B1 · 5 minutes · Lifestyle

Some Americans Want Fewer Grass Lawns

Some American homeowners are replacing their grass with native plants that help birds and insects. A VOA Learning English report.

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What you’ll practise

Hear reported opinions and examples.

Words to know

lawn: An area of short grass around a house.
native: Growing naturally in a place.
pollinator: An animal that carries pollen between flowers, such as a bee.

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Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.

Source

Text and audio from “Some Americans Want Fewer Grass Lawns”, Health & Lifestyle, VOA Learning English, published 2023-06-05. Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English. Public domain.

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