UNIT 7

MODULE 1 VOCABULARY
technophile = teknoloji düşkünü gadget = küçük alet technophobe = teknolojiden korkan

portable = seyyar, taşınabilir lightweight = hafif found = kurmak

develop = geliştirmek retailer = perakende satıcı launch = piyasaya sürmek
access = erişim
Examples:
1. Oliver is more of an intellectual, while Steven is more of a technophile.
2. If this criticism of Google, Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia had come from an outsider—a
technophobe—then nobody would have paid much attention.
3. Have you seen this handy little gadget, it's for separating egg yolks from whites.
4. She traded her roller-skates for Billy's portable radio.
5. The equipment is lightweight, portable and easy to store.
6. Children usually develop speech in the second year of life.
7. A friendship founded on business is better than business founded on friendship.
8. A bicycle retailer will have models from many different manufacturers to offer customers.
9. The company hopes to launch the new medicine by next October.
10. I lived deep in the country, without easy access to shops.

Exercises
1. Maurice has a gadget to record any telephone calls he wants to.
2. Small wonder that it has had a hard time coping, particularly in such technophile cities as New
York and San Francisco.
3. Only authorized personnel have access to the computer system.
4. You may want to install a few luxuries like a portable television, radio / cassette player or a
telephone extension.
5. It has cost them a great deal of money and time to develop this software.
6. The retailer resells the goods at a higher price.
7. Lightweight and fluffy, the duvet is ideal for summer use.
8. In such a world, there will no longer be any technophobes or computer illiterates-everyone will
use a computer.
9. Nike is ready to launch new models of tennis shoes on the market in autumn.
10. The Romans founded a great city on the banks of this river.
MODULE 2 VOCABULARY
invader = istilacı structure = yapı
man-made = insan yapımı terracotta = bir tür kil
afterlife = ahiret, öbür dünya vast = büyük, muazzam
bury = gömmek, defnetmek

Examples:
1. The invader roved through the country burning and pillaging houses in their pathway.
2. The roof support structure had collapsed and the entire weight was bearing down on the
ceiling.
3. Fifteen metres below the surface of a man-made lake, the unknown treasures of ancient
Rome will be abandoned for ever.
4. The word “terracotta" comes from the Italian words for “baked earth.
5. People of many religions believe in an afterlife.
6. The refugees come across the border in vast numbers.
7. People may bury painful childhood memories to protect themselves.

Exercises
1. A large terracotta pot planted with daisy provides a bright yellow and white display.

2. The invader laid towns and villages in ruins

3. The ancient Egyptians physically preserved the dead in the form of mummies in order to

ensure a good afterlife.

4. The industrial revolution modified the whole structure of English society.

5. It's time to bury our differences and be friends again.

6. Current weather problems may actually be man-made, a direct result of environmental

damage.

7. On her father's death, she came into possession of a vast fortune.

MODULE 3 VOCABULARY
suspect = şüphelenmek, kuşkulanmak tale = masal
myth = mit, söylenti efsane coffin = tabut
legend = efsane repel = kovmak, püskürtmek
grave = mezar, kabir superstition = batıl inanç

Examples:
1. If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
2. You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
3. Propaganda has turned the former president into a heroic myth.

4. Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a god.

5. Similar poles of magnets repel each other, and opposite poles attract.

6. It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.

Exercises
1. Police suspect there may be a link between the two murders.

2. His latest book is a delightful children's tale about talking animals.

3. The children enjoyed the stories about the gods of Greek and Roman myth.

4. There have always been stories of human giants in legends and mythologies.

5. One of the best ways to repel vampires is with garlic, also known as the stinking rose.

6. According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
MODULE 4 VOCABULARY
heat wave = sıcak dalgası gale = kuvvetli rüzgar
thunder = gök gürültüsü tornado = hortum
snowstorm = kar fırtınası hurricane = karsıga

Examples:
1. A tropic heat wave is expected to hit the city.
2. The wooden buildings were ripped to pieces by the gale.
3. He predicted a little rain and thunder but thought that it would be over before the match
kicks off.
4. The tornado disrupted broadcasting along the entire coast.
5. After the hurricane the homeless numbered over 200 000.

Exercises
1. We got our roof blown off in the gale last night

2. The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm when its speed dropped to 70mph.

3. There was thunder and lightning and it was freezing cold.

4. A heat wave is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high

humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries.

5. Centuries ago, this deserted place was a flourishing town, but a tornado is said to have

wiped it out.