Between a parking lot and a busy road, there is a new little forest. It is only as big as a tennis court.
Neighbors planted it in one weekend. They used a special method from Japan. A scientist named Akira Miyawaki made this method many years ago.
The method uses many kinds of trees. The trees grow close together. They grow much faster than trees in a normal forest.
The little forest cools the street. Birds come back to the area. Every year, there are more birds.
You do not need a big wild place for nature. A small forest in a city can also be full of life.
Every Journeva story exists at four levels — same plot, same characters, richer language each step. Here is how this one begins at each level.
A2 · ElementaryBetween a parking lot and a busy road, in an ordinary city neighborhood, a new forest is growing — and it's only about the size of a tennis court. …
B1 · IntermediateBetween a parking lot and a busy road, in an otherwise ordinary city neighborhood, something unusual has been growing: a forest no bigger than a tennis court. …
B2 · Upper intermediateWedged between a parking lot and a busy road, in what is otherwise an unremarkable city neighborhood, something quietly unusual has taken root: a forest no larger than a tennis court. …
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