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English / Part 4 - Answer (2/3) by Olafo on May 28, 2020 3 Words / 1 Recordings / 1 Comments Listen Record

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Part 4 - Answer (2/3) ( recorded by aford ), unspecified accent




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One especially worrying thing has been that so many trees on the streets have been cut down. We've got really big old trees here in this part of the city, and of course if one gets damaged in a storm or gets a disease, it has to be removed. But this year alone, over one hundred of these trees have been chopped down. Now the reason given for this is that the trees have really extensive root systems which makes it difficult for people laying gas pipes,
electricity cables and things. But we think these problems are not as serious as they are made out to be, and there's no need for all this destruction.

What's more, although the local council has agreed to plant new trees in place of the old ones, what they're planting are these little ornamental trees that look nice, but the birds and animals just don't use them in the same way.
And they're not even saving money, because more suitable trees cost just the same.