Pages 73 – 74 The environment
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1. F (the opposite of an animal which has been raised on a battery farm is a
free-range
animal, e.g., a
free-range chicken.
Eggs can also be described as
free-range:
I only eat free-range eggs
), 2. L, 3. J (some of these animals are
called
protected species,
which means it is usually illegal to kill them), 4. E,
5. B, 6. C, 7. D, 8. K, 9. I, 10. G, 11. H, 12. A (we can also say
hunting,
although there are some differences. Poaching means to
hunt illegally
)
2
1. green belt, 2. biodegradable packaging, 3. greenhouse, 4. rain forest (often
written as one word,
rainforest
), 5. erosion, 6. recycle, 7. organic, 8.
genetically modified (often abbreviated to
GM
), 9. Deforestation, 10. Acid
rain, 11. ecosystem, 12. emissions + fossil fuels, 13. contaminated (we can
also say
polluted
), 14. environmentalists, 15. global warming
Answers
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1. fossil fuels, 2. acid rain, 3. greenhouse, 4. global warming, 5. rain forest, 6.
contaminated, 7. emissions / gases, 8. Poaching, 9. endangered species, 10.
ecosystem, 11. recycle, 12. biodegradable, 13. genetically modified, 14.
organic, 15. pollution, 16. environmentalists, 17. conservation programmes,
18. battery farming, 19. green belts
Other words and phrases which you might find useful include:
bottle bank,
carbon dioxide, CFC gases, climatic change, degradation, destruction, energy-
efficient, the greenhouse effect, legislation, over-fishing, overpopulation, the
ozone layer, radioactive waste, recycling facilities, re-use, rising sea levels,
toxic waste, waste disposal
Pages 75 – 77 Food & diet
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1. vitamins, 2. nutritious (the noun is
nutrition
(general) or
nutrient
(specific).
A person who specialises in the study of nutrition and advises on diets is
called a
nutritionist
), 3. vegetarian (this word can also be an adjective:
a
vegetarian diet
), 4. carbohydrates, 5. protein, 6. cholesterol, 7. famine, 8.
obesity (the adjective is
obese
), 9. malnourished (the noun is
malnutrition
),
10. minerals, 11. fat, 12. fibre (
digest
= change into substances your body can
use), 13. overweight, 14. fresh, 15. calories (the adjective is
calorific
:
What is
the calorific content of a bar of chocolate?
), 16. processed (the chemicals
and other things in processed food are called
additives
)
2
1. I (the noun for
allergic
is
allergy.
Some people also have a food
intolerance,
which means they cannot digest certain foods properly:
James
has an intolerance to wheat
), 2. C, 3. A, 4. J or D, 5. D or J, 6. E, 7. B, 8. G,
9. H, 10. F (fast food is also often called
junk food
)
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1. fast food, 2. processed, 3. vitamins / minerals, 4. minerals / vitamins, 5. fat /
carbohydrates, 6. carbohydrates / fat, 7. obesity, 8. malnourished, 9. shortages,
10. harvest, 11. cholesterol, 12. balanced diet, 13. fresh, 14. fibre
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