Vocabulary

• back then: At that time in the past.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• feed on: To eat a particular food.
• share in: To participate in something; to have a part or interest in something.
• on foot
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• informed decisions: Decisions that are based on having a lot of knowledge or information.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• volunteers to: Offers to do something without being forced or paid.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• have to: Must do
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• shrink: To become smaller
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• reap: To harvest or to cut and collect crops
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• important: Having power or authority
• avocado: Pear-shaped fruit with green flesh and large stone
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• alive: Living; not dead
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• land: Region or country
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• reproduce: To make a copy of something
• deep: Complex and important
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• canopy: Structure that hangs over something to shelter it
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• part: Division of a book
• nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
• invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
• village: Small town in the country
• burn: To destroy with fire
• area: Amount of measured space
• environmental: Of the natural world of plants and animals
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• downhill: From higher ground to lower ground
• tourism: Visiting to new places, e.g. abroad, for vacations
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream