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Chapter 2 vocabulary worksheet
words
To understand this chapter’s lecture, you need to know the following words and phrases in addition to those given in the
“Preview of Vocabulary and Sentences” in the textbook. Read the words and phrases below several times. Make sure you
know their meaning.
cloud
disaster
metropolitan
erupt
eruption
seashore
uncover
escape
volcano
foot
historian
volcanic
wealthy
sentences from the lecture and the definitions of the missing words
A) Complete each sentence below with the words or phrases listed above. You may need to change the form of the word.
The meaning of the word or phrase is given next to each sentence.
B) Practice the sentences until you can pronounce them correctly and fluently.
C) [pair work]
Student A: Read a sentence.
Student B: Ask “What does X mean?” or “Can you tell me what X means?”
Student A: Explain to Student B what X means using the definition given. “X means …”
D) [dictation]
Your teacher or partner will read several sentences. Listen very carefully and write them down correctly.
1.
Today many people live in large (
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2.
3.
) the city noise and heat.
the land along the edge of the sea or ocean, usually where there is sand and rocks
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to get away from an unpleasant or dangerous situation
Many of these (
) Romans spent their summers in the city of Pompeii.
having a lot of money; rich
Pliny the Younger, a young Roman boy, later became a very famous Roman (
).
a person who studies or writes about history
He saw a very large dark (
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6.
) to (
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5.
connected with a large city
They go to the mountains or to the (
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4.
) areas such as Paris and New York.
). This black (
) rose high into the sky.
a grey or white mass made of very small drops of water, that floats in the sky
What Pliny saw was the (
)---the explosion---of the (
), Vesuvius.
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when a volcano throws out the burning rocks
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a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava (= hot liquid rock) are forced out into the
air
7.
The city of Pompeii was at the (
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8.
9.
the lowest part or base of something
When the volcano first (

) of Mt. Vesuvius.
), many people were able to flee the city.
(of a volcano) to throw out the burning rocks
In fact, 18,000 people escaped the terrible (

).
an unexpected event, such as a very bad accident or a flood, that kills a lot of people or causes a lot of damage
10. When the eruption was over, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of (

caused or produced by a volcano
11. As the farmer was digging, he (

) rock and ash.
) a part of a wall of the ancient city of Pompeii.
to discover something that was previously hidden