2. Jorge is reading a travel blog and doesn't recognize the word Maglev in this sentence:

My sister loves trains, so one of her favorite experiences in China was riding the Maglev, or magnetic levitation train, to Shanghai.

Using the definition clue in this sentence, what do you think Maglev means?

a. martial arts training

b. futuristic train

c. magnetic levitation train d. fictional train

C. magnetic levitation train

Explanation:

The term/word Maglev has two defintion clues.

1 Within the word

it contains Mag - which means it has some relation with magnet. And, it contains - lev which means it has some relation with levitation.

2 Within the cotext (words surrounding a node or another word)

The words after Maglev are "or magnetic levitation train" which means Maglev is a magnetic levitation train.

Options A and B are incorrect because we find no such clues in the text.