Environment

Question 1

Building work (n)

Answer 1

Cantiere

Question 2

Construction (n)

Answer 2

Something constructed

Question 3

Drilling (n)

Answer 3

The act of a person or thing that drills (trapanatura)

Ex. The noise of the drilling from the roadworks makes it difficult to concentrate.

Question 4

Exhaust fumes (n)

Answer 4

Gas di scarico

Question 5

Heatwave (n)

Answer 5

Meteorologyan air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly (ondata di caldo)

Question 6

Horns honking (n)

Answer 6

Suoni di clacson

Question 7

Roads being blocked (exp)

Answer 7

Strade bloccate

Question 8

Rush hour (n)

Answer 8

Ora di punta

Question 9

Terribly cold (exp)

Answer 9

Terribilmente freddo

Question 10

Tower blocks (n)

Answer 10

Building a building higher than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a building

Question 11

Traffic jams (n)

Answer 11

A number of vehicles so obstructed that they can scarcely move (ingorgo)

Question 12

Earthquakes (n)

Answer 12

The earth moves/trembles (Terremoto)

Question 13

Drought (n)

Answer 13

No rain (Siccità)

Question 14

Explosions (n)

Answer 14

E.g. bomb

Question 15

Hurricanes/tornadoes/typhoones (n)

Answer 15

Violent winds/storms

Question 16

Volcanoes (n)

Answer 16

Hot liquid rock ans gases pour from mountain

Question 17

Natural disaster (n)

Answer 17

Disaster not caused by human beings

Question 18

Famine (n)

Answer 18

No food

Question 19

Floods (n)

Answer 19

Too much rain

Question 20

Major accident (n)

Answer 20

E.g. plane crash

Question 21

Epidemics (n)

Answer 21

Disease affecting large numbers of people