4 Unit 01 Ready to rumble Expand your vocabulary: Collocations Find collocations for the following words. Use a collocations dictionary to help you. There are several possible answers; write down only three on the lines. 1 three adjectives that go with career, e.g. a glittering career 2 three verbs that go with health, e.g. to affect your health 3 three adjectives that go with injury, e.g. a severe injury 4 three adjectives that go with talent, e.g. an amazing talent 5 three verbs that go with effort, e.g. to make an effort 6 three adjectives that go with popularity, e.g. enormous popularity Expand your vocabulary: Synonyms Complete the following text with synonyms of the words in brackets. It is impossible to predict if a (1) talented (gifted) young athlete will have a career in professional sports because of the constant risk of (2) (broken bones, sprains, etc.). A few years ago, I was competing in downhill skiing at the national level. Winning big races gave me enormous (3) (fulfilment and pleasure), and, of course, the idea of becoming a professional skier was very (4) (attractive). But shortly before my 17th birthday, I fell in a race and (5) (injured) my knee so badly that my career in professional sports was over before it had begun. I often (6) (ask myself, think about) if I would have been successful as a professional athlete, but I have accepted that skiing is only a hobby for me now, and I (7) (value) all the joy it gives me. It will always be my favourite (8) (hobby). LANGUAGE 1 LANGUAGE 2 Key Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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