Weather and the environment ⇐ ПредыдущаяСтр 17 из 26Следующая ⇒ Topic vocabulary in contrast                                               see page 193-4 for definitions urban / suburban / rural clean/clear thunder / lightning smog / fog / smoke / mist pour / drizzle / flood global/worldwide weather / climate environment / surroundings plain / land / field / desert forecast / prediction wind/air extinct / endangered waste / litter / rubbish reservoir / lake / puddle / pond recycle / reuse   Phrasal verbs
call for require; need; demand	get (sb) down make sb feel sad or lose hope
call off cancel	put down to suggest that sth is the result of
clear up become brighter and better (for weather)	put out make something stop burning
cut off make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave or communicate with; disconnect	set in start and be likely to continue for a while (for rain, winter, an economic depression, etc)
die down become less noisy, powerful or active	stand for represent (for abbreviations and symbols); put up with
do up repair, paint or improve	tear down destroy or remove (for buildings, statues, etc)
face up to accept sth and try to deal with it	throw away get rid of, discard

 

Phrases and collocations
control	lose/take/have control (of sth); in control; out of control
effect	have an effect (on sth/sb); take effect
end	in the end; at the end (of sth); come to an end; come to/reach the end (of sth); happy ending
floor	on the floor; on the ground/first/second/etc floor
fuss	make/cause a fuss (about sth/doing)
long	(for) as long as; (for) a long time; take a long time (to do); long to do; long for sth (to do)
look	have/take a look at sth/sb; look like sth/sb; look at/for sth/sb
mess	make a mess (of sth); in a mess
responsibility	have/take (the) responsibility for sth/doing
shower	take/have a shower; a rain shower; a light/heavy shower of rain
sight	catch/lose sight of sth/sb; in sight of sth; at first sight
waste	a waste of time; waste your time; industrial/household waste
weather	weather forecast; under the weather
world	all over the world; around the world; throughout the world; the whole world; in the world; world record

 

Word patterns
aware of sth; aware that	expect sth/sb (to do); expect that	hard to do; hard doing
covered in/with sth	familiar with sth; familiar to sb	prevent sth; prevent sb from doing; prevent sth from happening
disappointed with/by sth; in sb	famous for sth/doing	short of sth; short on sth
except (for) sth/doing	glance at sth/sb	warn sb about/against sth/doing; warn sb of sth; warn sb not to do; warn (sb) that

 

Word formation
accurate accurately, inaccurate(ly), (in)accuracy	globe global(ly)	nature (un)natural(ly)
danger dangerous(ly); endanger; endangered	great greatly, greatness	neighbour neighbourly, neighbouring, neighbourhood
develop (un)developed, developing, developer, development	harm harmful(ly), harmless(ly), (un)harmed	pollute (un)polluted, pollution, pollutant
environment environmental(ly), environmentalist	likely unlikely, likelihood	reside residential, resident, residence
extreme extremely, extremity, extremist	low lower, lowness	sun sunny, sunshine
freeze froze, frozen, freezing, freezer

 

Topic vocabulary in contrast

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LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF

Thresham Valley under water?

Plans to turn much of the Thresham Valley into a large (1) puddle / reservoir to provide drinking water for the local area have received mixed reactions. Local councillors have praised the scheme, arguing that the environmental I and economic benefits of (2) flooding / pouring the valley will far outweigh the disadvantages. Several small (3) rural / urban communities - two villages, three hamlets and two farms – in the valley will disappear, however.

Lucky escape for farmer

A farmer was struck by (4) lightning / thunder on Thursday evening, while mending a fence in one of his (5) plains / fields. The farmer, Jack Dobson, received treatment for slight burns at Meldew Hospital. Talking about the incident later, he said: 'It was (6) drizzling / showering slightly when I went out, but I'd checked the weather (7) prediction / forecast and it hadn't said there was going to be a thunderstorm. It was lucky I was wearing my Wellington boots! '

Save bags and save money

Shoppers at a local supermarket are being urged notto throw away the supermarket's plastic shopping bags. Aspokesperson for Asdo said: 'For every new bag we make, the factory has to pump out industrial (8) waste / litter and that's increasing pollution in the (9) suburban / surrounding area. We want to reduce the number of bags we make each year. We're offering a financial incentive to our customers to (10) reuse / repeat their bags by bringing them with them every time J they shop with us rather than getting new ones each time.'

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