A). Form abstract nouns from these verbs.

15.3 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the nouns formed above:

1. Following an initial _________ phase in which more than 1.7 million people were served, The Salvation Army continues to be active in recovery two years after the storms hit.
2. President Bush, in a sharp __________ with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.
3. Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent _______ on Bayer's and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause.
4. The combination of_______ , backlash, and victim blaming can turn even a mild transgression into a major political event within an institution.
5. ______ (also known as vengeance or payback) is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.
6. With daybreak the heavy _________________ recommenced from all the batteries.
7. Physical ___________ is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
8. The nuclear ___________ present during the Cold War has diminished.

A). Match the words

B) Write all possible combinations in the lines below.

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C) Find the proper answers in the answer box in the end of Unit 15 and use them to fill the gaps in the sentences below.

1) In the early 1960s, as the world seemed to _______________________nuclearwar, the Canadian public was deeply sceptical about the wisdom of Canada becoming a nuclear power.

2) Nuclear deterrence is based upon a believable and _____________ofnuclear ____________, and the threat of nuclear weapons use has been constant during the post World War II period.

3) In June, 2000 U.S. Navy battleships ___________________on a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico in spite of the objections of local population who had vowed to use "human shields" to stop them.

4) The Germans are _______________________of supporting the Southern Europe welfare system which identifies the broken element of the faulty European Union.

5) The Government will never ____________________any terrorist ________________, and ensure that proper law and order is maintained in the State,” the Defence Minister said.

15.5. Find the meaning of the idioms to teeter on the brink of war, to be sick and tired of something, to give fire-and-brimstone warning and use them in sentences of your own.

In Class

Listen to the Webcast Korean tension at dangerous levels and do the exercises.

15.1.. Divide all these word combinations a live-fire military exercise, bombardment, a shelling exercise, barrage, military drill, shelling attack, artillery strikes into two columns. Say what determined your decision. Write Keyword(s) in the heading line of the table below.

15.2. Listen and decide “who is who”?

15.C – Comprehension Test 1

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