vivir 24 horas sin plástico Flashcards

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before reading the article once again try to translate the following sentences into spanish

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antes de leer el artículo otra vez intenta traducir las siguientes frases al espanol

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we wash our teeth with a plastic brush

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nos lavamos los dientes con un cepillo de plástico

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a group of university students set themselves the challenge of spending a whole day without using any plastic

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un grupo de alumnos universitarios se propuso el desafío de pasar un día entero sin utilizar nada de plástico

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se propuso

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they proposed or suggested

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she also could not brush her teeth and that day she left home without putting on make up

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tampoco se pudo cepillar los dientes y ese día salió sin maquillarse de casa

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she had to use her mobile phone to communicate by email with her colleagues in the laboratory where she works

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tuvo que usar su móvil para comunicarse por correo electrónico con los companeros del laboratorio en el que trabaja

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she knows that finding alternatives to completely replace plastic is almost impossible but the objective of the exercise is precisely to become aware of how dependent we are on it

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sabe que encontrar alternativas para sustituir totalmente el plástico es casi imposible, pero el objetivo del ejercicio es precisamente tomar conciencia de lo dependientes que somos del mismo

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students realise that they can make small changes to consume less plastic and to reduce the environmental impact of their daily actions

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los alumnos se dan cuenta de que pueden realizar pequenos cambios para consumir menos plástico y reducir el impacto ambiental de sus actos cotidianos

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(plastic) takes decades and even centuries to degrade

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tarda décadas e inclsuo siglos en degradarse

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what we see on the surface of those ‘garbage islands’ is just the tip of the iceberg

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lo que vemos en la superficie en esas ‘islas de basura’ es solo la punta del iceberg

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if we continue at this rate, in 2020 it is estimated that the production of plastics will have increased by 900%

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si seguimos a este ritmo, en el ano 2020 se estima que la producción de plásticos se habrá incrementado en un 900%

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we are not inventing anything new

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no estamos inventando nada nuevo

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previous generations already had more sustainable lifestyles. our grandparents were experts in reducing, reusing and recycling

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las generaciones anteriores ya tenían modos de vida más sostenibles. nuestros abuelos eran expertos en reducir, reutilizar y reciclar

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we are all aware of small daily habits that would help reduce our plastic consumption

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todos somos conscientes de pequenos hábitos diarios que ayudarían a reducir nuestro consumo de plástico

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paint brush

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pincel

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paint brushes

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pinceles