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Conexiones Cap. 2
la technología y el progreso
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| el aluminio | aluminum |
| el asma | athsma |
| la atmòsfera | atmosphere |
| la bronquitis | bronchitis |
| el càncer pulmonar | lung cancer |
| la contaminaciòn | contamination |
| la destrucciòn | destruction |
| el diòxido carbono | carbon dioxide |
| la energía electrica | electric energy |
| la energía nuclear | nuclear energy |
| la energía solar | solar energy |
| el enfisema | enphysema |
| las especies en peligro de extinciòn | species in danger of entinction |
| la lluvia àcida | acid rain |
| el monòxido de carbono | carbon monoxide |
| el ocèano | ocean |
| el oxígeno | oxygen |
| el petròleo | petrolem |
| el plàstico | plastic |
| el uranio | uranium |
| dañar | to damage |
| desechar | to throw away |
| desperdiciar | to waste |
| extinguir | to extinguish |
| prevenir | to prevent |
| quemar | to burn |
| rescatar | to rescue |
| el acero | steel |
| la basura | trash |
| la capa de ozono | ozone layer |
| el carbòn | coal |
| el cartòn | cardboard |
| el ceniza | ash |
| el combustible | fuel |
| el cristal | glass |
| el efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
| la fàbrica | factory |
| el humo | smoke |
| el infarto cardìaco | heart attack |
| la madera | wood |
| la materia prima | raw material |
| el medio ambiente | environment |
| el nivel | level |
| el plomo | lead |
| la selva | jungle |
| la sequìa | drought |
| ambiental | environmental |
| dañino | damaging |
| nefasto | disastrous |
| potable | safe to drink |
| alrededor | around |
| sobre | on, over |
| conservar | to conserve |
| contagiar | infect |
| contaminar | pollute |
| dañar | to damage, harm |
| deforestar | to deforest |
| desechar | to reject |
| destruir | to destroy |
| proteger | to protect |
| purificar | to purify |
| reciclar | to recycle |
| rescatar | to rescue, recover |
| secar | to dry |
| la computadora | computer |
| el disco compacto | cd |
| la impresora | printer |
| el radar | radar |
| la radiaciòn | radiation |
| el satélite | satellite |
| la astrofísica | astrophysics |
| la bioqímica | biochemics |
| la cibernética | cybernetics |
| la genética | genetics |
| la ingeniería nuclear | nuclear engineering |
| la ingeniería genética | genetic engineering |
| la microbiología | microbiology |
| la programación | programming |
| apagar | to turn off |
| encender | to turn on |
| predecir | to predict |
| el ADN | DNA |
| el aparato | device |
| el envejecimiento | aging |
| la jornada laboral | workday |
| los mediados | half-way through |
| el ocio | leisure time |
| la onda | radio wave |
| el rasgo | characteristic |
| el vientre | womb |
| agravar | to aggrevate |
| avanzar | to advance |
| construir | to construct |
| convertir | to turn |
| desaparecer | to disappear |
| fabricar | to make |
| prever | to anticipate |