6. Country life. Part 1

  

 

Valley - an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it;

Waterfall - water, especially from a river or stream, dropping from a higher to a lower point, sometimes from a great height;

Wood - an area of land covered with a thick growth of trees;

Rake - a garden tool with a long handle and long, pointed metal parts sticking out in a row at the bottom, used for making the earth level or for collecting leaves, etc;

Pitchfork - a tool with a long handle and two or three large curved metal points, used for moving hay (= dried grass) or straw;

Poultry - birds, such as chickens, that are bred for their eggs and meat;

Harvest - the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut and collected;

Ground - soil;

Well - a deep hole in the ground from which you can get water, oil, or gas;

Harvester - a machine for harvesting crops;

Spade - a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade;

Meadow - a field with grass and often wild flowers in it;

Manure - solid waste from animals, especially horses, that is spread on the land in order to make plants grow well;

Pasture - grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered in this;

Pesticide - a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms;

Plough - a large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted;

Field - an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals, usually surrounded by a fence;

Scarecrow - a model of a person dressed in old clothes and put in a field of growing crops to frighten birds away.