Unit 8

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ślad węglowy (suma emisji gazów cieplarnianych)
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carbon footprint
We are trying to reduce our carbon footprint by using I would’ve bikes more often and the car less
zmiana klimatu
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climate change
We need to take climate change, more seriously or our world is going to become a very different place
Globalne ocieplenie
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Global warming
Efekt cieplarniany sprawia, że na naszej planecie robi się cieplej.
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greenhouse effect
The greenhouse effect means our planet is becoming warmer than it should be
warstwa ozonowa zapobiega utracie ciepla przez Ziemię
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ozone layer
although we can see it, the ozone layer protects us from dangerous you UV radiation
energia odnawialna
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renewable energy
rozwój zrównoważony
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sustainable development
Governments are no more concerned about sustainable development, but they still don’t do enough to control economic growth
odpady toksyczne
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toxic waste
wymagać, żądać
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call for
Require, demand
The situation calls for immediate action
ściąć
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chop down
Make a tree, etc. fall by cutting it
we decided to chop down the old oak tree in the
posprzatac
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clean up
Make a place completely clean and tidy
why don’t you clean up your room before your friends
wymierać
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die out
Become less common, and then disappeared
does anyone know why the dinosaurs died out?
pozbyc się
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do away
Get rid of
they have done away with the traffic lights outside the school
skończyć się
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run out
if something runs out, you don’t have any more of it
One day all the world soil supply will run out. What will we do then?
wyrzucać
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throw away
Get rid of something you no longer want
do you mind if I throw away all these old magazines
zniczyc calkowiecie
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wipe out
Destroy completely
Wolves where wiped out in Britain centuries ago
pod wpływem
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affected by
Where are you affected by the recent floods
wystawiony na, narazony na
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exposed to
Young children shouldn’t be exposed to cigarette smoke
szkodliwe dla
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harmful to
Building another airport would be harmful to the local environment
chroniony przed
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protected from
Elephants need to be protected from local hunters
Zagrożony przez
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Threatened by
Did local wildlife is threatened by pollution, so factories
strata czegos
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waste of
Trying to explain something to Harry is a waste of time because he never listens

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