UNIT 7 – RISK
7.1 A RESILIENT BUILDING
VOCABULARY
Word Meaning
Risk the possibility that something bad may
happen
Resilient able to recover quickly from difficulties
Resilience the ability to recover or adapt after
problems
Natural disaster a major natural event causing damage
(e.g. earthquake, flood)
Skyscraper a very tall building
Emergency a serious, urgent situation
Earthquake a sudden shaking of the ground
Measure to find the size, amount, or degree of
something
Richter scale a scale used to measure the strength of
earthquakes
Collapse to fall down suddenly
Damage to harm something
Damage Harm or destruction
Demolish to destroy a building completely
Insured loss(es) financial losses covered by insurance
Total to to add up to an amount
Storey / floor / leve one level of a building
Heart of (a place) the central or most important part
Be exposed to to be at risk from something
Vulnerable to (sth) easily harmed by something
Engineer a person who designs or builds structures
or systems
Assess to evaluate or judge something
Threat something that may cause harm
Hazard (to sb/sth) a danger or risk
In the event of if something happens
Disaster a sudden event causing great damage
Dangerous likely to cause harm
In comparison with when comparing something with another
thing
Offer to provide or present something
Steel a strong metal used in construction
, Resist to withstand force or damage
Resistance the ability to resist
Occupant a person who lives or works in a building
Efficient working well without waste
City planner a person who designs city development
Government the system that runs a country
Architect a person who designs buildings
Around the world / around the globe everywhere globally
Prevention stopping something from happening
Quakeproof designed to resist earthquakes
Smart technology / smart systems advanced systems using AI, sensors, and
connectivity
Preventive measures (collocation) actions taken to stop problems before
they happen
Suffer damage (collocation) to experience harm
Test solutions (collocation) to try possible answers to a problem
Prevent disaster (collocation) to stop a disaster from happening
Risk analysis the process of identifying and evaluating
risks
Pose a hazard / threat / problem to cause danger or difficulty
(collocation)
Forward thinking planning for the future
Assess a hazard (collocation) to evaluate a risk
A calculated risk (collocation) a risk taken after careful thinking
A major risk (collocation) a serious or important risk
Be at risk (collocation) to be in danger
Manage risk (collocation) to identify and control risks
Minimise / mitigate / reduce risk to make risk smaller
(collocation)
Increase risk to make risk greater
Potential risk (collocation) a possible future danger
Prevent risk (collocation) to stop risk from happening
Run the risk (collocation) to be in a situation where something bad
may happen / to do something risky
Take a risk (collocation) to do something that may have bad
results
7.2 RISK IN INVESTMENT
VOCABULARY
Word Meaning
Groundbreaking very new and innovative; introducing
7.1 A RESILIENT BUILDING
VOCABULARY
Word Meaning
Risk the possibility that something bad may
happen
Resilient able to recover quickly from difficulties
Resilience the ability to recover or adapt after
problems
Natural disaster a major natural event causing damage
(e.g. earthquake, flood)
Skyscraper a very tall building
Emergency a serious, urgent situation
Earthquake a sudden shaking of the ground
Measure to find the size, amount, or degree of
something
Richter scale a scale used to measure the strength of
earthquakes
Collapse to fall down suddenly
Damage to harm something
Damage Harm or destruction
Demolish to destroy a building completely
Insured loss(es) financial losses covered by insurance
Total to to add up to an amount
Storey / floor / leve one level of a building
Heart of (a place) the central or most important part
Be exposed to to be at risk from something
Vulnerable to (sth) easily harmed by something
Engineer a person who designs or builds structures
or systems
Assess to evaluate or judge something
Threat something that may cause harm
Hazard (to sb/sth) a danger or risk
In the event of if something happens
Disaster a sudden event causing great damage
Dangerous likely to cause harm
In comparison with when comparing something with another
thing
Offer to provide or present something
Steel a strong metal used in construction
, Resist to withstand force or damage
Resistance the ability to resist
Occupant a person who lives or works in a building
Efficient working well without waste
City planner a person who designs city development
Government the system that runs a country
Architect a person who designs buildings
Around the world / around the globe everywhere globally
Prevention stopping something from happening
Quakeproof designed to resist earthquakes
Smart technology / smart systems advanced systems using AI, sensors, and
connectivity
Preventive measures (collocation) actions taken to stop problems before
they happen
Suffer damage (collocation) to experience harm
Test solutions (collocation) to try possible answers to a problem
Prevent disaster (collocation) to stop a disaster from happening
Risk analysis the process of identifying and evaluating
risks
Pose a hazard / threat / problem to cause danger or difficulty
(collocation)
Forward thinking planning for the future
Assess a hazard (collocation) to evaluate a risk
A calculated risk (collocation) a risk taken after careful thinking
A major risk (collocation) a serious or important risk
Be at risk (collocation) to be in danger
Manage risk (collocation) to identify and control risks
Minimise / mitigate / reduce risk to make risk smaller
(collocation)
Increase risk to make risk greater
Potential risk (collocation) a possible future danger
Prevent risk (collocation) to stop risk from happening
Run the risk (collocation) to be in a situation where something bad
may happen / to do something risky
Take a risk (collocation) to do something that may have bad
results
7.2 RISK IN INVESTMENT
VOCABULARY
Word Meaning
Groundbreaking very new and innovative; introducing
