colocation in use lesson 39

Climate change

Scientists agree that urgent action is needed to limit the effects of climate change.

Meaning: Long-term shifts in global temperatures and weather patterns.

Перевод: изменение климата

Rising sea levels

Coastal cities are building stronger defenses to prepare for rising sea levels.

Meaning: The increase in the average height of the ocean's surface due to melting ice caps.

Перевод: повышение уровня моря

Greenhouse gases

Reducing industrial emissions of greenhouse gases is vital for slowing global warming.

Meaning: Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide and methane.

Перевод: парниковые газы

Disturbing the ecological balance

Deforestation is severely disturbing the ecological balance of tropical rainforests.

Meaning: Upsetting the delicate natural relationships between living organisms and their environment.

Перевод: нарушение экологического баланса

Fish stocks

Overfishing has drastically reduced fish stocks in the North Atlantic.

Meaning: The total population or quantity of fish available in a specific body of water.

Перевод: рыбные запасы / популяция рыбы

Tackle pollution

The city council launched new initiatives to tackle pollution in urban areas.

Meaning: To take active steps to reduce or eliminate environmental contamination.

Перевод: бороться с загрязнением / решать проблему загрязнения

Exhaust fumes

High concentrations of exhaust fumes significantly deteriorate air quality in big cities.

Meaning: Gases ejected from the engine of a motor vehicle or machine during operation.

Перевод: выхлопные газы

Fossil fuels

Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy is crucial for energy security.

Meaning: Natural fuels like coal, oil, or natural gas formed in the earth from ancient organic remains.

Перевод: ископаемое топливо

Irreparable damage

Oil spills cause irreparable damage to marine ecosystems and wildlife habitats.

Meaning: Severe harm or destruction that cannot be repaired, reversed, or restored.

Перевод: невосполнимый / непоправимый ущерб

Depleted the ozone layer

Certain industrial chemicals have severely depleted the ozone layer over the past decades.

Meaning: Reduced the concentration of protective ozone gas in Earth's stratosphere.

Перевод: истощили озоновый слой

Green politics

The rise of green politics has forced mainstream parties to address climate issues.

Meaning: Political ideologies and policies focused on environmental protection and social justice.

Перевод: «зеленая» политика / экологическая политика

Short-term measures

Emergency funding provides helpful relief, but these are only short-term measures.

Meaning: Temporary actions or solutions meant to deal with immediate problems rather than root causes.

Перевод: краткосрочные меры

Crops fail

When crops fail due to prolonged drought, farmers face total economic ruin.

Meaning: Agricultural plants die or fail to yield a normal amount of produce due to severe weather or disease.

Перевод: неурожай / гибель урожая

Devastating famines

Severe climate conditions in the horn of Africa led to devastating famines.

Meaning: Widespread and extreme shortages of food leading to starvation on a massive scale.

Перевод: опустошительный / катастрофический голод

Devastating floods

Heavy monsoon rains triggered devastating floods that displaced thousands of villagers.

Meaning: Overflowing bodies of water causing severe destruction to property, infrastructure, and land.

Перевод: разрушительные наводнения

Natural disasters

Early warning systems help minimize casualties during natural disasters.

Meaning: Major adverse events resulting from natural processes of Earth, such as floods, hurricanes, or earthquakes.

Перевод: стихийные бедствия / природные катастрофы

Escaping poverty

Access to quality education is the most effective path to escaping poverty.

Meaning: Breaking free from a state of severe financial hardship and lack of resources.

Перевод: вырваться из нищеты / преодолеть бедность

Below the poverty line

Millions of families in rural areas are currently living below the poverty line.

Meaning: Living on an income lower than the official minimum level needed to secure basic necessities.

Перевод: за чертой бедности

Lift (them) out of poverty

Targeted micro-loans helped lift thousands of families out of poverty.

Meaning: To improve someone's financial situation so they are no longer poor.

Перевод: вытащить (их) из нищеты

Simple solution

There is no simple solution to complex socio-economic challenges like inequality.

Meaning: An uncomplicated answer or remedy to a problem.

Перевод: простое решение

Widening gulf

Economists are deeply concerned about the widening gulf between the rich and the poor.

Meaning: A growing divide or difference between two groups, especially regarding wealth or opportunity.

Перевод: растущий / увеличивающийся разрыв

Deprived regions

Government investments should focus on creating jobs in deprived regions.

Meaning: Geographic areas that lack adequate resources, infrastructure, and economic opportunities.

Перевод: бедные / неблагополучные регионы

Margins of society

Many homeless individuals feel pushed to the margins of society.

Meaning: The state of being isolated, excluded, or ignored by mainstream social structures.

Перевод: обочина общества / социальная периферия

Developing countries

International aid programs aim to support healthcare systems in developing countries.

Meaning: Nations with lower industrial bases, lower human development indices, and lower income levels.

Перевод: развивающиеся страны

Sleeping rough

The local shelter provides warm beds for adults sleeping rough during the freezing winter.

Meaning: Sleeping outdoors in public spaces because of a lack of shelter or permanent housing.

Перевод: спать на улице / ночевать под открытым небом

Street children

Charities work to offer shelter and schooling to street children in major cities.

Meaning: Children who live, work, and spend most of their time on the streets without adult supervision.

Перевод: беспризорные дети / дети улиц

Live on the streets

Nobody should be forced to live on the streets due to unexpected financial crisis.

Meaning: To be homeless and inhabit public outdoor locations continuously.

Перевод: жить на улице

Desperate need

The flood victims are in desperate need of clean drinking water and medical supplies.

Meaning: An urgent, critical requirement or lack of essential necessities.

Перевод: острая / крайняя нужда

Breed crime

Extreme poverty and high unemployment often breed crime in urban neighborhoods.

Meaning: To create environments or conditions where criminal behavior easily develops and thrives.

Перевод: порождать / плодить преступность

Global economy

Fluctuations in oil prices impact the entire global economy.

Meaning: The interconnected worldwide system of economic activities between nations.

Перевод: мировая экономика

Golden opportunity

Receiving a full university scholarship is a golden opportunity for his future career.

Meaning: An excellent, ideal, or rare chance to achieve or accomplish something valuable.

Перевод: прекрасная / уникальная возможность

Combat poverty

Governments must implement long-term structural programs to combat poverty.

Meaning: To take proactive political and social measures to reduce or destroy poverty.

Перевод: бороться с бедностью

Eradicate poverty

Global summits regularly draft policy roadmaps aiming to eradicate poverty by 2030.

Meaning: To completely destroy or eliminate poverty from society.

Перевод: искоренить бедность

Alleviate poverty

Social welfare checks help alleviate poverty among low-income households.

Meaning: To make poverty less severe or easier to endure for affected populations.

Перевод: смягчить / уменьшить уровень бедности

Seek political asylum

Dissidents fled their country to seek political asylum across the border.

Meaning: To request protection from a foreign government because of fear of persecution at home.

Перевод: просить политического убежища

Asylum seekers

The humanitarian agency works to process documents for thousands of asylum seekers.

Meaning: People who leave their home country and apply for international protection in another nation.

Перевод: просители убежища

Economic migrants

Many economic migrants send a portion of their earnings back home to support their families.

Meaning: People who move to another country specifically to improve their standard of living and job prospects.

Перевод: экономические мигранты

Took to the streets

Thousands of citizens took to the streets to demand higher wages and fair labor laws.

Meaning: Gathered outdoors in public areas to participate in mass demonstrations or strikes.

Перевод: вышли на улицы (для протеста)

Debt repayments

High interest rates made it nearly impossible for the nation to cover its annual debt repayments.

Meaning: Periodic payments of money owed back to a lender or creditor.

Перевод: выплаты по долгам / погашение задолженности

Earthquake hit

Emergency teams mobilized immediately after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit the coastline.

Meaning: A sudden seismic vibration or shaking of the earth struck a region.

Перевод: произошло / обрушилось землетрясение

Death toll

Officials fear the official death toll will rise as rescue operations continue.

Meaning: The total number of people killed in a war, natural disaster, accident, or crisis.

Перевод: число погибших / жертв

Sexual exploitation

International law strictly prohibits human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Meaning: Taking abuse of a position of vulnerability or trust for sexual purposes.

Перевод: сексуальная эксплуатация

World-wide problem

Cybercrime has evolved into a complex world-wide problem requiring international policing.

Meaning: An issue or challenge that affects human societies across the entire globe.

Перевод: глобальная / общемировая проблема

Child labour

International trade regulations strive to ban products made using child labour.

Meaning: The employment of children in work that deprives them of childhood, education, or safety.

Перевод: детский труд

A rise in the number of

Recent reports show a rise in the number of remote workers globally.

Meaning: An upward trend or increase in the total count of a specific group, item, or event.

Перевод: рост / увеличение количества

Bad social conditions

Unfavorable economic factors led to bad social conditions across the city slums.

Meaning: Poor living environments characterized by poverty, inadequate housing, and limited services.

Перевод: плохие социальные условия

Massive death toll

The volcanic eruption resulted in a massive death toll in neighboring towns.

Meaning: An exceptionally high number of fatalities resulting from a disaster or war.

Перевод: огромная / массовая гибель людей (число жертв)

Big protest against

Students organized a big protest against tax hikes on educational materials.

Meaning: A large-scale public demonstration opposing a government policy or action.

Перевод: крупная акция протеста против

Deprived sectors of society

Public health programs should prioritize access to medical care for deprived sectors of society.

Meaning: Social classes or demographics that suffer from lack of wealth, privileges, and opportunities.

Перевод: неблагополучные / бедные слои общества

Tackling marine pollution

Tackling marine pollution requires strict global standards on plastic waste disposal.

Meaning: Taking concrete actions to solve plastic and chemical contamination in oceans and seas.

Перевод: борьба с загрязнением моря / морских вод

Global crisis

Effective international cooperation is necessary to manage a major global crisis.

Meaning: A critical, unstable situation affecting many countries across the globe simultaneously.

Перевод: глобальный / мировой кризис

Appalling conditions

Factory inspectors discovered workers operating under appalling conditions.

Meaning: Shocking, terrible, or extremely poor standards of living or working environments.

Перевод: ужасные / вопиющие условия

Worldwide study

A worldwide study revealed consistent trends in digital literacy among teenagers.

Meaning: A comprehensive research project conducted on a global scale across multiple nations.

Перевод: всемирное / глобальное исследование

Raised universal alarm

The sudden outbreak of the virus raised universal alarm among international health experts.

Meaning: Triggered widespread fear, concern, or urgent warning among the public globally.

Перевод: вызвал всеобщую тревогу / обеспокоенность

Local crops

Supporting markets that sell local crops helps the regional economy thrive.

Meaning: Agricultural plants grown and harvested within a specific regional area.

Перевод: местный урожай / сельскохозяйственные культуры данного региона

Stimulating reading

The book provides stimulating reading for anyone interested in modern economics.

Meaning: Reading material that is intellectually engaging, thought-provoking, and inspiring.

Перевод: увлекательное / пища для ума чтение

Agricultural area

Most residents in this agricultural area work on wheat and vegetable farms.

Meaning: A zone or expanse of land primarily used for farming, cultivation, and livestock.

Перевод: сельскохозяйственный район / регион