UNIT 4: Living Together.

READING VOCABULARY:
1. ACCESS: The right to enter.
2. AFRAID OF: Filled with fear or apprehension.
3. BEHAVIOR: Manner of acting or controlling yourself.
4. CONFLICT: An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).
5. TO DISAPPEAR: Become invisible or unnoticeable.
6. TO FRIGHTEN: Cause fear in.
7. HABITAT: The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or
occurs.
8. TO INTERACT: Act together or towards others or with others.
9. TO LEARN: Gain knowledge or skills.
10. TO NEED: Must previously have happened or existed, happen or be in place during
(in order for stated thing to be happening or be the case).
11. SMART: Demonstrating intelligence; wise, clever or ingenious.
12. WILD: In a natural state; not tamed, domesticated or cultivated.
13. WILDLIFE: All living things (except people) that are undomesticated.
14. BABOON: Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
15. DEVICE: An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.
16. LUCKILY: By good fortune.
17. MONITOR: Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided.
18. PROTECTION: The activity of protecting someone or something.
19. TO STEAL: Take without the owner's consent.
20. TO HUNT: Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).
21. TO MISTREAT: Treat badly.
22. RELATIONSHIP: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or
adoption.
23. SURVIVAL: A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted
to the environment.
24. TO AVOID: Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or
something.
25. CHEMICAL: Of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions
involving atomic or molecular changes.
26. DOMESTIC: Converted or adapted to domestic use.
27. FEELING: The experiencing of affective and emotional states.
28. TO SNIFF: Perceive by inhaling through the nose.
29. PROBLEM: A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.
30. SOLUTION: A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the
problem.
31. LABORATORY: A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. LANDMINE:
33. SUNBLOCK:
34. TREAT:
ACT. 20
1. What is Bart Weetjen’s organization? What does it do?
APOPO. It trains rats to find landmines buried underground.
2. Why does Bart think that rats are heroes?
The rats are heroes because they’re preventing many death and making the land
safe to farm again.
3. How do landmines make life hard for farmers and villagers?
Many of the mines are still active and can explode and kill people.
4. What lifesaving skill do dogs have?
They’re able to smell chemicals from human’s bodies that show the presence of
certain diseases.
5. What is one thing that rats and dogs both can do?
They can use their sense of smell in lifesaving ways humans cannot.