GREEN CITIES
What does biophilic mean?
Connected with / having a love of nature
You sleep very deeply. You sleep like __ ______
a log
Complete: If it rains tomorrow, we ______ at home.
will stay / might stay
Complete:
I'm looking forward to ______ you. (see)
seeing
A filmmaker builds an exact copy of an old village for a film.
recreate
What is a wildlife corridor?
A natural route connecting habitats so wildlife can move between them
You move around in bed because you can't sleep. What expression describes this?
Toss and turn
Complete: If I were rich, I ______ around the world.
would travel
What's the difference?
I stopped smoking. / I stopped to smoke.
Stopped smoking = quit; stopped to smoke = stopped another activity in order to smoke
After years apart, two people want to __ contact with each other.
re-establish
Give three features you might expect to find in a biophilic city.
green roofs, vertical gardens, parks, wetlands, wildlife corridors, urban forests, natural rivers, community gardens
What does deteriorating eyesight mean?
Eyesight that is gradually getting worse
Which conditional is this?
If you heat ice, it melts.
Zero conditional
Complete using the passive infinitive:
Everyone wants ______ fairly. (treat)
to be treated
New cafés, young people and cultural activities make an old neighbourhood feel younger, fresher and livelier.
rejuvenate
What are vertical gardens?
Plants grown on the walls/sides of buildings
Name three possible signs of ageing from last week's vocabulary.
wrinkles, fine lines, thinning hair, grey around the temples, deteriorating eyesight, yellowing teeth
Rewrite using a conditional:
I don't exercise enough, so I'm not very fit.
If I exercised more, I would be fitter.
Rewrite using a perfect gerund:
He admitted that he had lied.
He admitted having lied.
Which TWO verbs complete the sentences?
They __ the old building by repairing it.
They __ the whole neighbourhood by constructing new apartments and streets.
renovated / redeveloped
Which Spanish city, mentioned in our text, has a green belt and was named European Green Capital in 2012?
Vitoria-Gasteiz
What's the difference between fine lines, wrinkles and a rash?
Fine lines = small/shallow lines; wrinkles = deeper lines/folds; rash = irritated/red area of skin
Rewrite as a mixed conditional:
She didn't take the job in London. She lives in Sydney now.
If she had taken the job in London, she wouldn't be living in Sydney now.
Complete using a perfect continuous infinitive:
He looks exhausted. He seems ______ all night. (work)
to have been working
Choose THREE different verbs:
After the disaster, the city wanted to __ the historic building, __ contact between separated communities, and __ the area's reputation.
restore / re-establish / regain