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• Revision of verb patterns• Talking bout likes/dislikes/neither likes nor

dislikes• Linking words: despite/although/however• CD -practice

Unit 10: Secrets of the mind

• The secrets of happiness• Vocabulary:• To achieve. to succeed in finishing something or

reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effortThe government's training policy, he claimed, was achieving its objectives.

• She finally achieved her ambition to visit South America.

• I've been working all day, but I feel as if I've achieved nothing.

• Aim-a result that your plans or actions are intended to achieveMy main aim in life is to be a good husband and father.

• Our short-term aim is to deal with our current financial difficulties, but our long-term aim is to improve the company's profitability.

• The leaflet has been produced with the aim of increasing public awareness of the disease.

• Reward-something given in exchange for good behaviour or good work, etcThere's a reward for whoever finishes first.

• The rewards of motherhood outweigh the anguish.

• an amount of money given to someone who helps the police or who helps to return stolen property to its ownerThe police offered a reward for any information about the robbery.

• Expand-to increase in size, number or importance, or to make something increase in this wayThe air in the balloon expands when heated.

• They expanded their retail operations during the 1980s.

• Consistent-always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, wayThere has been a consistent improvement in her attitude.

• Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is she's not consistent.

• Opposite: inconsistent

• Carry out-to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to doNigel is carrying out research on early Christian art.

• The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her.

• Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.• It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry out their

threat to kill the hostages.• Don't blame me, I'm only carrying out my

orders/instructions.

• Income-money that is earned from doing work or received from investmentsAverage incomes have risen by 4.5% over the past year.

• More help is needed for people on low incomes.

• I haven't had much income from my stocks and shares this year.

• Poverty-the condition of being extremely poorTwo million people in the city live in abject (= very great) poverty.

• He emigrated to Australia to escape the grinding (= very great) poverty of his birthplace.

• Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.

• a poverty of sth formal a lack of something or when the quality of something is extremely lowThere is a disappointing poverty of creativity in their work.

• Intense-extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very strongintense cold/heat/hatred

• an intense flavour/colour• He suddenly felt an intense pain in his back.• Intense people are very serious, and usually have strong

emotions or opinionsan intense young man• intensely adverb • /ɪnˈtent .sli/ adv • His strongest criticism is reserved for his father, whom he

disliked intensely.

• Leisure-the time when you are not working or doing other dutiesleisure activities

• Most people only have a limited amount of leisure time.

• The town lacks leisure facilities such as a swimming pool or squash courts.

• Challenge-[C or U] (the situation of being faced with) something needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and which therefore tests a person's abilityFinding a solution to this problem is one of the greatest challenges faced by scientists today.

• You know me - I like a challenge.• It's going to be a difficult job but I'm sure she'll

rise to the challenge.

• Immeasurably-so large or great that it cannot be measured or known exactlyHer films had an immeasurable effect on a generation of Americans.

• immeasurably adverb • /ɪˈmeʒ.ər.ə.bli//-ɚ-/ adv • The damage from the 1956 hurricane was

immeasurably greater.

Stay,spend,pass

Make, cause

Have an effect, have/make an impact