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5.3: Unità 5 - Vocabolario

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    L’AMBIENTE E I PROBLEMI (the environment and its problems)

    albero (l’) – tree

    alluvione (l’) – flood

    ambientalismo (l’) – environmentalism

    ambiente (l’) – environment

    aria (l’) – air

    arma (l’) – weapon

    assorbente (l’) – pad

    atmosfera (l’) – atmosphere

    benzina (la) – gasoline, petrol

    bosco (il) – wood

    buco dell’ozono (il) – ozone hole

    cambiamento climatico (il) – climate change

    cannuccia (la) – straw

    cassonetto (il) – dumpster

    cespuglio (il) – bush

    compostaggio (il) – compost

    contaminazione (la) – contamination

    cotton fioc (il) – cotton swab

    deforestazione (la) – deforestation

    disboscamento (il) – deforestation

    discarica (la) – landfill

    ecologia (l’) – ecology

    ecoreato (l’) – eco-crime

    effetto serra (l’) – greenhouse effect

    energia (l’) – energy

      • alternativa – alternative
      • elettrica – electric
      • eolica – wind
      • nucleare – nuclear
      • rinnovabile – renewable
      • solare – solar
      • termica – thermal

    fabbrica (la) – factory

    fiume (il) – river

    foresta (la) – forest

    gas serra (il) – greenhouse gas

    giocattolo (il) – toy

    illecito (l’) – crime

    immondizia (l’) – garbage, waste

    impatto (l’) – impact

    imprenditore (l’) – businessman

    inquinamento (l’) – pollution

    lago (il) – lake

    lampadina (la) – light bulb

    lattina (la) – can

    metano (il) – methane gas

    pannello solare (il) – solar panel

    pena (la) – sentence, fine

    pesticida (il) – pesticide

    petrolio (il) – oil, petroleum

    pianeta (il) – planet

    pioggia acida (la) – acid rain

    plastica (la) – plastic

    pneumatico (lo) – tire

    raccolta differenziata (la) – waste sorting

    riciclo, riciclaggio (il) – recycling

    riduzione (la) – reduction

    rifiuto (il) – waste

    riscaldamento globale (il) – global warming

    risorsa (la) – resource

      • esauribile – exhaustible
      • inesauribile – unlimited
      • naturale – natural

    riutilizzazione (la) – reuse

    scarto (lo) – waste, scrap

    scontrino (lo) – receipt

    scoria (la) – debris

    smaltimento (lo) – disposal

    smog (lo) – smog

    sostenibilità (la) – sustainability

    sovrappopolazione (la) – overpopulation

    spazzatura (la) – garbage, trash, waste

    suolo (il) – soil, ground

    termovalorizzatore (il) – waste-to-energy plant

    terra (la) – ground

    Terra (la) – Earth

    VERBI UTILI (useful verbs)

    calare – to decrease

    cambiare – to change

    convertire – to convert, to transform

    eliminare – to eliminate, to remove

    impegnarsi – to make an effort, to be committed

    impiegare – to use, to employ

    ingerire – to ingest

    limitare – to limit, to restrict

    manifestare – to picket, to demonstrate

    migliorare – to improve

    obbligare – to force

    preservare – to preserve, to protect, to safeguard

    prestare (attenzione) – to pay attention

    prevenire – to prevent

    privilegiare – to privilege, to favor

    proporre – to propose, to suggest

    proteggere – to protect

    protestare – to protest

    potenziare – to increase, to boost

    ricavare – to obtain, to acquire

    riciclare – to recycle

    ridurre – to reduce, to lessen

    salvare – to save, to rescue

    scioperare – to strike

    scomparire – to disappear, to vanish

    sconvolgere – to subvert, to destroy, to perturb

    smaltire – to dispose, to drain

    sotterrare – to bury

    sprecare – to waste

    sviluppare – to develop, to evolve

    tutelare – to protect, to defend


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