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Topic: Countryside and agriculture

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Remote viewing

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Pronunciation /rɪˈməʊt/

Meaning = viewing places by Internet, not in person

Example I want to take a remote viewing tour of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, since my close friend found it very impressive.

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Environmental awareness.

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Pronunciation /ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/

Meaning = environmental awareness = an understanding of environmental issues

Example Environmental awareness is part of the school curriculum these days for most children.

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Far-flung .

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Pronunciation /ˌfɑːˈflʌŋ/

Meaning = remote or far away

Example My family lives in a very far-flung village, but we keep in touch by Skype.

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Crop rotation

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Pronunciation /rəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/

Meaning = the process of using different fields each year to keep the soil healthy

Example Some smallholders do not practise crop rotation, and so their land becomes infertile.

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Material considerations

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Pronunciation /məˈtɪə.ri.əl/

Meaning = concerns about money and material possessions

Example You can’t only think of material considerations when deciding who to marry, I feel.

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Abundance

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Pronunciation /əˈbʌn.dəns/

Meaning = a very high level of supply or availability of something

Example In the mountains, there’s an abundance of wild flowers and goats.

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Forestry

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Pronunciation /ˈfɒr.ɪ.stri/

Meaning = the industry of growing and cutting trees

Example My close friend work for a responsible forestry company.

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Water bodies

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Pronunciation /ˈwɔː.tər/ /ˈbɒd.i/

Meaning = inland /ˈɪn.lənd/ areas of water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc)

Example My country -Vietnam has several water bodies.

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Subsistence

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Pronunciation /səbˈsɪs.təns/

Meaning = the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but no more

Example My family used to be one of the subsistence farmers because we grew our own food but had little left to sell for profit.

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Self-sufficient

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Pronunciation /ˌself.səˈfɪʃ.ənt/

Meaning = not needing to import or buy resources from outside the farm or country

Example My family was self-sufficient in crops when I was a kid.

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Smallholders

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Pronunciation /ˈsmɔːlˌhəʊl.dər/

Meaning = farmers managing very small farms, usually with their families

Example I applied to work on a project training smallholders in VECO organization.

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Animal husbandry

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Pronunciation /ˈhʌz.bən.dri/

Meaning = the skill of keeping animals

Example I used to work as an animal husbandry

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Country dwellers & city dwellers/ˈdwel.ər/

Country dwellers city dwellers

people who live in

the countryside cities

My parents are country dwellers Paul’s parents are city dwellers

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