El Medio Ambiente Flashcards

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1
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Noise pollution

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Polucíon acustica

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Water pollution

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Contamination del agua

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3
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Oil spill

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Derrame de petróleo

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4
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Damage to the environment

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Daño ambiental

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5
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Ground Pollution

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Polucíon del suelo

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Pollution of the environment

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Polucíon ambiental

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Global warming

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El calentamiento global

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8
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The greenhouse effect

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El efecto invernadero

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The melting of the ice caps

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El derretimiento de los casquetes polares

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10
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Deforestation

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La deforestacíon

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Drought

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La sequía

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Floods

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Las inundacíones

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13
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Forest fires

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Inciendios forestales

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14
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Earthquake

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Terremoto

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Natural gas

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El gas natural

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16
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Fossil fuels

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Los combustibles fósiles

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17
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Nuclear energy

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La energía nuclear

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18
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Petrol

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petróleo

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19
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Extinction

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La extinción

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20
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One must use solar energy and wind energy

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Se debe usar la energía solar y la energía del viento

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21
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One has to shower instead of bathe

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Hay que ducharse en vez de bañarse

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22
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One must recycle

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Se debe reciclar

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23
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One must use the car less

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Se debe usar menos el coche

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24
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One must make themselves member of an environmental group and protest

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Se debe hacerse miembro de un grupo ecologista y manifestarse

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25
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One must turn of the tap

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Se debe cerrar los grifos

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26
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One must turn of the light when they leave the house

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Se debe apagar la luz cuando sale de la habitacíon

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27
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Conserve energy

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Ahorrar energía

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28
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To turn off

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Apagar/Cerrar

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29
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To harm/damage

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Dañar

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30
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To disappear

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Desaparecer

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31
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To destroy

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Destruir

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32
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To demonstrate

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Manifestar

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33
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To kill

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Matar

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34
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To protect

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Proteger

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To worry

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Preocuparse

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To recycle

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Reciclar

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To reduce

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Reducir

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To reuse

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Reutilizar

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To solve

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Solucionar

40
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Rubbish

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La basura

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A bag

A

Una bolsa

42
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Pollution

A

La contaminación

43
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CO two Emissions

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Las emisiones de CO dos

44
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Energy

A

La energía

45
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Greenhouse effect

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El efecto invernadero

46
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Wrapping / packaging

A

El envase

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Factory

A

La fábrica

48
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Melting ice

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El derretimiento de hielo

49
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Flood

A

La inundación

50
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Environment

A

El medio ambiente

51
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A fine

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Una multa

52
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Nature

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La naturaleza

53
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Drought

A

La sequía

54
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Ideas to help the environment

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Ideas para ayudar el medio ambiente

55
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One must conserve energy when using electrical appliances

A

Se debe ahorrar energía cuando se utiliza electrodomesticos

56
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One should drive less in the car to reduce their CO two emissions

A

Se debería conducir menos en coche para reducir sus emissiones de CO dos

57
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We should pick up more trash from the forest to clean it

A

Deberíamos recoger basura del bosque para limpiarlo

58
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It would be better if the factories didnt use wrapping with their products

A

Sería mejor si la ábricas no utilizaran envases con sus productos

59
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It would be better if more people protested to help the environment

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Sería mejor si más personas manifestaran para ayudar el medio ambiente

60
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From my point of view

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Desde mi punto de vista

61
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Nowadays

A

Hoy en día

62
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Enviromental promblems

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Problemas medioambientales

63
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The worst problem is air pollution

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El mayor probema es la contaminacion del aire

64
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Because of

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A causa de

65
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Open fires

A

Chimeneas de carbon

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To reduce this type of pollution, we would need to

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Para reducir este tipo de contaminacion,m deberiamos

67
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Use public transport

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Usar el transporte publico

68
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Stom smoking

A

Dejar de fumar

69
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Use electrical heating

A

Usar calefaccion electrica

70
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Use hydraulic energy

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Usar energía hídraulica

71
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Our waste

A

Nuestros desechos

72
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Use wind energy

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Usar energía eólica

73
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Many factories spill their waste into the rivers and seas

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Muchas fábricas vierten sus basuras en los ríos y mares

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The plants and animals die

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Los plantas y animales mueren

75
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Some cities use the seas as dumps

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Algunas ciudades usan los mares como vertederos

76
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Without drinkable water, we wouldn’t be able to live

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Sin agua potable no podemos vivir

77
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We have only the Amazon as the lung of the earth. If we cut it down, we will stay without trees that produce oxgen so the air would be more polluted

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Sólo tenemos el Amazonas como pulmón de la Tierra. Si lo talamos, nos quedaremos sin árboles que produzcan oxígeno por lo que el aire estará más contaminado.

78
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Governments as much as each person should do something to avoid environmental problems

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Tanto los gobiernos como cada persona deben hacer algo para evitar problemas medioambientales.

79
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Not waste water

A

No malgastar agua

80
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Recycle to make less pollution

A

Reciclar para producir menos contaminacion

81
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If I were minister ofthe environent, I would create laws that would protect the planet; but because I am only a citizen, I recycle everything that I can and I use public transport.

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Si fuera ministra de medioambiente, crearía leyes que protegieran el planeta; pero como solo soy una ciudadana más, reciclo todo lo que puedo y uso el transporte público.

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In addition, I do not smoke

A

Además, no fumo.

83
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The majority of the gases that we emit come from our cars, the factories in which we work, and the smoke from our fireplaces

A

La mayoría de los gases que emitimos provienen de nuestros coches, de las fábricas en las que trabajamos y del humo de nuestras chimeneas de carbón.