Vocabulary
Tricky Words 1
Tricky Words 2
Details from Text 1
Details from Text 2
1000

What does the word "annual" mean?

Once a year / yearly

1000

Read the word: slogan

slogan

1000

Read the word: undermining 

undermining

1000

What did the president have to do almost every day? 

Meet with reporters

1000

What problem did the advertising agency haven when they talked to the Niota executives?

Only one of the executives could speak English

2000

What does the word "violate" mean?

Break a rule

2000

Read the word: brochures

brochures

bro - shores

2000

Read the word: executives

executives

2000

Why didn't Joe get angry when the president didn't give him credit for the campaign?

Joe knew who had created it / Joe was going to make a lot of money

2000

Why were the Niota executives concerned about Car production?

They couldn't fill all the orders /  they couldn't produce for export more than 500,000 Cars per year

3000

What does the word "assess" mean?

Evaluate

3000

Read the word: campaign

campaign

3000

Read the word: colleagues 

colleagues

3000

Why did the labor union protest the Car slogan?

Car wasn't made in this country / it was undermining the nation's auto industry

3000

Describe the temperature in Death Valley, California:

Very hot

4000

What does the word "colleagues" mean?

People you work with

4000
Read the word: disguised

disguised

4000

Read the word: facilities

facilities 

4000

Why did Joe think they could get twenty thousand Cars from France?

Cars were not selling in France

4000

Why do jet planes fly high above the earth?

The air is thin / there is less drag on the plane

5000

What does the word "thorough" mean?

Complete

5000

Read the word: thorough

thorough

thur - o 

5000

Read the word: atmospheric

atmospheric

at - mo - sphere - ic 

5000

Why could Miyada produce Cars easily?

The Niota (Car) was almost an exact copy of an earlier Miyada model

5000

What country has the hottest weather year after year?

Ethiopia