6. Using an online dictionary (OALD) (4 points)
6.1 Copy the sentence with one difficult word from the news story and underline that word and identify its part of speech.
… from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, the latest in a series of leaks at the plant damaged in a March earthquake and tsunami,
6.2 The part of speech of “plant” is noun.
6.3 Copy the dictionary entry with the difficult word from OALD, and paste it below.
plant NOUN plɑːnt plænt
LIVING THING
1 [COUNTABLE] a living thing that grows in the earth and usually has a stem, leaves and roots, especially one that is smaller than a tree or bush All plants need light and water. flowering/garden/indoor plants a tomato/potato plant the animal and plant life of the area see also BEDDING PLANT, HOUSE PLANT, POT PLANT, RUBBER PLANT
FACTORY
2 [COUNTABLE] a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place a nuclear reprocessing plant Japanese car plants a chemical plant see also SEWAGE PLANT
6.4 The word “plant” means “a factory or place where power is produced …”.
6.5 Copy example from the dictionary entry.
a nuclear reprocessing plant / Japanese car plants / a chemical plant
6.6 The stressed syllable of the word “plant” is not available.