Part 4. Language study and language appreciation.

Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and present units.

Pay special attention to the parts in bold type, learn to appreciate and use the language.

1. to be daunted by the thought of...

Still daunted by the thought of reprogramming your video cassette recorder?

Let along your digital versatile disc?

2. to hijack one's attention.

Ambient commercials will also hijack your attention by using tastes and smells.

3. on the track.

Andrew has collected more than 125 trophies for his feats on the track.

4. to set around/ collect dust.

His awesome display of hardware has not set around collecting dust.

5. a worthwhile purpose.

After seeing the crippled children on television, they knew they had found a worthwhile purpose for the trophies.

6. unselfish gesture/ to bring praise from...

And Andrew's unselfish gesture has brought praise from Michigan State Representative and Speaker of the house, Bobby Crimm.

7. to bear in mind/ to affect the course of one's life.

Bear in mind that the career you choose will affect the future course of your life.

8. to give preference to/ other things being equal.

Remember that when promotion occurs, preference is usually given to educated persons. Other things being equal.

9. a fund of experience.

Remember they have a tremendous fund of experience from which you should benefit.

10. to satisfactorily account/ to give the impression that.

However hard I try, there always seems to be a year or two for which I cannot satisfactorily account,

and which I am certain, if left blank, will give the impression that I was in prison or engaged in some occupation too dubious to mention.

11. credit with.

Among those credited with marking electric washing machines was Alva.J.Fisher.

12. the fastest man/ woman in...

Usain Bolt, from Jamaica, is the fastest man in 100 meters dash.

The fastest woman in the world in 1,500 meters race is Qu Yunxia, from China.

13. to set the record for.../ the record is set by...

Florence Griffith Joyner from the USA, set the record for the women's 100 meters dash in 10.49 seconds on July 16th, 1988.

The men's 1,500 meters race world record was set by Hicham EI Guerrouj, from Morocco, on July 14th, 1998.

In 20 kilometers race walk for women, the record is 1 hour 25 minutes and 41 seconds, which was set by Olimpiada Ivanova from Russia on August 7th, 2005.

14. to seize the gold medal for.../ the gold medal winner for...

Stelfka Kostadinova from Bulgaria, seize the gold medal for women's high jump on August 30th, 1987.

The gold medal winner for the women's 100 meters hurdles is Yordanka Donkova, from Bulgaria.

In 20 kilometers race walk for men, Vladimir Kanaykin from Russia is the gold medal winner.

15. th hold the record/ the world record holder.

For women's marathon, Paula Radcliffe, from Great Britain, holds the record in 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds.

In the men's javelin throw, the world record holder is Jan Zelezny from Czech Republic.

16. the world record for... owes to...

The world record for men's long jump owe to Mike Powell, from the USA, whose record is 8.95 meters.

The world record for women's long jump owes to Galina Chistyakova, from the Former Soviet Union, whose record is 7.52 meters.

17. under one's own steam.

Jason Lewis, 40, crossed 5 continents, 2 oceans and 1 sea to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe under his own steam.

18. to hang up one's own boots.

Jason is happy to be back and may hang up his boots a while.

19. to take the mickey...

It's nice to be with people who take the mickey out of each other.

20. to be secured by.../ to make title...

The 2004 championship was secured by Michael before its conclusion, making it title number 7.

21. to seal the deal.

He did it by finishing second at Spa in Belgium, in Ferrari's 700th race, to accumulate enough points to seal the deal.