Focus 4. Unit 8.1. Environmental issues.Landscapes.Animals

a small river

a piece of land with fruit trees such as apples or cherries

making something unclean, such as putting chemicals into lakes or rivers –

an area covered with grass and sometimes with wild flowers

an area where a particular animal or plant lives and feels the most at home

small mountains at the base of a much higher mountain

Did you see the news report? There’s a lion on the ________________. It escaped from the zoo!

It was so funny. Dad fell in the _____________ while he was trying to jump over it. He didn’t hurt himself though.

Every living creature is a part of the food ________________.

My mother is a(n) ________________. She’s always doing her bit to help the environment.

Surprisingly there is still a lot of wildlife living in the ________________ areas around the city.

Unless big companies start using ___________ materials (substances that can be broken down naturally without harming the environment), it will be very difficult to reduce the amount of rubbish in our seas and rivers.

There is a ____________ (strong and growing fast) population of rhinos at the nature reserve, which is promising.

Unfortunately, humans have caused ____________ (impossible to be fixed) damage to many parts of the countryside here.

Sadly, the only remaining examples of the species are all in ____________ (kept in a locked place, without freedom).