Unit 10

Question 1

Porcentaje

Answer 1

Percentage

Question 2

Tierra (porción terrestre)

Answer 2

Land

Ground sería como suelo en general

Question 3

Hemisferio norte/sur

Answer 3

Northern / southern hemisphere

Question 4

Niveles del mar globales (altura promedio del océano)

Answer 4

Global sea levels

Question 5

Áreas urbanas / áreas rurales

Answer 5

Urban areas / rural areas

Question 6

Actual

Answer 6

Current

Question 7

Se espera que

Answer 7

It is expected to…

Question 8

Estar preocupado

Answer 8

To be concerned

Question 9

Dióxido de carbono (co2)

Answer 9

Carbon dioxide (co2)

Question 10

Heredar

Answer 10

Inherit

Question 11

Si las temperaturas globales continuan creciendo…

Answer 11

If global temperatures continue to rise…

Question 12

Más allá de

Answer 12

Beyond

Question 13

Calentarse

Answer 13

To warm up

Question 14

Subida de 3 grados

Answer 14

A three-degree rise

Question 15

Calentamiento global

Answer 15

Global warming

Question 16

Atrapar

Answer 16

Trap

Question 17

Núcleo de hielo (muestra cilíndrica de hielo que se extrae de glaciares o vapas de hielo para estudiar el clima del pasado) un 10% de eso es aire así se puede estudiar la composición atmosférica y presencia de gases en el aire

Answer 17

Ice core

Question 18

Combustibles fósiles (fuentes de energías no renovables formadas a partir de restos de organismos vivos de hace millones de años): petroleo, gas natural, carbón

Answer 18

Fossil fuels (oil/petroleum, natural gas, coal)

Question 19

Luchar contra el cambio climático

Answer 19

Fight climate change

Question 20

Principios y creencias

Answer 20

Principles and beliefs

Question 21

Hogar, unidad doméstica

Answer 21

Household
Ex: there are four people in my household

Question 22

Electrodoméstico

Answer 22

(Household) appliance

Question 23

Biocombustibles (combustibles obtenidos de materia orgánica más reciente, son renovables, menos impacto climático)

Answer 23

Biofuels

Question 24

Como cambiará el clima a lo largo del siglo XXI?

Answer 24

How will climate change over the 21st century?

Question 25

A lo largo de los últimos 30 años

Answer 25

Over the past 30 years

Question 26

Fuertemente influenciado

Answer 26

Strongly influenced

Question 27

Amplia variedad Va desde… hasta…

Answer 27

Wide variety (diversidad) / wide range (de poco a mucho) It ranges from… to…

Question 28

Dependencia en

Answer 28

Dependence on

Question 29

Aumento en el nivel del mar

Answer 29

Rise in sea level

Question 30

Frustrantemente

Answer 30

Frustratingly

Question 31

Aún queda mucha investigación por hacer en esta área

Answer 31

Much research remains to be done in this area

Question 32

Habitante

Answer 32

Inhabitant

Question 33

Inercia

Answer 33

Inertia Ex: this inertia in the climate results from…

Question 34

Resulta de… / es el resultado de…

Answer 34

Results from…

Question 35

Probable

Answer 35

Likely

Question 36

Tasa (porcentaje)

Answer 36

Rate Ex: the unemployment rate is 5%

Question 37

Rango (espacio entre dos extremos)

Answer 37

Range

Question 38

En curso

Answer 38

Ongoing Ex: ongoing research (investigación en curso)

Question 39

Precipitación (lluvia…)

Answer 39

Precipitation

Question 40

Concebible (considerado posible)

Answer 40

Conceivable

Question 41

Preocupado

Answer 41

Concerned (about)

Question 42

Sobre…(un tema)

Answer 42

De - formal a + formal: About Regarding Concerning

Question 43

Predicción / pronóstico Pronosticar

Answer 43

Forecast (n & v) Ex: - economic forecasts indicate a possible recession next year. - the company forecasts a 10% increase in sales next quarter.

Question 44

Creíble

Answer 44

Plausible

Question 45

Absorción (en contextos técnicos)

Answer 45

Uptake Ex: the body’s uptake of iron depends on your diet

Question 46

Plazo

Answer 46

Timescale

Question 47

Energía nuclear

Answer 47

Nuclear power

Question 48

Contaminación del aire

Answer 48

Air pollution

Question 49

Especies en peligro de extinción

Answer 49

Endangered species

Question 50

Efecto invernadero

Answer 50

Greenhouse effect

Question 51

Problemas ambientales

Answer 51

Environmental issues

Question 52

Energía solar Energía eólica

Answer 52

Solar energy Wind energy

Question 53

Dióxido de carbono

Answer 53

Carbon dioxide

Question 54

Recursos naturales

Answer 54

Natural resources

Question 55

Residuos industriales

Answer 55

Industrial waste

Question 56

Fuentes renovables (se regeneran de manera natural y no se agotan con el uso: solar, eólica, hidráulica, geotérmica y biomasa.)

Answer 56

Renewable sources

Question 57

Aumento de temperaturas

Answer 57

Rising temperatures

Question 58

Casquete polar

Answer 58

Polar icecap

Question 59

Crisis

Answer 59

Crisis

Question 60

No se puede seguir ignorando

Answer 60

Can no longer be ignored

Question 61

Inevitablemente

Answer 61

Inevitably

Question 62

Inseguro (arriesgado, da peligro)

Answer 62

Unsafe

Question 63

Químicos

Answer 63

Chemicals

Question 64

Fertilizantes

Answer 64

Fertilisers

Question 65

Residuos tóxicos

Answer 65

Toxic waste

Question 66

Capa de ozono

Answer 66

Ozone layer

Question 67

Elaborar un plan

Answer 67

Devise a scheme

Question 68

Reducir las emisiones de carbono (disminuir co2)

Answer 68

Reduce carbon emissions

Question 69

Basura / desperdicios

Answer 69

Rubbish

Question 70

Ser consciente del medio ambiente

Answer 70

To be environmentally aware

Question 71

Inundaciones

Answer 71

Floods

Question 72

Preve

Answer 72

Foresee Ex: scientist foresee hot summers and wet winters

Question 73

En el plazo de (dentro de)

Answer 73

Within Ex: you must finish the project within two weeks.

Question 74

Ser responsable de un estudio o proyecto, asumirlo, hacerse cargo

Answer 74

Undertake

Question 75

Avance (científico, tecnológico…)

Answer 75

Breakthrough

Question 76

Adverso (desfavorable, perjudicial…)

Answer 76

Adverse Ex: adverse effects, adverse weather conditions

Question 77

Investigación/investigar

Answer 77

Research

Question 78

Defectuoso, con fallos

Answer 78

Flawed

Question 79

Llevar a cabo

Answer 79

Carry out (Experiment, task, research, study)

Question 80

Allanar el camino para…

Answer 80

Pave the way to

Question 81

Paso hacia adelante

Answer 81

Step forward

Question 82

Extender, expandir, difundir

Answer 82

Spread

Question 83

Los fondos están siendo reducidos/recortados (dinero, menos presupuesto)

Answer 83

Funding is being cut

Question 84

Cirujanos

Answer 84

Surgeons

Question 85

Trasplantado

Answer 85

Transplanted

Question 86

Hito / evento significativo / logro

Answer 86

Milestone Ex: completing the first phase of the project was a big milestone

Question 87

Descubrimiento

Answer 87

Finding

Question 88

Esparcir

Answer 88

Scatter

Question 89

Bilingüe

Answer 89

Bilingual

Question 90

Es bastante probable que…

Answer 90

It is quite feasible that

Question 91

Con moderación

Answer 91

Sparingly

Question 92

Inhóspito (difícil de vivir o habitar)

Answer 92

Inhospitable

Question 93

Depender de alguien o algo (También significa confiar o contar con alguien para algo específico)

Answer 93

Rely on

Question 94

Proporcionar energía

Answer 94

To power Ex: solar panels are used to power homes

Question 95

Desolado

Answer 95

Desolate

Question 96

Arededor del mundo

Answer 96

Worldwide Ex: he has travelled worldwide.

Question 97

Calamidad, desgracia

Answer 97

Calamity

Question 98

“Carrera espacial” (entre naciones)

Answer 98

Space race

Question 99

Indirectamente, a través de otro

Answer 99

Vicariously

Question 100

Realizar una investigación

Answer 100

Conduct research (sin A!!!)

Question 101

Crucial

Answer 101

Crucial

Question 102

Predecir

Answer 102

Predict

Question 103

Ayuda financiera

Answer 103

Financial aid