Madhavan stood proudly next to a young mahogany (红木) tree. It’s one of 100 he planted on his
Now the mahogany
The 84-year-old
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“Every morning, I spend some time
The tree-banking project gives farmers an ongoing
A.travel | B.right | C.way | D.farm |
A.kingdoms | B.acres | C.inches | D.tons |
A.rare | B.beautiful | C.healthy | D.commercial |
A.stimulated | B.increased | C.lowered | D.started |
A.planting | B.cutting | C.collecting | D.renting |
A.waking | B.earning | C.selling | D.saving |
A.trees | B.villagers | C.rupees | D.crops |
A.driver | B.teacher | C.farmer | D.worker |
A.change | B.purchase | C.protect | D.remove |
A.refused | B.hesitated | C.pretended | D.aimed |
A.in panic | B.for sure | C.in relief | D.for free |
A.person | B.family | C.tree | D.day |
A.write | B.cut | C.roll | D.bring |
A.paying | B.coming | C.driving | D.going |
A.eat | B.sell | C.paint | D.show |
A.looking after | B.cutting down | C.climbing up | D.picking out |
A.hopefully | B.directly | C.heavily | D.naturally |
A.grassland | B.house | C.forest | D.ground |
A.right | B.motivation | C.fear | D.dream |
A.disaster | B.choice | C.style | D.change |
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