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Unit 2

Pearls

Before You Read

1. What is the cost of the most expensive pearl?

2. What are some of the uses for pearls?

Vocabulary

Match the words with their definitions.

a. particle 1. to progress slowly in steps

b. parasite 2. a very small piece or speck

c. bead 3. an organism that lives off of another
organism

d. irritate 4. to aggravate or annoy

e. gradually 5. a small piece of material shaped like a ball

f. cultured 6. a marine invertebrate

g. mollusk 7. to be artificially produced

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