R9-1 People from Mars

Creatures coming from outside of the Earth, from other planets

• extraterrestrials
• leisure
• glamor
• mantra

An economy which is just enough to supply the bare necessities of life

• equivalent
• inexhaustible
• subsistence economy
• leisure

A Hindu or Buddhist religious prayer that is repeated again and again

• inflation
• mantra
• inferiority
• a slap in the face

Attractive and exciting qualities

• leisure
• inferiority
• a slap in the face
• glamor

An insult

• inflation
• leisure
• a slap in the face
• mantra

An increase of prices and a fall in the value of money

• leisure
• inflation
• equivalent
• absurd

Being lower in ability or importance

• inferiority
• absurd
• irresistible
• mantra

Read the following sentences. Choose the author's main idea.

• Ladakhi culture has been negatively affected by tourism and Western TV and films.
• Ladakhis can learn about the reality of Western culture by meeting tourists and watching TV and films.
• Primitive Ladakhi culture should become modernized, so the influence of wealthy tourists and Western television is necessary.

time that is free from work; time that one can do as one chooses [paragraph 1]

• inexhaustible
• leisure
• equivalent
• symbols

available in unlimited quantity; endless [paragraph 1]

• equivalent
• inflation
• inexhaustible
• absurd