Pre-reading questions:
- Is there a garden or a park near your home?
- Do you love nature?
Vocabulary:
- view /vyoo/
- hungry /HUHNG-gree/
- nature /NEY-cher/
- trip /trip/
- visit /VIZ-it/
[noun] what you can see from a particular place
The building has a nice view outside.
[adjective] wanting or needing food
She gets angry when she is hungry.
[noun] all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world
Let’s take good care of our nature.
[noun] a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again
I want to go to an out-of-town trip on my birthday.
[verb] to go to a place in order to look at it
She always visits her mother’s house in the city.
A new study found that a green view outside your window can make you feel less hungry. A group of researchers from the University of Plymouth in the UK held a survey of 149 adults aged 21 to 65 years old. The team asked the people about their nature trips and unhealthy food cravings. The green views in each participant’s community were also added in the study. It was discovered that people who visit parks or gardens at all times were less likely to get hungry.
True or False:
- A new study found that looking at a green view can make people less angry.
- The participants were all teenagers.
- The researchers were from the University of United Kingdom.
- Visiting gardens and parks can make people feel hungry based on the article.
- One hundred forty-nine people took the survey.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| trip | hungry | visit | nature | view |
- Eat when you feel _____.
- Have a safe _____!
- The _____ of the sea comforts her.
- People need to save the _____.
- I want to ____ Japan someday.