APIEVocabulary and Pronunciation: Peatlands and Carbon Storage
Peatlands and carbon storage
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🌿 Peatlands & Carbon Storage
C1 Advanced Vocabulary & Pronunciation Guide
📌 How to use this lesson
Teacher Guide
- • Run this 20-minute session by checking the word table first, then monitoring the 16 practice items and shadowing audio clips.
- • Check answers together using the provided keys and give clear feedback on sentence rhythm.
Learner Guide
- • Read the word table and memory tips carefully first to build clear mental images.
- • Complete the 16 practice questions, then record yourself repeating all 12 shadowing items.
Word table
Study the 10 target words across three thematic groups before starting practice.
1 The Ground
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Word Forms | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
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| peat (n) | Dark brown soil made of decayed plants. | peat soil, peat extraction, peat moss | – | Peat holds massive amounts of carbon underwater. | Picture "peat" as a heavy "plate" of wet earth. |
| bog (n) | Wet, spongy ground that gets water mainly from rain. | peat bog, mossy bog, bog ecosystem | – | The scientists walked carefully across the soft bog. | Think of getting "stuck like a log" in a wet bog. |
| fen (n) | Wet ground fed by mineral-rich groundwater. | alkaline fen, fen wetland, rich fen | – | A fen supports a huge variety of rare plants. | "Fen" sounds like "fountain" (water bubbling up). |
| waterlogged (adj) | Completely filled or soaked with water. | waterlogged soil, waterlogged ground, waterlogged roots | – | Heavy rains left the field completely waterlogged. | Picture a wooden "log" floating in heavy "water". |
2 The Carbon
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Word Forms | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sequester (v) | To store or lock away carbon safely. | sequester carbon, sequester emissions, sequester CO2 | sequestration (n) | Healthy wetlands sequester carbon for thousands of years. | Sounds like "secret" – keeping carbon hidden safely. |
| methane (n) | A powerful greenhouse gas from wet decay. | methane release, methane gas, methane emissions | – | Damaged bogs can release harmful methane gas. | Starts with "M" for "marsh gas". |
| tonne (n) | A metric unit of weight equal to 1,000 kg. | metric tonne, tonnes of carbon, per tonne | tonnes (pl) | Restoring this fen saves thousands of tonnes of carbon. | Think of a massive heavy box weighing 1,000 kg. |
3 The Action
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Word Forms | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| extraction (n) | Removing or digging out material. | peat extraction, resource extraction | extract (v) | Stopping commercial peat extraction protects wildlife. | "Extract" starts with "ex" like "exit" (pulling out). |
| conversion (n) | Changing land or state into another form. | land conversion, habitat conversion | convert (v) | The conversion of wetlands into farm fields harms climate. | "Convert" means change into a new version. |
| regrowth (n) | New growth of vegetation after damage. | plant regrowth, natural regrowth | regrow (v) | We saw fast regrowth of moss after rewetting the ground. | "Re" means again + "growth" (growing back). |
Practice
Complete these 16 items from easy to hard to test your understanding.
1. Collocation Matrix (Match the word to its natural pair)
Select the column header that forms the correct collocation with each word.
2. Gap-fill with Word Bank
5. The scientist explained that a mossy ____ absorbs rainwater like a natural sponge.
6. Unlike an acidic bog, an alkaline ____ gets rich nutrients from underground water.
7. Commercial gardening often relies on dried ____ mixed into pot soil.
8. Roots cannot breathe when the field remains completely ____ for weeks.
3. Contextual Choose the Word
All options fit grammatically into the sentence, but only one option fits the correct meaning in context.
9. If the wetland dries out, large amounts of trapped _____ escape into the atmosphere.
10. Stopping commercial peat _____ prevents further destruction of the natural habitat.
11. Garden peat is often sold by the _____.
12. The _____ of wild marshland into farmland caused severe environmental damage.
4. Word Formation Gap-fill
Change the word in brackets into the form the sentence needs. Use only the forms from the word table.
13. Healthy peatlands carry out efficient carbon ____ (sequester).
14. The project saved thousands of ____ of carbon. (tonne)
15. Companies plan to ____ peat from this region. (extraction)
16. After rewetting the dry bog, native mosses began to ____ rapidly. (regrowth)
Shadowing
Listen to the natural audio playback, then record your own voice to practice pronunciation and rhythm.
Group 1: Collocations
Item 17 • Collocation
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____Item 26 • Pattern Practice
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