Monday, 22 September 2014

What people love - and miss - living in the wilderness Link

= living in nature. In other words, not in a city.

Love
  • silence
  • fresh air
  • healthy food
  • clean water
  • personal communication - no internet etc.
  • lost weight
  • hasn't needed to see a doctor since moving there
  • care about the environment because you see it and see what we are doing to it.

Miss
  • noise
  • the internet etc.
  • education for their children
  • conveniences
  • showers
  • their friends and relatives
  • night life
  • he can’t meet a woman to save his life. = it’s very difficult to meet women.
  • to save (someone’s) life means that it’s difficult / impossible for (someone) to do.

Doesn't Miss
  • congestion (n) = crowded; a lot of something such as lots of cars or lots of people. It’s used in the negative.
  • all the people

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