Academic vladuur
academic vocabulary
compare immigrant
context topie
familiar places: academic vocabulary review
a. draw a line to match each academic vocabulary word
with its meaning.
definition
word
someone who comes to live in a new country
1. compare
to think about how two things are alike and different
2. context
the subject of a piece of writing or a discussion
3. immigrant
the parts nearby that explain the meaning of a word
4. topic
b. read each statement. circle yes or no to answer.
no
1. context you understand what a new word means. yes no
2. an immigrant can only visit a new country for a short time. yes no
3. when you compare, you look at what is the same and different. yes
4. the topic of a discussion is its subject. yes no
c. use at least one of the academic vocabulary words. write about a time you
visited a new place and found something familiar.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: