VIP Class Notes (Li)

Complete Reading Explorer 6B

Reading Explorer 6B “The Truth about Great Whites”

Vocabulary

Two summer ago – last, last summer

The Great Barrier Reef – famous place in Australia with many coral reefs

oxygen tank – used for breathing when you’re diving underwater

length – how long something is

width – how wide something is

endangered – at risk; to describe the status of animals

ex. Great White sharks are classed as endangered.

extinct – none left alive

ex. Over the next few decades, many species are at risk of becoming extinct.

victim – a person who gets hurt, injured or killed as a result of a situation

ex. Victims of theft

We swim in the sea for two times.

We swam in the sea twice.

Pronunciation

whales – wails