Truailliú na Timpeallachta

Question 1

A long time ago, the environment was clean and perfect and it was rare the there was pollution

Answer 1

Tráth dá raibh, bhí an timpeallacht gan agus foirfe agus b’annamh a bhí truailliú ann

Question 2

As there wasn’t a lot of industrialisation in the world, but we can’t claim that any longer

Answer 2

Toisc nach raibh go leor tionscalaíochta sa domhain, ach ní féidir linn maíomh as sin níos mó

Question 3

Firstly, what does the word ‘environment’ mean? It is a very broad word, and it covers so much of the world around us

Answer 3

Ar dtús, cad is brí leis an focal ‘timpeallacht’? Is focal an-leathan é ar fad agus clúdaíonn sé uafás an domhain atá timpeall orainn

Question 4

It is the ground, the air, the rivers, the foliage, the marshes, the pools and the lakes, and even the different insects that inhabit this planet.

Answer 4

Is í an talamh, an t-aer, na h-aibhneacha, an fásra, na portaigh, na linne agus locháin, agus fiú na feithidí éagsúla a áitíonn an plainéad seo

Question 5

The person is part of the environment too and the towns and the cities in which we live as a human race are part of the environment

Answer 5

Is cuid den timpeallacht í an duine freisin agus is cuid den timpeallacht iad na sráidbhailte agus na cathracha ina gcónaímid mar chine daona

Question 6

As it is said in that renowned work - “Desiderata”

Answer 6

Faoi mar a deirtear sa saothar iomráiteach sin; “Desiderata”

Question 7

“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars”

Answer 7

” Is gine de chuid na cruinne thú, ar aonchéim leis na crainn is na réaltaí “

Question 8

With the arrival of industrialisation, a lot of problems came too

Answer 8

Le teacht tionscalaíochta tháinig go leor fadhbanna léi chomh maith.

Question 9

With the car came traffic, fumes and smoke, and the factories - that’s a controversial story.

Answer 9

Leis an ghluaisteán tháinig trácht, toit is deatach, agus na monarchana - is scéal conspóideach é sin.

Question 10

Most of the cities of Ireland are dirty, ruined and polluted, something that nobody can deny

Answer 10

Tá formhór cathracha na hÉirinn salach, millte agus truaillithe - rud nár féidir le héinne a shéanadh

Question 11

Similarly our poisonous waste is being dumped by us into the rivers and and into the sea and us killing and contaminating thousands of fish at the same time

Answer 11

Mar an gcéanna tá ár bhfuilleach nimhneach á ndumpáil againn isteach sna h-aibhneacha agus san fharraige, agus na mílte éisc á mharú agus á ghalrú againn ag an am céanna

Question 12

What can one say about about our streets and the way in which they are polluted with every type of rubbish and waste of every sort

Answer 12

Cad is féidir a rá faoinár sráideanna agus sa tslí ina mbíonna siad truaillithe le gach saghas bruascair agus drámháil den uile chinneál

Question 13

It’s not surprising that we are called the dirty race

Answer 13

Ní h-aon ionadh é go nglaotar cien salach orainn

Question 14

By the end of the nuclear era, this is the era of Chernobyl and Sellafield

Answer 14

Faoi dheireadh an ré eithneach, is é seo ré Chernobyl agus Sallafield,

Question 15

Nuclear waste awfully scared the people in safety matters and a lot in health matters too

Answer 15

Chuir drámháil eithneach scanradh uafásach ar na daoine i gcúrsáí slándála agus go mór mór i gcúrsaí sláinte chomh maith

Question 16

Pollution can be found everywhere in the world

Answer 16

Tá truailliú le fáil i ngach áit sa domhan

Question 17

Wherever you go, whatever country you visit, it is there because the person is the enemy to the environment

Answer 17

Pé áit a théann tú, Pé tír a thugann tú cuairt aie, tá sé ann; toisc gurb é an duine mar namhaid don timpeallacht

Question 18

But we can’t escape from the industrialisation as we are all depending on it in this day and age

Answer 18

Ach ní féidir linn éalú ón tionscalaíocht toisc go bhfuilimif go léir ag braith uirthi sa lá atá inniu ann

Question 19

There is another type of pollution present, and that is noise pollution, and in places in which there is lots of housing, that is a widespread problem

Answer 19

Tá saghas truailliú eile ar fáil agus is é sin truailliú fuaime, agus in áiteanna áirithe ina bhfuil go leor tithíochta is fadhb forleathan í sin

Question 20

Laws have been passed by the government that banned noises and sounds later than half ten, nightly

Answer 20

Tá dlíthe rite ag an rialtas a chuir cosc ar thorannacha agus ar fhuaimeanna níos déanaí ná leath uair tar éis a deich istoíche

Question 21

And if one breaks that rule, you’ll know all about it!

Answer 21

Agus má bhristear an riail sin, ba mhairg duit!

Question 22

The government can punish someone and fine companies that create pollution

Answer 22

Is féid leis an rialtas pionós a chuir ar dhaoine is fineáil a chur ar chomhlachtaú a cruthaíonn truailliú

Question 23

Along with that we have the Green Party and there best being done by them to to nurture the environment and to guard it any way that they can

Answer 23

In éineacht le sin tá an Páirtí Glas againn is a ndícheall á dhéanamh acu chun an timpeallacht a chaomhnú is a chosaint pé slí ina bhfuil siad in ann

Question 24

The goal that they have as well is to educate people so that they will understand the harm that is done polluting

Answer 24

Is é an cuspóir atá acu fresin ná daoine a oiliúint ionas o dtuigfish siad an díobháil a dhéantae ag truailliú

Question 25

We don’t do a lot to protect our environment and it speaks volumes about us

Answer 25

Ní dhéanaimid go leor chun ár dtimpeallacht a chaomhnú agus insíonn sí scéal fuinne

Question 26

The environment is a reflection of the life of the person

Answer 26

Is scáthán í an timpeallacht ar bheatha an duine

Question 27

and even though we try, it is a small, feeble attempt - Look at Dublin City for example

Answer 27

Agus cé go ndéanaimid iarracht, is iarracht bheag, fhann í - féach ar Bhaile Átha Cliath mar shampla

Question 28

At the end of the day, the environment is not ours, we don’t have any authority over it

Answer 28

Ar deireadh an lae, ní linne an timpeallacht, níl aon bhuanaíocht againn uirthi

Question 29

It belongs to the children of tomorrow’s day, and it is our duty to guard it and nurture it for the generation of people that are not born yet

Answer 29

Is le páistí an lae amaraigh í agus tá sé mar dualgas orainne í a chosaint agus í a chaomhnú don ghlúin daoine nach bhfuil tagtha ar an saol seo go fóill

Question 30

Our environment is our heritage

Answer 30

Is í an timpeallacht ár n-oidhreacht

Question 31

If we think we have a godly right to have our own choice what to do with it, it won’t stay beautiful for long

Answer 31

Má cheapaimid go bhfuil ceart diaga againn ár rogha rud a dhéanamh leis, ní fhanfaidh sí go h-álainn i bhfad.

Question 32

We should think about that!

Answer 32

Ba cheart dúinn smaoineamh ar sin!