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The World We Live In

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
World problems
acid rain
(skin) cancer
crime
drug trafficking
drunk driving
dumping
famine
global warming
government corruption
(the) homeless
incurable disease
inflation
overcrowding
overfishing
political unrest
pollution
poverty
unemployment

The earth
air
coal
farm(land)
fish
(rain) forest
lake
ocean
oil
ozone layer
plant
river
soil
wildlife

Other
accident
amount
automobile
bottle
case
center
CFC
chemical
city
company
contribution
executive
factory
garbage
government
growth
hair spray
health
housing
landfill
law
livestock
management
member
paper
product
program
publicity
quality
reduction
run (a story)
school
(TV) station
supply
training
transportation
trash
uncle
use
waste
way
Adjectives
agricultural
educational
free
huge
illegal
industrial
major
old
protective
public
rare
terrific
top
underground
unemployed

Verbs
become
build
clean up
contaminate
control
create
cut down
deplete
develop
dispose (of)
eat up
ignore
improve
increase
lessen
lower
pollute
pump
recycle
reduce
ruin
think about
threaten
work on

Adverb
outside

Prepositions
against (the law)
as a result of
because of
due to
into
on (the street)

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EXPRESSIONS

Describing problems
The . . . are being . . . by . . . .
(The) . . . is being . . . because of/due to . . . .
The . . . have been . . . through . . . .
(The) . . . has been . . . as a result of . . . .

Offering solutions
One thing to do about it is to . . . .
Another way to stop them is to . . . .
The best way to help is to . . . .

Talking about what will happen
What if . . . ?
    Well, then . . . .

Identifying something
What is the name of . . . ?
    It's called . . . .

Getting someone's attention
Excuse me.

Expressing approval/disapproval
I think what you're doing is . . . .

Expressing regret
I wish I could . . . .

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