What’s New? China’s First Forest City

Speaking Practice. Daily Needs

English Grammar. Present Perfect + For / Since

In the wake of President Trump’s decision to remove America from the  Paris Climate agreement, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little negative  about the future of the planet.

With reports of huge cracks appearing in the Antarctic ice, fears  that preventing the two degree heating of the planet might be a pipe  dream, and the world’s food supplies at risk – everything looks and  sounds grim.

Fortunately though, there are some good news stories on the horizon;  with many of them coming from China. The country has been leading the  way when it comes to ‘green living’ in recent years, with the government  announcing it had completed construction of the world’s largest  floating solar farm. Now, in an attempt to curb the production of toxic  gasses, the country is continuing to pave the way (so to speak) with the  construction of one of the world’s first ‘forest cities’. Designed by  Stefano Boeri, who you might remember also designed two vertical  skyscraper ‘forests’, the city is currently under construction in  Liuzhou, Guangxi Province.

Once completed, the new city will reportedly host 30,000 people and –  thanks to the abundance of trees and plants – will absorb almost 10,000  tons of CO2, 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce approximately  900 tons of oxygen annually. The city will achieve these rather  impressive figures thanks to roughly a million plants from over 100  species, as well as 40,000 trees being planted in facades over almost  every surface imaginable. The new Liuzhou Forest City will connect to  the existing Liuzhou via a series of fast rail services and electric  cars. It will also reportedly house a number of schools and two  hospitals. There are also plans to make the city self-sustainable with  regards to power, thanks to geothermal and solar energy resources.

Judith: This is the last of the milk.

The present perfect is also used with for and since to talk about actions that began in the past and continue to the present:

“I’ve lived here since 2004.”

“Since” is used with a point in time, and means “from that point in time until the present.”

Use “Since” with dates (2011, January, Tuesday,  etc.), times (6:15, noon, this morning, etc.), and past events (I was a  child, he graduated from college, etc).

“Since” as an “adverb” is always used with the present perfect.

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