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When the cranberry was introduced to the English by the Indians, people in England ...

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   were already growing and harvesting it
   
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   already knew how delicious and useful it was
   
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   immediately realized its viability as a commercial crop
   
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   were only slightly aware of its existence
   
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   used it for medicine and dyes as well as food
   

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   According to the passage, cranberries are long-lasting
   

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   just like most other berries
   
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   if kept in a fridge after purchase
   
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   if they are bought frozen
   
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   as long as they are washed
   
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   but only available in the autumn
   

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   The writer states that cranberries are grown
   

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   in the same way as the Native Americans grew them
   
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   in a way which utilizes but doesn't harm the natural environment
   
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   in places which are specially chosen for their bird populations
   
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   specially to be eaten at Thanksgiving
   
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   by people who are also bee-keepers
   

155 THE ENVIRONMENT
The environment is everything that surrounds us: plants, animals, buildings, country, air, water - literally everything that can affect us in any way. The environment of a town, with its buildings and traffic and its noise and smells, where everyone is on top of everyone else, is a far cry from that of the countryside, with its fields and crops, its wild and domestic animals and its feeling of spaciousness. And the environment differs in different parts of the world.
Ecology is the science of how living creatures and plants exist together and depend on each other and on the local environment. Where an environment is undisturbed, the ecology of an area is in balance, but if a creature is exterminated or an alien species introduced, then the ecology of the district will be upset - in other words, the balance of nature will be disturbed.
Man is a part of the environment and has done more to upset the ecology during his short span on earth than any other living creature. He has done this by his ignorance, his greed, his thoughtless folly and his wanton wastefulness.
He has poisoned the atmosphere and polluted both land and water. He has squandered the earth's natural resources with no thought for the future, and has thought out the most devastating ways of killing his fellow men - and every other sort of life as well.
Since man has done so much damage, it is up to man to try to put matters right - if it is not already too late. If there is to be any remedy for our ills, that remedy ultimately lies in the hands of the young, and the sooner they start doing something about it, the better.

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