Distractor Awareness Exercise-Answers and Feedback
Now, look at the script and the correct, highlighted information. The distractors are underlined in italics:
The Green Corridors Initiative has been set up as a result of rapidly fragmenting habitats in metropolitan areas, disrupting continuous green spaces for wildlife to thrive. Planners have identified specific zones where rapid urbanisation has disrupted traditional migration patterns of various species, and are working to reverse this decline.
In these target areas, community volunteers and professional landscapers have collaborated to plant indigenous vegetation that will serve as food sources and shelter. The flagship project involved converting an unused railway line into a linear park, enabling animals to safely traverse the city. The initiative also runs side projects, promoting the use of green rooftops and vertical gardens to increase vegetation cover, especially in high-density residential neighbourhoods.
Despite opposition from developers concerned about losing potential building sites, the project has received strong support from environmental groups. Moreover, research has shown that property values in areas adjacent to green corridors have actually increased, dispelling the initial opposition of residents about negative economic impacts.
The success of this initiative has sparked similar projects in other cities across the region. Experts believe that with proper planning and community engagement, urban areas can become vibrant habitats that support a range of species without compromising human development needs.
Urban Environmental Conservation-Questions
The Green Corridors Initiative was specifically designed to restore (1) __________ disrupted by increasing urban development.
One of the initiative’s most prominent projects involved transforming a (2) __________ into a linear park.
(3) __________ were initially concerned and opposed to the development as they originally thought that it would negatively affect the value of property, though they have changed their tune. .
There have been more (4) __________ as a result of this development.
Answers:
- migration patterns
Possible Distractors: rapidly fragmenting habitats, continuous green spaces: These are the general problems which the program wishes to address, but is not the specific focus.
- railway (line)
Possible Distractors: green rooftops and vertical gardens: the railway line restoration was described as the ‘flagship’ project, meaning the most important, whereas the promotion of rooftop and vertical gardens as a ‘side’ project.
- residents
Possible Distractors: developers: they have remained opposed, whereas residents have ‘changed their tune’, meaning they are happy now as the opposite has happened property value. environmental groups: mentioned as strong supporters of the initiative.
- projects (in other cities)