Unit 7 Listening 2 Vocabulary

Labelling people according to their income level, ethnic background, or language can lead to discrimination because it makes it sound like they are _______________________ groups.

• evolved

• marginal

• mundane

• psyche

The __________________ for working so hard was that she earned enough money to buy a new computer

• irony

• roots

• psyche

• payoff

It drives the boss crazy when his workers can't ________________ their goals in a eight-hour day

• payoff

• accomplish

• mundane

• breakthrough

He found ________________ in the idea that the city dwellers really believed they were giving freedom to the nomads by making them move to the city.

• intrepid

• roots

• irony

• attention span

The parents felt the children needed more ________________ and didn't want to move from one city to another too frequently.

• irony

• stability

• accomplish

• evolved

Scientific ________________ such as high tech devices help business travelers stay plugged in to work.

• attention span

• stability

• marginal

• breakthroughs

Those who have signed up for a trip to Mars on the spaceship are definitely _________________ travelers.

• intrepid

• irony

• evolved

• mundane

Those who want to investigate their_____________________ and learn about their culture often go back to the country where their parents were born.

• payoff

• psyche

• roots

• irony

Some people complain about _______________________ jobs, but others like having a set, predictable routine, even if it gets boring after a while.

• marginal

• evolved

• mundane

• attention span

Traditional societies that choose to resist change are sometimes criticized as being less _____________________ that those that jump on the bandwagon of every new modern technological advancement.

• mundane

• intrepid

• evolved

• marginal