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Level: 
Intermediate
Hard graft: backyard gardener claims world record for tree bearing 
ten different fruits

In your own words 
a. Create an attractive and informative poster to put up in local public buildings and around the 
area encouraging people to visit Hussam Saraf’s garden during one week next summer.
 
Include the term ‘peaceful coexistence’ as well as information about Hussam and his world 
record fruit tree. Ask people to help Hussam to break the record for the world’s largest 
gardening lesson.
 
You can see a photo of the tree and other plants in Hussam’s garden on the internet if you 
search for it.
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‘No sharks but I’ve seen porpoises’: the rebirth of the River Thames
Level 2: 
Intermediate

Warmer
a. Match the European rivers with the capital cities they flow through.
1. the Danube 
a Paris
2. the Thames 
b Rome
3. the Tiber 
c Lisbon
4. the Vistula 
d Berlin
5. the Seine 
e Vienna
6. the Spree 
f Prague
7. the Vltava 
g London
8. the Tagus 
h Warsaw

Key words
a. Find the following words in the text. The paragraph numbers are given to help you. 
1. a noun meaning a large sea animal that eats fish and lives mainly in cold parts of the world 
 (2)
2. a noun meaning a layer of a substance that forms at the bottom of a liquid 
 (4)
3. a phrasal verb meaning make water, dust, or sand move around 
 (4)
4. a noun meaning waste substances, especially from human bodies, removed from buildings by a 
system of large underground pipes 
 (6)
5. a verb meaning move something from one place to another 
 (6)
6. a verb meaning allow a liquid to leave a place 
 (8)
7. a verb meaning provide a place with a new supply of something 
 (8)
8. a noun meaning a lack of success 
 (8)
9. a verb meaning become less 
 (9)
10. an adjective meaning not changed by chemical substances 
 (12)