unit 2

Komunitas Perkebunan

Pada tahun 1990, 60% orang di Amerika Serikat tinggal di desa , dan 40% tinggal di kota. Menjelang 2000 , 80% penduduk kota , atau tinggal di kota dan hanya 20% penduduk desa , atau tinggal di desa. Dengan semakin banyak orang tinggal di kota , kota akan semakin besar. Kota besar membuat daerah penghijauan menjadi sempit . Sekarang, beberapa kota memulai program yang disebut dengan “Penghijauan Perkotaan”. Program penghijauan perkotaan menciptakan beberapa daerah penghijauan di kota . Program penghijauan perkotaan menjadikan suatu tempat agar masyarakat dapat menikmati pemandangan alam. Penghijauan perkotaan adalah cara untuk membangun sebuah bagian kecil dari desa ke kota.

Taman dan kebun adalah contoh program penghijauan perkotaan . Pada tahun 1895, kira-kira 20 kota di Amerika Serikat memulai menanam bahan makanan untuk menolong bahan pangan orang miskin. Belakangan semakin banyak oarang-orang mulai menanam kebun sayuran . Dengan segera , beberapa lingkungan bertetangga memiliki komunitas perkebunan , perkebunan dimana orang-orang bekerjasama untuk menanam sayur dan bunga . Pada tahun 1996, terdapat lebih dari 6000 komunitas perkebunan di 38 kota seluruh penjuru Amerika Serikat.

Read the sentences and guess the meaning of the underlined words

1. I saw a beautiful community garden today. Many people worked together and made one large garden. (kebun bersama)

2. People can grow many things in a garden. Some people grows vegetables, other people grow flowers. (menanam)

3. There are many apartment buildings and houses on my street, but one area doesn’t have any buildings on it. It’s an empty lot. There’s nothing there. (area kosong)

4. Many people in my neighborhood enjoy their gardens. They put many things in their garden. They plant vegetables and flowers. (menanam)

5. Sometimes people throw paper, empty soda cans, and other garbage on the ground. It’s better to put it in a garbage can. (tempat sampah)

Listen to Laura Lee talking about community gardens. Read each question. Then circle the correct answer

1. What are you listening to?

b. A radio news show

2. Where is Laura Lee?

c. At a community garden

3. What do you think she will learn about community gardens? (Circle more than one answer)

1. What the people plant

2. What people do in community garden

4. Why the garden is important

Change these words in brackets in each sentence into simple past tense

1. The Minister of Transportation (launch) a new ship last month.

2. Steven Spielberg (direct) the movie on the year, Jurassic Park in 1991.

3. The champion boxer (leave) Tokyo this morning.

4. World famous tenor Pavarotti (cannel) his Asian Tour.

5. She (write) many novels when she was younger.

6. The pop singer (wear) several costumes for her performance.

7. Many reporters (interview) the Kalpataru Winners.

8. The two presidents (meet) at the Camp David USA, last Tuesday.