Answers to "Words Can Hurt"

2 having little support from his family

3 Nicknamed “The Iron Horse”

4 suffering from ALS

5 No longer playing baseball

Exercise

2 is the last person to think of stealing other people’s idea

3 is the last person that would ever turn her back on the poor

4 is the last place that my brother will go to

5 are the last vegetables that Heather would like to eat

◎ Extra Exercise:

I

1 Verbally taunted and physically harassed by his classmates, Allan was plagued by emotional problems.

2 Learning the news, the principal immediately claimed that this should be the last thing to happen on a school campus.

II

1 Bored by the lecture, more and more students started to use their cell phones in class.

2 However, not paying attention is the last thing that students should ever do while in class.

III

1 Never expecting that the company would accept her application, Carol didn’t believe that she had been chosen.

2 Before this result was announced, she thought she would be the last person to be hired by such a famous international company.

Exercise A

1 Verbal abuse may have the following three negative effects on the abused.

2 Regular exercise, calorie control, and surgery are three most effective ways to lose weight.