Naše okolje = Our Environment

1. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED LEVEL

1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– pollution = onesnaženje
– to pollute = onesnažiti
– ecology = ekologija
– ecological = ekološki
– to recycle = reciklirati
– recycling = reciklaža
– the environment = okolje
– environmental = okoljevarstven
– environmentalism = okoljevarstvo
– an environmentalist = okoljevarstvenik
– to protect = zaščititi
– protection = zaščita
– to damage = (po)škodovati
– damage = škoda
– an emission = izločanje, oddajanje, emisija
– to emit = izločati, oddajati
– toxic = strupen
– a toxin = strupena snov
– waste = odpadki
– an ice cap = ledeniška capa
– acid rain = kisel dež
– ozone = ozon
– exhaust = izpuh
– a fume = dim
– a gas = plin
– pesticides = pesticidi
– a fertiliser = gnojilo
– radiation = sevanje
– sea level = morska gladina
– global warming = globalno segrevanje
– the greenhouse effect = učinek tople grede
– renewable = obnovljiv
– energy = energija
– a resource = vir
– nuclear = jedrski
– a factory = tovarna
– a chemical = kemikalija
– coal = premog
– solar = sončen
– petroleum = oil = nafta
– disposal = odprava
– to dispose = odpraviti
– to deplete = (iz)prazniti, (iz)črpati
– depletion = (iz)praznenje, (iz)črpanje

1.2. Phrases = Fraze

– People should follow a certain recycling scheme. = Ljudje bi se morali držati določenega sistema recikliranja.
– Exhaust gases are dangerous. = Izpušni plini so nevarni.
– The ozone layer contains high concentrations of ozone (O₃). = Ozonski plašč vsebuje visoke koncentracije ozona (O₃).
– It runs on solar power. = Poganja ga sončna energija.