soar/rocket   a climb/a decline/a dip/a drop/a fall/an increase/a peak/a plunge/a rise/fluctuations   settle into university life integrate into university life draw on internationally recognized expertise settle down more easily into university life ascertain (students’) views about pioneering research key factor influence

Unit 2. Technology-now and then

achieve achievement advance advancement affect effect attract attraction damage damage destroy destruction deteriorate deterioration enhance enhancement foster fostering harm harm improve improvement impact impact increase increase influence influence produce production promote promotion reduce reduction result result ruin ruin shape shape   important = critical/crucial/essential/key/vital unimportant = insignificant/trivial   although/but/however as/because/since also/furthermore/moreover/similarly/what is more accordingly/therefore in order to for example/for instance

bring about an increase in… bring about the destruction of… cause (enormous) damage to… change the shape of… do harm to… have a/an (dramatic) effect (on…) / (huge) impact (on…) / (positive/negative) influence (on…) lead to an (significant) improvement (in…) / reduction in… lead to the ruin of… make better links between… result in a (sharp) deterioration in…   appealing unappealing convenient inconvenient effective ineffective harmful harmless important unimportant inspiring uninspiring necessary unnecessary practical impractical significant insignificant useful useless valuable invaluable worthwhile worthless     the process of urbanization go hand in hand with emerge as the center of become the seat of exercised a certain degree of there is reason to believe that can be regarded as the culmination of

Unit 3. Thrill seekers

Sport	Place	Equipment	Types of sports
body building	gym	weights	indoor
boxing	ring	gloves/shorts	combat
diving	sea/reefs	oxygen tanks	water
fishing	lake	rod	outdoor
football	pitch	ball/goal	field
golf	ourse	clubs/irons	field/ outdoor
horse riding	course	saddle	equestrian
running	track	shoes/spikes
swimming	pool	costume/trunks	water
tennis	court	racket/ball	racket sports
skating	skating rink	skates	winter
street racing		car	motor

Verbs	Adjectives
annoy	annoying/annoyed
bore	boring/bored
challenge	challenging/challenged
electrify	electrifying/electrified
excite	exciting/excited
exhilarate	exhilarating/ exhilarated
fascinate	fascinating/fascinated
interest	interesting/interested
invigorate	invigorating/invigorated
irritate	irritating/irritated
motivate	motivating/motivated
thrill	thrilling/thrilled

addicted to	fond of
bored with	indifferent to
capable of	interested in
enthusiastic about	keen on
fanatical about	passionate about
thrill with/about	mad about

a third of (the number of)… a quarter of… half of… twice as many as… three times as many as… five times the number of half as many… forty/40% of… over fifty/50% of… a smaller proportion of… the bulk of… three/four out of every ten…

build the foundation of… become a guinea pig create the illustration of ensure the experience as memorable figure out how to… push the boundaries of… relieve the (terrifying) experiences suppress trigger the release of a … understand the broad effects of…

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