Here are some compound expressions you have looked at in this unit. Explain what the
significance of the nouns used in the compound is.
- windscreen A screen that protects a driver from the wind.
- burglar alarm
- food poisoning
- generation gap
- climate change
- kitchen scissors
- luxury goods
- pocket money
- welfare state
- voice mail
Possible Answer
- An alarm in a house which goes off if burglars try to get into the house.
- Being poisoned or being made ill by food that you have eaten.
- A gap between different generations making it difficult for parents and children to understand each other’s tastes and attitudes.
- Changes in the climate of the world leading to phenomena like the polar caps reducing in size, glaciers melting and so on.
- Scissors that are especially for use in a kitchen preparing food, etc.
- Goods that are luxuries rather than necessities, e.g. cosmetics compared with basic foods.
- Money that you carry in your pocket, i.e. small amounts of money that can be spent on what you wish. (It is usually used about money that parents give their children every week to spend on what the children themselves decide.)
- The part of the state that provides welfare for the members of society who need it, e.g. money for those out of work or pensioners or sick.
- An electronic telephone answering system used particularly by organisations and mobile phone users.
|
Bình luận