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<br /> <br /> Level B<br /> TOOLS FOR EXCELLENCE<br /> UNIT 13<br /> Read the following passage, taking note of the boldface words and their contexts.<br /> These words are among those you will be studying in Unit 13. As you complete the<br /> exercises in this unit, it may help to refer to the way the words are used below.<br /> The Last Flight of the Hindenburg<br /> <Radio Broadcast Transcript><br /> In 1936 the biggest airship (also called a<br /> dirigible or zeppelin) the world has ever<br /> seen took to the skies. The German<br /> Hindenburg could cross the Atlantic in<br /> just two days. It was filled with highly<br /> flammable, lighter-than-air hydrogen gas.<br /> The following transcript describes the<br /> events of May 6, 1937.<br /> Harold Bickerson for WLEN in Springfield:<br /> Hello everyone. 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