Technique: Skimming

Skimming is a fast reading technique to get a general idea of what the

text is about.
Read the title, subtitles and subheadings
Look at the illustrations to give you further information about the
topic
Jump from paragraph to paragraph, dont try to understand every
word.
Technique: Scanning
Scanning is the method to use when you need to search a passage
quickly to locate the specific information you need to answer each
question.
Understand only enough to answer the question: Is it what I am
looking for or not?
Dont try to read every word. Instead let you eyes move quickly
across the page until you find what you are looking for.
VOCABULARY
Reading: LITERACY
Literacy (n) illiteracy (n)
Literate (a) illiterate (a)
Ironic (a) Irony (n)
Overlook (v)
Significant (a)
Significance (n)
Statistics (n) Statistical (a) statistician (n)
Millennium (n)

The United Nation General Assembly (n)

Reading: Why ironing shirts is better than working out
Vigor (n) Vigorous (a)
Diabetes (n) diabetic (a)
Outfit (n)
Intense (a)
Intensive (a) intensity (n)
Hypertension (n) hypertensive (a)
(to) deal with sb (v)
(to) deal with sth (v)
Digestion (n) digest (v)
Reading: Earthquakes
Tsunami (n)
Landslide (n)
Epicenter (n)
Vibration (n) vibrate (v)
Contraction (n) Expansion (n)
Destroy (v) Destruction (n) Destructive (a)
Seismograph (n) seismography (n) seismologist (n)
Magnitude (n)
Record (n) record (v)
The former (n) the latter (n)
Alleviate (v) alleviation (n)
Reading: Personal Communication in the Age of the Internet

Swift (a)
Pessimist (n) optimist (n)
Pessimistic (a) optimistic (a)
Succinct (a) succinctness (n)
Anonymous (a) anonymity (n)
With a view to doing sth (prep.phr.)
(to) gnaw at sth
(to) gaze at sb/sth
Isolation (n)
to be isolated from (v)
Reading: Location is everything
Adequate (a) inadequate (a)
Adequacy (n) inadequacy (n)
Dominate (v) domination (n)
(to) play a role (v)
Flourish (v) # Prosper (v)
Fertile (a) fertility (n) fertilizer (n)
Stone (n)
spices (n)
silk (n)
ivory (n)
wool (n)
wealthy (a)
Wealth (n)

Invade (v)
Invader (n)
Invasion (n)
Irrigate (v)
Irrigation (n)
Reading: Deserts on Our Doorstep
Erode (v) erosion (n)
Evaporate (v) evaporation (n)
Prevalent (a)
Meteorology (n)- meteorological (a) meteorologist (n)
Climate (n) climatic (a) climatologist (n)
Mediterranean (a)
Desert (n) desertification (n)

Service workers are the happiest staf

Satisfaction (n) be satisfied with sth : hi lng
Supervise (v) supervisor (n.person) supervision (v): gim st
Solicitor (n): c vn
Potential (n): tim nng
Explain (v) explanation (n) : gii thch
Perk (n): tin th lao hng thm

 Register (v) registration (n): ng k

Dismal (a) dismalness (n): m m
Childhood obesity goes global
Epidemic (n) epidemical (a) epidemically (adv): dch bnh
Catch up (v): bt kp
Lag behind (v): tt hu
Starch (n): tinh bt
Surge (n;v): trn ln, tng ln
Doughnut (n): bnh ngt hnh trn
Ingest (v) ingestion (n) ingestive (a): a thc n vo bng
The worlds expanding waistline
Dilemma (n): tnh th kh khn
Implication (n) implicate (v): dnh lu, ng
Intervene (v) intervention (n): can thip
Restrict (v) restriction (n): hn ch
Plausible (a) plausibility (n)
Adulteration (n) adulterate (v) adulterant (a): lm gi
Volunteering: enriching others and helping oneself
Criterion (n) Criteria (n): tiu ch
Selfless (a) self-interested (a): khng ch k - ch k,v li
Volunteer (n/v) voluntary (a): tinhg nguyn
Coercion (n) coercer (n) coercive (a) coerce (v): p buc
Income (n): thu nhp

 Qualification (n): bng cp