The Time Warp Shining Star, Book A UNIT 6, Part 2

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT p. 243

mechanical The mechanical sidewalk moves people quickly from place to place. automatic

plastic Her plastic raincoat kept her dry in the rain. a type of material that is hard

revolutionary The new invention was revolutionary – it changed the way that people lived changing the way people live or think

stories The tall buildings had 200 stories! We couldn’t see the top. floors of a building

streamlined Cars of the future will be smaller, faster, and more streamlined than cars of the past. smaller, faster, more efficient

transported They pressed the numbers and were transported 100 years into the future. moved through

from The Time Warp Trio: 2095 Vocabulary pp

flight of stairs steps from one floor to the next

tidal wave of people a large crowd of people

antigravity disk a small item that fights the force of gravity, allowing one to float above the ground

tracks us down finds us

you-name-it skin every kind of skin

took off left quickly

pods long vehicle

lead girl girl at the front of the others

killer time cops secret police who catch time travelers

Vitagorp and Unicola imaginary food and drink of the future

top hat tall black hat

blow up explode and die

logo brand name or label

Yankees New York baseball team (booooo)

pitching throwing a ball to a batter

stats shortened form of the word “statistic” – facts about a certain subject

levitation devices machines that let you float off the ground

head-on collision a violent crash

bugged out popped out

Calamity Jane American frontier woman from the 1800s who is famous for her unconventional behavior and courage

Cleopatra ancient Egyptian queen

spotted saw

fiddling with playing with

doomed in a hopeless situation