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AGRICULTURE
The current issue of Skill Up! focuses on agriculture. Here, we test your knowledge
of this area of vocabulary.
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1. Farm machines
Match the words for farm machinery (a–f) to the pictures (1–6) below.
a)baler
b)combine
harvester
c) muck spreader
1. _________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________
d) seed drill
e) tractor
f)trailer
4. _________________ 5. _________________ 6. _________________
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2. Cult following
Match the words from the “cult” family (a–h) to the definitions (1–8) on the right.
a) cultivated
b) cultivator
c) floriculture
d) horticulturist
e) monoculture
f) multicultural
g) uncultivable h) viticulture
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1. the cultivation of flowering plants for gardens and floristry
2.
including people who have many different customs and
beliefs
3. an expert in the science of cultivating garden plants
4. produced and improved by planting; well educated
5. the use of land for growing only one type of crop
6. the study or science of growing grapes
7. a farm implement that stirs and pulverizes the soil
8. not suitable for cultivation
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Match the English words for different cereals (a–h) to their German equivalents (1–8).
a) barley
b) buckwheat
c) corn
d) millet
e) oats
f) rye
g) spelt
h) wheat
1. Gerste
2. Roggen
3. Hafer
4. Weizen
5. Hirse
6. Dinkel
7. Mais
8. Buchweizen
Golden wheat:
ready for harvest
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4. Farming idioms
Complete the dialogue with the correct words from the list below.
carrot
l
farm
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feet
l
grain
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grasping
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grass
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haystack
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straw
Renee:
I can’t believe Wayne’s leaving now as well. He doesn’t let the grass grow under his
(a) ____________, does he? He’s been with the company for only eight months or something like that.
Don:I know! But I don’t blame him. As soon as he heard they were going to (b) ____________
out his department, he was off!
Renee:
Huh. I heard he was leaving because he hated the (c) ____________ and stick approach of
his new boss.
Don:There’s more than a (d) ____________ of truth to that, actually. But when he heard management was talking about outsourcing the IT department to Mumbai, that was the last
(e) ____________!
Renee:
I don’t believe management will go ahead with that plan. They seem to be (f) ____________
at straws these days.
Don:I don’t like the way things are going at all. I sometimes wish that they would make me
redundant.
Renee:Be careful what you wish for, Don. You know what they say — the (g) ____________ is
always greener on the other side .
Don: Yeah, you’re right. Finding a decent job is like looking for a needle in a (h) ____________.
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3. Cereals for breakfast
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WORTSCHATZ (pp. 18–19)
AGRICULTURE
1. Farm machines
SU 4–5, 6–7
a–5; b–4; c–1; d–2; e–3; f–6
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2. Cult following
SU 14–15
a–4 (kultiviert, angebaut; gebildet); b–7 (Grubber); c–1
(Blumenzucht); d–3 (Experte/-in für Gartenbau); e–5; f–2;
g–8 (nicht kultivierbar); h–6 (Weinbau)
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3. Cereals for breakfast
SU 4–5
a–1; b–8; c–7; d–5; e–3; f–2; g–6;
h–4
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4. Farming idioms
SU 12–13
a)
feet ((not) let the grass grow under one’s feet = die Sache (nicht) auf die
lange Bank schieben)
b) farm (farm sth. out = etw. (nach außen) vergeben)
c) carrot (carrot and stick = Zuckerbrot und Peitsche)
d) grain (a grain of truth = ein Körnchen Wahrheit)
e) straw (the last straw = der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt)
f) grasping (grasp at straws = sich an einen Strohhalm klammern)
g)
grass (the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) = die
Kirschen in Nachbars Garten sind süßer)
h)
haystack (look for a needle in a haystack = die Nadel im Heuhaufen
suchen)
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