Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"



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Benevolent (adj)kind and smart
Example: He was a benevolent old man and wouldn’t hurt a fly
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Distorted (adj) – changed from the usual, original, natural, or intended form
Example: This report gives a somewhat distorted impression of what actually
happened
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Aspiration (n) – something that you hope to achieve (C2)
Example: I have never had any political aspirations
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Feeble (adj) – not effective and good (C2)
Example: a feeble joke or excuse
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Preoccupation (n) – an idea or subject that someone thinks about most of the time
Example: My main preoccupation now is trying to keep life normal for the sake of
my two boys
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Come to fore – to be emphasized or made more noticeable
Example: This argument needs to come to the fore when you rewrite your paper.
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30 - Day Reading Challenge


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Day 7 (Reading Passage 1: The way the brain buys)
Word list
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Persuade (v) – to make someone door believe something by giving them a good reason to do it (B1)
Example: Using a bunch of bananas, the zookeeper persuaded the monkey back
into its cage.
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Take stock of – to think carefully about a situation or event and form an opinion about it, so that you can decide what to do
Example: After two years spent teaching overseas, she returned home fora
month to take stock of her life (C2)
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Pile up (v) – to arrange objects into a pile
Example: We piled plenty of logs up next to the fire
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Bargain (n) – something on sale at a lower price than its true value
Example: This coat was half-price – areal bargain

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