Keys to Exercises April 2015

Keys to Exercises      www.newsbrowsing.blogspot.hu                              April 2015

Tulip Fever- Springtime in Philippa Burrough’s Essex garden means a floral fiesta of her favourite flowers. Vibrant coloured tulips stand to attention in beds and borders, their striking range of hues offset by a backdrop of ancient, black tarred barns

You are going to read an article about a tulip fad and her garden in glory. Answer the questions connected to the text.

1. What makes this spring setting of tulips incredible for her compared to the summery feel? There is the vibrancy of tulips and vivid colours that make this setting so special.
2. Why does Philippa find it difficult to go ahead with the ’cutting garden’? This is also the time of the year when she opens the garden to the public.
3. What took place before she and her husband started creating their garden? Neglected landscape
4. How did she draw up the design of the garden? With herringbone brick paths, all the sightlines were done by eye.
5. What is in the backdrop of the garden? Ancient barns.
6. Why are tulips kept on changing in and out of years? Because of a fungal disease. They want to keep it at bay.
7. Which time of the year is it and how long does it take to plant the ordered 3,000 tulips? In autumn, it takes the whole of November.
8. What does the vegetable garden look like? It has a formal look.
9. Why did she replace the laurel hedges? She thinks it’s a nightmare to trim neatly.
10. Why does she feel under pressure year after year? To find space for more tulips.

A Century of Change

You are going to read an article about the evolution of the countryside over the past century in Britain. Answer the questions connected to the text.

1. If you happened to compare the British countryside today with that of a 100 years ago what can kind of changes would you find? Fewer railways and meadows, but more walkers, pubs and shops today.

2. What are the features of the countryside, which are present even today like in the Edwardian Period? Keeping hens, riding horses, second homes, ancient oaks and church spires.

3. Why did the 1950s mean a low point in the scope of wildlife? What happened?Name a few! The pesticide DDT swept along food chain, farmers removed hedges, drained land, which resulted huge collapse of farmland birds and other species.

4. What changes took place to the landscape  in the first part of the 20th century? Britain has lost many of its meadows, ponds.

5. Was the British countryside opened for the general public all the time? No, it got opened for the public owing to the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act.

6. Who were the heroes of this access revolution? Radical ramblers of Kinder Scout mass.

7. What regulations contributed to its access? Name a few! 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, the 2000 Countryside and Rights of Way Act.

8. How did Octavia Hill, a founder of National Trust comment on the need of the countryside a century ago? ’The need of quiet, the need of air, the need of exercise, and the sight of sky and of things growing, seem human needs, common to all men.’

9. Give some examples of the fact that countryside communities are thriving! Disused railways are cycling paths, underused village hall is home to yoga classes, stables are home to craft studios. So many of the buildings are given a new lease of life.

10. Who and what have raised awareness of rural issues since the mid 20th century? The Archers, the longest running soap, Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley, the Women’s Institute.

11. What climate changes have occured since the Edwardian Period? Global warming gathers pace, the weather is more violent.

12. How do country folks  in Britain try to live along with nature? They are trying to adapt themselves to the conditions.

13. Why did Britain plunge into food production after the WWII? They could no longer rely on the Empire’s harvest.

14. What is the real fruit of modern day agriculture? The realization that we need to reconnect with food and its true value.      

                                                 

Let Your Talent Shine – This Month: The Foodie

The following phrases are from the text. Put them in Hungarian.

1. Although this might appear odd to anyone watching, it’s very much second nature for Jacqui who’s been using the device since she was a little girl.- Habár ez más számára furcsa lehet, Jacquinek ez megszokott, mivel már kiskora óta használja ezt az eszközt.
2. However it never occured to her to turn her talent into turnover until four years ago.-Habár sohasem gondolt arra, hogy a tehetségét üzleti szinten is kamatoztassa, egészen négy évvel ezelőttig.
3. It wasn’t something I had ever considered but it suddenly seemed to make a lot of sense- Korábban nem fontolgattam ezt a dolgot, de hirtelen sok értelmét láttam.
4. Jacqui began by making more pies for family and friends to gauge their reactions, which were unanimously positive.- Jacqui nekilátott egyre több pitét készíteni a családjának és a barátoknak, hogy felmérje a reakcióikat, amelyek egyhangulag pozitívak voltak.
5. The people of Yorkshire don’t mince their words- A Yorkshire-i emberek nem kertelnek.
6. Working in that kind of environment could feel incredibly monotonous – it was often just boredom punctuated by cups of tea.- Ilyen környezetben dolgozni hihetetlenül monoton, gyakran csak az unalom, amelyet néhány csésze tea szakított meg.
7. On Mondays that means keeping on top of general admin and social media – Hétfők az általános ügyintézés, adminisztráció és a közösségi média ügyeit jelentik.
8. Adding another string to her culinary bow last year, Jacqui started offering cookery classes- Az elmúlt évben még egy dologgal bővítette konyhai palettáját, ugyanis Jacqui főzőtanfolyamokat indított.
9. „We’ve had hen parties and all sorts of groups – people love being hands-on and enjoy wandering into the garden with a colander to pick the ingredients or gather eggs from the chickens.”- Már tartottunk összejövetelt mindenféle csoportnak, leánybúcsúztatót is- az emberek szeretnek aktívan részt venni, fogják magukat és kimennek a kertbe egy szűrővel, hogy összeszedjék a főzéshez a hozzávalókat vagy begyűjtsék a tyúkok alól a tojást.

In Cupcake Heaven

Read the following text and decide which of the prepositions a-j  are missing from 1-15. Some of them can occur more than once.

a./ on – 1,18               b./ for – 5,13   c./ in – 3,14,19           d./ with – 6, 12,16     e./ at – 2,7            f./ of – 11,15,20         g./ about - 17  h./ to – 4,8      i./ by - 10        j./ from - 9     

The Handcrafted Home

For questions 1-11 read the text below. Use the root of the words given with relevant number to form a word that fits the space.

1. SECLUDE-SECLUSION
2. GENTLE-GENTLY
3. RESIST-IRRESISTABLY
4. VIRTUE-VIRTUALLY
5. PART-PARTITIONS
6. BASIC-BASICALLY
7. WARM-WARMTH
8. CHUNK-CHUNKY
9. ART-ARTISTIC
10. USUAL-UNUSUAL
11. SKILL-SKILFULLY

My Countryside – Celia Imrie – The Calendar Girls actor and novelist explains why part of her heart will always lie in Scotland

You are going to read a magazine article about Celia Imrie. 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 love springtime for its flowers.-6

B./The great thing about filming on locations is that you don’t have to imagine your setting.-4

C./ It was a beautiful area to work in, and the home of Yorkshire Tea, which, in my opinion, is the best in the world.-5

D./ The coastline of our marvellous island is incredible.-7

E./ My first lead role on television was filmed in Cornwall’s Port Isaac pretending to be Scotland – and it pretended very well, actually.-3

F./ The Isle of Mull is one of the most memorable locations I’ve worked in.-2

G./ I love exploring and going to new places.-1