4000 Essential English Words 1

[Music] thank you [Music] unit 1 word list afraid when someone is afraid they feel fear the woman was afraid of what she saw agree to agree is to say yes or to think the same way the food is very good in that restaurant I agree with you angry when someone is angry they may want to speak loudly or fight she didn't do her homework so her father is angry arrive to arrive is to get to or reach someplace the bus always arrives at the corner of my street at 4. attack to attack is to try

to fight or to hurt the man with the sword attacked the other man first bottom the bottom is the lowest part the bottom of my shoe has a hole in it clever when someone is clever they can solve a hard puzzle or problem the clever boy thought of a good idea cruel when someone is cruel they do bad things to hurt others the cruel man yelled at his sister finally if something happens finally it happens after a long time or at the end he finally crossed the Finish Line after five hours of running hide to

hide is to try not to let others see you the other children will hide while you count to 100. hunt to hunt is to look for or search for an animal to kill long ago people hunted with bows and arrows lot a lot means a large number or amount of people animals things Etc there are a lot of apples in the basket middle the middle of something is the center or halfway point the Canadian flag has a maple leaf in the middle of it moment a moment is a second or a very short time I

was only a few moments late for the meeting pleased when someone is pleased they are happy she was pleased with the phone call she received promise to promise is to say you will do something for sure he promised to return my key by tomorrow reply to reply is to give an answer or say back to someone she asked him what time his meeting was he replied at three safe when a person is safe they are not in danger put on your seatbelt in the car to be safe trick a trick is something you do to

fool another person his card trick really surprised us well you use well to say that something was done in a good way couple can dance quite well The Lion and the rabbit a cruel lion lived in the forest every day he killed and ate a lot of animals the other animals were afraid the lion would kill them all the animals told the lion let's make a deal if you promise to eat only one animal each day then one of us will come to you every day then you don't have to hunt and kill us the

plan sounded well thought out to the lion so he agreed but he also said if you don't come every day I promise to kill all of you the next day each day after that one animal went to the line so that the lion could eat it then all the other animals were safe finally it was the rabbit's turn to go to the lion the rabbit went very slowly that day so the lion was angry when the rabbit finally arrived the lion angrily asked the rabbit why are you late I was hiding from another lion in

the forest that lion said he was the king so I was afraid the lion told the rabbit I am the only King here take me to that other lion and I will kill him the rabbit replied I will be happy to show you where he lives the rabbit led the lion to an old well in the middle of the forest the well was very deep with water at the bottom the rabbit told the lion look in there the lion lives at the bottom when the lion looked in the well he could see his own face

in the water he thought that was the other lion without waiting another moment the lion jumped into the well to attack the other line he never came out all of the other animals in the forest were very pleased with their rabbit's clever trick [Music] unit 2 word list Adventure an adventure is a fun or exciting thing that you do riding in the rough water was an adventure approach to approach something means to move close to it the boy approached to school carefully carefully means with great attention especially to detail or safety the baby carefully climbed

down the stairs chemical a chemical is something that scientists use in chemistry the scientists mixed the chemicals create to create means to make something new she created an igloo from blocks of snow evil evil describes something or someone bad or cruel not good the evil figure scared us all experiment an experiment is a test that you do to see what will happen the student did an experiment in science class kill to kill someone or something is to make them die I killed the fly with the fly swatter Laboratory a laboratory is a room where a

scientist works my mother Works in a laboratory laugh is the sound made when someone is happy or a funny thing occurs the sound of their laugh filled the room loud if a sound is loud it is strong and very easy to hear the man's voice was so loud that we all could hear him nervous when a person is nervous they think something bad will happen the boy became nervous when he heard the news a noise is an unpleasant sound the crying baby made a loud noise project a project is a type of work that you

do for a school or a job his afternoon work project was to paint the room green scare to scare someone is to make them feel afraid my uncle was scared by what he saw in the room Secret a secret is something that you do not tell other people the two boys were sharing a secret Shout to shout is to say something loudly my boss shouted at me because I was late for work smell do you smell something means to use your nose to sense it the two friends smelled the flower terrible if something is terrible

it is very bad the way he treated his classmate was terrible worse if something is worse it is a poorer quality than another thing business was worse this month than last month the laboratory Mia's father had a laboratory but she had no idea what was in it her dad always closed and locked the door when he went in she knew that he used it to do projects for work he never told Mia what these projects were one night Mia approached the door to the laboratory she stopped and thought I wonder what crazy experiment he is

doing now suddenly she heard a loud noise it sounded like an evil laugh the noise scared her so she walked quickly back to her room the next night her friend Liz came to her house when Liz arrived Mia told her about the night before oh it was terrible she said why don't we see what is in there Liz asked it will be a fun adventure Mia felt nervous about going into her father's laboratory but she agreed as always the door was locked they waited until Mia's father left the laboratory to eat dinner he didn't lock

the door Liz said let's go the laboratory was dark the girls walked down the stairs carefully Mia smelled strange chemicals what terrible thing was her father creating suddenly they heard an evil laugh it was even worse than the one Mia heard the night before what if a monster was going to kill them Mia had to do something she shouted for help Mia's father ran into the room and turned on the lights oh no he said you must have learned my secret your monster tried to kill us Mia said monster he asked you mean this he

had a pretty doll in his hands the doll laughed the laugh didn't sound so evil anymore I made this for your birthday I wanted to give it to you then but you can have it now I hope you like it [Music] unit 3 word list alien an alien is a creature from A Different World the alien came in peace among if you are among certain things they are all around you there was a red apple among the green ones chart a chart is a list of information we used a chart to see how we had

improved cloud a cloud is a group of water drops in the sky the sky was filled with white clouds comprehend to comprehend something is to understand it Henry could not comprehend the message describe to describe is to say or write what someone or something is like they describe their tree as colorful with gold ribbon and a star ever ever means at any time going skiing last winter was the most fun I've ever had fail to fail means you do not succeed in what you try to do since he failed to get the job he was

sad friendly friendly is behaving in a pleasant kind way towards someone the friendly animals came up to the girl grade a grade is a score or Mark given to someone's work managed to get good grains on my report card instead instead means in place of he ate the carrot instead of the ice cream Library a library is a place where you go to read books library at school is full of books planet a planet is a large round thing in space Saturn is the planet with the ring around it report a report is something students

write for school Karen had trouble writing her report several several is more than two but not many he had to read several books for class solve to solve something is to find an answer to it all the students could easily solve the math problem suddenly if something happens suddenly it happens quickly and unexpectedly I was suddenly surprised by the cake my friends brought me suppose to suppose is to guess I suppose I should go home now universe the universe is the known or supposed objects in space the universe is so large that it cannot be

measured View to view is to look at something Michael likes to view himself in the mirror the report Lee sat among the books at the library and thought about his group project they had to turn it in soon but he hadn't even started his part Jack and Claire were in his group they had worked hard they were also very smart and Lee didn't want them to get a bad grade Jack did the report he wrote a lot of very good sentences and described things with great adjectives Claire drew a nice map of the stars now

Lee needed to do his part of the project well I suppose I need to start my model Lee thought making a model of a planet was really hard Lee tried to read several books but he couldn't comprehend any of the charts we're going to fail because of me Lee said he put his head down on the table and said I wish I could see a planet instead of having to read about it suddenly there was a bright light Lee was pulled from his chair through the roof and right into a strange ship hello kid said

an alien did you ask for help Lee told the friendly alien all about his project the alien agreed to help Lee solve his problem first we'll fly through space to view the universe then I can help you make a model of my planet soon they were going through the clowns they passed the moon then they viewed Mars Lee was very excited instead of a bad grade his group would have the best project ever it's time to go home the alien finally said on the way back he helped Lee make a model of the planet Mars

soon they were on Earth thanks Lee said my model will be awesome then he took his model and said goodbye to his new friend [Music] unit 4 word list appropriate when a thing is appropriate it is right or normal it's appropriate to wear a suit when you go to the office avoid to avoid something is to stay away from it avoid the broken bottle on the floor behave to behave is to act in a particular way especially to be good she always behaves well when her father is around calm when someone is calm they do

not get excited or upset a nice warm bath makes me feel so calm concern concern is a feeling of worry I was filled with concern after reading the newspaper content to be content is to be happy and not want more the baby looked very content sitting on the floor expect if you expect something to happen you believe it will happen I expect the bus to be here very soon frequently when something happens frequently it happens often we meet frequently either at the beginning or ending of the week habit a habit is a thing that you

do often smoking is a bad habit that can kill you instruct to instruct is to teach my teacher instructs Us in several subjects issue an issue is an important topic the men spoke about issues that were important to the people none none means not any of someone or something he spent all his money there is none left patient if a person is patient they don't become angry or upset easily I had to be patient and wait until five o'clock to leave positive if something is positive it is good she has a positive future ahead of

her after finishing College punish to punish means to make someone suffer for breaking the rules or laws to punish me my teacher had me stand in the corner represent to represent is to speak or act for a person or group my lawyer will represent me in court Shake to shake is to move back and forth or up and down quickly when people shake hands it usually means they agree spread to spread is to move quickly to more places I like to spread butter on my toast stroll to stroll means to walk slowly and calmly my

dog and I strolled through the park today Village a village is a very small town there are only a few houses in my Village the dog's Bell John's dog was a bad dog he bit people frequently John had great concern about this it was not an appropriate way for a dog to behave his friends in the village always expected the dog to bite them the news about John's dog spread through the village none of the people wanted to go to John's house John tried to instruct the dog to behave but it never worked he tried

to be patient and teach the dog to be calm that also didn't work John didn't want to punish the dog how will I stop my dog's bad habit John asked himself John's friend came to talk to him about the issue during their important meeting his friend said the people in the village asked me to represent them we want your dog to stop this habit why don't you put a bell around the dog's neck this way we would hear your dog coming down the street John thought this was a great idea now people could stay away

from the dog it would not be able to bite anyone anymore the dog liked the bell too people looked at him when they heard his Bell this made the dog very content he liked the song The Bell played when he walked one day John's dog strolled through the village and met some other dogs he expected them to want a bell like his but they laughed at his Bell they said the Bell made people avoid him John's dog shook his head no they look at me because they like the Bell the other dog said you have

the wrong idea of what makes you popular of course they like your bell it tells them where you are so they can avoid you you aren't able to bite them anymore you see being popular isn't something positive when it's for the wrong reason [Music] unit 5 word list aware if you are aware of something you know about it I was not aware of the ringing phone badly badly means in a severe or harmful way he hurt his arm badly playing with friends belong if something belongs to you you own it the blue suit belongs to

Paul continue to continue something is to keep doing it she stood under her umbrella as the rain continued to fall error an error is something you do wrong I made an error on my report so my boss was angry experience an experience is something you have seen or done rock climbing was a fun experience field a field is a big area of land the field of flowers look so pretty hurt to hurt is to do something that makes you feel pain she heard her leg falling down the stairs judgment judgment is the ability to form

opinions or decisions it's good judgment to recycle your aluminum cans likely if something likely happens it will probably happen I will likely stay at home and watch TV tonight normal if something is normal it is not strange nor surprising to you it is normal for me to bathe every night rare if something is rare you do not see it very often it is rare for him to miss his flight relax to relax is to rest in the warm sun request to request something is to ask for it the little girl requested a special gift from

Santa Claus resigned to reside means to live somewhere permanently or for a long time my brother and his family reside in a lovely house on the beach result a result is something that happens because of something else as a result of all the rain the man had to climb on the roof roll to roll is to move by turning over and over you must roll the ball into the pens when you bowl since is used to talk about a past event still happening now since 1992 he has been driving that car visible if something is

visible it can be seen the moon and stars were visible in the night sky Wild if something is wild it is found in nature you should be careful around a fox because it is a wild animal The Jackal and the sun child a jackal is a wild dog with a big black back it resides in the desert but how did the Jackal get his black back this was how it happened one day The Jackal saw a girl she was setting upon a rock she was not a normal child she was a rare and beautiful sun

child she was bride and warm like the sun the child saw that Jacqueline smiled she said Jackal I have been relaxing on this rock for too long I must get home soon but I am slow and you are fast you will likely get me home more quickly then she requested will you carry me home if you do I'll give you a gift this necklace belongs to me but I will give it to you the wild Jackal agreed so the sun child sat on the dog's back they started to walk but soon The Jackal felt ill

the sun child was very hot on his back the heat was hurting his back very badly I made a terrible error in judgment he thought he shouldn't have agreed to carry her so he asked her to get off but she did not the jackal's back continued to get hotter and harder he had to get away from the Sun child so he made a plan first he ran as fast as he could he hoped the sun child would fall off but she did not so when the sun child was looking at the sky not aware of

the jackal's next plan he jumped into a field of flowers as a result the Child rolled off his back the Jackal ran away but the sun child left a mark on the jackal's back a visible black mark ever since his experience with the sun child The Jackal has had a black back [Music] unit 6 word list advantage an advantage is something that helps you being tall is an advantage to a basketball player cause to cause is to make something happen the cold weather caused her to get sick choice a choice is the act or possibility

of picking something I had my choice of Five Doors to open community a community is a group of people who live together the kids from my community usually play together dead to be dead is to not be alive a dead person is usually buried in the ground distance the distance between two things is how far it is between them the distance between the Earth and the moon is 384 400 kilometers Escape to escape is to run away from something bad the butterfly could not escape from the cage face if you face a problem you deal

with it my sister and I have to find a better way to face our differences follow to follow means to go behind someone and go where they go the little boy followed his mother home fright is the feeling of being scared she was filled with fright ghost a ghost is the spirit of a dead person many people are afraid of ghosts individual an individual is one person only one individual could win the bicycle race pet a pet is an animal that lives with people out of all my beds the dog is my favorite reach to

reach means to arrive at a place I was happy to finally reach my destination return to return is to go back to a place I was happy to return home to my mom after school survive to survive is to stay alive my dog survived or fall into the water upset to be upset is to be unhappy about something she was upset because she broke her toy voice a voice is the sound a person makes when they talk or sing he used a microphone so everyone could hear his voice whether the weather is the condition of

the air hot rainy windy Etc the weather can be sunny rainy or cold wise to be wise is to use experience and intelligence to make good choices many people believe that owls are very wise animals the Friendly Ghost a nice woman lived by a large river she loved children she wanted to help them in any way she loved her community and everyone in the community loved her she lived a very long time and became very wise when she died she became a ghost she was dead but every night she returned to her community she wanted

to help children and not to cause them fright but she had a scary voice children were afraid of her but the ghost was a good one she only scared them to help them one night some children and a dog were playing by the river they were having fun with their pet but they were far from home then the weather became bad it rained and rained the river was Rising it was very dark the children knew they were lost they needed to go north but they didn't know which direction it was when the moon came out

they saw a ghost by the river the ghost said go away the children felt great fright they knew it was a ghost then the ghost moved closer she yelled again go away the children became very upset some of them began to cry the children knew they had a choice they could Escape or they could stay and face this scary individual in the dark the children ran a long distance away the ghost followed them all the way finally the children reached home the ghost was very happy soon the River Rose higher and higher it was very

dangerous the ghost had helped the children survive she had saved them from the rising water she also used her power to lead them home sometimes meeting a ghost has advantages a ghost can save your life [Music] unit 7. word list allow to allow something to happen means to let it happen having a ticket will allow you to enter the show announce to announce something is to make it known he announced to everyone his new idea for the company beside when someone or something is beside you they are next to you the two brothers Stood Beside

each other challenge a challenge is something difficult to complete it was a challenge to climb to the top of the mountain claim to claim means to say that something is true he claimed to know why the country's laws were weak condition the condition of someone or something is the state that they are in the patient's condition was very good contribute to contribute to something means to do something to make it successful we decided to contribute money to the new hospital difference a difference is a way that something is not like other things the biggest difference

between the burns is the color of their feathers divide to divide something is to make it into smaller parts we divided the pizza expert an expert is someone who is very good at doing something the wizard was an expert at Magic famous if someone or something is famous they are known to many people the Eiffel Tower in Paris is very famous Force force is a person's strength or power he used all his Force to try and open the door harm is hurt or problems caused to someone or something a hot iron can cause great harm

if you are not careful lay to lay means to put or place in a horizontal or flat position don't lay your socks on the floor peace peace is a time without War a white dove is a symbol for peas Prince a prince is the son of a king The Prince and the princess were married protect to protect someone is to stop them from getting hurt firemen protect us from fires sense to send something is to know about it without being told I could sense that he was watching me sudden when something is sudden it happens

very quickly he felt a sudden pain in his chest therefore therefore means for this reason he is fat therefore he will go on a diet the best Prince King Minas was very sick his condition was getting worse he had three sons he loved them all he had to announce who would become king two of the princes stood waiting outside the King's Room Theseus was the oldest and strongest he thought his father would make him King peleus the Second Son thought differently he was an expert with weapons he thought the king would choose him when I'm

King Theseus told palius I'll let you contribute to the defense of our country you can lead the Army palius became angry father knows I'm famous for my sword skills he'll make me King you Theseus yelled he won't Choose You the kingdom is mine Paley is claimed father will give it to me or I'll use Force to take it Theseus made a sudden move to take out his sword then palius did the same beating me will be a challenge Theseus said fight me now the winner gets the kingdom palius agreed King Minos could hear his sons

fighting the youngest son Jason Stood Beside him he sensed his father's sadness the king laid his hand flat on Jason's arm your brothers fight too much the king told him I must protect my kingdom from all harm they'll divide it between them the people won't know what to do they'll be War I can't allow either of them to be king therefore I'm making you King your kindness has always made you special it's the difference between you and your brothers you can bring peace they can't then the king died Theseus and palius heard that their youngest

brother was King they were surprised they realized that their fighting was wrong it had kept them from saying goodbye to their father they agreed to have Jason as their King he was the best choice [Music] unitate word list except to accept something that is offered is to take it I accepted the girls very nice gift arrange to arrange things is to put them in the right place arrange the bowling bins in order so we can play attend to attend something is to go to it my sister and I attend the same school balance to balance

something is to keep it from falling we saw an elephant balance itself on a ball contrast a contrast is the sharp difference between two things the contrast between my parents is very noticeable encourage to encourage someone is to make them want to do something my football coach will encourage us when we are losing familiar if someone or something is familiar to you you know them well the two friends were very familiar with each other grab to grab is to take hold of someone or something suddenly I grabbed a pair from the tree hang to hang

something is to keep it above the ground I drew a picture of my family and my mother hung it on the wall huge if something is huge it is very big at work my father drives a huge truck necessary if something is necessary you must do it it is necessary to have a passport when you travel to a foreign country pattern a pattern is a way in which something is done or organized my pattern of brushing my teeth is the same as most people's propose to propose something is to say that it should be done

Santa Claus proposed that I tried to be a good boy all year purpose a purpose is the reason that you do something the purpose of exercising is to get into shape release to release something is to stop holding it she released the bird from her hands require to require something is to say that it is necessary we require teachers to have a University degree single if something is single then there is only one I have a single key in my hand success success is doing something well that you choose to do my daughter was a

big success at school tear to tear something means to pull it apart it is easy to tear paper Theory a theory is an idea about how something works we talked about Einstein's theory of relativity in class how the sun and the moon were made do you ever wonder where the moon and the sun came from the Inuit people of Alaska have a theory they tell a story about a beautiful girl she was very nice in contrast her brother was a mean little boy one day he proposed something we should go to a party he said

the girl accepted first it was necessary for her to prepare she arranged her hair and put on nice clothes this required a lot of time but the girl worked hard and soon she had success she looked perfect they attended the party together the girl was having fun later she walked into the bathroom suddenly the lights were turned off someone grabbed her hair and tore her clothes she ran out of the bathroom she wanted to know who did this to her then she had an idea she fixed her hair again this time it was even more

beautiful she even balanced beautiful jewels in it she wanted to encourage the person to grab it again she put black dirt in her hair the purpose of this was to catch the person she went to the bathroom again and it was the same pattern the lights went off and someone grabbed her hair when he released it his hand was black the girl returned to the party she knew there was only a single person with a black hand when she saw that person he was very familiar it was her brother he ran into the woods the

girl ran after him they both carried fire so they could see in the dark the smoke went into the air as they ran they grew they became huge then they went into space when the girl's fire went out she hung in the sky she became the moon and her brother became the Sun they chase each other forever [Music] unit 9 word list against to be against something is to be touching it or opposed to it they both leaned against the wall Beach the beach is a sandy or rocky place by the ocean the little girl

built a sand castle on the beach damage to damage something is to break it the car was damaged in the accident discover to discover something is to find it for the first time I discovered some new information in this book emotion an emotion is how you feel anger is a common emotion that we all feel fix to fix something is to make it work my dad has many tools to help him fix broken things Frank if you are Frank you are being very honest the teacher had a Frank discussion with their students identify to identify

something is to be able to name it I use the file to identify his name Island an island is land in the middle of water Japan is a group of islands ocean the ocean is all of the salt water that surrounds land the ocean can make powerful waves perhaps perhaps is used when you say that something could happen perhaps I will eat an apple for lunch Pleasant if something is Pleasant you enjoy it the character had a pleasant look on its face prevent to prevent something is to stop it from happening the handcuffs prevented me

from moving my hands Rock a rock is a hard thing in the dirt I stacked frogs on top of one another save to save something is to keep it from being hurt I want to help save the world step two step is to walk be careful where you step still is used when you say that a situation keeps going on they are still waiting in line to get tickets taste a taste is the flavor something makes in your mouth the taste of the fruit was sweet throw to throw something is to use your hand to

make it go through the air the pitcher can throw the baseball very fast wave a wave is a line of water that moves higher than the rest of the water the water was filled with large blue Waves the starfish last summer I took a trip to an island I had a lot of fun I sat and watched the waves and listened to the ocean I learned to identify Burns I discovered pretty things and enjoyed the taste of new foods it was a very nice time one evening I took a pleasant walk by the ocean when

the waves came in many starfish fell on the beach some starfish went back into the water and they were safe but other starfish were still on the sand and they would die if they did not get into the water there were many starfish on the beach that night it made me sad but I knew I could not fix the problem I stepped very carefully so I did not damage them then I saw a little girl she was also sad about the starfish she wanted to prevent all of them from dying she asked me if I

could perhaps help her to be frank I don't think we can do anything I said the little girl started to cry she sat back against a rock and bought for a while finally the emotion was gone she stopped crying and stood up then she picked up a starfish and threw it into the water what are you doing I asked her but she did not answer me she just threw as many starfish as she could you cannot save all of them I said she stopped to look at me no I cannot save them all she replied

then she picked up a very big starfish and said but I can save this one and then she smiled and threw the starfish as far as she could into the ocean [Music] Unit 10 word list benefit a benefit is a good thing being able to fly is a good benefit to Burns certain if you are certain about something you know it is true I am certain that zebras have stripes chance a chance is an opportunity to do something I had a chance to see the Roman Coliseum Last Summer effect an effect is a change made

by something else the medicine had a good effect on the boy essential if something is essential it is very important and necessary it is essential to have oxygen when you scuba dive far if something is far it is not close it's far going from the east coast to the West Coast of America Focus to focus on something is to think about it and pay attention to it my mom always helps me to focus on my schoolwork function the function of something is what it does the function of a flashlight is to help you see in

the dark grass is the green leaves that cover the ground the grass looks so soft and green guard to guard something is to take care of it the police officer will guard us from any harm image the image of something is a picture of it the image of her eye was very clear immediate if something is immediate it happens quickly an immediate response came from the pizza place primary if something is primary it is the most important thing his primary thoughts are about money proud if someone feels proud they are happy about what they have

done she is proud of the picture she Drew of her house remain to remain somewhere is to stay there my sister had to since she was sick rest to rest is to stop being active while the body gets back at strength I rested on the couch after work separate if two things are separate they are not together New York and Los Angeles are in two separate parts of America site a site is a place we found the perfect site for our picnic tail a tail is a part of an animal's body sticking out from its

rear or back our dog wags its tail when it's happy trouble is a problem or a difficulty I have trouble working with my boss the first peacock Argos lived in ancient Greece he was a husband and a proud father he worked hard and did well at his job but one thing about him wasn't normal he was born with 100 eyes having many eyes was usually a benefit to him he had a chance to see many things also since he had so many eyes he was very good at guarding things while sleeping he only rested a

few eyes at a time the others stayed awake he worked for Hera a great goddess his primary function was to guard a special cow the cow was very important to Hera it was her favorite pet the most essential part of his job was to keep the cow alone it had to be kept separate from all the other cows and far away from people this was an easy job for Argos the cow just ate grass all day but the god Zeus wanted the cow he wanted to take it away from Hera he had a plan he

found a great music player he asked the man to play a beautiful song for Argus Zeus was certain Argos would go to sleep the song had an immediate effect Argos couldn't focus on his job he fell asleep Zeus saw this and he took the cow Ra was very angry with Argus she turned him into a peacock she put his many eyes on his tail Argos was very sad Zoo saw how much trouble he had caused Argos he made another plan he turned Argos into a group of stars he wanted Argos to remain in the sky

forever even today argos's image remains there above the site where all his problems began we can still see him in the night sky [Music] unit 11 word list anymore means any longer her old pants don't fit her anymore asleep when a person is asleep they are not awake the baby has been asleep for hours Barry a berry is a small round fruit that grows on certain plants and trees the berry looked delicious collect to collect things is to group them together all in one place I collected shells when I was younger compete to compete is

to try to be better than someone he will compete with very good athletes conversation a conversation is a talk between people there were two conversations going on at once creature a creature is any living thing the creature we saw today was either a dolphin or a porpoise decision a decision is a choice he made the wrong decision either is used with or to say there are two or more possibilities you can choose to be either white or black when you play chess Forest a forest is a place with lots of trees and animals Walking In

The Forum Forum ground the ground is the top part of the earth that we walk on the ground under our feet was dry and brown introduce to introduce someone or something is to say who they are I introduced myself to our newest co-worker today Mary to marry is to legally become husband and wife Rose and Henry were married and they lived happily prepare to prepare is to get ready for something I prepared my speech to the class sale to sale is to move a boat on the water I love to sail my boat on the

lake serious when something is serious it is bad or unsafe the accident was very serious spend to spend is to use time doing something or being somewhere I like to spend my free time fishing strange when something is strange it is not normal Joe had a strange look on his face after he saw what happened truth the truth is a fact or something that is right he was telling the truth about seeing a large green snake wake to wake is to not be sleeping anymore he is always full of energy when he wakes in the

morning princess Rose and the creature there was once a beautiful princess named Rose her mother the queen however was not as beautiful as the princess the queen felt bad that she was not the most beautiful woman in the Kingdom anymore she was tired of competing with her daughter she made a decision she prepared a drink for the princess after the princess drank it she fell asleep then the queen took the princess to the forest she left the princess there it was a very serious thing to do either she will be killed by animals or she

will get lost in the forest the queen thought the princess had a dream she dreamed about a man with brown hair and brown eyes it was the man she would wed the princess woke up she saw a strange creature on the ground it looked like a man but he was hairy and green he had horns on his head and a pig's nose the creature said did I scare you I hope not let me introduce myself I am Henry I am not scared to tell you the truth I think you are cute said rose rose and

Henry spent the day together they collected berries caught fish and had lunch they had a very good day filled with nice conversations Rose I have to go home said Henry my ship will sail home soon I can't leave you here in the forest alone will you come with me Rose was very happy she gave Henry a kiss right on his pig nose as soon as she kissed Henry he began to change his big nose turned into a man's nose his horns and green hair went away standing in front of her was the man Rose had

dreamed about Rose and Henry were married and they lived happily [Music] unit 12 word list alone if someone is alone they are not with another person the boy wanted to be alone to think apartment an apartment is a set of rooms in a building where people live she has a nice apartment in the city article an article is a story in a newspaper or magazine did you read the article in the newspaper about the soccer game artist an artist is a person who paints draws or makes sculptures he went to Paris to become an artist

attitude someone's attitude is the way they feel and think Jon has a bad attitude he's always angry compare to compare means to say how two things are the same and different if you compare cats and dogs you'll see that they're both good pets judge to judge something is to say if it is good or bad the boy was going to judge I was Mother's turkey tasted magazine a magazine is a regular publication with news stories and articles she likes to read fashion magazines material a material is what is used to make something Rick is a

good material for building houses meal a meal is a time when food is eaten like breakfast lunch or dinner breakfast is my favorite meal because I enjoy breakfast foods method a method is the way to do something one method to remember things is to tie a string around your finger neighbor a neighbor is a person who lives near you I like my neighbor because he's very friendly professional if something is professional it deals with work that uses special skills if you want to be a pilot you must have professional training profit a profit is the

extra money you make when you sell something I made a small profit from selling my old clothes quality the quality of something is how good it is the quality of his car is very good shape a shape is a simple form like a square or Circle the triangle is my favorite shape space a space is an empty area I don't have much space for things in my small house stare stairs are the things that are used to go up in a building you can take the stairs to the second floor symbol a symbol is a

thing that stands for something else this symbol tells us that we cannot smoke in this area thin if someone or something is thin they are not fat the man was thin because he didn't eat much the crazy artist friendhoffer was the best artist in the world everyone loved him the quality of his paintings was very high he always used the best materials he made a big profit from his paintings he had delicious meals with his Rich neighbors he taught art classes life was good then his attitude changed he stopped Selling paintings and teaching he tried

a new method of painting he stayed alone in his apartment all day he worked all day and all night rarely eating soon frinhoffer became very thin but he kept working on the same paintings for many heirs he worked as hard as he could finally he finished the painting he was very happy and invited other artists to see it I want your professional opinion he said he wanted them to judge it and compare it to other paintings everyone was very excited as they went up the stairs to his apartment friendhoffer was excited to show his painting

and the artists were excited to see it they'll love it he thought but they did not they were surprised by his painting there was no white anywhere filled the whole painting with lines and colors there was no space for a normal picture it was full of strange shapes it looked bad to the other artists he used symbols and they didn't understand them they thought it was terrible why did you paint this strange picture someone asked they didn't understand its beauty but after some time many people began to like his painting people wrote articles about it

in magazines they said it was his best work they loved his strange symbols they loved his strange colors friend offers painting reminded everyone that just because something was new didn't mean that it was bad he also helped them to realize that sometimes it takes people a little time to understand great things [Music] Unit 13 word list blood is the red liquid in your body I cut my finger and got blonde on my shirt burn to burn something is to set it on fire I burned some wood in the campfire cell a cell is a small

room where a person is locked in the jail cell was very small contain to contain something is to have it inside the mailbox contained a letter correct to be correct is to be right all of my answers on the test were correct crop a crop is food that a farmer grows wheat is a crop that is made into bread demand to demand something is to say strongly that you wanted the workers demanded to be paid more money equal to be equal is to be the same both students are equal in age feed to feed is

to give food mother feeds my baby brother every day whole a hole is an opening in something the man was going to jump into the hole in the ice increase to increase something is to make it larger or more they've increased their price of gas by 15 cents Lauren long ago a lord was a man in charge of a town the lord of the town was not kind oh 2o is to have to pay or give back something received from another I owed him twenty dollars so I paid him back position a position is the

way something is placed how can you sit in that position raise to raise something is to lift it up we had to work together to raise the last piece responsible if a person is responsible they do the right things I tried to be responsible and save money site a site is something interesting to see I saw the pyramids of Egypt what aside spot a spot is a place where something happens the kitchen is a good spot to eat meals structure a structure is a building they just built a beautiful new structure downtown hole hole means

all of something I ate the whole pie we don't have any more the farmer and the cats Arthur was a responsible farmer and Maria was a nice lady but they were poor they owed the town Lord money for their land One Summer their Farm burned one structure caught fire and most of the animals ran away only the cat stained so Arthur and Maria had to bring in their crops without an animal's help on a fall day the Lord demanded his money Arthur asked if the Lord could wait until he brought in his crops the Lord

was angry he raised his hands high and yelled pay me by the end of the week if you don't I will increase the money you have to pay I might put you in a jail cell so Arthur and Maria worked until there was blood on their hands they finished four lines of corn and went to bed but the next morning eight lines were finished Maria didn't we stop in this spot here Arthur asked yes that is correct and the tools were in a different position too Maria said they were surprised and happy that day they

worked hard and finished five lines but in the morning ten lines were done each day they did a lot of work each night someone else did an equal amount of work in a week the whole field was finished tomorrow I will sell the crops and pay the Lord Arthur said but that morning the crops were gone a bag was in the middle of the field it contained money Maria let's see who has helped us work through a hole in the wall they saw a funny sight the cats were dancing in the field and eating corn

now Arthur knew what had happened the cats had worked at night after that Arthur was very nice to his cats and fed them lots of corn [Music] Unit 14 word list coach a coach is a person who teaches Sports my coach gets very excited during games control to control something is to make it do what you want to control the TV just push the buttons description a description of someone or something says what they are like I gave a description of the man with the gun and hat to the police Direct if something is direct

it goes straight between two places the Green Path is a direct route to my house exam an exam is a test I did some practice questions for the math exam on the board example an example of something is a thing that is typical of it Cola is an example of a soft drink limit a limit is the largest or smallest amount of something that you allow my mother put a limit on how much I could use the phone local if something is local it is nearby the local market in my neighborhood sells all the food

we need magical magical describes a quality that makes someone or something special the fireworks made the night sky look so magical mail is letters and other things sent to people I get a lot of mail because I have friends all over the world novel a novel is a book that tells a story he wrote a great novel about ancient China outline an outline is the plan for a story or essay before I wrote my essay I made an outline poet a poet is a person who writes poems William Shakespeare was one of the greatest poets

print to print something is to put it onto paper make sure that you print your name clearly scene a scene is one part of a book or movie a movie is made up of many short pieces or scenes sheet a sheet is a thin flat piece of paper I only needed a single sheet of paper to do my homework silly if someone or something is silly they show a lack of thought I made a silly mistake of dropping mom's vase store a store is a place where you can buy things I picked up a few

things at the grocery store suffer to suffer is to feel pain her headache made her suffer all day technology technology is new things made by using science he loves technology such as laptop computers a magical book Sarah loved to read she read novels and poems she loved the beautiful descriptions and phrases she loved reading work from poets and novelists she didn't like video games or technology she was on the basketball team but she didn't like sports her parents made her play basketball in fact Sarah's parents made her do many things but she didn't want to

do those things she just wanted to sit and read all day one day a small book came in the mail it was for Sarah the book looked very special it was printed on sheets of gold Sarah began to read the outline of the story was simple it was about a magical place strange things happened there one example from the book was about a boy who could control people in one scene he made his friends tell funny jokes Sarah loved the book she read it all the time then something strange happened the book gave Sarah a

special power she could control other people she was like the boy in the book during one exam she made her friend tell silly jokes her friend got in trouble after school Sarah did not make a direct trip home on the way she went to the local store she wanted to play more tricks on people she caused problems she made people fall down she laughed and had fun finally she left and started to walk home then she saw something her basketball coach was about to walk in front of a bus he was looking the other way

she had to stop him she used her power she controlled him she made him stop walking Sarah learned something that day it was better to help people than make them suffer so she put a limit on how she used her power she did not want to do bad things with it anymore she only wanted to do good [Music] unit 15 word list across to go across something is to go to the other side of it he walked across the board to the other side breathe to breathe means to let air go in and out of

your body we need strong healthy lungs to help us breathe well characteristic a characteristic is something that shows what a person or a thing is like one characteristic of tigers is their black stripes consume to consume something means to eat or drink it Jack consumed a whole plate of spaghetti excite to excite someone means to make them happy and interested I heard about the school dance on Friday this excited me extreme if something is Extreme it is in a large amount or degree his workout was so extreme that he was sweating heavily fear fear is

the feeling of being afraid I have a great fear of skateboarding fortunate if you are fortunate you are lucky I was fortunate to get a seat happen if someone happens to do something they do it by chance I happen to meet some new friends at school today length the length of something is how long it is from one end to the other the length of the floor is three meters mistake a mistake is something you do wrong my boss always yells at me when I make a mistake observe to observe something is to watch it

Ryan observed the sun rising over the mountains opportunity an opportunity is a chance to do something I had an opportunity to take pictures in the jungle prize a prize is something of value that is given to the winner I won a prize for getting the best grade on my science test race a race is a contest to see who is the fastest Paul is a fast runner so he easily won the race realize to realize is to suddenly understand after I left my house I realized that I left the light on respond to respond is

to give an answer to what someone else said when the teacher asked the question we all responded risk a risk is a chance of something bad happening I took a risk and climbed the Snowy Mountain Wonder to wonder is to ask yourself questions or have a need to know the young mother wondered if she'd have a boy or a girl yet is used to say something has not happened up to now we can't go out yet we're still eating The Big Race a dogs are a group of animals across the road we walked over to

meet them what are you doing he asked them I just sold them tickets to a race between the rabbit and the turtle the duck responded this news excited the dog he felt fortunate that he happened to be there I don't have anything to do today the dog said I want to buy a ticket too the dog sat down to observe the race the race would be extreme it would be many kilometers in length the rabbit and the turtle stood next to each other they waited for the race to start the dog wondered why the turtle

agreed to run against the rabbit being fast was not a characteristic of turtles the rabbit was going to win easily suddenly the race began the rabbit ran extremely quickly the turtle walked slowly after a minute the rabbit looked back he saw that the turtle was far behind him and was breathing quickly because he was so tired the rabbit smiled and slowed to a walk a minute later the rabbit said I'm winning so I'll take a rest he sat and began to consume some grass then he let his eyes close he wasn't the winner yet but

there was no risk of him losing the race he went to sleep hours later a loud sound woke him all of the animals were yelling and looking at the field he felt fear for the first time the turtle was almost at the finish line now the rabbit realized his mistake but the race was over he gave the turtle an opportunity to win and the turtle took it the duck handed the turtle his prize it was the happiest day of the turtle's life the dog was happy for the turtle he isn't fast the dog thought but

he tried his best and did something great [Music] unit 16. word list Academy an academy is a special type of school there are many courses taught at the Academy that I go to ancient if something is ancient it is very old I want to see the ancient buildings in Rome board a board is a flat piece of wood the sign was made of a few wooden barns century a century is 100 years our company is celebrating a century of business in London clue a clue is a fact or object that helps solve a mystery or

crime the detective found some Clues on the sidewalk concert a concert is an event where you listen to people play music I enjoyed the concert last night the band was very good County a county is the largest political division of a state in the U.S he wanted to represent the citizens of his County dictionary a dictionary is a book that tells you what words mean I use the dictionary to learn new words exist to exist is to be real do you really think that unicorns ever existed flat describes something that is level and smooth with

no curved parts my parents bought a new flat screen TV over the weekend gentlemen a gentleman is a nice man my grandfather is a kind and helpful gentleman hidden hidden means to be not easily noticed or too hard to find the hidden camera recorded everything in the parking lot Maybe is used to show that something is possible or may be true if I focus hard enough maybe I can come up with the right answer officer an officer is a leader in the army the soldiers followed the orders of the officer original if something is original

it is the first one of that thing this is the original painting of the Mona Lisa pound two pound something is to hit it many times with a lot of force he bounded the nail with the hammer process a process is the steps to take to do something making a cake is a long process publish to publish a book is to get it printed and ready to sell that company publishes daily newspapers theater a theater is a building where you watch plays shows and movies we went to the theater to see a play wealth wealth

is a large amount of money one of the most important things to some people is wealth Adams County's gold Adams Academy was a good school boys lived there and took classes Tom worked hard all week on a spring Saturday he wanted to do something fun he asked his friend Jeff to go to the movie theater I'm sorry Jeff answered I'm going to a concert so Tom asked Joe to go to the movies but Joe's soccer team had a game next Tom went down the hall to Brad's room Brad was reading a very large old book

hi Brad Tom said are you reading a dictionary it looks ancient no this is called the wealth of Adams County it's about hidden gold in Adams County it's more than a century old it was published in 1870 look it even has the original cover on it Tom asked where did you get it it's from my Dad's friend he is a nice gentleman an officer in the army answered Brad the gold doesn't really exist Does it Tom asked I don't know but maybe there are Clues to it in this book let's find it looking for gold

sounded like fun the first clue was to find a flat tree Underground it must be in the forest Tom said Brad said the flat tree could be a board under the dirt it could cover the gold Tom and Brad dug in the dirt all morning the process of looking for gold made them hungry they were ready to stop for lunch but then Brad hit something hard it was a board Brad pounded on the board until it broke there was a small hole under it look he held up a gold coin Tom saw a piece of

paper in the hole Brad there's more it's a map to the rest of the gold Brad smiled let's go and they hurried to find the wealth of Adams County [Music] unit 17. word list appreciate to appreciate something is to understand its good qualities I can appreciate the lovely scenery available if something is available it means you can get it there were many seats available in the room beat to beat someone means to do better than they do I managed to beat everyone in the race bright if something is bright it shows a lot of light

the bright light from the explosion hurt my eyes celebrate to celebrate is to do something to show that an event is special we all celebrated when we heard the great news determine to determine means to choose or make a decision he tried to determine which one to eat first disappear to disappear means to go away or not be seen the top of the building is disappearing in the clouds else if you talk about something else you talk about something different I wanted a bike for my birthday but I got something else Fair describes treating someone

in a way that is reasonable or right he sold me his car for a fair price flow to flow is to move easily and continuously in One Direction the water flowed over the rocks and into the lake forward if you move forward you move in the direction in front of you when he saw his mother the baby crawled forward to her hell a hill is a round area of land it is higher than the land around it the sun was Rising above the Green Hills level a level is a point on a scale that measures

something please check the level of the temperature loan if someone or something is Lone they are the only one of that kind a lone man walked along the street puddle a puddle is a pool of liquid on the ground when the ice melted it formed a puddle response a response is the answer to a question he asked if I was sad my response was no season a season is a time of the year spring summer fall or winter fall is a warm season while winter is very cold solution a solution is a way to solve

a problem there are many problems we need Solutions waste to waste means to carelessly use something all up turn off the water so you don't waste it weather you use weather when you must choose between two things I could not decide whether to go left or right the race for water there was a town next to a river the people there had a lot of water but they wasted it that made the sky angry it said if you waste water I will take it away from you but the people didn't listen when the season changed

from Spring to Summer the clouds disappeared the bright Sun was hot and made the river dry there was no water available asked when will the rain fall this guy's response was you don't appreciate water you waste it and now I will never make rain again a boy determined that this wasn't fair he thought of a solution he asked the sky to race him he said if I get to the top of that hill before your rain can form puddles you must fill our River the sky laughed little boy I am the sky I am above

everything else you cannot beat me but the boy knew he would win when the race began the boy ran forward the sky started raining on the hill but puddles did not form there when it rained on the hill the water went down the sky kept raining the water flowed down into the river when the boy reached the top of the hill the river was full the people began to celebrate it was the highest level the river had ever been at before the sky was angry a boy can't beat me I won't fill your River it

said now the boy laughed it doesn't matter whether you want to fill it or not he said you already did the sky looked at the full River you tricked me it said it asked the people do you appreciate water now yes they said we won't waste it that is how a lone boy saved his town and won the race for water [Music] unit 18 word list argue to argue is to angrily speak to someone because you do not agree we argued about where to go for dinner communicate to communicate is to give information by talking

writing Etc I communicated with Paul about his new ideas crowd a crowd is a large group of people a large crowd had gathered on the street to see the accident depend to depend on someone or something is to need them children depend on their parents for many things dish a dish is a plate she put a clean white dish on the table empty if something is empty it does not have anything in it my gas tank was almost empty so I couldn't drive my car very long exact if something is exact it is just the

right amount please use the exact amount of sugar for the cake fresh if something is fresh it is new I just bought these oranges they are very fresh gather together is to collect several things usually from different places Sam gathered some flowers for his mother indicate to indicate means to show point or make something clear he pointed to his eyes to indicate where he had heard himself item an item is a thing that you buy or sell I have many items for school in my bag offer to offer is to present someone with something he

offered me the keys to his car price the price of something is how much it costs what is the price of this item product a product is something that is made my sister has many beauty products in her room property property is something that someone owns the house is now my property purchase to purchase something is to buy it I recently purchased a new car recommend to recommend something is to say that someone should do it my doctor recommended that I get some exercise select to select something is to choose it I hope that I

selected the right answers on the test tool a tool is something that helps you do a task we used a tool to fix the window treat to treat is to act in a certain way towards someone the cats treated the mouse very nicely the little red chicken a little red chicken had a store in a small town she sold many different items to people in the town the people loved her products one day a cat came to her property he saw the sign that indicated where the Chicken store was located he wanted to purchase bread

but the Chicken store was almost empty she had only a bag of wheat you can use the wheat to make bread the chicken said no I don't want to work the cat said I just want to buy bread the cat became angry and left the store later the Little Red Chicken saw the cat in a crowd I will help you make the bread she said but the cat treated her badly he did not even communicate with her he did not want to do any work so the chicken decided to make the bread she selected the

exact amount of wheat to make fresh bread she used a stone to pound the wheat to get it ready soon her bread was ready the cat came and saw the bread on a dish give me some of your bread he said no said the Little Red Chicken you did not help me make the bread so you shall not have any to eat the cat argued with the chicken he tried to offer a price for it but the Little Red Chicken did not want to sell her bread don't depend on others to do work for you

said the little red chicken then how will I get bread the cat asked I recommend doing some work said the Little Red Chicken use a tool to plant your own wheat when it grows big you can gather it and make your own bread you need to learn to do work for what you want [Music] unit 19 word list alive if someone or something is alive they are not dead my grandparents are still alive even though they're over 90. bone a bone is a hard part of the body I brought home a nice bone for my

dog bother to bother is to make the effort to do something no one bothered to wash the dishes today captain a captain is the person who leads a ship or airplane the captain sailed his ship to Australia conclusion the conclusion of something is the final part of it at the conclusion of the race The Spectators cheered for the winner doubt doubt is a feeling of not being sure I have doubt that the story is true explore to explore is to look for new places he wants to explore the world and see new things foreign if

something is foreign it is from a different country Mexican food is a popular foreign food glad if you are glad you're happy I am glad you came to my party however however means despite or not being influenced by something she is a great cook however she never had professional lessons Injustice Injustice is a lack of fairness or Justice putting an innocent person in jail is an act of Injustice International if something is international it involves more than one country the United Nations is a powerful International Organization lawyer a lawyer works with the law and represents

people in court the lawyer left the courthouse after the judge made her decision mention to mention something is to talk about it the doctors mentioned the problems that the patient was having policy a policy is a rule he told us that his policy was to put customers first social if something is social it is about many people in a community people should come together and fix the world's social problems speech a speech is something said to a group of people she gave a speech to the class staff a staff is a group of people working

together in a company my dad has a staff of four people to help them at the office toward if you go towards something you go closer to it Santa walked toward my house with a special tree wood is the thing that trees are made of I put the pieces of wood in a pile Shipwrecked Simon Yates was a lawyer he helped many people however he was not a nice man his policy was to help only rich people he didn't bother about social injustice he made a lot of money but many people didn't like him even

people on his staff didn't like him they wanted bad things to happen to him in fact they were glad when he got into trouble Simon had a very bad day he did many things wrong and lost his job soon he didn't have any money his wife Mrs Yates began to have doubts about him Simon wanted to start a new life he planned to leave the country he mentioned his plan to the captain of a ship the captain was exploring the world the captain felt bad for Simon and said I will take you to foreign countries

they left the next day near the conclusion of their international trip the weather turned bad a wave pushed Simon off the boat but he was alive he swam toward an island after a long time he got there at first he was upset he was lost and alone I'll never go home again he thought he had a lot of problems but he survived he built a house in a tree he lived on a diet of fish he made tools from wood and bones he made a cup to drink rain water slowly he learned to be happy

on the island he swam every day he had trouble sometimes but he always found a way to fix the problem life was simple he liked it finally people on a ship saw Simon on the island they wanted to take him home but Simon was happy he gave them a long speech about life he said he wanted to stay he liked his new simple life more than his old life [Music] unit 20. word list achieve to achieve something is to successfully do it after trying hard I was happy that I could achieve my goal advise to

advise someone is to tell them what to do my mother often advises people about their money already if something happens already it happens before a certain time it is already time for the movie to start let's go in basic if something is basic it is very simple or easy I learned some basic English skills in school today bit a bit is a small amount of something I ate a bit of chocolate before I went to bed consider to consider something means to think about it Pete didn't like his job he considered getting a new one

destroy to destroy means to damage something so badly that it cannot be used the glass was destroyed entertain to entertain someone is to do something that they enjoy the clown entertained the kids at the party extra if something is extra it is more than what is needed the squirrel had extra nuts for the winter goal a goal is something you work toward her goal was to become a doctor lie to lie is to say or write something untrue to deceive someone whenever Pinocchio lied to his father his nose grew meet is food made of animals

this piece of meat I'm eating tastes very good opinion an opinion is a thought about a person or a thing Meg told me her opinion of my story she said it was not funny real if something is real it actually exists the handbag has a stamp on it so it's real reflect to reflect is when a surface sends back light heat sound or an image her face was reflected on the smooth glass regard to regard someone or something is to think of them in a certain way the boy regarded the girl as a good friend

serve to serve someone is to give them food or drinks he served us our drinks quickly vegetable a vegetable is a plant used as food carrots are my favorite vegetable War a war is a big fight between two groups of people many young men died in the war worth if something is worth an amount of money it costs that amount our house is worth a lot of money the Seven Cities of Gold many years ago a Spanish officer named Coronado heard the story of seven Great cities the walls of these cities are made of gold

his friends told him the people eat meat from Golden Plates and dress in nice clothes they said they called these cities the Seven Cities of Gold were the cities real Coronado never considered asking his friends Coronado thought to himself the things in these cities must be worth a lot of money so he went to find the Seven Cities of Gold he took along 300 men many horses and extra food they headed west Coronado wanted to achieve his goal very badly Coronado and his men rode for many days then they saw some cities we found the

Seven Cities of Gold his men yelled but Coronado wasn't happy he had a different opinion these can't be the Seven Cities of Gold he said look they're made of dirt Coronado was right the cities weren't bright and golden they were dirty and brown the people didn't eat meat from Golden Plates they ate vegetables from regular bowls they wore the most basic clothes Coronado regarded the cities as ugly places what happened to the Cities of Gold he thought did someone destroy them was there a war did someone already come and take the gold that night the

people of the Cities entertained Coronado and his men and served them food they advised Coronado to go home there is no gold here they told him Coronado was angry did his friends lie to him he left the next morning he looked back at the cities one more time the sun reflected light on the dirt houses Coronado thought he saw a bit of gold were his friends right after all no he told himself it's just the Sun then he turned away and went home [Music] unit 21 word list appear to appear is to seem she appeared

to be sad she was crying Bass the base is the bottom of something the base of the table has three lengths brain the brain is the organ in your head that lets you think you must use your brain to solve the problem career a career is a job that you do for a large part of your life he was in the hospitality business for most of his career Clerk a clerk is a type of worker clerks in a store help customers the clerk added up her bill for the groceries effort effort is hard work or

an attempt to do something he always puts a lot of effort into his studies enter to enter a place is to go into it two guards greeted me as I entered the front door excellent when something is excellent it is very good I got an excellent scar on my school test hero a hero is a brave person who does things to help others to Children the man and the blue and red costume was a real hero hurry to hurry is to do something quickly I hurried home on my bike inform to inform someone is to

tell them about something I called an informed her about my idea later means after the present expected or usual time she missed the drain so she'll arrive a little later than expected leave to leave means to go away from someone or something he bagged his bag and was ready to leave for home locate to locate something is to find it I could not locate my keys in the house nurse a nurse is a person who helps sick people in the hospital a nurse helped me get better operation an operation is when a doctor replaces or

removes something in the body the operation on my arm was a success pain is the feeling that you have when you are hurt his hand was full of pain refuse to refuse something is to say no to it the dog refused to play with the cat though is used when the second idea makes the first seem surprising though he was overweight he liked to be active various if something is various there are many types of it she owned shoes of various styles Katie I first met eight-year-old Katie on a rainy afternoon I was a nurse

at a hospital the clerk at the desk told me about Katie she was there because she felt a lot of pain the doctors located a problem at the base of her brain I knew she was special even before she got better I'll always remember Katie as a hero when I entered Katie's room she was not in her bed she was in a chair next to Tommy a little boy though Katie did not feel well she was playing with Tommy and his toys it took a lot of effort for her just to sit in the chair

but she played with Tommy because it made him happy Katie was always smiling and never appeared to be in pain she refused to just lie in bed one day I found her painting a picture Elena she gave it to one of the older patients another day she went outside to get flowers for another sick little girl Katie made everyone smile the doctors hurried to fix the problem in Katie's brain the operation was successful the doctors informed the hospital staff of the good news Katie was fine she soon felt excellent she got better and was able

to leave the hospital a month later I have had a long career as a nurse I have met many patients however I have never met another girl like Katie even after she got well she still came to the hospital she blamed various games with the young patients she read many books to the older patients Katie's kind heart helped her get better so quickly she is a hero to me and everyone else at the hospital [Music] unit 22 word list actual actual means that something is real or true this is the actual sword that the king

owned not a fake one amaze to amaze someone is to surprise them very much the news in the paper Amaze Jack charge a charge is the price to pay for something the charge for the shirts was fifteen dollars comfort to comfort someone means to make them feel better I wanted to comfort my friend after I heard the bad news contact to contact someone is to speak or write to them I contacted Sue about my party customer a customer is a person who buys something at a store the customer put a few items in a bag

deliver to deliver something is to take it from one place to another the man delivered Chinese food to my house earn to earn means to get money for the work you do he earns his living as a chef and a great restaurant gate a gate is a type of door gates are usually made of metal or wood we want to put up a wooden gate around our house include to include something means to have it as part of a group does this meal include a soft drink manage to manage something means to control or be

in charge of it I had to manage the meeting myself mystery a mystery is something that is difficult to understand or explain the path on the map was a complete mystery to me occur to occur means to happen when did the thunderstorm occur opposite if a is the opposite of B A is completely different from B the opposite of black is white plate a plate is a flat round thing that you put food on I put my plate down so I could put some food on it receive to receive something is to get it I

received a present on my birthday reward a reward is something given in exchange for good behavior or work he was given a reward for his excellent performance set to set something is to put it somewhere please set the dice down on the table Steel to steal is to take something that is not yours the men tried to steal money from the bank Thief a thief is someone who quietly takes things that do not belong to them a thief broke into our home and took my mother's jewelry a better reward Jenny delivered food for a restaurant

she read the newspaper and said uh oh there was a story about a thief he stole food and no one had seen him even the police couldn't catch him Ginny was a little scared she worked close to that area the newspaper included a message from the police if anything strange occurs call us if you help us to catch the thief you'll earn a reward Jenny talked to Jim he managed the restaurant do you know about the thief yes he said but he steals more than one person can eat and why haven't the police stopped him

yet it's a mystery if you see him contact the police don't run after him Jenny drove to a customer's house she left her car and opened the gate to the house but then she heard a noise by her car she yelled Thief she wasn't scared she wanted the reward she did the opposite of what Jim told her to do hey she yelled get back here she set the food on the ground and ran to her car but the thief had already left with the food Ginny followed a noise around the corner she was amazed she

saw a dog and some puppies they were eating her food they looked thin and scared the actual Thief is just a dog she's feeding her puppies she said that's why she steals so much food Jenny felt bad she tried to comfort the dogs with another plate of food then she took them back to the store everyone there took a puppy home Jenny called the police she told them there was no real Thief Jenny didn't do it to receive the reward anymore she said it was just a dog but there's no charge for catching this thief

she said my new dog is a better reward [Music] unit 23. word list advance to advance is to go forward he Advanced up the ladder slowly athlete an athlete is a person who plays Sports some athletes can play many sports very well average if something is average it is at a normal level I'm not rich or poor I'm average Behavior your behavior is the way you act their behavior was good this semester they didn't cause trouble behind behind means to be at the back of something the little girl was hiding behind a tree course a

course is a class in school I took a PE course in school this year lower to lower something is to make it go down the chart shows how his production has lowered over the year match to match is to be the same or similar the two shoes matched they look the same remember a member is a person who is part of a group Julie is the newest member of our team mental if something is mental it has to do with your mind I made a mental picture of the room passenger a passenger is a person

who rides in a car train or airplane one passenger was standing in the subway train personality your personality is what you are like and how you behave John has a bad personality poem a poem is a short kind of writing William Shakespeare wrote many poems Paul a pole is a long thin stick made of wood or metal that supports things the flag was hanging from the flagpole remove to remove something is to take it away I removed the nail from the board safety safety means to be the condition of being safe and free from danger

for his own safety he was placed in a car seat shoot to shoot is to fire something like a bullet at someone or something the hunter raised his gun to shoot at the Target sound to sound means to make a noise the alarm clock sounded and woke us all up swim to swim is to move through water I love to swim in the ocean web a web is a home made by a spider mom cleaned the spider webs out of the garage the camp Stacy wanted to stay at a nice hotel for vacation but her

parents sent her to a terrible Camp instead for breakfast Stacy liked fresh juice and chocolate milk but she got water at the camp in the afternoon she wanted to write poems but she had to swim the camp was near an airport with loud planes spider webs hung over her bed to her the kids average Behavior was very bad no girl matched her personality she hated it one day they had a class mental exercise sounded good to Stacy but it was a course on water safety they learned how to be safe passengers on a boat Stacey

didn't ever plan to go on a boat the next day they played a game there were a red team and a blue team Stacy was on The Blue Team each team had to try to remove the other team's flag from a pole they also had to use water guns I'm not much of an athlete she said but she still had to play Stacy took a water gun and looked for somewhere to hide a boy said Stacy you Advanced to the middle I will go right those two will go left Stacy still didn't want to play

she walked into the forest and saw a red team player coming Stacy hid behind a tree and then jumped down and shot the other player this is fun Stacy thought several minutes after advancing further Stacey saw the red flag a red team member was watching over it she shot him with her water gun then she lowered the flag and ran back to her team I got it she yelled The Blue Team won Stacy was the hero for the rest of the week Stacy had fun she even made new friends [Music] unit 24 word list block

a block is a solid piece of wood stone or ice I saw a block of ice on the floor cheer to cheer is to give a loud shout of approval or encouragement the crowd all cheered when the home team won complex if something is complex it has many small parts it is hard to understand a jigsaw puzzle can be complex because it has so many pieces critic a Critic is someone who gives their opinions about movies books plays Etc the wine critic tasted the wine so he could give his opinion event an event is something

that happens especially something important finishing high school was a major event in his life exercise to exercise is to run or play sports so that you can be healthy you should exercise every day fit if something fits it is small enough or the right size to go there the colorful eggs fit into the box friendship friendship is the relationship between people who are friends Michael and Lisa have a very strong friendship with each other guide a guide is someone who shows you where to go we followed a guide at the park if there is a

lack of something there is not enough of it his only problem is a lack of money Passage a passage is a long area with walls that goes from one place to another the long passage led us to the other side of the field perform to perform is to do something in front of people who watch he will perform a song for the class pressure is what you apply to make someone do something they put pressure on him to change his mind probable if something is probable it is likely to happen it is probable that you

will get a good grade if you study for the test public if something is public it is meant for everyone to use I went to the public park to play with my friends strike to strike someone or something is to hit them she struck the other girl in the face support to support something is to like it and help it be successful everyone at work supports the new plan task a task is work that someone has to do who has the task of building the brick wall term a term is a word for something I

often use the term oops when I make a mistake Unite to unite is to get together to do something if we unite we can finish our project faster a strong friendship Tim was the strongest man in the town when he played Sports he always won he performed and exercised in the public park he did this to show everyone how strong he was most people liked him but one man didn't his name was Jack hated Tim Jack was a movie critic and the smartest man in town he could solve complex math problems but no one cared

Jack wanted to be famous like Tim one day there was an unusual event a big storm came suddenly snow covered the town no one could get out they needed food the people said this is a task for a strong man Tim was under pressure to save them but Jack wanted to be the hero so they both went Tim said you can't help because of your lack of strength but Jack found some small passages under the snow one of them LED toward another town that town had food because Tim was so big and strong he almost

couldn't fit inside they walked until there was a block of ice in their way Jack said we can't get past it but if you strike it it might break Tim knew that was probable he broke it when there were more ice blocks Tim broke them that made him tired he couldn't walk anymore Jack said let's unite and support each other I'll get the food alone you rest here Jack came back with food Tim couldn't remember which passage LED home he needed Jack to be his guide the men became friends by working together in town people

saw Jack with the food and cheered they called Jack a hero but Jack didn't care he was thinking of something else he said to Tim I thought I was smart but I learned a new term today friendship [Music] unit 25 word list associate to associate means to connect something with a person or thing most people associate birthday parties with having fun environment the environment is the place where people work or live keeping our environment clean is important to our health Factory a factory is a building where things are made or put together we have only

one Factory in our town feature a feature is an important part of something the cell phone has many features instance an instance is an example of something I have never experienced an instance of hate have you involved to involve means to be actively taking part in something the whole family was involved in playing the game medicine is something you take to feel better or treat an illness the doctor gave me medicine for my cold mix a mix is different things put together the Green Mix we made in science class spilled onto the table organize to

organize is to plan or get ready for an event make a list to help you organize the things you need period a period is an amount of time when something happens in one period in Europe there were many nights populate if people populate an area they live there billions of people populate the Earth produce to produce something is to make or grow it Street produces apples every year range a range is a number or a set of similar things I saw a range of cars to choose from recognize to recognize something is to know it

because you have seen it before I recognized an old friend from many years ago regular if something is regular it happens often and in equal amounts of time our regular lunch time is around noon sign a sign is a notice giving information directions a warning Etc the sign indicated that today would be a bad day tip a tip is a pointed end of something the tip of his pen was very sharp tradition a tradition is something people have been doing for a long time marriage is a tradition all over the world trash is waste material

or unwanted or worthless things please take out the trash it smells bad wide if something is wide it is large from side to side the door was as wide as my arms Joe's palmed Joe made the world a better place he got the idea to do that at school he watched a video there it was about a factory this Factory produced a lot of trash and put it in a river the trash and water were a bad mix people populated the area by the river and drank its water this made them sick many of them

needed medicine and made regular visits to doctors but the video wasn't all bad news it showed ways to pick up trash and why it's important to do this it said people can make a difference to their environment the video's important features made Joe associate trash with hurting people one day Joe walked through a park he recognized some of the problems from the video one instance of these problems was the trash in the pond it was full of plastic cups there was too much trash Joe didn't want it to hurt anyone he told his grandfather about

the park his grandfather said you know it's a tradition in our family to help people that's why we give food to poor people maybe you can help people by cleaning the park cleaning the bark would involve hard work Joe decided to organize a group to help him he chose a wide area of the park it had the most trash he asked his family and friends to come on Saturday he gave everyone a sharp stick they wondered why he said you use the sticks tip to pick up trash this makes it easier they worked for six

weeks different people helped each time but Joe was always there in that period of time Joe saw a range of results there was no trash in the water people could swim in it Joe knew that was a good sign he was happy because he helped his environment [Music] unit 26 word list advice advice is an opinion about what to do I don't know how to study for my exams can you give me some advice along a long means to move from one part of a Road River Etc to another walk along this tunnel for 10

minutes and you'll see a door on the left attention attention is the notice thought or consideration of someone his work got the attention of two of his co-workers attract to attract means to make a person or thing come closer or be interested the magnet attracted the metal climb to climb means to use your hands and feet to go up on something the girls climbed to the top of the mountain drop to drop is to fall or allow something to fall a small amount of water dropped from the bottle final if something is final it is

the last part and the final part of the film The Man and the woman got married further further is used to say something is from a distance or time the escalator is further along than I thought imply to imply something is to suggest it without saying it the man implied that he wanted the job but he didn't say so maintain to maintain means to make something stay the same the balls maintain constant movement neither is neither to connect two negative statements neither the pass on the left nor the pass on the right will lead us

home otherwise otherwise means different or in another way it's good to stay active otherwise you'll gain weight physical if something is physical it is related to your body and not your mind biking is good for your physical health prove to prove something is to show that it is true my teacher proved the answer on the board react to react is to act in a certain way because of something that happened James reacted badly to the news ride to ride something is to travel on it you can ride an animal a bike Etc I will ride

a roller coaster for the first time today situated if something is situated somewhere it is in that place the Whiteboard is situated between the two men Society Society is people and the way that they live Society expects people to be good and honest standard a standard is what people consider normal or good this older model TV is below our store standards suggest to suggest something means to give an idea or plan about it he suggested that we go to see his boss Archie and his donkey old RG needed some money he decided to sell his

donkey so he and his son Tom went to town it was situated many miles away soon they met a woman where are you going she asked to town said Archie any smart person would ride the donkey she said what are you implying Archie asked I'm very smart aren't you wanted to look smart so he climbed onto the Donkey then they continued in the direction of the town further along the road they met a farmer hello said Archie we want to sell this donkey do you want to buy it I don't need a donkey said the

farmer but if you want my advice don't write it the donkey needs to be in good physical condition good idea said Archie Tom I want you to ride it you're lighter neither you nor your son should ride it it looks very tired you should carry the donkey suggested the farmer you're right said Archie come on Tom we'll carry it for the final few miles the donkey was very heavy and they couldn't maintain a good speed they didn't arrive until late in the evening at last they walked into the town but there they attracted the attention

of some teenage boys they laughed at Tom and Archie they started to throw stones at them the donkey reacted by kicking Tom and Archie drop the Donkey it fell on the ground and they ran away Archie lost his donkey he went home with no money what does this story teach us we cannot please everyone in our society don't take everyone's advice but set your own standards prove to everyone that you can make decisions by yourself otherwise you may end up with nothing at all [Music] unit 27 word list actually actually means in fact or really

my dad looks a little mean but actually he's very kind bite bite is the act of using your teeth to cut and tear into something the boy took a big bite out of his hamburger Coast the coast is the land by an ocean I stayed on the southern coast of Australia deal a deal is an agreement that you have with another person I made a deal with the other company to give us some money desert the desert is an area of land without many plants or water not many plants grow in the desert earthquake an

earthquake is a shaking movement of the ground the building shook during the earthquake effective if something is effective it works well swimming is an effective way to stay healthy examine to examine something is to look at it carefully the doctor examined my eyes today false if something is false it is not correct if you think the answer is false press the red button gift a gift is something you give someone Dave received many gifts for Christmas hunger hunger is the feeling that you get when you need to eat after playing all day long e was

filled with hunger imagine to imagine something is to think of it in your mind Sally imagined herself winning lots of money Journey a journey is a long trip I went on a journey across the country with my parents puzzle a puzzle is something that is hard to understand the question was a puzzle to him quite is used to say that something is complete or very much I think typing on a keyboard is quite easy rather is used when you want to do one thing but not the other I would rather have the red one than

the blue one specific if something is specific it is precise or exact please choose a specific place on the map tour a tour is a short trip in which you see many sites I took a tour of Asia and Europe trap a trip is a journey to a certain place Ken took a trip to the city yesterday value if something has value it is worth a lot of money Matthew found a treasure of very high value The Spider and the bird there was once a very big spider if a bug got into his web he

would examine it however he didn't eat the bunk right away he asked the bog a question first it was always quite a difficult puzzle if the bug's answer was correct he let it go if not he ate it one day a small bird on a journey flew into the spider's web the spider couldn't imagine eating a burn it was so big but his hunger was too great Issa to the bird if you cannot give me a specific answer I will eat you the bird laughed I could eat you but the bird was actually scared she

had used all her energy trying to get out of the web and a spider's bite can be very effective in killing animals please don't eat me the bird said I would rather make a deal with you okay the spider said if your answer is right I will let you go if not you must give me a gift it must be something of Great Value the bird said you can pick anything you want to eat I will find it for you the spider agreed where can you take a trip to the coast the desert and the

mountains at the same time the spider asked the bird asked does this place have earthquakes but the spider did not say anything I can see those places when I fly is the sky the right answer Falls said the spider the answer is Hawaii now you must find some bugs for me the spider climbed on the bird's back they flew and ate bugs together they took a tour of the forest then the bird took the spider home from that day on they were friends and they never tried to eat each other again [Music] unit 28 word

list band a band is a group of people who play music my brother is in a rock band barely barely means by the smallest amount almost not I barely had enough money to pay for my bus ticket boring if something is boring it is not fun I think the internet is boring cancel to cancel means to decide that an event or a request will not happen she canceled the rest of her plans because of the rain driveway a driveway is a short private road that leads to a person's home the long driveway led us to

their new house garbage garbage is waste material like unwanted or spoiled food bottles paper Etc the boy cleaned up the garbage around his house instrument an instrument is something designed to do a certain task like music my favorite musical instrument is the piano list a list is a record of information printed with an item on each line my mom makes a list of groceries to buy Magic magic is the power to do impossible things the magician used magic to pull a rabbit out of his hat message a message is a set of words that you

send to someone I left a message for you in the envelope notice to notice something is to see it for the first time did you notice the view own to own something means to have it that thing belongs to you my grandfather owns that house predict to predict something is to say that it will happen she predicted that I would get married next year professor a professor is a person who teaches in college Mike science Professor knows a lot about physics Rush to rush is to go somewhere or do something very quickly Nancy rushed to

finish her homework schedule a schedule is a plan that tells you when to do things what is your class schedule for today share to share something is to give some of it to another person Jimmy shared his apple with me stage a stage is a place where actors or musicians act or sing a large screen was on the stage storm a storm is very bad weather there is a lot of rain or snow did that storm wake you up last night Within you use within to say that something is inside another thing within the box

there was a pizza the party Cody's family moved to a new house his dad got a new job as a professor Cody liked his new town but he missed his grandparents for his birthday Cody wanted to have a party his dad said yes we could even have a band play on the day of the party Cody woke up and rushed to get ready he started to check his list of things to do he was so excited but then he noticed something terrible there was snow on the ground and lots of it dad he yelled how

can the band play their instruments outside dad said we'll move the stage inside it barely fit within the garage because there were some boxes and garbage there but when they finished they got a call from the band they did not want to come in the snowstorm dad said let's get someone to perform Magic but no one would come because of the snow finally dad said Cody there's too much snow we need to cancel the party yes sir Cody said sadly it's going to be a boring birthday he predicted Cody wanted to share his birthday with

someone he wanted to be at his old home he wanted to see his grandparents but then something got his attention he noticed a car in the driveway his grandparents owned a car like that Cody was right his grandparents came for his birthday happy birthday Cody we're sorry we are late but there was so much snow it made us go off schedule we tried to leave a message to tell you Cody told them what happened I'm sorry said grandpa I was sad Cody said but I'm not anymore I'm so happy to see you dad brought out

Cody's birthday treat it was his favorite type a Sunday with whipped cream on top then Cody told his grandparents about the new town it was his best birthday ever [Music] unit 29 word list advertise to advertise is to tell people about something on TV radio Etc they used a rabbit to help them advertise their product a sign to assign something to someone is to tell them to do it I assigned the worker an important task audience an audience is a group of people who watch something together there was a large audience at the game breakfast

is the first meal of the day I eat breakfast at eight every morning competition a competition is a contest to see who is the best at something he won the running competition over the weekend cool if the weather is cool it is a little bit cold the weather is cool in the fall gain if you gain something you get more of it I gained some weight over the summer importance importance means the quality or condition of being needed or valued VIPs are people of great importance knowledge knowledge is information that you have about something a

music teacher should have good knowledge of music major if something is major it is big or important I have a major problem my boss wants me to redo my project mean describes someone who is unkind or cruel my co-worker is a very mean person he gets angry very quickly prefer if you prefer something you want it more than something else I prefer to take the path that will lead me to a bright future president a president is the leader of a country the president of our country made an important announcement progress progress is the act

of getting closer to doing or finishing something our company made Financial progress this year respect respect is a good opinion of someone because they are good I have great respect for firemen rich if you are rich you have a lot of money he's Rich he can buy anything he wants skill a skill is the knowledge and ability that allows you to do something well a snowboarder must have the right skills to do well somehow somehow means in a way or by some means which is not known he somehow had to find a way to reach

the life preserver strength strength is the physical power that you have exercising will increase your strength and give you more power vote to vote is to officially choose between two or more things I voted for Billy to be our class president how the world got light the president of darkland was a pink a very bad pig he was a pig of major importance he was rich and he had a lot of strength but he was mean to all the animals in darkland he kept all of the world's light in a bag he preferred to keep

the world cool and dark he wanted to stop the progress of the city the animals couldn't work in the dark he didn't have any respect for them light is too good for them he said only I should have lied but the animals needed light so they decided to hold a competition they wanted to find the smartest animal in darkland my animal had to steal light from the president they advertised the competition everywhere all the animals came the animals all showed off their skills the audience watched and then voted for the animal with the most knowledge

the winner was a tall bird named Raven they assigned him the job of getting light the next morning Raven ate breakfast and then left his home how will I gain light from the president thought Raven he needed to trick the president somehow then Raven had an idea raven could make his voice sound like anything Raven walked up to the president's door he made the sound of a crying baby he cried very loudly soon the president opened the door be quiet the president yelled right then Raven quickly made his move he flew by the pig and

found the soft bag he took it outside the sun was inside the bag Raven flew high and put the Sun in the sky the president was very mad Raven tricked him but the other animals were very happy at last they had blind all because of Raven's smart thinking [Music] unit 30 word list above if something is above it is at a higher level than something else he straightened the sign that was above the crowd ahead if something is ahead of something else it is in front of it the blue car drove on ahead of us

amount an amount is how much there is of something can I use my card to pay for the entire amount belief a belief is a strong feeling that something is correct or true a preacher or priest should have a strong belief in God Center the center of something is the middle of it the center of a dartboard is the most important spot common if something is common it happens often or there is much of it it is common for snow to fall in the winter cost to cost is to require expenditure or payment shoes cost

more than the regular ones demonstrate to demonstrate something is to show how it is done she demonstrated her plan to her co-workers different different describe someone or something that is not the same as others each of my sisters has a different hairstyle from one another evidence evidence is a fact or thing that you use to prove something he used the pictures as evidence that UFOs are real honesty honesty means the quality of being truthful or honest the courtroom should be a place of honesty idiom an idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from its

words the idiom When Pigs Fly means that something will never happen independent if something is independent it is not controlled by something else she chose to live an independent life in the country inside inside means the inner part space or side of something the inside of the box was empty master a master is a person who is very good at something my brother is a master of Taekwondo memory a memory is something you remember the memory of my first time in the city will always be the best proper if something is proper it is right

it is not proper to throw your garbage on their own scan to scan something is to look at it very carefully you must scan each person closely section a section is a part of something larger the green section of the graph is the most important part surface the surface of something is the top part or outside of it the surface of the Moon is very rough cats and secrets in English there is a common idiom let the cat out of the bag it means to tell a secret but where did this idiom start it came

from a section of England long ago people there went from town to town to sell things like vegetables clothes and pigs they had strong beliefs about honesty they didn't like lying one day a man went to the section Center to sell things I have a baby pig for sale it won't cost much he said he held the animal above his head his style was different from honest people's Style he was a master of tricking people and lying a woman named Beth scanned his Pig he offered her the pig for one gold coin that was a

very small amount Beth gave him the coin he put it in his pocket he walked ahead of Beth to get the pig he gave her a closed bag and said here's your pig he then left very quickly Beth looked at the bag surface it was moving she opened it to let the pig out a cat was inside he tricked me that isn't proper she said later the man returned to trick more people Beth saw him and the memory of The Cat Came Back she told her friends they stopped him but no one knew what to

do next someone said we need an independent and fair person to decide that they went to the judge Beth told him about the cat in the bag the judge asked is there evidence can you demonstrate how he did it look in his bag said Beth she opened it and let a cat out of the bag they learned the man's secret and he went to jail that's how the idiom let the cat out of the bag came to mean to tell a secret [Music]