Resource Room Answers (Topic: Pre)

1. I like to take a prepandial walk to work up my appetite for dinner.
2. I don't like it when the networks preempt my favourite TV shows because of sports.
3. One of the jobs of the meteorologist on the news is to predict tomorrow’s weather.
4. Just as a precaution, I always lock the car doors when I am driving.
5. Which of these coats do you prefer to wear tonight?
6. I don't think Mike heard a word I said because he was so preoccupied about his sick sister.
7. We got to the concert at the symphony hall just in time--we barely sat down before the conductor started the prelude.
   

Resource Room Answers (Topic: Bio)

1. My brother had a biopsy done on the lump on his elbow.
2. A biology class is where you learn about living things.
3. You would have to write your own autobiography.
4. Termites could not eat wood without other animals living inside them that digest the wood; this is an example of symbiosis.
5. An antibiotic will help cure some diseases like strep throat.
6. Things that might spread an infection at a hospital have a biohazard label on them.
7. When fish glow in the dark it is called bioluminescence.
8. I want to read the biography of the first President of the United States.
9. The desert, the swamps and the rain forest are all part of the big biosphere.
10. If you put something biodegradable in the dump, eventually it will rot away.
    

Resource Room Answers (Topic: Therm)

1. Getting wet on a cool day and staying outside can lead to hypothermia.
2. You can get a thermometer that will measure temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius.
3. I have a thermos full of coffee, piping hot.
4. A thermal blanket is designed to add a warm layer for cold weather, but not be too warm in warm weather.
5. The isothermal showed that it was 32 degrees in Boston, Massachusetts and 30 miles north of Cleveland, Ohio.
6. A thermonuclear bomb does more damage than other kinds of bombs, but is very expensive to make.
7. Spending too much time in the hot sun can cause hyperthermia , which can be fatal.
8. That hypothermia reaction got very, very cold.
9. Setting off a thermonuclear bomb is an example of an exothermic reaction because it sends out a lot of heat.
10. In Greenland, geothermal energy from hot springs is used to heat houses.
11. A tree farmer might want to study isothermalogy.
12. That's an interesting rock! A geologist could tell you what it is.
13. The thermostat in my car broke, so it overheated.
    
    
    
    
    

Resource Room Answers (Topic: Un)

1. Unemployment was a big problem in the Great Depression as many businesses shut down and people lost their jobs.
2. After a three week battle, the fort gave an unconditional surrender and was taken over.
3. When are you going to unveil your new painting?
4. I must have been unconscious during the whole movie--I don't remember any of it!
5. The crowd at the game got so unruly that the game was stopped until they settled down.
6. If you are uncertain about which book to read, I will help you decide.
7. It's a good thing your dishes and furniture are unbreakable, with so many unruly children in the house!
8. Many people say you should unplug your computer in the thunderstorm so that lightning doesn't harm it.
9. It's just unthinkable that he would order roast beef--he is a vegetarian!
10. It's unthinkable that my neat brother would ever let his house get untidy.
11. He is the most unselfish I know-he would give everything he has away.

Resource Room Answers (Topic: Ject)

1. My VCR will not eject my tape.
2. The pen became a projectile when it was thrown across the room.
3. A diabetic may have to be injected insulin with a needle.
4. Do you really know they will get married, or is that just conjecture?
5. The school will automatically reject your application if you don't pay the fee first.

Discussion & AQ Exercise-Terrorism (Articles:"The Terror Begins At Home" and "Turning The Taliban"

1) The writer was trying to say that the spirit of the American people is not as good as compared to other countries who tried to rebuild the damaged building and return to the targeted bus lines the day after bombing. However, for America, the Twin Towers are still not rebuilt. If the American spirit is strong, the damaged buildings should be rebuilt as a form of defiance and ordinary citizens should be trained to handle disasters and terror attacks.

2) These attempts to lure away thousands of Taliban with oofers of jobs and money and persuading the rest to make peace have not been successful. Evidence such as quotes from Pakistani citizens like "But the young man say it won't work" and "If you are commited to jihad, you won't leave for a mountain of money." are used to support their view.

AQ Exercise

1) Suggestions such as training ordinary citizens to handle disasters and terror attacks and to build resillience instead of letting the government take care of the citizens have relevance for Singapore.

2) Posters and advertisements xan be frequently put up to constantly remind Singaporeans to have the united spirit in them so as to ensure Singaporeans political and social stability. Only with the united spirit, not only can we ensure Singaporean's political and social stability, Singaporeans can also build resillience against terrorism.

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Comic Strip of Lamb to the Slaughter