| Level: | Topic: | Speakers: | Length: |
| difficult | gardening | man – woman | 02:47 |
Pre-Listening Exercise
What types of gardens do people grow in your area? Do people raise flowers and/or vegetables?
Idioms
“let the grass grow around your feet” = wait, waste time, or delay in doing something
“Don’t let the grass grow around your feet. Stop sitting at home and get out and apply for a job.”
“turn a new leaf” = change one’s behavior
“I don’t think he’ll turn over a new leaf just because he is getting married.”
Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
Post-Listening Exercise
What are the benefits or challenges of trying to raise your own fruits, vegetables, and even herbs?
Online Investigation
Imagine that are moving to Denver, Colorado, in the United States for a couple of years, and you are into gardening. Because you are concerned about maintaining a healthy diet, you want to look into what edible plants you can grow in the area. Use the Internet to identify two vegetables and two fruits/berries that can be raised in that area. Then, answer the following questions:
- What are the names of the plants you found?
- When is the best time to plant them?
- What is the growing season for each?
- When are the vegetables ready for harvest?
- In what kinds of recipes can the food items be used?