Joy English · Level B2 · Citiesjoy-english.com
Why cities are getting greener
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Understand arguments and evidence in a short talk.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- shade
- An area that is protected from direct sun.
- absorb
- To take in something such as water, heat or light.
- flooding
- When water covers land that is normally dry.
Answer key
- More and more cities are planting trees along their streets.“More and more” means increasingly. The -ing of “planting” joins “trees”.
- Trees provide shade and can lower summer temperatures by several degrees.The d of “provide” is barely heard before “shade”. “Temperatures” is often said “temp-ra-chers”.
- Some buildings now have gardens growing on their roofs.“Their” sounds like “there”.
- Green spaces also absorb heavy rain and reduce the risk of flooding.“Absorb heavy” runs together. “Of” is weak: “risk-ov”.
- Research suggests that people feel calmer when they can see plants.The final ts sound of “suggests” runs into “that”.