Objective Proficiency p 40. Back to Beijing. Extra Word Formation

Objective Proficiency p 40 Ex 1 (2002 edition)

In 1997 I went back to Beijing for the first time since the 0.______________ (DISASTER)  events of 1989. The Chinese 1. _______________(AUTHORISE) had been reluctant to re-admit foreign journalists who had witnessed the Tiananmen Square student protests. Even eight years later it was still 2.__________________ (PROBLEM) to get into the Square with a television camera, but we managed it. I looked for the bullet holes on the steps of the central monument, but they had all been expertly filled in; a faint discoloration perhaps, but almost 3.________________ (PERCEIVE). The most critical moment in Chinese history after Mao Zedong's death seemed to have been entirely forgotten.

My time in China had given me an 4._______________(ENDURANCE) interest in Chinese art, so I decided to go to Liu Li Chang, where for centuries there has been an antiquities market. Unfortunately, many things for sale there nowadays are modern 5._____________ (IMITATE). Empty-handed and somewhat 6._______________ (ILLUSION) , I went into a tea house and sat through the usual ceremony, but there were 7.________________ (IDENTITY) differences here too: it seemed quicker and the tea lacked that extraordinary lingering scent. Thoroughly 8.____________ (HEART) I returned to my hotel: one of the enormous, 9._____________ (FACE) places which have sprung up everywhere. Yet here, in a dark shop tucked away off the lobby my melancholy mood disappeared, for I met a 10.__________________ (SURVIVE) from 1989 who remembered me instantly. Not everything had been entirely forgotten.

KEY

0. disastrous



1. authorities



2. problematic

Faint: that cannot be clearly seen, heard or smelt. Sp. Apenas visible, débil. E.g. We saw the faint outline of the mountain through the mist. We could hear their voices growing fainter as they walked down the road. His breathing became faint.



3. imperceptible



4. enduring
Enduring: /ɪnˈdjʊərɪŋ/ lasting for a long time. E.g. Enduring memories. What is the reason for the game's enduring appeal?



5. imitations



6. disillusioned



7. identifiable

Lingering: slow to end or disappear. Sp. Persistente, lento.E.g. A painful and lingering death. A last lingering look. Lingering doubts. A lingering smell of machine oil.


8. disheartened/ downhearted
Dishearten: to make somebody lose hope or confidence. Sp. Desanimar. E.g. Don't let this defeat dishearten you.

Downhearted: feeling depressed or sad. E.g. We're disappointed by these results but we're not downhearted.



9. faceless

Faceless: having no noticeable characteristics or identity. E.g. Faceless high-rise apartment blocks.

Spring sprang sprung up: to appear or develop quickly and/or suddenly. E.g. Play areas for children are springing up all over the place. Opposition groups are springing up like mushrooms.

Be tucked away: to be located in a quiet place, where not many people go. Sp. Apartada. E.g. The shop is tucked away down a backstreet.



10. survivor

Excerpt from A Mad World, My Masters by John Simpson.
John Simpson is a British journalist. He was in Belgrade at the height of the NATO bombings campaign.

Height: the point when something is at its best or strongest. E.g. He is at the height of his career. She is still at the height of her powers. I wouldn't go there in the height of summer. The fire reached its height around 2 a.m. The crisis was at its height in May.