Pre-reading questions:
- Do you always go outside?
- Does smoke pollute the air?
Vocabulary:
- locate /LOH-keyt/
- believe /bih-LEEV/
- safe /seyf/
- describe /dih-SKRAHYB/
- difference /DIF-er-uhns/
[verb] — to be in a particular place
Their office is located inside the mall.
[verb] — to think that something is true, correct, or real
Miracles are to those who believe in them.
[adjective] — not in danger or likely to be harmed
I want to make sure that all of the people here in this building are safe.
[verb] — to say or write what someone or something is like
Please describe to the court exactly what you saw.
[noun] — the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not the same
I can’t tell the difference between the two books.
Experts say that they found the world’s cleanest air, located in the Southern Ocean of Antarctica. Researchers and scientists from Colorado State University believe that the air in the Southern Ocean remains safe from human activity and dust from the continents of the world. They investigated the air components and its origin using the bacteria as a diagnostic tool to describe the properties of the lower atmosphere. The researchers also checked the composition of airborne microbes and examined the air in the marine boundary level, going to the south Antarctic ice border from Tasmania, Australia. Aerosols from distant landmasses and human activities were not moving south and into the air, appearing in a clear difference to all other studies from oceans, both in the northern hemisphere and subtropics.
True or False:
- Researchers and scientists from Colorado State University believe that the air on the Southern Ocean remains unsafe by humans and dust from the continents of the world.
- Experts say that they found the world’s cleanest air, located in the Southern Ocean of Antarctica.
- They investigated the air components and its origin using the bacteria as a diagnostic tool to describe the properties of the lower atmosphere.
- Aerosols from distant landmasses and human activities were not moving south and into the air.
- The researchers also check the composition of airborne microbes, going to the south Antarctic ice border from Lismore, Australia.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| locate | believe | safe | describe | difference |
- I need you to ______ in me.
- Words cannot ______ the horror I experienced.
- In some cities, you don’t feel ______ going out alone at night.
- I can’t tell the ______ between them.
- The young man could not ______ his lost pen.