BYV11-T1-R1: Crop-growng skyscrapers

Vocabulary

Urban

city, inner-city, metropolitan, town #
rural, suburban (urb=city. i.e. suburb,
urbanity)

Conservative

be likely to be less than
the real amount.

Current

present, existing, recent.

relating to the population
and groups of people in it (dem=people, i.e:
democracy)

Demographic

raise crops

grow plants such
as wheat, rice, or fruits...

Practice

habit, tradition, or custom

Ensure

make sure, confirm, make certain.

Hothouse

a heated glass building in
which plants are grown.

Vogue

fashion, trend, raze/fad.

Urgent

very important and needing to be
dealt with immediately.

Scale up

increase, expand, develop.

Accommodate

to give someone what
is needed.

Employ

use, utilize, exploit, apply.

Cutting-edge

modern, newest, most
advanced.

Proposal

suggestion, application, plan.

‘Vertical Farm’.

an idea for a way of farming in which plants are grown or animals are kept in tall structures with many levels.

multi-storey

many floors.

Drastically

radically, extremely, significantly.

Implement

fulfill, put into practice, take
action.

Proponent

advocate, supporter >

Urban renewal

the improvement and sometimes replacement of buildings in a city, (re-= do again, i.e: rebuild, resuable..)

Sustainable

environmentally friendly, eco-
friendly, green.

year-round

happening or continuing through the whole year.

Sacrifice

decide not to have something in
order to get something that is more
important

horizontal farming.

traditional farming, crops are planted at only one level >< vertical farmig.

Take sb/st for granted

do not realize or show that sb/st is grateful. (xem thường, ngó lơ ai/cái gì đó hiện diện bên mình mỗi ngày)

Despoil

damage, spoil, ruin (de-= reduce, i.e decline)

Verdant

lush, green, grassy.

semi-arid

having little rain but not completely dry (Semi-= half, i.e: semi-natural)

Evolve

develop gradually, change, grow (vol- = turn i.e: revolt, evolution)

Shelter

cover, protection from danger.

Subject smt to smt=

cause smt to experience smt, especially smt unpleasant

Food-bearing plants

plants provide food such as tomato, vegetable.

The rigours of something

the unpleasant or severe conditions of smth.