"A fine volley of words, gentleman, and quickly shot off."
Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
Words to Learn This Week
outlaw
promote
undernourished
illustrate
disclose
excessive
disaster
censor
culprit
juvenile
bait
insist
Read the following story to see how the new words are used in it.
What Did You Have for Breakfast?
A parents' organization to protect children's health appealed to a Senate committee to outlaw television commercials that promote the purchase of sugary products. Too much advertising urges the young child to eat caramels, chocolate, cookies, and pastries. This results in poor eating habits and leaves youngsters undernourished and subject to rapid tooth decay and other diseases.
To illustrate the extent of the problem, a recent survey of one typical day of CBS's Channel 7 in Boston between 7 A.M. and 2 P.M. disclosed 67 commercials for sweet-tasting products. Several witnesses said that many children's cereals contained more than 50 percent sugar, that children often forced their parents to buy the cereals, and that excessive use of sugar from cereals, soft drinks and snack foods is a national disaster. Dr. Jean Mayer, professor of nutrition at Harvard University, recommended censoring the culprits in advertising for juvenile viewers. Recognizing the powerful opponents in the food industry who will resist control, Dr. Mayer said that no feeble efforts will do. "Sugar-coated nothings," he added, "must cease" to be the standard diet of the American child.
Other witnesses pointed out that many cereal boxes used as bait for the children offers of dolls, balloons, airplane or car models, magic kits, monster cutouts and similar trifles, but the cereal inside the box, they insisted, had no more food value than the container it came in.
Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.
1.The average American can be considered _____________ because he or she deprives the body of proper foods in favor of rich, fatty foods.
2.Though he was threatened with imprisonment, Martin would not _______________ the whereabots of the treasure.
3.When the report of the airplane _____________ reached us, many people pledged their help in locating survivors.
4.The only hope for the world is to ___________ war.
5.The police were reluctant to use ____________ force, even to preserve order.
6.This is a court of justice for the ___________ and the innocent alike.
7.Certain foods that ___________ tooth decay should be banned from the market.
8.An artist was hired to ___________ a book on the birds of this vicinity.
9.If you ___________ on shouting, I shall be compelled to leave.
10.It would be a disaster for freedom of the press if the ______________ were permitted to tell us what we can read.
11.James has just about exhausted his father's patience with his ___________ behavior.
12.Only a brutal person would __________ someone who is disabled.
