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Unit 2 Week 2
My Diary from Here to There
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| overheard | heard something one was not supposed to hear |
| opportunities | good chances or favorable times |
| border | a line between one country, state, county, or town and another |
| unions | groups of workers joined together to protect their jobs and improve working conditions |
| strikes | the stopping of work to protest something |
| citizen | a person who was born in a country or who chooses to live in and become a member of that country |
| boycotts | protests in which people refuse to buy from or work for a person |
| escalators | mechanical staircases that continually move up or down |
| hummingbird | a tiny bird whose wings move so fast they make a humming sound |
| immigration | the movement of people from their native country to live in another country |