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ReaL Book, Stage B: Workshop 3, Part 2

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  1. dystopia
    state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad
  2. utopia
    ideally perfect state
  3. disturb
    trouble deeply
  4. participate
    be involved in
  5. base
    use as a foundation for; establish or found on
    Although we recognize the story to be fiction is it possible that it is based on fact?
  6. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
    Are you describing a current custom?
  7. podium
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
    Just as the town clock strikes two, the mayor steps up to the podium and begins to read.
  8. remain
    be left
    He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little sustenance remained.
  9. rebellion
    organized opposition to authority
    How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion.
  10. sacrifice
    kill or destroy
    Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do.
  11. require
    consider obligatory
    To make it humiliating as well as torturous, the Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity, a sporting event pitting every district against the others.
  12. distressed
    afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble
    The mayor looks distressed.
  13. allow
    make it possible for something to happen
    The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage.
Created on Thu Apr 01 15:35:22 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Apr 07 09:55:32 EDT 2021)

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