Assignment 1
Read the assignment and write down the answers in English. You may use English-language Internet sources to help you. If you only know the Dutch word, use a dictionary to find the English word.
a Hazelnuts are just one kind of nut. Name at least 3 other kinds.
b Hazelnuts are a popular breakfast food. Write down the names of the other daily meals.
| Aw Hazelnuts!
Hazelnuts grow on trees. Hazelnuts are harvested once a year in autumn. Turkey is the world’s largest hazelnut producer. There may be some trouble ahead for the next hazelnut harvest. Read the whole story here. |
Assignment 2
Read the text. Connect the words and expressions in the two columns that have the same meaning.
| 1. bug | a. to become more by producing new young animals |
| 2. to invade | b. a black-and-yellow flying insect that can sting |
| 3. flavor | c. to come out of an egg |
| 4. dessert | d. coming from or belonging to a different place or country |
| 5. originally | e. to enter a place in large numbers |
| 6. shipping containers | f. the hard outer covering of a nut |
| 7. to multiply | g. how food or drink tastes |
| 8. up to | h. in the beginning |
| 9. to hatch | i. problems or difficulties |
| 10. to poke | j. to push a sharp thing into something |
| 11. wasp | k. small insect |
| 12. strict rules | l. strenge regels |
| 13. foreign | m. sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal |
| 14. shell | n. very large metal boxes used for transporting goods |
| 15. trouble | o. with a maximum of |
Assignment 3
a Why could the hazelnut harvest be bad this year?
1 Asian bugs and samurai wasps are eating all the nuts.
2 Climate change is ruining the hazel trees.
3 Farmers are using chemicals that kill the nuts.
4 Stink bugs are ruining the nuts.
b What is a “stylet”?
1 A chemical used to kill bad insects.
2 A natural straw to drink juice.
3 A sharp part of the mouth of stink bugs.
4 A special tool to poke and test fruits.
c What does “biocontrol” mean?
1 Not doing anything to kill insects, but just letting nature control nature.
2 Spreading chemicals to kill and control harmful insects.
3 The biological solution: Using one living thing to control another.
4 Using insecticides to feed insects so that they do not eat any fruits.
d Did the Turkish farmers have big trouble with stink bugs last year?
1 No. Because of the cold weather, the stink bugs came out of their eggs later.
2 No. Because of the warm weather, the stink bugs never came out of their eggs.
3 Yes. Because of the cold weather, the stink bugs were came out of their eggs later.
4 Yes. Because of the warm weather, there were just as many stink bugs as this year.
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