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Lesson Six The Man in the Water
 
I. Discuss the following questions:
We find heroes in all societies and cultures and at all times. How do you account for that? Many people think are "made of special materials", but the author seems to suggest that every one of us has the capacity to be a hero. What do you think of these views?
II. Vocabulary
1. Practice using the rules of word formation.
1) Examine how the words " Immovable" and " Incapable" ore formed. Find out the meaning of the prefixes "Im-" and "in-" with the help of a dictionary.
immovable: +
incapable: +
2) Turn the following words into the opposite by adding either “im-” or “in-” or “un-”.Add more words to the list.
(1) able (16) formal
(2) adequate (17) fortunate
(3) adequate (18) important
(4) avoidable (19) just
(5) balance (20) material
(6) believable (21) measuable
(7) comfortable (22) patient
(8) competent (23) perfect
(9) complete (24) personal
(10) conditional (25) pleasant
(11) countable (26) popular
(12) credible (27) possible
(13) curable (28) significant
(14) direct (29) valuable
(15) equal (30) visible
3) Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets in their proper forms.
(1) The well of_________ (create) never runs dry as long as you go to it.
(2) I think________ (imagine) is more important than knowledge.
(3) No matter what __________(achieve) you have made, somebody has helped you.
(4) Man's mind once stretched by a new idea will never return to its ________ (origin) size.
(5) What the caterpillar (毛毛虫) calls "the end", the butterfly calls "the ______(begin)".
(6) Disappointment is the nurse of _________ _(wise).
(7) It is true the __________ (present) is coloured by the past. It is also true you can choose the colours of the future.
(8) A smile is a __________ (silence) laugh, and a laugh is the music of __________(happy). ,
(9) A person who makes a mistake and _______(fail) to correct it