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A2 Work-Basics Part 3: Work Basics

Lesson 103 of 10 in this unit.

📖 Reading Passage

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Clean water keeps people healthy. Dirty water can carry germs that cause stomach pain and fever. In many villages, people now use simple filters made of sand and cloth. The filter cleans the water in a few hours. Boiling water for five minutes also kills most germs. Schools teach children to wash hands with soap before eating. When a village gets clean water, fewer children miss school. A small well or filter can change daily life for hundreds of families. A village in Kenya built its first well five years ago. Before the well, women walked two hours to a river and carried heavy buckets home. Now the well stands near the school, and a hand pump brings water from deep in the ground. The village keeps the well clean: nobody washes clothes beside it, and animals drink from a separate trough. A committee collects a small amount of money each month for repairs. When the pump broke last year, a young woman had learned how to fix it, and the water returned the same day. The head teacher says more children come to class now and fewer are sick. Clean water, she says, is the beginning of every other good thing.

📘 Vocabulary

20 words from this lesson

laugh: An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.; “They discussed laugh during the lesson.”
leg: A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.; “They discussed leg during the lesson.”
letters: The liberal arts, humanities, learning .; “They discussed letters during the lesson.”
liberal: Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.; “They discussed liberal during the lesson.”
listening: Of something or someone that listens.; “They discussed listening during the lesson.”
lunch: A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.; “They discussed lunch during the lesson.”
max: ; maximal.; “They discussed max during the lesson.”
milk: A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.; “They discussed milk during the lesson.”
pack: A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.; “They discussed pack during the lesson.”
payment: The act of paying.; “They discussed payment during the lesson.”
perform: To do (something); to execute.; “They discussed perform during the lesson.”
recorded: That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape).; “The whole experiment was recorded on film.”
relatively: In a relative manner; with reference to environment or competition; contextually or comparatively.; “They discussed relatively during the lesson.”
sector: A section.; “They discussed sector during the lesson.”
sharing: Something shared; a point in common.; “They discussed sharing during the lesson.”
snow: The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.; “They discussed snow during the lesson.”
storm: Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.; “They discussed storm during the lesson.”
strike: To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.; “They discussed strike during the lesson.”
studio: An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works.; “They discussed studio during the lesson.”
sub: : a sandwich made on a long bun.; “Philosophy is not so difficult a subject as you imagine.”

📐 Grammar Notes

Present continuous covers current duties: I am training two newcomers. Past simple reports completed tasks. Polite workplace requests use could you and would you mind. Articles matter for roles: a manager, the manager on duty, managers in general with no article. Practice by labeling each sentence in the reading: underline the main verb, circle the time marker, and check that every they and it points to a named noun. Rewrite any three sentences in your own words while keeping tense and meaning intact. Theme: work basics. Reading: Clean Water for All. As a final check, read the passage once more and label every verb for tense, every noun for countability, and every connector for function. Keep a short error log of your own recurring mistakes and review it before writing. This routine turns isolated rules into durable habits across all five hundred lessons.

A2 Work-Basics Part 3: Work Basics

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

I had been writing ___ all that morning.

These shoes are good for walking in deep ___.

What does 'laugh' mean?

What does 'leg' mean?

What does 'letters' mean?

What does 'liberal' mean?

What does 'listening' mean?

What does 'lunch' mean?

Write a sentence using 'laugh'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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