4th précis

Title: Do trees on the streets make people happy?

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11889768


Vocabulary:


recover – (v) to become well again after you have been ill;
It took him two months to recover from the operation.
He was fired last month and he’s still recovering from the shock.

postpone (v) - to decide that something will not be done at the time when it was planned for, but at a later time;
Bad weather forced us to postpone Friday’s game.
The weeding was postponed until August.

community (n) – the gruop of people who live in a particulary place, country;
I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community.
Recent increases in crime have disturbed the hole community.

victim (n) – a person that is injured, killed or hurt by sb
My relative was a murder victim.
The children are often the innocent victims of a divorce.

involve (v) - to make necessary;
The job involves a lot of travelling.
The course involves a great deal of hard work.

brick (n) – a hard block of baked clay that is used for building houses
A house built of red brick.
A block was made of brick.

drab (adj.) – not colorful or interesting;
There is a drab grey office building.
Their lives seem so drab.





Precis:

In the UK is a capaign of planting trees. The Big Tree Plant campaign is going to plant a millon trees in urban areas during the four next years. British government wants spend about 4,2 millions pounds on planting trees in cities, which will improve the quality of people’s life.
According to research property prices, which are located in green areas are more expensive by 15%.
Trees are also great for our health and they are beautiful and practical, because they bring many benefits to our live. In the summer, thanks to its we have a shadow. In the winter when we need more light, trees lost their leaves. They are good for the local climate change because they put water back into atmosphere wich cools the area.
Studies show that people living near green spaces are calmer, happier and healthier. Patients who have a view of nature through hospital windows recover better after surgery.