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Unit 5: Great Ideas Integrated Skills. Vocabulary. Average. Adjective Normal, usual, typical An average student made a 75%. Company. Noun. A business organization selling goods and services Royal Dutch Shell is the world’s largest company .
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Unit 5: Great Ideas Integrated Skills Vocabulary
Average Adjective Normal, usual, typical An average student made a 75%.
Company Noun A business organization selling goods and services Royal Dutch Shell is the world’s largest company. Exxon Mobil is the world’s second largest company.
Cost Verb How much money something is. The cost of gas has gone up in the past 10 years.
Energy Noun Usable power that comes from heat, electricity etc. Energy comes from oil, gas, coal, wind and the sun.
Increase Verb To make something larger in number or amount. The president has decided to increase the number of UAE women in the workplace.
Industry Noun The work of making things in factories; The UAE has a large oil industry.
Invent Verb To make something for the first time Blaise Pascal invented the first mechanical computer in 1642.
Invention Noun A thing made or designed for the first time. In 1833, Charles Babbage created an invention called the Analytical Machine. It was a mechanical computer.
Machine Noun A piece of equipment with moving parts made to do work, e.g. washing machine Machines can make work easy for you.
Types of machines Coffee Machine (Maker) Washing Machine
Types of Machines Adding Machine ATM Machine
Types of Machines Answering Machine Fax Machine
Machine Sewing Machine Vending Machine or Snack Machine
Produce Verb To make Robots can produce cars.
Reduce Verb To make something less. It is important to reduce or eliminate debt as soon as possible.
Save Verb To keep or not spend money or energy so you have it for later It is important to save money for a new home.
Turn Down Verb To reduce the sound or heat that something makes. Turn down the heat.
Turn Off Verb To move the switch to stop something from working Turn off the TV.
Turn On Verb To move the switch to start something working. Turn on the radio.
Turn Up Verb To increase the sound or heat that something makes. Turn up the air conditioning.
Turn Around Verb To make a big change The economy turned around last quarter.
U-Turn Noun or a verb To make a u-shaped turn Make a u-turn at the traffic light.
Dyslexia Noun Inability to read; learning difficulty in reading, writing, or math; “word blindness” A person who cannot read may have dyslexia.
Near-Sighted Adjective The ability to see at ashortdistanceonly; A near-sighted person needs glasses to drive.
Risk Noun the chance ofinjury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance; It's notworththerisk.
Risk Risk of Danger Health Risk
Risk Financial Risk Environmental Risk
Initiative Noun The first act or step; Take the initiativeinmakingfriends.
Adventure Noun An exciting or veryunusualexperience. Hang gliding is an adventure.
Entrepreneur Noun A person who organizes andmanages a business, with initiative and risk. He is a successful entrepreneur.
Profits Noun Money earned from business Exxon’s profits rose 69% in 2011.
Environment Noun 1. The surrounding things, 2. Ecology- the air, water, minerals Global warming affects the environment.
Fuel Noun matter used to maintain fire or energy, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in ordertocreateheatorpower. Gasoline is a type of fuel.
Resources Noun 1. a source of supply, support, or aid, 2. the wealth of a country 3. money, or any property that can be converted into money;assets. Oil is a natural resource and a national resource in the UAE.
Resources Library Resources Natural Resources
Resources Human Resources National Resources
Resources Financial Resources Renewable Resources
Temperature Noun A measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance Al Ain has high temperatures in the summer.
