www.newsbrowsing.blogspot.hu February
2015
A Spring Carpet of
Colour
You will read about a garden. Decide if the statements are
true or false and put your answers next to the staements.
- After possessing the same garden for many more decades there are no longer any surprises.
- Patricia still feels enthusiastic about gardening.
- Their garden surprises them in and out of seasons because of different plant types.
- They haven’t diversified into many plants and produces or rearing animals.
- Patricia loves the idea of the huge contrast popping up in the garden over the year.
- There is only one single type of plant adding colour to the garden with the arrival of spring.
- There is the same amount of plants in the garden as back in the 1950s.
- In summertime formal borders are more in the centre of attention.
- Patricia was a novice gardener when she started working on her own.
- The reappearance of crocuses in February is promising every year.
All You Need to Know
about… Food Fraud
You are going to read an article about Food Fraud. Answer
the questions connected to the text.
- Give some examples of food fraud.
- Food fraud is not a new phenomenon. What did people do to play pranks on others in the past?
- What is food fraud exactly? How is it committed?
- What are the common tricks normally used by food fraudsters?
- To what extent is it harmful?
- Why does the fight against it seem to be a tilt at windmills?
- There are some logos, which are schemes subject to strict inspection procedures. What are their symbols- what are they?
Country in the City-
Local Produce
Read the following text and decide which of the words or
phrases a-q is missing from items 1-15.
a/ tranquality b/are c/ evidence d/ confines e/ togetherness f/
minimise g/ well h/ like-minded i/
hand j/ being k/ by l/ alongside m/sustainable n/ specialise o/
grown p/ is q/ sustain
Craft and
Companionship
The following sentence chunks are from the text.Put them in
Hungarian.
1.
…discuss their latest ideas and indulge in a swap-shop
of old and treasured lace, buttons, remnants of material and other items that
might inspire their artistic
endeavours-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.
it’s a shared love of vintage fabrics – and excellent
home baking – that stitches them
together-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.
I can’t bear to cut things up-……………………………………………………………
4.
who winces whenever her friends chop into an old item
of clothing-………………………………………………………………………………………….
5.
the others descend like magpies on the haul of
different cloths and accessories-………………………………………………………………………………………….
6.
in exchange, receives 100 per cent of the takings when
their own pieces sell-………………………………………………………………………………………….
7.
They nurture talent in younger people,too, and Angelica
has started special crafting days-…………………………………………………………………………………….
My Countryside – Alan
Titchmarsh- Reminiscing about his childhood, the broadcaster feels passionate
about protecting rural Britain
You are going to read a magazine article about Alan
Titchmarsh. Some parts of the article have been removed. Choose from the
sentence chunks A-G and match them with the numbers 1-7.
A/ I split my time between Hampshire and the Isle of Whight,
which is a wonderful place for a winter stroll.
B/ In the garden, February is great for catching up.
C/ I remember, as a child, enjoying that wonderful thing of
breaking ice ont he water.
D/ The River Wharf, where I grew up, had willows growing
alongside it.
E/ I’m a great fan of some of our older flowers.
F/ Winter sin Hampshire tend to be much warmer than the ones
of my childhood, when I remember scratching frost from inside the windows.
G/ We should also be very careful about building.
