Environment #54

ILR 3 · Environment & health · radio essay · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay's main point?

Question 2 of 6How do officials respond to criticism about cutting trees?

Question 3 of 6What does "something nobody had known was there" refer to?

Question 4 of 6What does the author imply by calling a tree "an asset that yields no income"?

Question 5 of 6What does the comparison with handing residents an architectural plan convey?

Question 6 of 6What does the fava bean seller's move suggest?

Vocabulary

شَجَرَة كِينَاeucalyptus tree

يَتَسَابَقُونَrace each other

الظَّهِيرَةnoon, midday heat

دُكَّانshop

الرَّصِيفsidewalk

بَنْدitem

تَقْلِيمpruning

تَسُدُّ الْمَجَارِيclog the drains

أَصْل لَا يَدُرُّ دَخْلًاasset that yields no income

شَتَلَاتsaplings

الْمُقَايَضَةtrade-off, barter

مَأْهُولinhabited