"National Treasure": Freemasons, Fact, and Fiction
Stefan Lovgren in Los Angeles
for National Geographic News November 19, 2004
Reading Comprehension
>>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/98426770.html
Before you start reading; the vocabulary makes understanding the news story easier. It extends your vocabulary reach of descriptive, traditional story-telling words. The story tells about a film that uses US and European History. It deals with traditional American characters that make the reading fun and interesting.
If you want to look up the words, then use this link >>>> The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English
Otherwise use the tips provided to enable you to interpret the word meanings yourself.
Loot: they looked for the loot and treasure …….
Freemasons: the Freemasons are an old and traditional brotherhood originating from a medieval guild.
Benjamin Franklin: one of the famous founding fathers.
Masons: the inheritors of the Freemasons today.
Great-great-great-great-great-grandson
A carriage boy: a traditional American and English character who took care of the horses and carriages.
U.S. Declaration of Independence: the originating document enacting and defining political freedom.
Preposterous? : the preposterous suggestion was actually accepted.
Yarn: he loved to tell yarns about how hard it was starting his own company.
Bona fide recipe: if it’s bona fide; it’s been proven.
Conspiracies: the traitors in the conspiracy were hanged.
far-out plot: the story was so far out that it was unbelievable.
Runaway bestseller: the success shot out of bounds
Shadowy alliances: the shadowy alliance included unethical members.
Interplanetary treaties: agreements among aliens
Medieval guild: brotherhood of craftsmen
Stonemasons: stone crafters or craftsmen of stone
Fraternity: the fraternity of business was closed to outsiders
Tenuous link: the tenuous link to the truth was easily broken
Holy Land: the Holy Land is the center of a number of the world’s religions
Many Freemasons today say they are the spiritual descendants of the knights.
A forgotten relic: a remainder and attachment to a key out of the past
Join with other like-minded mavericks: a maverick goes his own way because it is his way
Personal redemption or universal good: a personal turn to attain a moral stand. If everyone sought personal redemption; it would achieve universal good.
Suppressed: the government suppressed the news until it was resolved.
It was that novel's main plot twist
"Mostly we set out to have a rollicking good time,"
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