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English Detective #20, Cultures at Risk: August 27, 2013 August 26, 2013 |
![]() Your First Clue: Vocabulary we’ll Emphasize in this Issue
adjacent, albeit, anticipated, appreciation, assigned, constantly, contrary, derived, entities, erosion, hierarchical, integrity, invoke, isolated, marginal, nevertheless, notwithstanding, overseas, passive, scenario, thereby, transfer Which words do you already know? Which are familiar (you have seen them, or can guess their meanings), but you’d like to know more about them? Which are completely new? Make a note of the words you would like to learn. After practicing them and taking the next quiz (probably in newletter 21 or 22), how many have you learned? Notice how they are used in the readings and practice activities. Then try to use some of them yourself, in a sentence or two. Getting the whole story: this issue’s reading/listening practice:
The TED talk on Why Societies Collapse Click here for the talk on Endangered Cultures. Follow the Clues (Vocabulary Practice):
Here's the crossword. It's answers are here. Practice the vocabulary with the game “Odd One Out” and with academic linking words (from this issue and others.) Coming in the next issue: Global Power in the 21st Century. P.S. If you’re not already getting English Detective, you can subscribe by completing the form here. (It's free!) |
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