2. check v. to look at something carefully to see if it is right, good, safe, etc. 3. committee a group of people chosen by others to plan and organize for them 4. corridor a long narrow passage with doors into rooms 5. envelope a paper cover for a letter or other papers 6. fridge (refrigerator) a kind of cupboard which keeps food cold 7. fuel rods metal tubes which contain uranium 8. gloves covers for the hands 9. government the group ol people who control a country 10. identity card a card with your photograph on it, which shows who you are 11. journalist a person who writes for newspapers 12. laboratory a building or room where scientists work 13. leader someone who is the most important person in a group, a government, a union, etc. 14. manager someone who controls a business, a factory, a bank, etc. 15. medical connected with medicine, doctors, hospital, etc. 16. negatives pieces of film from which we make photographs 17. nuclear a kind of energy made by breaking the central part of an atom into two pieces 18. official (n) someone who does important work for a union, a government, etc. 19. ordinary not strange or special 20. pretty nice-looking, lovely 21. proof anything which shows, or helps to show, that something is true 22. protect to keep someone or something sale 23. radioactive dust very, very small pieces of broken atoms which come from nuclear materials or explosions 24. sack (v) to make someone leave his/her job 25. safe (adj) not in danger 26. safety being safe 27. scanner a machine which can see very small things on or inside the body, which the human eye cannot see 28. shower a place where you can wash under water that falls from above 29. suppose to think that something is true when you are not sure 30. test (v) looking at something carefully to find out more about it 31. union a group of workers who join together to talk to managers about their pay, hours ol work, ete. 32. uranium |U| a heavy grey metal that sends our radioactive waves, and is used to make nuclear energy 33. vote (v) to choose someone in an election by marking a piece of paper 34. worried (adj) afraid that something is, or will be, bad or wrong 35. worry (v) to feel afraid and that something is, or will be, bad or wrong +++++ World Wonders (Level 2) 1. Buddhist: (n & adj) following the teachings of Buddha 2. calcium carbonate: (CaCO3) something solid and white that is found in chalk and some kinds of stone 3. camel: a large animal with a long neck that carries people and things in hot dry places 4. canal: a long narrow passage that carries water 5. cherry tree: a tree with beautiful pink or white flowers 6. city: a big and important town; capital city the most important city in a country 7. column: a tall piece of stone or wood that is part of a building 8. cool: a little cold; between warm and cold 9. cubic metre: the volume of something that is 1 metre long, 1 metre wide, and 1 metre high (m3) 10. dam: a wall that is built across a river to hold the water back 11. defend: to fight to keep away people or things that attack 12. destroy: when something is destroyed, it is dead and finished (e.g. fire destroys a forest) 13. earth: the world; the planet that we live on 14. earthquake: a sudden strong shaking of the ground 15. electricity: power that makes machines work and can make heat and light 16. elephant: a very big wild animal with a long nose that hangs down 17. entrance: the door or opening where you go into a place 18. flag: a piece of cloth with a special pattern on it; every country has its flag 19. flat: (adj) smooth, with no parts higher or lower than the rest 20. forest: a large area of land covered with trees 21. gazelle: a small animal like a deer that can run very fast 22. god: a spirit that people believe has power over them and nature 23. grass: a plant with thin green leaves that grows on the ground 24. grow: to get bigger; (of a plant) to exist in a particular place 25. harbour: a place where ships can stay safely in the water 26. Hindu: belonging to the religion of Hinduism 27. hyena: a wild animal like a dog that eats dead animals 28. jaguar: a large wild cat with black spots 29. kind: a group of things that are the same in some way 30. king: the most important man in a country 31. land: the part of the earth that is not the sea; a piece of ground 32. line: a long thin mark like this _ 33. magnetic: able to attract things made of iron; 34. magnetic field: an area with a magnetic force 35. moss: a very small green plant that grows in wet places 36. Muslim: following the religion of Islam 37. nail: a thin piece of metal that holds pieces of wood together 38. natural: made by nature, not by people 39. park: a large place with trees and gardens where people can walk 40. particle: a very small piece of something 41. pink: with a light red colour 42. prayer: words that you say to God or a god 43. rare: not found very often 44. rock: something very hard that is found in the ground 45. shadow: a dark shape that something makes on the ground when it is between the sun and the ground 46. snake: an animal with a long thin body and no legs 47. spice: a small part of a plant that you put in food to make it taste good 48. sport: a game like football, tennis etc. 49. statue: a model of a person, made from stone or metal 50. telegraph: a way of sending messages along wires using electricity 51. temple: a building where people worship a god or gods 52. terracotta: a red-brown earth that is cooked to make it hard 53. treasure: something that is worth a lot of money; 54. treasury: a place where valuable things are kept 55. weapon: something that you use to fight with 56. wildebeest: a large wild animal with curved horns 57. zebra: a wild animal like a horse with black and white stripes on its body