UNIT 1

UNIT 1

• access n [U] (11) when you have the right or opportunity to use or see something
• conclude v [I] (9) to decide something after studying all the information about it very carefully
• conduct research vp (9) to study a subject to find information about it
• consume v [T] (11) to use something such as a product, energy or fuel
• crime rate n [C] (8) the amount of crime that happens in a place or during a period of time
• culture n [C, U] (9) the habits, traditions and beliefs of a country, society or group of people
• diverse adj (11) including many different types
• environment n [C] (9) the situation that you live or work in, and how it influences how you feel
• feature n [C] (16) a quality or important part of something
• grow up (11) vp to become older or an adult
• have access to something vp (11) to have the right or opportunity to have, use or see something
• ignore v [T] (9) to pay no attention to something or someone
• impact n (11) the effect that a person, event or situation has on someone or something
• income n [C, U] (11) money that you earn by working, investing or producing goods
• industrial adj (12) with a lot of factories
• influence v [T] (14) to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves or thinks
• landscape n [C] (11) the appearance of an area of land, especially in the countryside
• lifestyle n [C] (8) the way that you live
• local n [C] (9) someone who lives in the area you are talking about
• measurement n [C, U] (11) a way of measuring something
• nutrition n [U] (11) the food that you eat and the way that it affects your health
• outcome n [C] (11) the final result of an activity or process
• rank v [T] (11) to give someone or something a position in a list which shows them in order of importance or quality
• reaction n [C, U] (9) something you say, feel or do because of something that has happened
• reputation n [C] (9) the opinion that people have about someone or something based on their behaviour or character in the past
• resources n plural (11) things that a country, person or organisation has which they can use
• short of adjp (9) If you are short of something, you do not have enough of it.
• status n [U] (11) the position that you have in relation to other people because of your job or social position
• surround v [T] (11) to be or go everywhere around something or someone
• tend to be vp (9) to often be in a particular state
• way of life up (9) the manner in which a person lives