"For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often
deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say."
-- Confucius,
Words to Learn This Week
harvest
abundant
uneasy
calculate
absorb
estimate
morsel
quota
threat
ban
panic
appropriate
Read the following story to see how the new words are used in it.
Protecting Our Health
Pick an apple, a tomato, a peach - no worms in the harvest. We are familiar with the abundant use of pesticides by farmers, but today's chemists are becoming uneasy. They calculate that there are 45,000 different pesticides, and all of them can be absorbed by the fruit on which they are sprayed. The chemists estimate that every morsel we eat in the future may contain a deadly quota of pesticide. The tragedy will come slowly but the threat is real. These government chemists do not suggest that we ban pesticides. They are cautious and do not easily panic. What is needed, they say, are appropriate, budgeted doses that will not pollute our food.
Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.
1. The committee recommended that we ____________all dangerous foods.
2. Dave had his ___________ of cookies for the day.
3. You should always make sure that you have an ____________ supply of gasoline for a long trip.
4. The rain was _________ into the concrete when it was dry.
5. Is this inexpensive dress ___________ for a formal wedding?
6. How much do you ___________ that horse is worth?
7. Helen Hayes had an ___________ feeling as she went on to the stage for the first time.
8. When you are in trouble the worst thing to do is to ____________ .
9. The farmers had a good ___________ of corn this year.
10. We ________ all the figures and came to one solid answer.
11. Every __________ the cook prepared was tasty.
12. The _________ of snow caused us to change our holiday plans.
