Day reading Passage (Australian culture and culture shock)



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30 DAY READING CHALLENGE

List of scientists
A
Professor Yohannes Haile-Selassie
В
Dr Brain Richmond
С
David Raichlen
D
None of the above


Day 24. Reading Passage 3 (How Green is your PlanIT Valley?)
Word list
1
 
From scratch (phrase) 
- from the very beginning, especially without making use of 
or relying on any previous work for assistance.
Example: He built his own computer company from scratch.
2
 
Genuine (adj) 
(B2) - If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to 
be.
Example: If it is a genuine Michelangelo drawing, it will sell for millions.

Environmental sustainability 
- acting in a way that ensures future generations 
have the natural resources available to live an equal, if not better, way of life as 
current generations.

Unrecognizable (adj) 
- very different to before, or changed very much, and 
therefore not able to be recognized.
Example: She returned to the United States to find a country that seemed almost
unrecognizable from the one she had left as a young woman.

Sceptical (adj) 
(C2) - doubting that something is true or useful.
Example: Many experts remain sceptical about/of his claims.

Cutting-edge (adj) 
(C1
) -
very modern and with all the newest features.
Example: cutting-edge design/technology

Negligible (adj) 
(C2) - too slight or small in amount to be of importance.
Example: The difference between the two products is negligible.

Viable (adj) 
(C2) - able to work as intended or able to succeed.
Example: I am afraid your plan is not commercially/financially/politically viable.

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