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Game 1（明报制图）


【明报专讯】■Game 1

The Smarties are learning some new words. These words sound silly and interesting, but they are really long! Can you help guess the meaning of each word?

(See the picture)

1. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters)．

2. nincompoop (10 letters)．

3. hullabaloo (10 letters)．

4. dilly-dally (10 letters)．

．A. a loud noise made by angry people

．B. fantastic or super fun

．C. to waste time by being slow

．D. a silly or stupid person

(Answers on next text)

■Game 2

The Smarties are testing each other with analogies. An analogy is a comparison between things that have similar features.

E.g. Blanket is to soft. → Floor is to hard.

1. Sweater is to yarn. → Snowball is to ______.

2. Water is to liquid. → Ice is to ______.

3. Bear is to cub. → Cat is to ______.

4. Bird is to chirp. → Dog is to ______.

5. Sound is to hear. →Odour is to ______.

6. Knife is to cut. → Oven is to ______.

7. Clock is to time. → Thermometer is to ______.

8. Pencil is to write → Brush is to ______.

(Answers on next text)

■Glossary

yarn (n) 毛线

cub (n) 幼熊

chirp (v) 吱喳叫

odour (n) 气味

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[Smarties' Power English 第448期]