大学英语阅读

1. The milk was sour because of long time of placement. The milk soured because of long time of placement. 2. She is a warm mother. She is a mother who warms her children.
◆“State” means “state of mind or sensation” E.g.: He desires to be a teacher.
He has a desire to be a teacher.
Other examples: doubt , surprise ◆“Event or activity” means “an act or instance of commuting” E.g.: give a shudder Make a research ◆“Object or result of v” E.g.: We find a little nice restaurant. The little restaurant is quite a find. Other examples: answer, reject have a look take a peep
E.g.: She was busy reading a famous novel.
She busied herself reading a famous novel. Other examples: bare, free
Exercise
一. Change the construction of the following sentences by converting the verbs into nouns. 1.They surprised us with a visit. Their visit took us by surprise.
Some phrases verbs →nouns
★Breakdown
★Dropout ★Get- away ★Hold-up 决战)
★breakthrough
★frame –up(诬陷) ★sell-out(出卖) ★show-down(最后
Adj→ verb
◆Intransitive（不及物的） verbs mean “ to be , become, the equality donated by adj” E.g.: She looks pale from her face. Her face pales really. Other examples: slim, dim ◆Transitive（及物的） verbs mean “to cause sb or sth to be, become, the equality donated by adj”
2.He coaches students for English examination.
He is an English coach. 3.He was crippled in an accident.
He became a cripple in an accident.
二. Change the construction of the following sentences by converting the adj into verbs.
◆“Agent of verb”’ E.g.: He is a person who bores everyong. He is a great bore. Other examples: cheat , coach ◆“Instrument of v” E.g.: I cover the table with cloth. The close is a good cover for the table . Other examples: cure, polish ◆“Place of v” E.g.: This is a place where the two rivers divide. This is the divide between the two rivers. Other examples: turn, retreat
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Conversion
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Verb →noun
Adj →noun
exercise
Verb→ noun
English is a kind of static language which tends to uses more nouns, prepositional（介词的，前置词的） phrases, etc. While Chinese is a dynamic one in which verb are often used.