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.
3
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.
4
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.
5
Sceptical (adj)
(C2) - doubting that something is true or useful.
Example: Many experts remain sceptical about/of his claims.
6
Cutting-edge (adj)
(C1
) -
very modern and with all the newest features.
Example: cutting-edge design/technology
7
Negligible (adj)
(C2) - too slight or small in amount to be of importance.
Example: The difference between the two products is negligible.
8
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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