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Greenification 1




📚 Key vocabulary
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) — the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country's borders in a year
recession — a period of economic decline lasting at least two consecutive quarters, marked by falling output and rising unemployment
inflation rate — the percentage increase in the general price level of goods and services over a period of time
unemployment rate — the percentage of the labor force that is jobless and actively seeking work
trade deficit — when a country's imports of goods and services exceed its exports in value
austerity measures — government policies that reduce public spending and increase taxes to reduce budget deficits
quantitative easing — a monetary policy where a central bank purchases securities to increase money supply and stimulate growth
interest rate hike — an increase in a central bank's benchmark rate, typically used to control inflation
economic stimulus — government actions intended to encourage spending and investment to boost economic activity
consumer confidence index — a measure of how optimistic consumers are about economic conditions and their financial situation


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Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.

1. Greenification refers to making a company's practices, work environment, or products more environmentally ____________________.
2. One way to make a company more environmentally responsible is to use ____________________ power ( = energy obtained from the sun/sunlight) instead of regular electricity.
3. "__________________________" means processing used materials into new products to prevent waste.
4. "___________________________" refers to using a natural resource so that it will also be available for future generations.
5. Customers are often willing to pay a __________________________ ( = higher) price for organic goods.
6. We want to make sure that this company does not cause a negative __________________________ ( = effect) on the environment.
7. These new policies will help our store to be more energy __________________________. ( = less wasteful of energy)
8. A "__________________________" resource is one that can be re-grown, regenerated, produced again.
9. Our office recently installed a water __________________________ system, so we no longer buy bottled water.
10. Noise __________________________ ( = excessive noise in the work environment) is another factor to consider when greenifying one's place of work.



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