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Climate Change

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Los Efectos del Cambio Climático - The Effects of Climate Change

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Key vocab

  • La inundación - flooding.
  • Un incendio forestal - a forest fire.
  • La capa de ozono - the ozone layer.
  • La sequía - drought.
  • La escasez - shortage, want, lack.
  • Arruinar - to ruin, spoil.
  • La lluvia ácida - acid rain.
  • El atasco, un embotellamiento - traffic jam.
  • La deforestación - deforestation.
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Los efectos

  • Los combustibles fósiles causan la lluvia ácida.
    • Fossil fuels cause acid rain.
  • Cada año la sequía arruina más y más cultivos.
    • Every year drought ruins more and more crops.
  • La deforestación es una causa principal del agujero de la capa de ozono.
    • Deforestation is a main cause of the hole in the ozone.
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Problemas ecológicos

  • ¿Cuáles son los problemas ecológicos que te preocupan más?.
    • What are the environmental problems that worry you the most?
  • La inundación me preocupa más, porque es cada vez más frecuente y no solo amenaza la vida humana sino también la vida de los animales
    • Flooding worries me the most, because it is more and more frequent and not only does it threaten human life but also animal life.
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El problema del tráfico

  • ¿Qué opinas del problema del tráfico? ¿Es un problema grave?
    • What do you think of the traffic problem? Is it a serious problem?
  • Creo que es un problema grave porque año tras año hay más autos en circulación. Sin embargo, muchos gobiernos han introducido leyes para reducir la cantidad de coches.
    • I think that it is a serious problem because year after year there are more cars on the roads. However a lot of governments have introduced laws to reduce the number of cars.

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