Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
In the past, having a lawn was a symbol of wealth. People played games and relaxed on their grassy lawns. Now, many people have grass in their front yard because of this tradition. But why? You can’t eat grass, and it isn’t as pretty as flowers! These days, many people have decided to swap their grass for edible plants instead. They are foodscaping.
Foodscaping is like landscaping with food plants. For example, you might put broccoli, and kale, and artichoke plants in your front yard. Then, when you want to eat these delicious plants, you just go out your front door and pick them. It’s very convenient to have a vegetable garden in your front yard! You may never need to go to the grocery store again.
Dominique and Jordin both like this idea. Listen to hear their thoughts in today’s English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
|
|
Dominique: Jordin, guess what I’m going to do this weekend.
Jordin: What?
Dominique: I’m going to foodscape my front yard.
Jordin: Foodscape?
Dominique: Yeah! What you do is you plant all edible plants in your front yard. So, like, kale, and carrots, and…
Jordin: Oh, awesome!
Dominique: … broccoli.
Jordin: Wait. So, what makes it different from just having a garden?
Dominique: It’s basically the same, but it’s going to be in the front, and everything’s edible, so… I mean, if you have a lawn, I mean, you can’t eat the grass… I mean, you could, but…
Jordin: I guess I technically have one of those. We just dug a big hole in our lawn in the front.
Dominique: What?!
Jordin: Yeah, we just, like, dug up our front lawn, and we planted tomatoes and stuff.
Dominique: Oh, OK. So, you have tomatoes and other things… not just, like, a giant hole in your front yard because that would be…
Jordin: No, no, not just, like, a giant hole. It’s a garden!
Dominique: Gotcha! Isn’t it convenient? You just walk out your front door and grab what you need.
Jordin: Yeah, I never knew it was called foodscaping, though. That’s funny.
Dominique: Yeah, because, I mean, it’s not landscaping. It’s, like, the best of both worlds.
Jordin: I think I’m going to plant artichokes this year. I love artichokes!
Dominique: Really? Maybe, we can swap. So, whatever I don’t plant…
Jordin: That’s a great idea.
Dominique: … you can plant. And then, you can come over…
Jordin: It will be the ultimate foodscape!
Grammar Point
Go Super to learn "Simple Future Tense" from this lesson 
Quizzes
Lesson MP3
The iTEP® test
-
Sponsored by
Discussion
Dominique tells Jordin that she is going to foodscape her front yard. Jordin doesn’t know what she is talking about, so Dominique explains more. She says that foodscaping is a way to plant many edible things very near to your house. It’s a vegetable garden in your front yard.
Jordin loves this idea. In fact, she already has a garden in her yard with lots of tomatoes. She just didn’t know about the new idea of foodscaping. Dominique and Jordin agree that it is very convenient to have food always growing in the yard. They decide to share their different vegetables with each other this year.
Do you have vegetables in your front yard? What is your favorite vegetable to grow?
Comments
|
Portugal |
|
Iran, Islamic Republic Of |
|
Brazil |
|
Botswana |
|
China |
Share this lesson:
Post Ebaby! lessons on your blog:
More English Lessons
Learn English
- English Lessons
- English Grammar
- Vocab
- Ebaby! TV
- Celebrity English Lessons
- Teacher Talk
- Find English Schools
- iTEP English Test for Admissions
- Learn Real English
To inquire about partnerships or content licensing, please contact us.