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UNIT 3
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Build Up Your Vocabulary
To review the key words and expressions
To use the key words and expressions to finish the exercises
2
ecology
broadcast
starve
comprehensive
seize
a programme on the radio or on television
including all the necessary facts, details, or problems that need to be dealt with
the way in which plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment, or the scientific study of this
to take hold of something suddenly and violently
to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat
Go through the words in the activity 1 and match the meaning.
broadcast comprehensive ecology starve seize
Think of a word that best fits each definition. Then fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word.
v: to send out programmes on television or radio
The concert will ____________ (broadcast) live tomorrow evening.
broadcast
be broadcast
___ adj: including all, or almost all, the items, details, facts, information, etc., that may be concerned
comprehensive
The Rough Guide to Nepal is ___ comprehensive guide to the region.
a
n: the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment; the study of this
Development has been guided by a concern for ____ ecology of the area.
ecology
the
v: to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make sb suffer or die in this way
starve
The animals were left _________ (starve) to death.
to starve
v: to be quick to make use of a chance, an opportunity, etc.
seize
Parents should actively urge their children ________ (seize) the opportunity to join sports teams.
to seize
1. The Amazon basin, known as the “lungs of the world”, not only provides some _________ balance for the planet, but also food and resources for the local natives.
2. Thousands of baby penguins ________ to death because the changing climate forced their