Unit Sixteen Being On Top
Do you have difficulty in speaking out in public? Do you find it hard to cope
with situations that require responsibility? 'Being On Top' is the answer to
your problems.
'Being On Top' is a new book that shows you how to control your
emotions, how to get rid of your fears, how to find out what lies behind your
inability to make people respect you. And a new set of exercises will show you
how to develop those qualities of leadership which bring health,
wealth, success and happiness.
Send away for 'Being On Top' today.
Notes
SPEAK OUT E I didn't want to accuse him, but I couldn't restrain myself. I had to speak out.
FIND OUT ABCE You find out what time it is by looking at your
watch.
LIE BEHIND AD An explanation of some kind lies behind something
confusing.
SEND AWAY FOR AD You send away for something you see advertised
in a magazine.
Exercises using verbs from the passage
A Complete these sentences:
1 I can't
your mistakes any longer.
2 Pass me the telephone directory and I'll
where he lives.
3. When he won some money he was able to
his debts.
4 She saw an advertisement for cheap radios and decided to
one.
5 We'll have to employ more staff to
the new work.
6 The new member
against the Government's actions in Parliament.
7 I think some rather dubious financial dealings
the company's curious policy.
8 Simon's getting married? When did you that ?
B Answer these questions:
1 What would you send away for?
2 What do you use a train timetable for?
3 Does political theory always lie behind government's actions?
4 How would you cope with a burst water pipe?
5 In what circumstances would you speak out?
6 How can you find out how to play cricket?
7 How do you get rid of toothache?
8 How can you buy something you see advertised in a magazine?
C Use the following pairs of verbs in sentences of your own:
1 send away for, get rid of.
2 speak out, lie behind.
3 find out, cope with.
4 lie behind, cope with.
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A Vb + prep.+NP. B Vb+NP+ prep. C Vb + pron. + prep. D Vb + prep. + pron. E
Intrans.
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Exercise: