- Engels Nederlands
- aspect = aspect / kant
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Dams have two positive aspects – they store water and they generate electricity.
aspect / kant
- citizen = burger / inwoner
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The average US citizen uses 500 litres of water a day
burger / inwoner
- concerned = bezorgd
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I'm concerned about water because it's essential to life.
bezorgd
- consequence = gevolg
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They ought to have thought about the consequences of building such a big dam.
gevolg
- consider = overwegen / nadenken over
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They should have considered the consequences of building such a big dam.
overwegen / nadenken over
- dam = dam
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Governments started building more large dams for storing water in the 1990s.
dam
- environmental = milieu-
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She's an environmental campaigner who wants to save the world's water.
milieu-
- essential = essentieel
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Water is essential to life – we can't live without it.
essentieel
- flood = overstromen / onder water zetten
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In order to build a dam, large areas of land have to be flooded with water.
overstromen / onder water zetten
- fresh water = zoetwater
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Most fresh water is frozen in the polar ice caps.
zoetwater
- frozen = bevroren
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Most fresh water is frozen in the polar ice caps.
bevroren
- government = overheid / regering
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What is the government doing to solve the water shortage problem?
overheid / regering
- hosepipe = tuinslang
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To save water, you shouldn't use a hosepipe.
tuinslang
- hygiene = hygiëne
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Personal hygiene involves keeping yourself clean.
hygiëne
- Ice = ijs
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Most fresh water is frozen in the polar Ice caps.
ijs
- minimum = minimum / minimale hoeveelheid
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What is the recommended minimum amount of water per person per day?
minimum / minimale hoeveelheid
- polar ice cap = poolkap
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Most fresh water is frozen in the polar ice caps.
poolkap
- positive = positief
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Storing water and generating electricity are two positive things about dams.
positief
- rainwater = regenwater
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When it rains, you should collect the rainwater in a container.
regenwater
- recommended = aanbevolen
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What is the recommended minimum amount of water per person per day?
aanbevolen
- salt water = zout water
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97.5% of the water on Earth is salt water, which humans can't drink.
zout water
- shortage = tekort
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You can't use a hosepipe because there's a shortage of water.
tekort
- species = Soort
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There are more than 20 different species of bird in the park.
Soort
- store = opslaan
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You can store large amounts of water in dams.
opslaan
- tap = kraan
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A tap is something you turn on to get water.
kraan
- underway = aan de gang
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I'm worried that more dam building projects are underway now.
aan de gang
- use = gebruik
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How much of the world's fresh water is available for use?
gebruik
- water = begieten
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We use the water we collect when it rains to water the garden.
begieten
- watering can = gieter
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We use a watering can to water the garden.
gieter
- wipe = uitroeien
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Many types of animals have been wiped out completely – there are none left.
uitroeien