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Enviromental issues
Enviromental issues pg 62
Term | Definition |
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Angst haben | to be afraid |
(Atom)kraft | (nuclear) energy |
Benzin | petrol |
Duerre | drought |
Energie | energy |
Erdbeben | earthquake |
Erde | earth, world |
Erdoel | crude oil, petroleum |
Erwaermung | warming |
global | global |
Holz | wood, timber |
Kapitalanlage | investment |
Katastrophe | catastrophe |
Kohle | coal |
Oel | oil |
Oelteppich | oil slick |
oekologisch | ecological |
Opfer | victim |
organisch | organic |
Recycling | recycling |
Regenwald | rainforest |
retten | to save |
sauber | clean |
saurer Regen | acid rain |
schmutzig | dirty |
steigen | to go up (temperature) |
toeton | to kill |
Tierart | animal species |
Tornado | tornado |
Treibhauseffekt | greenhouse effect |
Ueberschwemmung | flood |
Umwelt | environment |
umweltbewusst | environmentally aware |
Verkehr | traffic |
Verkehrsstau | traffic jam |
verschmutzt | polluted |
vom Assterben bedroht | endangered (species, plants etc |
(Wald)brand | (forest) fire |
Welle | wave |
Welt | world |
zerstoeren | to destroy |