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Trees and • lants

El Match the idioms in italics in these sentences with their definitions.

1 We didn't use to recycle things, but 3 People had started leaving rubbish in
we've turned over a new leaf and we the park, so the council introduced
recycle everything now, fines to nip it in the bud.
2
The government should stop beating 4 He doesn't look after himself any more.
about the bush and tell us the truth gone to seed recently.
He's really
about climate change.
a avoid talking about something important 2
c deteriorate in appearance or condition
b deal with a problem before it gets worse d start behaving in a better way
051 How do people use plants? Make a list. Listen
and check your list against the uses mentioned by the speaker.
Plants provide (us) with the air we breathe.
EFJ OiJ Listen to part of the recording again. What do (not Ptantsrevide-us-the-E6194,e-breatite)
the following provide?

1
timber from trees 4 the bark of a yew tree
2 cotton plants 5 aloe and jojoba
6
3
COM
willow trees
2.4 Explain the difference in meaning between the words in each pair.

gardener /farmer
1 3 carnivorous / omnivorous

2 4 shelter / habitat
roots/branches
En WORD BUILDING Match the adjectives in the box with the nouns to make collocations. Some
adjectives match with more than one noun.
aquatic arid clean cold domestic endangered exotic flowering fresh
furry harsh humid marine medicinal mild temperate thin wild

1 rtai
+ PLANT
2 + ANIMAL
3
+ AIR
4 + CLIMATE
2.6 Describe these using some of the adjectives from the box in 2.5.

the climate of your country
1
2 the air in your neighbourhood
your favourite animals and plants
3

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