ESL Podcast 505 - Teaching Children About Safety

substitute - substitute teacher; a teacher who teaches a class temporarily, usually when the regular teacher is sick or traveling

Misty's class had a substitute last week when their regular teacher was sick.

field trip - an experience where students go somewhere on a trip organized by a school so that they can learn about something

Can our biology class go on a field trip to the zoo?

ground rules - basic rules; things that everyone must agree to do

We have three ground rules at camp: respect yourself, respect others, and respect the environment.

to go over - to review; to talk about something together and make sure everyone understands it

This is a difficult book. Let's go over the first chapter together.

partner - one half of a pair; one person in a group of two people who are working on something together

Please find a partner and work on problem #14 together.

to hold hands - to put one's hand in another person's hand and continue to touch each other while seated or walking, either to show affection and romance or to not get lost

We're teaching our children to hold hands when we go to places with a lot of people or cars.

to get through - to finish all of something; to complete

If I can just get through this next week, then everything should be a lot easier at work.

stranger - an unknown person; someone whom one does not know or has not met before

The stranger came toward us and asked to borrow our cell phone.

predator - a person who chases or tries hurt another person

In this game, one of us is the predator and tries to capture the others.

to lure - to get someone to do something, especially if it is bad or wrong, by making it seem fun or exciting

In a well-known book by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer lures his friends into painting a fence for him by making it seem like fun.

to abduct - to kidnap; to take someone away when he or she does not want to be taken away

Do you believe that people on Earth have been abducted by aliens?

to let (one's) guard down - to stop being careful or cautious for a short period of time

Keri was winning the game, so she let her guard down, and that's when the other player was able to beat her.

to step away from - to leave an area or a group of people and begin to go in another direction

She stepped away from the group to answer her cell phone quietly, without disturbing everyone else.

permission - officially or formally being allowed to do something; having one's approval to do something

I asked my boss for permission to take a one-week vacation in August.

to accost - to attack; to threaten; to say something mean to another person and/or try to hurt that person

The man was accosted by teenagers on the street late at night.

to waylay - to stop someone from going where he or she had planned to go, usually to talk to that person or attack that person

As Justine was leaving the office, she was waylaid by her boss, who asked her to stay late and help him with a project.

graders - a group of students in a particular grade or level at school

Most second graders are seven or eight years old.