Lesson 6: Exploring Distant Places

Let's explore words that help us connect, see, and sell from a distance, all thanks to the root 'tele'!

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• A long teleconference is essentially a business meeting conducted over the phone or video.
• The company relied on telemarketing, which involves selling products by phoning potential customers.

🧠Memory Trick

• During a live telecast, the CEO held a teleconference to discuss a vintage telegraph, a complaint about telemarketing, and the invention of a new telescope.

Now, let's look to the stars with words built on the root 'astr', taking us into outer space!

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• Someone who studies astronomy is learning about the science of space, planets, and stars.
• An astronomical cost means the price is huge or extremely large.
• The astronaut was interviewed about his journey to the moon, which is fitting since an astronaut is a space traveler.

🧠Memory Trick

• Even as an astronaut with a background in astronomy, Eve was amazed by the galaxy’s astronomical size.