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HOW THE WEST WAS WON

VOCABULARY. HOW THE WEST WAS WON. Paragraph1: ‘Go West, young man!’. Settler ['setlə] (n) a person who goes to live in a new country or region. E.g. white settlers in Africa Scarce [ skeəs ] (a) not enough or only available in a small quantity. E.g. scarce resources

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HOW THE WEST WAS WON

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  1. VOCABULARY HOW THE WEST WAS WON

  2. Paragraph1: ‘Go West, young man!’ • Settler['setlə] (n) a person who goes to live in a new country or region. E.g. white settlers in Africa • Scarce[skeəs] (a) not enough or only available in a small quantity. E.g. scarce resources • In search of = looking for • Primitive['primitiv] (a) E.g. primitive man

  3. Paragraph 2: The hazardous journey • Migration [mai'grei∫n] (n) • Blizzard ['blizəd] (n) • Plague [pleig] (n) • Self-inflicted[,self in'fliktid] (a)

  4. Paragraph 3: The tragedy of the Donner family • Emigration[,emi'grei∫n] (n) • To emigrate (v) • to immigrate • To stab [stæb] (v + n) • To starve [stɑ:v] (v) to suffer or die because you don’t have enough food.

  5. Paragraph 4: First contacts with native Americans • Savage['sævidʒ] (a) aggressive and violent, causing great harm = brutal • Indivisible[,indi'vizəbl] (a) that cannot be divided into separate parts # divisible

  6. Paragraph 5: Gold fever and conflict • To flock [flɔk] (v) to go or to gather together • Inevitably[in'evitəbli] (adv) • To ensue [in'sju:] (v) to follow • Mining['mainiη] (n) • Extinct[iks'tiηkt] (a)

  7. Paragraph 6: Broken and defeated • To defeat [di'fi:t] (v) to win against sb in a war or competition. • Hostilities [hɔs'tilitiz] (n) acts or fighting in a war. • To slaughter ['slɔ:tə] (v) cruel killing of a large number of people in one time.

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