Vocabulary 1 Unit 3

News: newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events. My dad watched the news.

Natural disasters: a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. Earthquare is a natural disaster.

Victim: a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action. They were victim of the war.

Global challenges: The most significant challenges facing the world — such as the effects of climate change, disease, inequality — are of global scope, and affect all nations. Climate chage is a global challenge.

Basic needs: A traditional list of immediate basic needs is food (including water), shelter, and clothing. Foot is one of basic needs.

Diversity: the state of being diverse; variety. There is diversity in the park.

Education: the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university. Children have access to education.

Access: a means of approaching or entering a place. I had access to the park.

Safe place: a place that provides a physically and emotionally safe environment for a person or group of people. My house is a safe place.

Tolerance: the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. He has tolerance.

Civil: relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters. The civil was in the camp.

Health care: the organized provision of medical care to individuals or a community. I have access to health care.

Refugee: a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. She was refugee of the war.

Solution: a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation. My mom finds a solution.

Air pollution: the presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects. The city has air pollution.

Trash: discarded matter; refuse. The trash smells bad.

Ethnicity: the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. This ethnicity has different tradition.

Scarcity: Scarcity refers to the most basic economic problem: the gap between limited—that is, scarce—resources and theoretically limitless wants. This country has scarcity of resources.

Problem: a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome. I have a problem.