www.newsbrowsing.blogspot.hu March
issue
Exercises
TOADS ON THE ROAD
Answer the
questions based on the article.
1.
What urged John Heaser to save toads and help
them to get back to their breeding pools?
2.
What did he set up in 2004?
3.
What is the official name of the organisation
set up n 2004?
4.
What tasks are undertaken by the guards of the
named organisation?
5.
What makes a huge difference between frogs and
toads in their hibernation?
6.
What ways are toads choosy?
7.
How long is the life expectancy of toads?
8.
Why is it important to collect data about toads?
9.
How much could they reduce the carnage of toads
with their measures?
10.
Have they managed to save these amphibians?
’I’VE COLLECTED
MORE THAN 11,000 MILK BOTTLES!’
Decide if the
following statements are true or false
based on the text.
1.
Paul Luke’s collection in his garden shed is
nothing special, just the general stuff.
2.
Paul started his collection and did so without
his parents’ approval.
3.
Up until the early 1980’s he’d always thought
that milk bottles were ordinary things.
4.
Time passing by Paul’s family was no longer so supportive
of his devotion to milk bottles.
5.
He gained some licence to turn his shed into an
unofficial museum.
6.
Today his collection spans more than a century
of milk production from all over the world.
7.
Besides milk bottles he owns some more
collectables to do with dairy production.
8.
He has an eye to find any missing bottles from
his collection.
9.
His collection has been broadened extensively
recently.
10.
He’s already added a special transparent plastic
floor so that visitors could see the bottles int he cellar.
ARTISTIC
IMPRESSIONS
Find the
equivalents of the following phrases from the article.
Glossary
1.
someone who sees or notices something (noun):………………………………………………………..
2.
written or drawn something with a pencil (verb
p.p.):………………………………………………………..
3.
someone’s characteristic or habit (set phrase):……………………………………………………………………..
4.
slightly fat, in a pleasant way
(adj.):…………………………………………………………………………….
5.
has become successful and popular very fast
(phrasal verb):……………………………………………
6.
typical of the simple style of the countryside
(adj.):……………………………………………………
7.
a smell or a sound makes you think of something,
often something you experienced in the past (adj.):………………………………………………………………………………
8.
a type of art that represents objects
(noun):………………………………………………………………………….
9.
sluggish economy (noun):……………………………………………………..
10.
objects we use at home
(noun):…………………………………………………………………
11.
being planned or prepared in order to be
available soon (set phrase):……………………………………
12.
becoming silly or crazy ( set
phrase):……………………………………………………………..
13.
things are arranged so that they stand one on
top of another( verb p. p.):………………………………
14.
a large amount of money you owe to the bank(adj.
+ noun):……………………………………………….
15.
refuse to accept something that you have
previously accepted (set phrase):…………………………
