Vocab L28 Across the way: Prefix trans-

Trans- It is used to form adjectives which indicate that something involves or enables travel from one side of an area to the other. Trans- means “across” or “go across.” Sometimes, it also means “movement” or “change.”

transaction (n.) A transaction is a piece of business, for example an act of buying or selling something. He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction.

transition (n.) Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another.  Adolescence is the period of transition between childhood and adulthood.

transfusion (n.) A transfusion is the transfer of something, such as blood, from one person or thing into another. She soon came to her senses after a blood transfusion.

transport (v.) To transport people or goods somewhere is to take them from one place to another in a vehicle. They use tankers to transport the oil to Los Angeles.

transform (verb.) Water can transform a desert into a garden. To transform something or someone means to change its form or appearance completely and suddenly. Water can transform a desert into a  garden.

translate (v.) I can read Spanish but can't translate it into English. To take something from one language and express it in another. I can read Spanish but can't translate it into English.

transplant (v.) If doctors transplant an organ such as a heart or a kidney, they use it to replace a patient's diseased organ. The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.

transcontinental (adj.) A transcontinental journey or route goes from one side of a continent to the other. The transcontinental railway goes from New York to San Francisco.

transitory (adj.) Most teenage romances are transitory. If you say that something is transitory, you mean that it lasts only for a short time.  Most teenage romances are transitory.

transpose (V.) If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there. I must have accidentally transposed the numbers when I dialed his phone number.

B. Read the passage. Then answer the questions. Please read the passage. (3 minutes) How was Croy’s life transformed by the operation? It allowed Croy to live a normal life. 2. Explain how each of the three words below are involved when a doctor transfers an organ from one person to another: transport, transplant, transfusion First, one has to transport an organ, then prepare for a blood transfusion, and finally transplant the organ.

C. Choose the vocabulary word that best completes each sentence. We took a _____ flight from Morocco in northern Africa to South Africa. --transcontinental 2. It’s difficult to _____ large packages on a bicycle. -- transport 3. I’m planning to _____ this piece of junk into a work of art. --transform

C. Choose the vocabulary word that best completes each sentence. 4. When you _____ a rose bush, put a banana peel in the new hole to give the plant extra potassium and improve its growth. --transplant 5. When you _____ from one language to another, you need to be careful to keep the original sense of what was said. -- translate

E. Complete each sentences. My favorite form of transportation is ________. A person might need a transfusion if ________. I would like to transform the playground into ____. The transition from our old house to our new house _________. The job of a translator might be to ________ .