Her behavior is often appalling Pattern be of good behavior be on(one's)good(best) behavior put sb. on his best behavior 22 accomplishment: n 1)sth that is successful, or that is achieved after a lot of work or effort Getting the two leaders to sign a peace treaty was his greatest accomplishment She is known for her accomplishment in improving the country's 2 the completion of sth We celebrated the successful accomplishment of our task. 他们为了完成计划花了4星期时间。 (The accomplishment of their plan took four weeks. NB: accomplishment的动词原形是 accomplish。ment是后缀,意为“行 动;过程”,有时也指“行动或过程的结果”。例如: improve- improvement argue- argument astonish- astonishment develop development enjoy - enjoyment appoint- appointment excite - excitement accomplish -accomplishment advertise - advertisement encourage- encouragement Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words listed above change the forms where necessary 1)To my greatest she even started calling me names in public. astonishment) 2)We are very proud of the that we have made over the past few years. accomplishments) 3) my English writing effectively since I took the English composition course. have improved) 4)If you want to see the director, you need to make alan first. appointment 5)The news that Xiao Ming was accepted by peking University caused great in this small mountainous village. excitement) 6)The on TV have a greater influence on young people than those in newspapers. advertisements) 7) There have been significant technological in this country in the last two decades. developments8 (= Her behavior is often appalling.) Pattern: be of good behavior be on (one’s) good (best) behavior put sb. on his best behavior 22. accomplishment: n. 1) sth. that is successful, or that is achieved after a lot of work or effort * Getting the two leaders to sign a peace treaty was his greatest accomplishment. * She is known for her accomplishment in improving the country’s hospitals. 2) the completion of sth. * We celebrated the successful accomplishment of our task. 他们为了完成计划花了 4 星期时间。 (= The accomplishment of their plan took four weeks.) NB: accomplishment 的动词原形是 accomplish。-ment 是后缀，意为“行 动；过程”，有时也指“行动或过程的结果”。例如： improve — improvement argue — argument astonish — astonishment develop — development enjoy — enjoyment appoint — appointment excite — excitement accomplish — accomplishment advertise — advertisement encourage — encouragement Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words listed above, change the forms where necessary. 1) To my greatest ______________, she even started calling me names in public. (= astonishment) 2) We are very proud of the ____________ that we have made over the past few years. (= accomplishments) 3) I ___________ my English writing effectively since I took the English composition course. (= have improved) 4) If you want to see the director, you need to make a/an ______________ first. (= appointment) 5) The news that Xiao Ming was accepted by Peking University caused great _________ in this small mountainous village. (= excitement) 6) The __________ on TV have a greater influence on young people than those in newspapers. (= advertisements) 7) There have been significant technological ___________ in this country in the last two decades. (= developments)