Then read and match them with the statements A F. There is one statement.0:06
You don't have to use one.0:12
The giant hogweed can grow as high as 5 meters.0:18
It has leaves of about 1 meter long.0:23
This plant is not a tree, but a simple weed which grows very easily in the places where you don't want it to grow.0:26
Anyhow, it grows taller than some trees.0:34
The plant belongs to the parsley family, but it's very dangerous.0:37
Every year in a small Spanish town, you can see people who throw tomatoes at each other.0:44
This funny festival is called Tortoise Tomatina.0:51
Anybody can take part in this festival if they use tomatoes only, not cucumbers or carrots.0:55
In Columbia Road, London, there is a place where people go if they love flowers and other plants.1:07
A lot of sellers grow their own plants, but some sell exotic plants from around the world.1:14
You can even buy a banana tree there, and it smells pleasant.1:21
The Dead Sea is not a sea at all, but a salty lake.1:29
The water in it is nine times saltier than in the ocean.1:33
It's so salty that there is no life in the Dead Sea.1:38
Neither fish nor plants can live in it.1:42
Scientists think that the dead sea is 3 million years old.1:45
Before Christopher Columbus, Europe didn't know the tastes of potatoes, tomatoes, avocados, chocolate, pumpkins, any types of beans and other plants which originally grew only in America.1:53
When potatoes first appeared in Europe, people were skeptical and ate only the leaves which made them sick.2:07
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