gE"Aem
he6t noun lcountable, uncountable]
an area of land around a city where building is not
allowed, in order to protect fields and woods
ga'cenfleld site /'grilnfiild,sart,/ noun
[countable] British English a piece of land that
never been built on before [r brownfield site]
gE'€enhouse /'grilnhaus/ noun [countable]
has
a
glass building used for growing plants that need
warmth, l[ht, and protection
greenho*rse effest noun the greenhouse effect
the warming of the air around the Earth as a result of
global
the sun's heat being trapped by pollution
Discuss these cuestions with the other scudents.
Do you use a dictlonary in your English class or when you
are doing your homework?
Whar dictionary do you use: monolingual or bilingual?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
[r
warming]
Look at the Longman Active Study Dictionary enuy
for environment and answer the ouestions.
1
Whar part of speech
is
ic?
,
2 Whar does che diccionary rell you abouc che grammar of
rhe word?
3
Whac does the word mean?
cnvi ro n rme mt ln'varrenm ent/ n o u n fco u nta b e,
uncountablej
I
1 the land, water, and air that people, animals, and
plants live in: . new laws to protect the environment
The diccionary comes with a'thesaurus' - a list of
related words. Use the key words to complere the
short texts. Use each word once.
Look at rhe Longman Active Study Dictionary entry
for preen and other related words.
.l
2
What meanings of green are there in the first secrion?
Which rhree words or phrases using the word green are
relaced to looking after che environment?
g!'een1 I gri;nl adjective
t having the colour ofgrass: . green eyes . a dark
green dress
2 covered with grass, trees, bushes etcl. ; greenfields
3 related to protecting the environmenl: . green issues
such as global warming
4 be green with envy to wish very much that you
had something that someone else has
5 informalyoung and lacking experience: . The
trainees are still pretty green.
5 have green fingers British English have a green
thumb American English to be good at making
plants grow
7 give somebody/get the green light if someone
gives you the green light, they give permission for you
to start.a project, a new system etc
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See also environment
Things that are harmful to the environment
pollution - damage caused to air, water, soil etc.
by harmful chemicals and waste
the greenhouse effect - the warming of the air
around the Earth as a result of the sun's heat beinq
trapped by pollution
global warming
- an increase in world temperatures,
caused by an increase in carbon dioxide
acid rain - rain that contains acid chemicals from
factory smoke, cars etc deforestation - when all
the trees in an area are cut down or destroveo
1
Pollurion oroduced bv cars and factories can catch rhe
hear from the sun, producing the
, leading to
glbbalwarming.
Pollurion can also cause
When chis falls on
the Earth ir can damage buildings and poison our food.
Every minute an area of rrees the size of 37 foocball
pitqhes is losu= lhls process is called
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