Holiday Harvest 02
Use the words to fill in all the gaps.
daylight (Tageslicht) / delivering (liefern) / seasonal (saisonabhängig) / precious (kostbar) / satisfy (zufriedenstellen) / freshness (Frische) / bundled (bündeln) / longevity (Langlebigkeit) / timing / overseas (nach Übersee)
When you sell a
product like a Christmas tree,
is everything. Whether they go
to Singapore or a few hundred miles down the road to Sacramento, California,
is key. They have got to look and smell just right. Tree seller Dennis Bastiao agrees, "
(je frischer, desto besser). That way, the tree sells
(von selbst). About the time they
(cut),
, loaded on a truck and brought down here to my stand, they are within hours of being fresh."
That means that Joe Sharpe and his crew
(substitute form of "must") use a helicopter to
[?]
(safe / save)
time. Sharp explains, "There are probably close to 200 trucks
somewhere in the U.S. today. We want to be able to give the people something that has some quality to it. The trees must have some
.” Joe and his men work for seven days a week,
till darkness and they
(future I: können / only / catch) some
[?]
(breath / breathe) around Christmas in a few weeks
(possessive case) time. And
(than / then) Joe and his crew will start all over again to
customers also in the years to come.
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