APPRECIATING THE CHARACTER
Read and remember how to use the words:passion, passionate: to have a passion for reading (travelling); a passionate fighter for freedom and independence; passionate spectators; to be passionately devoted to...; to believe passionately in.... Ann has a passion for music. Millions of people in the world believe passionately in a peaceful future for humanity.
effort: to make an effort; to unite efforts. I shall make every effort to help you. Their efforts were successful.
rapid: rapid progress; rapid development. Mike's progress in learning foreign languages was very rapid. The storm spread rapidly over the countryside.
to owe, owing to: to owe much to one's parents; to owe much to reading. Owing to her illness, Mary was unable to finish the work in time.
except, exception: We come to school every day except Sunday. Your composition is good except for a few spelling mistakes. With the exception of Harry, all the boys passed the examination well. There is no one except Tom.
humanity: the whole of humanity. We are looking forward to a future without wars for all of humanity on this beautiful planet.
purpose: purpose in life; to achieve one's purpose; to do something on purpose. For what purpose do you want it? I'm sure he has done it on purpose.
sake: for the sake of; for my (his, your, our country's) sake. We must be patient for the sake of peace. He worked hard for the sake of his family.
to establish: to establish a system or an organization; to establish one's own business; to establish communications with other people; to establish one's reputation; to establish friendly relations. There he set out to establish his own business. These performances established the singer's international reputation.
sacrifice, to sacrifice: The man sacrificed his life to save the drowning child. Parents often make sacrifices for the sake of their children.
to appreciate: We really appreciate all the help you gave us last weekend. His abilities will be appreciated, I'm sure.
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences:
1 Owing to the efforts of the whole team, the athletes . . .
2 Owing to constant reading, students . . .
3 Owing to her passionate wish to study music, the girl . . .
4 Owing to our friends' help and encouragement, we ...
5 Owing to his good memory, the child . . .
Exercise 2. Say how you can know that somebody has a passion for literature (painting, music, sports, travelling).
Exercise 3. Can you judge a person's character by the way he looks? Why or why not?