READING

BULLETIN
 Animal Migration

 Daily Life in Ancient Greece

 Asthma

ISSUE 9 – 07.05.2013
Reading Bulletin –Issue 1

Animal Migration

Many mammals, birds, fish, insects and other animals travel regularly from one place to
another during a certain time of the year. This journey is called migration. Animals change their
living areas because they may get more food, better places to build nests or more sunlight
somewhere else.

Some animals travel thousands of kilometers across land and water. Others travel only
short distances. Water animals, for example, often move vertically from deeper water to
the surface area.

YOUR
NOTES

1 www.remzihoca.com
Reading Bulletin –Issue 1

Daily Life in Ancient Greece

Men were the heads of most Greek families. Richer families had slaves who
were commanded by the wives. They had to look after the children and to the household work.

Most Greek families arranged weddings for their children. Women usually married at an early
age, men much later.

In ancient Greece society was made up of citizens and non-citizens. Citizens were free men
and noblemen. They owned land and took part in government . Non-citizens were
women, slaves and serfs .

Only citizens received education. Teachers in Athens taught general subjects like music,
writing, mathematics and reading. They also concentrated on physical exercise like running,
jumping and wrestling . Education in Sparta was different. Boys were sent to military schools so
that they could become good soldiers .

Houses were small in ancient Greece. Because of the mild climate many things were kept
outside the house. Poor families lived in houses made of dried bricks and floors made of dried
and hard mud . Wealthy families had stone floors and separate rooms for cooking, eating and
sleeping.

YOUR
NOTES
2 www.remzihoca.com
Reading Bulletin –Issue 1

Asthma

Every year in spring millions of people around the world suffer from asthma. It is a time when
flowers blossom and grass is cut.

Asthma is an illness that narrows the breathing passages. As a result, not enough air can enter
and leave your lungs. According to the World Health Organization over 230 million people around
the world are suffering from asthma. Among children it is the most chronic disease. While
asthma occurs in almost all countries, asthma-related deaths happen mainly in the poorer
countries of the Third World.

In America over 25 million people and 7 million children develop asthma every year. The disease is
more common among African Americans. The death rate among this group is five times as high as
among whites.

The WHO warns that asthma rates are increasing by 50 % every ten years. Asthma also causes
a loss of business and does damage to the economy because many people stay at home when
they are ill.

Asthma occurs when tissue in your throat begins to expand or swell. Muscles in these passages
become tighter and cells begin to produce some sticky substance, which makes airways even
smaller. This makes it difficult for air to flow into your lungs.

When this happens we call it an asthma attack. Victims fight to get enough air into their lungs,
sometimes they have to cough and they breathe heavily. Sometimes asthma victims have a pain in
the chest. Such an illness can deeply influence a person's health and may even lead to death.

YOUR NOTES

3 www.remzihoca.com
Reading Bulletin –Issue 1

1
mammal memeli 29
free serbest,ücretsiz,boş

2
insect böcek 30
nobleman asilzade

3
travel seyahat etmek 31
own sahip olmak

4
regularly düzenli olarak,sık sık 32
take part in -e katılmak

5
during sırasında,esnasında 33
government hükumet,yönetim

6
journey gezi,yolculuk 34
receive almak

7
migration göç 35
teach öğretmek,ders vermek

8
change değiştirmek, değişmek 36
subject konu,ders,özne

9
build inşa etmek,kurmak 37
like benzer,gibi

10
nest kuş yuvası 38
concentrate odaklanmak,yoğunlaşmak

11
sunlight güneş ışığı 39
exercise alıştırma,egzersiz

12
distance uzaklık,mesafe 40
jump hoplamak,zıplamak

13
vertically dikey şekilde 41
wrestle güreşmek

14
deep derin 42
military askeri

15
surface yüzey 43
soldier asker

16
head baş,kafa,müdür 44
because of -den dolayı

17
slave köle 45
mild ılıman,nazik

18
command yönetmek, emretmek 46
climate iklim

19
look after bakmak (ilgilenmek) 47
outside dışarda,dışında

20
household ev halkı, hane 48
brick tuğla

21
arrange düzenlemek 49
dried kurumuş

22
wedding düğün,nikah töreni 50
hard sert,katı,zor

23
marry evlenmek 51
mud çamur

24
ancient eski 52
wealthy zengin

25
society toplum,cemiyet 53
stone taş

26
make up of oluşturmak 54
separate ayırmak

27
citizen yurttaş 55
suffer from acı çekmek

28
noncitizen vatandaşlık almamış kişi 56
blossom çiçek açmak

4 www.remzihoca.com
Reading Bulletin –Issue 1

57
narrow daraltmak, azaltmak 80
sticky yapışkan

58
passage geçiş, bölüm 81
substance madde

59
as a result sonuç olarak 82
difficult zor,güç

60
enter girmek 83
flow akmak,dökülmek

61
according to -e göre 84
victim kurban

62
chronic kronik,sürekli 85
fight mücadele etmek

63
disease hastalık,rahatsızlık 86
cough öksürmek

64
occur meydana gelmek,olmak 87
breathe nefes alıp vermek

65
happen olmak,meydana gelmek 88
heavily yoğun şekilde

66
mainly başlıca 89
chest göğüs

67
develop gelişmek,büyümek 90
deeply derinden

68
common yaygın,ortak,sıradan 91
influence etkilemek

69
as / as kadar 92
lead to sebep olmak

70
warn uyarmak 93

71
cause sebep olmak 94

72
loss kayıp,zarar,ziyan 95

73
business iş,işletme 96

74
damage zarar,hasar 97

75
tissue doku 98

76
expand genişletmek 99

77
swell kabarmak,şişmek 100

78
tight sıkı,dar,gergin 101

79
produce üretmek,yapmak 102

5 www.remzihoca.com