Unit 7 Text AUnit 7 Text A

What Makes Olympic What Makes Olympic Champions?Champions?

moldmold mouldmould a child into disciplined creatur a child into disciplined creatur

ee

strike strike A stone A stone struck struck me on the head.me on the head.

evaporate evaporate The sun The sun evaporatedevaporated the dew. the dew. The dew The dew evaporatedevaporated when the sun when the sun

came out.came out. He always He always evaporatedevaporated by Monday mor by Monday mor

ning.ning.

flashflash The girl The girl flashedflashed a sudden smile at a sudden smile at

me.me.

dazzling dazzling The bright light of the car The bright light of the car dazzled dazzled

me.me.

tributetribute Memorial Day is a Memorial Day is a tributetribute to the to the

dead soldiers.dead soldiers.

consultantconsultant settle the dispute through friendly settle the dispute through friendly concon

sultationsultation

take shapetake shape A nuclear Iran isA nuclear Iran is taking taking

shape shape before our eyes.before our eyes.

initial initial The doctor charged 7 pounds for the The doctor charged 7 pounds for the

initialinitial consultation. consultation.

consecutive consecutive The numbers 4,5,6 are The numbers 4,5,6 are consecutiveconsecutive

numbers.numbers.

embodyembody The latest locomotives The latest locomotives embodyembody many many

new features.new features.

guess guess She She guessedguessed that she was 50 yards that she was 50 yards

from shore.from shore. We can only We can only guessguess at the number of at the number of

deaths it has caused.deaths it has caused.

come income in The horseThe horse came in came in fourth. fourth.

contendcontend contendcontend with others with others forfor first place ( first place ( 或或

prize)prize)

contendcontend The man The man contendcontend that it was not his that it was not his

fault.fault.

contendercontender a serious a serious contendercontender for the presidency for the presidency the leading the leading contendercontender in sb.’s class in sb.’s class

contrast contrast In this book the writerIn this book the writer contrasts contrasts good good

with with （或（或 andand ） ） evil.evil.

call call He has an awesome reputation for He has an awesome reputation for callcall

inging stock market turns. stock market turns.

featurefeature The new type engines The new type engines featurefeature high high

speed, small size and economical speed, small size and economical operation costs.operation costs.

sprintersprinter Who has less body fat, a Marathon RuWho has less body fat, a Marathon Ru

nner or a nner or a SprinterSprinter??

trip trip I I trippedtripped and fell. and fell. He He tripped tripped over a child’s toy.over a child’s toy.

agonize agonize All the time they All the time they agonizedagonized and and

prayed.prayed. Why do you Why do you agonizeagonize yourself with yourself with

the thought of your failure?the thought of your failure?

hobblehobble hobblehobble along on one’s crutches along on one’s crutches

lean on sth.lean on sth. have a shoulder to have a shoulder to lean onlean on

limplimp He He limpedlimped off the football field. off the football field. He walks with a He walks with a limplimp..

toto The front door opened The front door opened toto his hoot. his hoot.

podiumpodium The teacher stepped down from the The teacher stepped down from the

lecture lecture podiumpodium..

falterfalter The business is The business is falteringfaltering..

grind (ground, ground) grind (ground, ground) grindgrind a lot of facts into the students’ a lot of facts into the students’

mindmind the long the long grindgrind of preparing oneself for of preparing oneself for

college entrancecollege entrance

squeeze squeeze squeezesqueeze oneself oneself throughthrough a narrow a narrow

openingopening I try toI try to squeezesqueeze in in many things many things..

put input in II put in put in a pleasant hour with Jane. a pleasant hour with Jane. There’s still an hour to There’s still an hour to putput inin before before

the pubs open.the pubs open. You have already You have already putput inin a lot of a lot of

work.work.

head forhead for We (We (werewere) ) headedheaded forfor London. London. He is He is headingheading ( ( 或或 headedheaded ) ) forfor

retirement.retirement.

work outwork out He He works outworks out with the team three with the team three

times weekly.times weekly.

relentrelent He He relented relented at the sight of her at the sight of her

grief.grief.

fill infill in ““Please Please fillfill inin / out / up this form. / out / up this form. We'll have to find someone to We'll have to find someone to fillfill inin fo fo

r Francis tonight as he's ill.r Francis tonight as he's ill.

break break A bad, a very bad A bad, a very bad breakbreak for you. for you. He appeared in about 20 minor He appeared in about 20 minor

movies before he won his big movies before he won his big breakbreak..