Introduction They're the ultimate Christmas decoration and millions are bought around the world each year. But what impact do Christmas trees - real and artificial - have on the environment? Neil and Sam discuss Christmas's carbon footprint and teach you some new vocabulary all in 6 minutes! This week's questionIn 2010, a Christmas tree in Belgium was awarded the Guinness World Record for having the most lights on it – but do you how many? Were there…
a) 19,672
b) 94,672, or
c) 194,672 Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabularyindulging
allowing yourself to have too much of something you enjoy. symbolic
representing something festive
joyful feeling you get when celebrating something like Christmas sustainable
the ability to do something over a long period of time without harming the environment. economical
doing something that doesn’t cost a lot of money composted
allowed to decay and then added back into the soil to improve its quality Transcript Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript
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