IELTS Essay: Parks, Farmland, Houses

Vocabulary Answers

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current initiatives efforts right now

transform change

public parks places for people to experience nature in cities

farms agricultural areas

residential areas places where people can live

misguided not a good idea

I am in general agreement with this contention despite I agree with the opinion regardless of

ostensible advantages seeming benefits

dense urban areas crowded cities

policy idea, way of operating

point out argue

overcrowding too many people

In the last century the last 100 years

mass migrations lots of people moving

increasingly more and more often

expand make bigger

subsuming nearby farmland into urban districts taking over nearby farms and making them part of cities

large metropolitan areas such as big cities including

house verb for live there, house

surging populations more and more people living there

spreading to neighboring lands go to places near there

enjoy higher standards of living live better

healthcare hospitals, medicine, etc.

economic opportunity job chances

various entertainments options places to have fun

the average resident normal person

incontestably positive definitely good

neglect not pay attention to

primacy central importance

natural world nature

nearby next to

clears away pristine natural land destroys nature

necessitates requires

transportation trucks, ships, etc.

agricultural products food products

greater distances further away

This will in turn exacerbate environmental issues makes climate change worse

potentially lead to inflated food costs possibly raise the price of foods

More importantly even more crucially

lack not have

providing giving

optimistic living environment positive place to live

wealthy rich

less pressing not that important

frequent trips often travel to

outlying areas regions nearby

least privileged classes poorest people

experience nature be in contact with trees, grass, etc.

a life deprived of all contact with the natural world not experiencing nature at all

undeniably bleak definitely really bad

related to concerning

density how many people in an area

overall negative due to not good because of

proposals ideas, efforts

pursued in moderation acted on carefully