about daily living. With such a smart father to emulate, this should be no surprise. Students nay do likewise by choosing especially successful classmates or teachers as their role models ■ Words and Expressions 1. attain v. to succeed in arriving at, esp. after efforts; reach Examples He has attained the age of eighty The perfection to which the pianist had attained was achieved by years of hard work 2. back issues issues from previous dates I looked at the back issues of the newspaper every day last week Our library only keeps the back issues of magazines for five years 3 conve rt v. to change into another form, state or substance Water is converted into stream if it is boiled Over years'effort, we ve converted plan economy into market one 4. creative dj producing new and original ideas and things Examples He's qualified with this job because he can al ways come up with creative ideas We need someone to design a creative marketing strategy 5. minor: adj. of little importance11 about daily living. With such a smart father to emulate, this should be no surprise. Students may do likewise by choosing especially successful classmates or teachers as their role models. ◼ Words and Expressions 1. attain： v. to succeed in arriving at, esp. after efforts; reach Examples: • He has attained the age of eighty. • The perfection to which the pianist had attained was achieved by years of hard work. 2. back issues: issues from previous dates Examples: • I looked at the back issues of the newspaper every day last week. • Our library only keeps the back issues of magazines for five years. 3. convert： v. to change into another form, state or substance Examples: • Water is converted into stream if it is boiled. • Over years’ effort, we’ve converted plan economy into market one. 4. creative： adj. producing new and original ideas and things Examples: • He’s qualified with this job because he can always come up with creative ideas. • We need someone to design a creative marketing strategy. 5. minor： adj. of little importance