Cities of the future

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emerge
Vast mega-cities are emerging in the developing world as people migrate in search of work.
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wyłaniać się
vast
Vast mega-cities are emerging in the developing world
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rozległy
inhabitants
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mieszkańców
congested
congested = overcrowded
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zatłoczony
sprawl
You have to drive slower in the sprawl.
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zabudowa miejska
Musisz jechać wolniej w zabudowie miejskiej.
urban sprawl
urban sprawl the way a city spreads into undeveloped land around it, often without planning permission
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zabudowa miejska
congested
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zatłoczony
shanty towns
shanty towns = poor communities where the houses are built out of cheap materials like corrugated iron and plastic sheeting
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dzielnica slumsów
corrugated iron
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blachy falistej
plastic sheeting
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folia z tworzywa sztucznego
off the grid
without facilities such as an electricity or water supply
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bez zasilania, bez dostępu do mediów (woda, prąd)
grid
The ventilation shaft was sealed with a grid.
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ruszt/krata
Szyb wentylacyjny był zabezpieczony kratą.
to seal
How to seal a bath
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uszczelnienić / zabespieczyć
shanty towns
a suburb consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people.
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dzielnica slumsów
dwelling
slum dwelling
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mieszkanie
rudera
infrastructure
infrastructure the basic facilities a town or city needs, for example: communication, transport, water, and electricity
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infrastruktura
ubiquitous
ubiquitous = everywhere
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wszechobecny
ubiquitous
Computers are becoming ubiquitous in our society.
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wszechobecny
high-rises
glittering high-rises
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wieżowców
off the grid
And these communities are becoming in some places the majority not the minority and they're off the grid so they're not often serviced by either the social services
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bez zasilania, bez dostępu do mediów (woda, prąd)
off the grid
These shanty towns – poor communities where the houses are built out of cheap materials like corrugated iron and plastic sheeting – are often off the grid
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bez zasilania, bez dostępu do mediów (woda, prąd)
robust
cloud computing, ubiquitous internet, robust 5G networks etc, will transform our cities
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mocny/ solidny
robust
a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
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krzepki (strong and healthy)
robust product
A robust product can be one that doesn't break easily.
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solidny produkt

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