Номер 1, страница 36 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс (starlight) учебник Баранова, Дули

Reading & Listening

1 Look at the picture, then listen and say. What do you think a skyscraper farm is? How does it work? Read the text to find out.

Solar panels and wind turbines power the building.

Different storeys grow a variety of fruit and vegetables.

Glass walls allow in sunlight.

The produce is grown in a solution of nutrients and water.

Check these words

wonder, structure, lush, long gone, drain, rise, soar, equivalent, spring up, vertical farming, solution, nutrients, food shortage, environmentally friendly, power, transport costs, local produce, permanent light source, industrial greenhouse, mankind, horizontally, consume, convert, wasteland

Growing Up

Stories of The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, tell of a structure with lush green gardens on different levels many metres high. These are long gone, but as our modern consumer society continues to drain the world of its resources, the population rises and food prices soar, a modern-day equivalent may soon be springing up in your neighbourhood!

According to UN statistics, by the year 2050, the population of planet Earth 1) .... (RISE) to over 9 billion and feeding all these people will require extra farmland the size of Brazil! Finding this agricultural land will be a real challenge, but one that some creative scientists believe they have solved with the idea of vertical farming. The idea is actually very simple. Just as an apartment block has different storeys, a vertical farm will have many different floors growing a variety of fruit and vegetables. On one floor there 2) .... (BE) lettuces, on the next floor carrots and on another tomatoes, and so on. The walls will be made of glass to allow in sunlight and instead of soil, the produce will be grown in a solution of nutrients and water.

Dr Dickson Despommier, a professor at Columbia University, points out that just one 30-storey building could provide food for 10,000 people. "With about 160 of these buildings, you could feed all of New York," he says. But as well as offering a solution to possible food shortages, this idea is environmentally friendly. Often, by the time food 3) .... (ARRIVE) on your plate, it will have been travelling for days or even months! Vertical farms, however, will go up in the centre of the city and 4) .... (POWER) by solar and wind power so we'll save on transport costs, burn less fossil fuels and we'll all be eating fresh local produce from the skyscraper next door! The idea isn't without its problems, though. Crops nearer the glass would get 5) .... (MUCH) light which means they would grow quicker than crops farther away. The only whole floor to get direct sunlight would be the top one. Possible solutions include 6) .... (HAVE) a permanent light source on every floor like the ones we now have in industrial greenhouses. At the moment, the price of building and lighting these modern Hanging Gardens of Babylon is far too high, but that 7) .... (NOT/MEAN) we won't be able to do it soon. Mankind 8) .... (FARM) horizontally for over 15,000 years, but now almost 80% of our farmland is already in use. Isn't it about time we 9) .... (START) growing up?

How to consume less and produce more

• Convert the rooftop of your block of flats into a garden and grow your own vegetables.
• Use window boxes to grow fruit and veg like tomatoes, peppers and strawberries.
• Some communities are getting together and starting their own community farms on pieces of wasteland. You could get involved in a local project like this or even start one of your own!

Reading & Listening

1 Look at the picture, then listen and say. What do you think a skyscraper farm is? How does it work? Read the text to find out.

Solar panels and wind turbines power the building.

Different storeys grow a variety of fruit and vegetables.

Glass walls allow in sunlight.

The produce is grown in a solution of nutrients and water.

Check these words

wonder, structure, lush, long gone, drain, rise, soar, equivalent, spring up, vertical farming, solution, nutrients, food shortage, environmentally friendly, power, transport costs, local produce, permanent light source, industrial greenhouse, mankind, horizontally, consume, convert, wasteland

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Growing Up

Stories of The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, tell of a structure with lush green gardens on different levels many metres high. These are long gone, but as our modern consumer society continues to drain the world of its resources, the population rises and food prices soar, a modern-day equivalent may soon be springing up in your neighbourhood!

According to UN statistics, by the year 2050, the population of planet Earth 1 ..... (RISE) to over 9 billion and feeding all these people will require extra farmland the size of Brazil! Finding this agricultural land will be a real challenge, but one that some creative scientists believe they have solved with the idea of vertical farming. The idea is actually very simple. Just as an apartment block has different storeys, a vertical farm will have many different floors growing a variety of fruit and vegetables. On one floor there 2 ..... (BE) lettuces, on the next floor carrots and on another tomatoes, and so on. The walls will be made of glass to allow in sunlight and instead of soil, the produce will be grown in a solution of nutrients and water.

Dr Dickson Despommier, a professor at Columbia University, points out that just one 30-storey building could provide food for 10,000 people. "With about 160 of these buildings, you could feed all of New York," he says. But as well as offering a solution to possible food shortages, this idea is environmentally friendly. Often, by the time food 3 ..... (ARRIVE) on your plate, it will have been travelling for days or even months! Vertical farms, however, will go up in the centre of the city and 4 ..... (POWER) by solar and wind power so we'll save on transport costs, burn less fossil fuels and we'll all be eating fresh local produce from the skyscraper next door! The idea isn't without its problems, though. Crops nearer the glass would get 5 ..... (MUCH) light which means they would grow quicker than crops farther away. The only whole floor to get direct sunlight would be the top one. Possible solutions include 6 ..... (HAVE) a permanent light source on every floor like the ones we now have in industrial greenhouses. At the moment, the price of building and lighting these modern Hanging Gardens of Babylon is far too high, but that 7 ..... (NOT/MEAN) we won't be able to do it soon. Mankind 8 ..... (FARM) horizontally for over 15,000 years, but now almost 80% of our farmland is already in use. Isn't it about time we 9 ..... (START) growing up?

How to consume less and produce more

• Convert the rooftop of your block of flats into a garden and grow your own vegetables.

• Use window boxes to grow fruit and veg like tomatoes, peppers and strawberries.

• Some communities are getting together and starting their own community farms on pieces of wasteland. You could get involved in a local project like this or even start one of your own!

1 Посмотри на картинку, затем послушай и скажи. Что, по твоему мнению, представляет собой ферма-небоскреб? Как она работает? Прочитай текст, чтобы узнать.

Ответ:

A skyscraper farm is a modern type of vertical farm, which is a tall building with many different floors used for growing a variety of fruits and vegetables. It's like an apartment building, but for plants.

Ферма-небоскреб — это современный тип вертикальной фермы, представляющий собой высокое здание со множеством различных этажей, используемых для выращивания разнообразных фруктов и овощей. Это как многоквартирный дом, но для растений.

It works by growing produce on different levels within the building. The walls are made of glass to allow in sunlight, and the plants are grown in a solution of nutrients and water instead of soil. These farms are powered by solar and wind energy and are typically located in city centers to provide fresh, local produce and reduce transport costs.

Она работает путем выращивания продукции на разных уровнях внутри здания. Стены сделаны из стекла, чтобы пропускать солнечный свет, и растения выращиваются в растворе питательных веществ и воды вместо почвы. Эти фермы питаются солнечной и ветровой энергией и обычно располагаются в центрах городов, чтобы обеспечивать свежей местной продукцией и сокращать транспортные расходы.