Free, Printable 60-minute EFL / ESL Lessons
Elementary to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A2)
In the summer of 2016, Jake Milarch and a small group of tree climbers
traveled to California to climb some trees. That doesn’t sound very
interesting – until you find out that some of the trees are the tallest trees in the
world. Some of them are 300 feet tall (91 meters), which is about the same
height as a thirty-story building. They are also some of the oldest trees in
the world. Many of the trees are hundreds of years old, and some are even two
or three thousand years old! Why are these people climbing the trees? They
are climbing them because already 95% of these trees (called ‘coast redwood’
trees) have been cut down, so they want to save them. After the climbers get
near the top of the trees, they take small pieces from the youngest branches
to plant new trees. Jake Milarch says that, “everybody’s a little afraid of
heights but it’s pretty safe, and once you’re up there, there’s a lot of cool
stuff – stuff other people will never get a chance to see.” Their goal is to
plant hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new trees. In March 2016, the group
even planted 40 of the baby coast redwood trees in England.
traveled to California to climb some trees. That doesn’t sound very
interesting – until you find out that some of the trees are the tallest trees in the
world. Some of them are 300 feet tall (91 meters), which is about the same
height as a thirty-story building. They are also some of the oldest trees in
the world. Many of the trees are hundreds of years old, and some are even two
or three thousand years old! Why are these people climbing the trees? They
are climbing them because already 95% of these trees (called ‘coast redwood’
trees) have been cut down, so they want to save them. After the climbers get
near the top of the trees, they take small pieces from the youngest branches
to plant new trees. Jake Milarch says that, “everybody’s a little afraid of
heights but it’s pretty safe, and once you’re up there, there’s a lot of cool
stuff – stuff other people will never get a chance to see.” Their goal is to
plant hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new trees. In March 2016, the group
even planted 40 of the baby coast redwood trees in England.
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