Flamingos

Flamingos

There are more plastic flamingos in the USA than real ones.

A real flamingo:

photo credit congerdesign
A plastic flamingo:

photo credit: jorgenev

Dig in!

There are just under two million flamingos in the wild, whereas their kitschy plastic cousins, produced on a mass scale since 1957, number well into the millions. 

Vocabulary: How much do you understand?


He is the best in our class whereas his brother is the worst. (whereas is similar to but)
I haven't seen Maria since last year. (from that moment on)
If plastic flamingos are produced on a mass scale, does it mean there are a lot of them, or not?
All the seats in the theatre are numbered.

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