Unit 5

Listening number 5 is the recording of a talkshow where participate different callers who speak to the radio presenter Jack about the environmental ’s problems.

Jack said that the first caller is against all the water – saving – measure because he is from Vancouver and there , there is a lot of water so he adds the only reason they have to save water is to sell it to the States, but the intelligent reader understands the caller is making irony.

He underlines the water restriction make them aware of how much water they actually do waste so they have to put in them mind that water is so important and that it is non an endless natural resources.

 

Another caller joins the discussion and he talks about global warming.

His ideas came from the reading of an article by the caller and the idea is about forest’s fires and which are connect to water because to break out fire you sometimes have to use water.

In addition he said that forest’s fires are nature’s way of cleaning up, but rarely when a fire does break out creates infernos.

 

The third caller talks about an other environmental ‘ s problem, farming.

First he informed Jack that he is a farmer too and after that he says that farmers are in favour of the use of pesticides and fertilisers to produce more crops.

It means that if farmers want to sell their products they should be visually attractive and unfortunately taste come last.

 

Finally, also caller number seven wants to take part to the discussion and his topic is focus on his concern about the over populated world and the lack of resources necessary for the livelihood of all.

He thinks the Western World people can not grasp the problem because they live in the land of exess and that is so difficult to image how people in third World countries are underfed so he wants to say that people of the Western World have not to nourish food or any other substance.

 

Vocabulary:

 

Water-saving measures = misure per conservare l'acqua

Never – ending – natural resources = una risorsa naturale infinita

Global warming = riscaldamento globale

Forest fires = incendi nelle foreste

Over populated world = mondo sovrapopolato

Resources = risorse

To melty = sciogliersi

Clean-up = pulizia

Debris = detriti

Farming = agricoltura

Crops = colture

Tasteless = insaporito

Fertiliser = fertilizzante

Pesticide = pesticida

To waste = sprecare

To grasp = afferrare

To prevent from = prevenire da

To be concerned with = esssere interessato a

To make somebody aware of = rendere qualcuno consapevole

To bump up production = accrescere la produzione

To increase the production = accrescere la produzione

To be forced = essere costretto

To be a farmer oneself = proprio quella persona