B2 · 5 minutes · Science

Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits

Some farmers now control where their cows go with smart collars and a phone app instead of real fences. A VOA Learning English report.

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What you’ll practise

Hear “all … need” structures and the present perfect continuous.

Words to know

virtual: Existing on a computer, not as a real object.
collar: A band worn around an animal's neck.
livestock: Farm animals such as cows and sheep.

Words at this lesson’s level (B2)

At B2, you probably know about 97% of the words in this lesson.

The other words of this lesson are at B2 or below.

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 “Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits”, Science & Technology, VOA Learning English, published 2024-03-06. Andrew Smith wrote this story for VOA Learning English. Public domain.

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