DICTATION 1

Unit 1: A picnic by the river

Unit 2: Lets recycle!
Unit 3: Growing roses
Unit 4: Bird Watching
Unit 5: Trees in the forest
Unit 6: An Easy Way to Shop
Unit 7: Cell Phone Messages
Unit 8: Bubbles in Boiling Water
Unit 9: The Blue Sky
Unit 10: A New Camera
Vocabulary list
Unit 1
lunch n midday meal
litter n scattered trash
hungry a wanting to eat
empty a containing nothing
meal taken and eaten
picnic n
outdoors
send something from hand,
throw v
drop something carelessly
spot n small round area
spoil v impair something
lie v be located somewhere
gather dropped things, clean
pick up
place
Unit 2
recycle v use again differently
environment n natural world
money n medium of exchange
government n political authority
extra a charged for in addition
put something back, repay
return v
something
law n divine will
fair v done properly
as an alternative to or
instead of
substitute for something
used to show that in the end
after all something happened, was
done.
Unit 3
bush n woody branched plant
problem n difficulty
leaf n plant part, foliage
consisting of flowing
liquid a
substance
recover v return to former state
substance aiding plant
ferilizer n
growth
make something,
produce v
manufacture something
quite ad emphasizing extent
cost v have particular price
at all in any way, to any extent, or
 under any conditions
Unit 4
area n region or district
feathers n part of bird's plumage
tomorrow n the day after today
beautiful a pleasing to senses, excellent
park n area for public recreation
boring a uninteresting
linked pair of small
binoculars n
telescopes
in a way that suggests
as if
something
nest n bird or animal home
lay v produce eggs
Unit 5
forest n large dense growth of trees
few: a small number, though
several a
more than two or three
somebody visiting,
visitor n migratory bird appearing
temporarily

hundred n the number 100

fee n payment for services
damage n harm or injury
to keep something back for
reserve v future use or for some
specific purpose
of nation, owned or
national a controlled by central
government
a door or gate through which
entrance n
people enter
to provide for the needs of
take care of
somebody or something
Unit 6
website n group of related web pages
item n one in collection
small activating icon on
button n
computer screen
online a connected via computer
decide from among range of
choose v
options
easy a not causing problems or
 difficulty, or not requiring
much effort, work, or
thought
the electronic parts of a
piece of equipment, or
electronics n electronic devices and
equipment
generally
hard a involving effort
faster v comparative form of fast
credit card n card for deferring payment
Unit 7
message n communication
cell phone n portable phone
useful a having value
midway through linguistic
middle a
or literary development
get something, take delivery
receive v
of message
check v examine something
a highway that can be used
freeway n
without paying a toll
press v push against something
cheaper a comparative from of cheap
two: relating to or consisting
both a of two people or things
considered together
Unit 8
gas n substance such as air
disappear v vanish from sight
escape v break free from captivity
boil v heat to or reach boiling point
thin globe-shaped air-filled
bubble(s) n
film
drop n small round portion of liquid
vapor n moisture particles
quick a doing something fast
press against something to
push v
move it
turn into develop into something else
Unit 9
science n study of physical world
light n energy producing brightness
absorb v take something up or in
answer v response to question
reflect v send something back
understand v grasp meaning of something
clarify meaning of
explain v
something
over, higher than, or on top
above prep
of
smallest part of chemical
molecule n
compound

scatter v throw things around

Unit 10
representing data as
digital a
numbers
delete v score something out
picture n photograph
device for taking
camera n
photographs
make something with
print v
printing machine:
plastic disk for digital
compact disc n
recording
put something into
store v
safekeeping
keep something back for
save v
later
space n enough room
run out come to end