Now, if you've got nothing to do today and you live in the
Middleton area, or can get there easily, why not flex your
muscles and get digging. That's the message from the
environmental group called the Green Partnership, which
is organising a special tree-planting event near the village
today.
And there are an awful lot of trees to be planted. The
Green Partnership is planning to plant a total of seven to
eight thousand over the next few weeks, and they're
hoping to plant around two thousand five hundred of
these today. What's more, they're looking for volunteers to
come along and help. No experience is necessary ? there
will be experts on hand to direct operations, and
equipment will be provided. Although, if you've got a
spade, please do bring it along as there may not be quite
enough to go round if a lot of people turn up and want to
start digging at the same time.
But, you're probably asking yourself, what's the point of
planting all these trees? Well, surprisingly, this area is
actually the least wooded part of England, according to a
recent survey, and so the government has made money
available for the project. Around 25 similar sites have been
officially identified in the region and volunteers will be
needed to help with a number of these in the weeks to
come.
As well as conserving the natural environment, it is
hoped to make it easier for people from urban areas, who
may not have gardens or parks nearby, to spend their free
time in the countryside. Although in future old quarries
and industrial sites will be used, this land was previously
used for farming, so it's not open to visitors at the
moment. The trees themselves will, of course, take a long
time to grow, up to eighty years in some cases, and when
they're small, they'll be protected by fences as farm
animals continue to graze nearby. But the site is being
planned so that there will eventually be footpaths between
the trees and people will be able to walk through and
watch the growing woodland.
Today, everyone is welcome to come along any time
between 9 and 3 o'clock. The site lies on the western edge
of the village of Middleton and those who can, are asked to
walk there, as parking will not be available along the road
to the west, which gets quite busy. People coming from
further afield should park in the village and then get to the
site on foot. A large yellow notice will indicate the site
entrance and special yellow arrow signs from the village
centre will lead you to it. The notice will include further
information about the day's programme.
The site will be quite muddy and so boots are probably a
better idea than trainers if you're doing the digging,
although you'll need something to change into afterwards.
Although you can expect to get quite warm, the site is
quite exposed and so it's a good idea to wrap up well if
you're watching and, of course, gloves will be essential to
protect your hands if you are actually digging.
So, it could be a really nice day out for all the family and
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TREE PLANTING
The name of the group organising the event is
___________________________(1)
The only piece of equipment you are asked to bring is a
___________________________(2)
The money to pay for the trees has come from
___________________________(3)
The trees are being planted on what used to be
___________________________(4)
land.
It is planned to make a number of
___________________________(5)
among the trees for visitors.
The trees are being planted on the
___________________________(6)
side of the village.
The site entrance will be marked by a
___________________________(7)
today.
If you are going to help with the digging, you are advised to wear
___________________________(8)
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and …)
Správné odpovědi:
1)
the Green Partnership /
Green Partnership
;
2)
spade /
a spade
;
3)
the government /
government
;
4)
farm /
farming
;
5)
footpaths /
paths
;
6)
western /
west
;
7)
large yellow notice /
large notice
;
8)
boots and gloves /
gloves and boots