Flying Saucers Again

Words in Use (Lesson 13)

• journalist
• famine
• revive
• commence
• observant
• identify
• migrate
• vessel
• persist
• hazy
• gleam
• editor

Read the following passage to see how the new words are used in it.

Flying Saucers Again
Whenever journalists face a news famine they revive the undeniably* interesting question: How can we explain UFOs-unidentified flying objects? The story usually commences with a description of the object by some observant night watchman who doesn’t hesitate* to identify the object as having migrated from outer space. The vessel, he persists, appeared over the hazy lake at about 30 feet. A greenish gleam prohibited* him from seeing its exact shape, he admits. Newspaper editors love these stories because they keep the population* interested in knowledge about UFOs and keep them buying newspapers.