Day 5 Reading Passage 2 (Organic food: why?) Word list: 1 Organic (adj) (B2) - not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and
animals for food and other products
Example: Organic food, fruit, farms, farmers. 2 Conventional (adj) (B2) - traditional and ordinary
Example: Conventional behavior 3 Compensate for (v) (C2) - to provide something good or useful in place of
something or to make someone feel better about something that has failed or been
lost
Example: Nothing will ever compensate for his lost childhood. 4 Emit (v) (C2) - to send out a beam, noise, smell, or gas
Example: The alarm emits infra-red rays which are used to detect any intruder. 5 Nutritious (adj) (C1
) - containing many of the substances needed for life and growth
Example: A nutritious diet. 6 Toxins (n) - a poisonous substance, especially one produced by bacteria that
causes disease
Example: Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body. 7 Breed out (v) - to eliminate a characteristic in the course of controlled breeding
Example: Cruelty and the fighting instinct have not yet been bred out of the human species. 8 Obsession (n) (B2) - something or someone that you think about all the time
Example: An unhealthy obsession with death. 9 Symptomatic of (adj) - if something bad is symptomatic of something else, it is
caused by the other thing and is proof that it exits
Example: Jealously within a relationship is usually symptomatic o f low self-esteem in one of the partners. 10
Starved (adj) - very hungry
Example: All experimental insects were starved for 24 hours prior to the experiment.
