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Read the following dialogue: ? A: Did you know that Liu Xiang was the first Asian to win a gold medal for the men’s 110metre hurdles in the Olympic Games? ? B: Yes! Everyone knows that he is a very hardworking sportsperson. He is a welltrained winner. Questions: you know the meanings of the italicized words? you know how the words are made? 110metre(n.) hardworking (adj.) sportsperson (n.) welltrained (adj.) 110(num.) meter (n.) hard (adv.) working (ving) sports (n.) Person (n.) well (adv.) trained (Ved) A pound word is made when two or more than two words are joined together to form a new word. Group work: Divide the students into groups of four. Ask them to think about other words that are created this way. Have students study the words they have listed.