02/06/2021 TODAY'S SPECIAL

 

 

 Countryside and Agriculture

🏝Water bodies = inland areas of water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc)
 
🏗Subsistence = adjective meaning ‘producing just enough to live on’
 
🏭Self-sufficient = not needing to import or buy resources from outside the farm or country
 
🚜Smallholders = farmers managing very small farms, usually with their families
 
🛢The wider economy = the national economy in a country
 
⚡️To afflict = to affect (used for problems or diseases)

🦔Animal husbandry = the skill of keeping animals
 
🍄Crop rotation = the process of using different fields each year to keep the soil healthy
 
🗺Remote viewing = viewing places by Internet, not in person
 
🌋Environmental awareness = an understanding of environmental issues
 
⛵️Far-flung = remote or far away


🏞Rural = adjective for ‘countryside’

🛤A backwater = an area of a country where little of interest happens

⛺️Rural depopulation = the long-term trend for people to migrate from the countryside to cities.

🏕Country dwellers = people who live in the countryside (‘city dwellers’ = people who live in cities)

⌛️A scarcity = a lack or shortage of something

⛰Rural unemployment = unemployment affecting rural workers specifically

🏚Rural poverty = being extremely poor in the countryside

🏦Material considerations = concerns about money and material possessions

📈An abundance = a very high level of supply or availability of something

🦧Wildlife = animals living naturally in the wild
 
🌳Forestry = the industry of growing and cutting trees

 

Different ways to say "Good Luck" ⚡️

💫Best of luck
🤞Fingers crossed
👊Knock them dead
🤘You'll do great
💥Have a blast
🌈All the best
💫Best wishes
🌪Blow them away
🦿Break a leg
☄️May the force be with you
     (From Star Wars)


IELTS Reading tip 🧄 


Time management tip by Simon⌛️

Go straight to the first question. Don’t waste time reading the full passage or the first sentence of each paragraph, and don’t read any of the other questions.