READING 6-FRANKENFOODS
VOCABULARY
1. CORPORATE
2. TECHNIQUE
3. DEBATE
4. MAJOR
5. FUND
6. POTENTIAL
7. EMPHASIS
8. QUOTE
9. COMMUNITY
10. BENEFIT
Corporate (adj.) relating to a large company or group (Ex. Corporate finance)
Corporation (n.) a large company
Technique (n.) method, way to do something (Ex. Scientists have developed a new technique for
taking blood samples.)
Technical (adj.) This is a technical problem.
Technicality (n.) small detail of a law or rule (Ex. Technicalities of photography)
Technically (adv.) technically advanced weapons
Technician (n.) a computer technician
Technology (n.) computer technology
Debate (n.) discussion or argument (political debate)(There has been a lot of public debate on the
safety of food.)
Debate (v.) to discuss a subject in a formal way (These issues need to be debated openly.)
Debatable (adj.) not certain (It’s debatable whether a university degree will help you in this job.)
Major (adj.) more important than the others (a major problem/a major city)(America has played a
major role in the peace process.)
Major (n.) the most important subject that a college or university student studies or the student who
is studying (What’s your major?/Diana is an English major.)
Major (v.) If you major in a subject it is the most important part of your course at a college or
university (He majored in mathematics.)
Majority (n.) more than half of a group of people or things (The vast majority of smokers claim they
would like to give up.)
Fund (n.) an amount of money collected, saved, or provided for a purpose (a pension fund)
Funds (n.)(pl.) money needed or available to spend on something (The charity closed down due to
the lack of funds.)
Fund (v.) to provide money for an event, activity or organisation (Who is the project funded by?)
Funding (n.) money given by a government or organisation for an event or activity (They received
state funding for the project.)
Potential (adj.) may become one in the future ( a potential danger/a potential customer)(A number
of potential buyers have expressed interest in the building.)
Potential (n.) qualities or abilities that may develop and allow someone or something to succeed (He
has a lot of potential as a writer.)
Emphasis (n.) particular importance or attention (Schools are starting to place/put greater emphasis
on passing exams.)
Emphasis (n.) The extra force that you give to a word or part of a word when you are saying it (The
emphasis is on the final syllable.)
Emphasize (v.)(US) or emphasise (v.)(BE) to show that something is especially important or needs
special attention (The government is emphasizing the importance of voting in the election.)
Quote(v) to repeat what someone has said or written (I was quoting from Atatürk.)(Witnesses were
quoted as saying there were two gunmen.)
Quote (n.) short for quotation
Quotation(n.) sentence or phrase that is taken out of a book, poem, or play (a quotation from
Shakespeare)
Quotation marks (n.) a pair of marks (‘ ‘) used before and after a group of words to show that they
are spoken or that someone else originally wrote them (‘Come here!, he said.)
Community (n.) the people living in a particular area (a small community) or a group of people with
the same interests, nationality, job, etc. (the Chinese community)
Communal (adj.) belonging to or used by a group of people (a communal changing room)
Commune (n.) a group of people who live together , sharing the work and the things they own
Benefit (n.) something that helps somebody or gives somebody an advantage (I have had the benefit
of a happy childhood.)or money that the goverment gives to people who are ill, poor, not working,
etc. (unemployment benefit)
Benefit (v.) to be helped by something (The film benefited from the excellent acting by its stars.) or to
help someone (The charity supports activities that directly benefit children.)
Beneficial (adj.) helpful or useful (Exercise is beneficial to almost everyone.)
Beneficiary (n.) someone who receives money, help, etc. from something or someone else (They
were the beneficiaries of free education.)
EXERCISES
Use the words given above to complete the sentences with ONE word. You may need to change
the FORM.
1. One of the many .................... of foreign travel is learning how to cope with the unexpected.
2. Drug trafficking is a matter of considerable concern for the entire international ....................
3. He is always .................... from the Bible.
4. I think we should put as much ...................... on preventing disease as we do on curing it.
5. A number of ................... buyers have expressed interest in the company.
6. Sugar is a ....................... cause of tooth decay.
7. How we proceed from here is a matter for ........................
8. The company has agreed to ................... my trip to Germany.
9. He is one of the ....................... executives of our company.
10. We have developed a new ....................... for detecting errors in the manufactoring process.
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benefits
community
quoting
emphasis
potential
major
debate
fund
corporate
technique