METU/SFL Fall 2024

DBE201 GROUP
SPAN 1 ACTIVE VOCABULARY LIST
NOTE: For HN 1 and OLR 1 Active Vocabulary, please refer to the lists at the end of each unit.

WEEK 1 R3: Alphonse Karr

READING PRACTICE 1  easy X difficult (adj)
R1: Julia’s Family  a(n) (very) expensive (adj) city (n)
 a big (adj) X small (adj) house (n)  to need (v) sth
 a tall X short (adj) man/woman/person  to have (v) an interview (n) (for a job)
(n)  to have (v) a problem (n)
 a slim X fat (adj) man/woman/person (n)  to have (v) a jacket (n)/(a pair
 a good-looking (adj) man/woman/person of)jeans/trousers (n)
(n)  to want (v) sth
 to have (v) a company (n)  casual (adj) clothes (n)
 to have (v) an office (n)  luckily (adv)
 to be married (adj) to sb R4: Entertainment in October
 a teacher (n)  entertainment (n)
 a doctor (n)  a director (n)
 a lawyer (n)  a writer (n)
 to be  a businessperson (n)  a performance (n)
 to work as a businesswoman (n)  a play (n)
a businessman (n)  a novel (n)
 the manager (n) of a company (n)
 a movie (n)
 an architect (n)  to take (v) the subway/train/bus (n)
 wife (n) / husband (n)
 mother (n) / father (n) WEEK 2
 parents (n) READING HANDOUT 1
 children (pl. n) R1: A Day in the Life of Irina Malkovich
 daughter (n) / son (n)  a member (n) of a circus/club (n)
 sister (n) / brother (n)  to take/have a (warm) shower (v phr)
 grandparents (n)  to take/have a nap (v phr)
 grandmother (n) / grandfather (n)  to take one’s dog for a walk (v phr)
 grandchildren (n)  to wake (sb) up (v phr)
 granddaughter (n) / grandson (n)  to hate (v) sb/sth
R2: A Family Picture
 to drive (v) sb to a place (n)
 to have (v) a
 a(n) usual X unusual (adj)
t-shirt/jeans/shorts/glasses/etc.(n)
≈ to wear (v) school/place/person (n)
 to look at (v phr) sb/sth  to get ≈ come back (v phr) (v) home (n)
 to need (v) sth R2: Leisure in Different Countries
 old X new (adj)  leisure (n) ≈ free time activities (n)
 white (adj)  to do (v) an activity (n)
 yellow (adj)  to spend (v) time (n) (doing sth)
 black (adj)  to invent (v) sth
 brown (adj)  to compete (v) in a tournament/race/the
 red (adj) Olympics (n)
 blue (adj)  to grow up (phr v)
 green (adj)
 local X national (adj) tournaments (n)
 pink (adj)

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 different (adj) from (pre) sb/sth  to teach sb how to do sth (v phr)
X  to wear (v) a strange (adj) mask/costume
 similar (adj) to (pre) sb/sth (n)
 to carry (v) sth
 to choose (v) sth
 to put on (phr v) weight (n)
READING PRACTICE 2  to earn (v) money (n)
R1: Home Sweet Home R1: Just like Twins
 to live (v) with sb  to be twins (n)
 to be like (prep) twins (n)
 to be (v) far (adj) from (prep)  a popular (adj) sport (n)
X a place (n)  to be healthy X unhealthy (adj)
 to live (v) close (adj) to (prep)
 to have (v) a healthy X unhealthy (adj) diet
 to live (v) in a(n) (n)
apartment/flat/house/cottage(n)  healthy X unhealthy (adj) food (n)
 a beautiful (adj) view (n) of a place (n)  to have (v) a balanced (adj) diet (n)
R2: Sheila’s House  to be rich (adj) in sth
 to share (v) sth with sb  to meet (v) sb
 a comfortable (adj) house (n)  to win X lose (v) a
 a house(n) with a garden/swimming game/match/competition (n)
pool/garage (n) R2: Awá Tribe: Living in Harmony
 a quiet (adj) place (n)  a member (n) of a tribe (n)
 to spend (v) time (n) (doing sth)  to be a nomad (n)
 to keep (v) sth [in a place] (prep phr)  a forest (n) ≈ a jungle (n)
 a refrigerator ≈ a fridge (n)  to collect (v) sth
R3: The Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel  to do (v) sth immediately (adv)
 temperature (n)
READING PRACTICE 3
 snow (n)
R1: An Online Profile
 ice (n)
 to work/study (v) hard (adv)
 approximately (adv) (+ a number)
 a small X big (adj) town (n)
 a pleasant (adj) experience (n)  to arrive at (v phr) a place (n)
 hotel (n) guest (n) ≈ to reach (v) a place (n)
 a wooden (adj) building (n)  to travel (v) to a place (n)
 a handmade (adj) object (n)  to study (v) chemistry/music (n) (at
(e.g. handmade glasses) school/university/college)
 to be open (adj) X closed (adj) R2: How to Make a Tuna Sandwich
 to warm up (phr v)  ingredients (n) in a recipe (n)
 to have (v) a warm (adj) atmosphere (n)  to mix (sth) with sth (v phr)
 a sleeping bag (n phr)  a mixture (n) of sth (and sth)
R4: The Addams Family  to add (v) sth to sth
 to be afraid (adj) of sb/sth  to put (v) sth into sth
 to have (v) a party (n) R3: Teens’ Eating Habits
 to take (v) a break (n)  to skip (v) breakfast/lunch/dinner/a meal
 a rule (n) (n)
 to admit (v) (doing) sth
WEEK 3  to eat (v) junk food (n phr)
READING HANDOUT 2  to eat out (phr v)

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 to be common (adj)  to take part in (phr v) an activity (n)
 among (prep) a group of people (n phr)  a(n) old X new (adj) tradition (n)
 to try to do sth (v phr) R2: Three Canadian Cities
 healthy (adj) dishes (n)  the capital (adj) (city (n)) of a country (n)
R4: A Letter from London  a historical (adj) center (n)
 to feel (v) tired (adj)  a mixture (n) of … and …
 to find (v) sth (very) interesting (adj)  population (n) of a country/city/town (n)
 to take (v) a tour (n) (round the Tower  to be popular (adj) with tourists/people
 to take (v) a picture (n) of sb/sth (n)
 a colleague (n)  an annual (adj) festival/event (n)
 a tourist (n) attraction (n)
R3: Washington DC in One Day
WEEK 4  to be within (prep) walking (n) distance
READING HANDOUT 3 (n)
 to attend (v) a lecture/a lesson (n)  to use (v) public (adj) transportation (n)
 to cost (v) €5/₺10/$3  to get on (phr v) the metro/bus/train (n)
 don’t/doesn’t cost much  to use (v) the elevator ≈ lift (n)
 to communicate (v) with sb
R4: Hawaii
 advantage X disadvantage (n) of sth
 outstanding (adj) beauty (n)
 to concentrate (v) on work/homework/sth
 to participate(v) in an activity (n)
(n)
 to have (v) historical/cultural (adj)
 to cause (v) (a lot of) stress/worry (n)
importance (n)
 a traffic jam (n phr)
 annually (adv)
 a passenger (n)
 a unique (adj) place (n)
 to run (v) a company (n)
WEEK 5
 to look for (phr v) sth
READING PRACTICE 5
R: The Maasai
R1: Tiku
 stages (n) of sth
 to own (v) sth
 to get (v) married (adj) X get (v) divorced
 to use (v) sth for sth
(adj)
 the history (n) of sth (a country/a
 early (adj) marriage (n)
place/etc.)
 to live (v) long (adj)
 to explain (v) sth (to sb)
 primary (adj) school (n)
 to share (v) sth with sb
 to change (v) positively X negatively (adv)
 a wise (adj) person/woman/man
READING PRACTICE 4
R2: The First Woman to Run Boston
R1: New Year’s Day in April
 to be (very) important (adj) for sb/sth
 a change (n) in sth
 to be sure (adj) about sb/sth
 to change (v) sth
 to accept (v) sb/sth
 to celebrate (v) a festival (n)
 to allow (v) (sb to do) sth
 dry X wet/rainy (adj) season/month (n)
 an application (n) form/document (n)
 to throw away sth (phr v)
 to decide (v) to do sth
 to throw (v) sth at sb
 (a) rainy (adj) day/weather (n)
 to bring (v) good X bad (adj) luck (n)
R3: John Wood
 to prepare (v) food (n)
 to work (v) for a company (n)
 to show(v) respect (n) to sb/sth
 to invite (v) sb (on a tour/ to a place/an
 to respect (v) sb/sth
event)

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 to need/to go (v) on a vacation (n)
 to ask (v) sb for help (n) WEEK 7
 to start (v) an organization (n)
READING PRACTICE 7
 to raise (v) money (n)
R1: Bullet Trains
R4: Mexico
 intercity (adj) travel (n)
 to last (v) (for) six days/five years/3 months
 rail (n) line (n)
(n)
 shape (n) of sth
 (a) traditional (adj) city/music/person/food
 at (prep) a speed (n) of (prep)…
(adj)
 (a train/bus) to run (v) between cities/A
 daily (adj) trips (n)
and B
 to solve (v) a problem (n)
WEEK 6
 per (prep) hour (n)
READING PRACTICE 6
 to provide (v) service (n)
R1: A Second Chance
R2: Public Transportation in London
 to record (v) an album (n)
 the main (adj) source (n) of sth
 to give (v) a concert (n)
 to operate (v)
 to be alive (adj)
 a compulsory (adj) stop (n)
 to continue (v) (to do) sth
R3: Microfinance: Changing Lives in Nairobi
 to believe (v) sb/sth
 to lend (v) sth to sb
R2: A Deaf Musician
 to borrow (v) sth from sb/sth
 a deaf (adj) person (n)
 to get (v) a loan (n) of £100
 to lose (v) one’s hearing (n)
 to start (v) a business (n)
 to experience (v) sth
 to join (v) an organization/club (n) as a
 to be connected (adj) to sb/sth
member
 to explain (v) sth
 to have (v) high X low (adj) income (n)
 to take (v) sb/sth seriously (adv)
 to consider (v) sb rich/poor/lucky (adj)
 to have (v) free (adj) lessons (n)
 to make ≈ earn (v) money/15 dollars (n)
 to be on tour (n)
 to pay back (phr v)
 to read (v) music (n)
 to feel (v) sorry (adj) for sb
 to play (v) a boardgame (n)
 to look after (phr v) sb/sth
 a collection (n) of sth
 to educate (v) sb
 a difference (n) between X and Y (n)
 to feed (v) sb/sth
 to learn (v) from sb/sth
 to afford (v) sth
R3: The Most Popular Food in the USA
 the origin (n) of sth R4: Space Travel
 to make sth flat/easy/delicious/etc (adj)  actually (adv)
 to call sb/sth + sth(n)  unfortunately (adv)
(e.g. He called it hamburger.)  to have (v) problems (n) with sb/sth
 quick (adj) food (n)
WEEK 8
 to stink (v)
R4: Japanese Houses R1: Holiday Trends
 to keep (v) sb/sth clean/warm (adj)  various (adj) types (n) of sth
 to put sth away (phr v)  to compare (v) prices (n)
 a portable (adj) radio/phone/computer  to experience (v) sth
 to make (v) room (n) for sb  a unique (adj) experience (n)
 a compact (adj) house/car/camera (n)  an ancient (adj) castle/building (n)

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 to return (v) to a place (n)
R2: Jane Goodall
 the result (n) of a(n)
experiment/research/study (n)
 to receive (v) a diploma (n)
 to make/use (v) tools (n)
 animal testing (n phr)
 to protest (v) sth
 to save (v) nature/animals (n)
 to continue (v) (to do) sth
R3: City Farming
 to produce (v) food (n)
 to come (v) from overseas (adv)
 urban X rural (adj) agriculture/area/life (n)
 city (n) /organic (adj) farming (n)
 to grow (v) food/plants/vegetables (n)
R4: Oum Kalthoum
 to succeed (v) in sth
 to have/achieve (v) (a great/big/huge (adj))
success (n)
 to have (v) (a great/natural/real) talent (n)
 to be talented (adj)
 to suffer (v) from a disease/illness (n)