Why We Should Concentrate On Helping Nature

Question 1

verb : SUCCEED [I]

serpilmek, büyümek, gelişmek

a ——-ing tourist industry

Why we should concentrate on helping nature and technology to ——– and stop seeing them as sparring partners

HOLD

bir şeyi havada sallamak; dikkat çekmek/işaret vermek için sallamak

Answer 1

• flourish

Question 2

verb: ​

dostane tartışmak, kızmadan kavga etmeden münakaşa etmek

Why we should concentrate on helping nature and technology to flourish and stop seeing them as —–ring partners.

Answer 2

• spar

Question 3

verb : NOT SEE ​ to prevent something from being seen or heard

gizlemek, gözden ırak tutmak, örtmek; duyulmasını/görülmesini önlemek

[often passive] The moon was partially ——-d by clouds.

Sunsets ——- by selfies.

NOT UNDERSTAND ​ to make something difficult to understand

anlaşılmaz hâle getirmek; anlaşılmasını güçleştirmek;

He deliberately ——d details of his career in the army.

Answer 3

• obscure

Question 4

noun : government taxes that must be paid on some things that are made or sold in a particular country

üretim/tüketim vergisi

Words such as ‘acorn’, ‘adder” and “willow” —–d from the Oxford Junior Dictionary to make way for ‘broadband’, ‘analogue’, and ‘cut and paste’

Answer 4

• excise

Question 5

verb : ​to say that something is wrong or that you are annoyed about something

şikayet etmek, yakınmak, dertlenmek

Lots of people have ——–ed about the noise. [+ that]

We —— about the colonisation of our wild places with wifi, yet declare internet access to be a human right.

Answer 5

• complain

Question 6

verb: COOK [T] ​ to cook something, especially an egg without its shell, by putting it into liquid that is gently boiling

(yumurta kabuğunu kırıp) suda pişirmek

ANIMALS [I, T] ​ to illegally catch or kill animals, especially by going onto land without the permission of the person who owns it

kaçak avlanmak; özel arazide izinsiz avlanmak

We despair about ——ing while helping the culprits track down rare animals with our social media posts.

PERSON [I, T] ​ to persuade someone to leave a company or team in order to work or play for yours

(müşteri, çalışan) ayartmak, kandırmak; ikna etmek

They can —– experienced people easily because they offer higher salaries.

Answer 6

• poach

Question 7

noun : PERSON ​ someone who has done something wrong

suçlu, suç işlemiş kişi

We despair about poaching while helping the —-s track down rare animals with our social media posts.

THING ​ something that is responsible for a bad situation

neden, sebep

In many of these illnesses, stress is the main —–.

Answer 7

• culprit

Question 8

noun : NEED [U, no plural] ​ B2 a need for something to be sold or supplied

talep

There’s an increasing ——- for cheap housing.

We dream of relaxing on tranquil Maldivian islands, but —— unsustainably cheap flights to get us there.

REQUEST [C] ​ B1 a strong request

istek, talep

They received a final —— for payment.

Answer 8

• demand

Question 9

noun : ​SHIP formal ​ a ship or large boat

gemi, tekne

CONTAINER old-fashioned ​ a container for liquids kap → See also blood ——-

Now, from cooking —–s to virtual reality headsets, technology is simply a set of strategies our species has developed in order to cope with being self-conscious creatures on a chaotic and often hostile planet.

Answer 9

• vessel

Question 10

verb : to deal quite successfully with a difficult situation

başa çıkmak, halletmek, altından kalkmak

How do you —– with stress?

Now, from cooking vessels to virtual reality headsets, technology is simply a set of strategies our species has developed in order to —– with being self-conscious creatures on a chaotic and often hostile planet.

Answer 10

• cope

Question 11

noun : a very excited and happy feeling

neşe, coşku, heyecan

So we find ourselves stuck between a rock and a MySpace, and all too often we sacrifice our native habitat for the short-term ——– of change and short-term resolution of economic and political problems.

Answer 11

• exhilaration

Question 12

verb : ​ to cause someone to no longer have a friendly relationship with another person or other people:

Her lifestyle ——–d her from her parents. ​

But although many of our digital inventions serve to ——- us from the world they were created to enrich, technology and nature are also continually cross-pollinating in powerfully positive ways

to cause you to feel that you do not understand someone or something, or do not have any connection with him, her, or it:

Cultural changes can ——– the reader from old texts.

Answer 12

• estrange