Unità 5 – Vocabolario

L’AMBIENTE E I PROBLEMI (the environment and its problems)

albero (l’) – tree

alluvione (l’) – flood

ambientalismo (l’) – environmentalism

ambiente (l’) – environment

aria (l’) – air

arma (l’) – weapon

assorbente (l’) – pad

atmosfera (l’) – atmosphere

benzina (la) – gasoline, petrol

bosco (il) – wood

buco dell’ozono (il) – ozone hole

cambiamento climatico (il) – climate change

cannuccia (la) – straw

cassonetto (il) – dumpster

cespuglio (il) – bush

compostaggio (il) – compost

contaminazione (la) – contamination

cotton fioc (il) – cotton swab

deforestazione (la) – deforestation

disboscamento (il) – deforestation

discarica (la) – landfill

ecologia (l’) – ecology

ecoreato (l’) – eco-crime

effetto serra (l’) – greenhouse effect

energia (l’) – energy

• • alternativa – alternative
  • elettrica – electric
  • eolica – wind
  • nucleare – nuclear
  • rinnovabile – renewable
  • solare – solar
  • termica – thermal

fabbrica (la) – factory

fiume (il) – river

foresta (la) – forest

gas serra (il) – greenhouse gas

giocattolo (il) – toy

illecito (l’) – crime

immondizia (l’) – garbage, waste

impatto (l’) – impact

imprenditore (l’) – businessman

inquinamento (l’) – pollution

lago (il) – lake

lampadina (la) – light bulb

lattina (la) – can

metano (il) – methane gas

pannello solare (il) – solar panel

pena (la) – sentence, fine

pesticida (il) – pesticide

petrolio (il) – oil, petroleum

pianeta (il) – planet

pioggia acida (la) – acid rain

plastica (la) – plastic

pneumatico (lo) – tire

raccolta differenziata (la) – waste sorting

riciclo, riciclaggio (il) – recycling

riduzione (la) – reduction

rifiuto (il) – waste

riscaldamento globale (il) – global warming

risorsa (la) – resource

• • esauribile – exhaustible
  • inesauribile – unlimited
  • naturale – natural

riutilizzazione (la) – reuse

scarto (lo) – waste, scrap

scontrino (lo) – receipt

scoria (la) – debris

smaltimento (lo) – disposal

smog (lo) – smog

sostenibilità (la) – sustainability

sovrappopolazione (la) – overpopulation

spazzatura (la) – garbage, trash, waste

suolo (il) – soil, ground

termovalorizzatore (il) – waste-to-energy plant

terra (la) – ground

Terra (la) – Earth

VERBI UTILI (useful verbs)

calare – to decrease

cambiare – to change

convertire – to convert, to transform

eliminare – to eliminate, to remove

impegnarsi – to make an effort, to be committed

impiegare – to use, to employ

ingerire – to ingest

limitare – to limit, to restrict

manifestare – to picket, to demonstrate

migliorare – to improve

obbligare – to force

preservare – to preserve, to protect, to safeguard

prestare (attenzione) – to pay attention

prevenire – to prevent

privilegiare – to privilege, to favor

proporre – to propose, to suggest

proteggere – to protect

protestare – to protest

potenziare – to increase, to boost

ricavare – to obtain, to acquire

riciclare – to recycle

ridurre – to reduce, to lessen

salvare – to save, to rescue

scioperare – to strike

scomparire – to disappear, to vanish

sconvolgere – to subvert, to destroy, to perturb

smaltire – to dispose, to drain

sotterrare – to bury

sprecare – to waste

sviluppare – to develop, to evolve

tutelare – to protect, to defend