(Note: The title of this post is in the old style of television newscasters. When a newscaster was reading the evening news and a big story which was not part of the planned broadcast had just happened, the newscaster would interrupt his normal broadcast and say “This just in…” and then give the breaking news.)
I know I said that I would only post once a week to this blog. But how could I resist when this article 1) appeared in the news just today, and 2) is on the same topic that the class read about last week? All those great vocabulary words are still fresh in your minds, so give this article a try. Take your new words for a test drive! (The expression “take (something) for a test drive” refers to what you do when you’re looking at new cars, and the salesman urges you to try the car out. He’ll tell you to, or maybe you’ll ask to, “take it for a test drive!”)
Here are some words that you might find helpful:
Recall (n., v.) – Sometimes this means remember (v), and occasionally it is used for a particular type of memory (n). However, in this article it means the situation when a manufacturer asks people who bought their product (consumers) to return that product to the store.
Consume (v.) – Eat
Findings (n.) – Something that is discovered in an investigation. Sometimes we say “conclusions” instead.
Erroneous (adj.) – Incorrect. (Did you notice its similarity to the word “error”?)
Leak (n., v.) – What happens when there is a hole in a container (like a bag), or when the lid of a bottle is on tightly enough, and whatever is in the container/bottle/etc comes out.
Manure (n.) – Poop which is used to make vegetables grow better.
Resilient (adj.) – Hard to hurt or kill.
So, do you need to be worried? Do you need to stop eating celery? No. The contaminated celery was found in just a few places in Texas and in one part of Oklahoma. But now that you know this vocabulary, I hope you will feel confident reading similar articles in the future, thus keeping yourself safe, healthy, and informed. :-)
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