Nature and the Environment- AIRC96

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In this episode: Nature and the Environment

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Listener Feedback: Jose's Vampire story.We asked you to send us a story practising the narrative tenses, especially the past perfect simple and continuous from episode 91 with Mike ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2016/02/22/past-perfect-simple-and-continuous-with-mike-hardinge-airc91/ )Here's Jose's wonderful vampire story.

Vocabulary/Expressions:

forest / wood - bosquelake - lagolagoon - lagunawildlifelough (Ireland) / loch (Scotland) = lakeriver - rioto flow - fluirstreamhill - colina - hilly (adjective)mountain - mountainousgorge - garganzavalleylandscapesceneryview - vistawild, wildlifefarm, farming, farmercropsfieldsharvestto irrigateto live off the landto plant/sow - sembrarseeds - semillasto ploughcountry bumpkincity slickercity V country dwellerto dwell - vivirto go trekkingthe countryside = the countryrural areaspollution - contaminaciónrecycling - recyclableto be/go greeneco-friendly = environmentally friendly = green pestpesticides, insecticidessustainableproduceorganic farming/food/production/producenature conservationprotected area, nature reserveGM farming/food/producebland - soso“the birds and the bees”pollinate - pollination“Let nature take its course”Mother Nature

Discussion questions:

Should we worry so much about environmental protection at the cost of not exploiting useful natural resources?How in tune with nature are you?How important is sustainable farming to you? What do you think about GM?Albert Einstein is famously supposed to have claimed that if bees disappeared off the face of the earth, the human race would consequently also disappear within 4 years.Reza believes bees are more important than humans for the survival of Earth. (He isn’t joking.) Do you agree/disagree?Reza believes humans are the only creatures that commit senseless acts which destroy nature and our environment. We are our own worst enemy. What do you think?

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