Proficiency Reading and Use of English - Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary terms, key names, and concepts extracted from the C2 Proficiency Reading and Use of English sample text.

Wilfred Thesinger

An explorer who stated, 'We live our lives second-hand', highlighting how many people experience life indirectly through media rather than first-hand travel.

Adventure travel

A trend in travel focused on stepping away from routine life to explore less familiar regions or test personal ambitions, which does not necessarily require physical exertion.

Power napping

An effective strategy involving an intense sleep lasting around 25 minutes that dramatically improves alertness for people with demanding schedules.

Guanche people

The aboriginal population of the Canary Islands discovered by 15th-century Spanish sailors, who maintained extensive agriculture with virtually no rainfall.

David Riebold

A forestry scientist-turned-schoolteacher who initiated a large-scale reforestation scheme in Lanzarote using artificial fog harvesting.

Proyecto David

The local name for the fog harvesting reforestation initiative on Lanzarote aimed at restoring cloud forests on high ground.

Fog harvesting

A technology using nets and collecting devices erected on ridges to capture moisture-rich fog vapour and convert it into water for irrigation and drinking.

Aquifers

Underground water reserves that can be recharged when restored forests capture atmospheric moisture and allow water to drain into the ground.

Upper Palaeolithic period

The historical era dating back approximately 35,000 years ago, marking the earliest known creations of pictorial recording such as cave paintings.

Post-photographic era

A suggested modern phase in which digital storage, manipulation, and cultural changes devalue the traditional photographic image as a medium of communication.