Water crisis Crise hídrica. Vocabulário: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/278712.stm water- água warning - aviso, advertência experts - especialista, perito.

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1 Water crisis Crise hídrica

2 Vocabulário: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/278712.stm water- água warning - aviso, advertência experts - especialista, perito tackle - enfrentar, lidar looming - iminente convened -convocar urge - pressionar, estimular switch - trocar, mudar resource - recurso shortage - falta, escassez affect - afetar, prejudicar among - entre main reason - razão principal supply - fornecer/fornecimento, abastecimento, Growth – crescimento

3 World: Europe Water crisis warning Water experts meeting in Geneva have warned rich and poor countries alike to tackle what they say is a looming global water crisis. The United Nations agencies who convened the conference UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organisation urged governments to switch resources from defence to environmental projects: they said that in fifty years time more than two billion people could be facing severe water shortages. Africa and the Middle East are the most affected, but the conference was told the problems extend to countries like Germany and Italy in Europe and India and North Korea in Asia. Among the main reasons for the crisis are climate change, contamination of water supplies, and high population growth.

4 Exercícios: 1)O que os especialistas em recursos hídricos alertaram aos países ricos e pobres? 2) Por que a Organização das Nações Unidas e a Organização Mundial de Metereologia pressionaram as autoridades? 3) Quais áreas serão mais afetadas pela falta de água? 4) Quais as principais causas apontadas para a crise hídrica?

5 Respostas: 1) Os especialistas em recursos hídricos têm alertado aos países ricos e pobres para enfrentar o que eles dizem ser uma crise hídrica iminente. (Water experts meeting in Geneva have warned rich and poor countries alike to tackle what they say is a looming global water crisis) 2)As autoridades foram pressionadas porque em 50 anos mais de 2 bilhões de pessoas podem enfrentar uma grave falta de água. (urged governments to switch resources from defence to environmental projects: they said that in fifty years time more than two billion people could be facing severe water shortages.)

6 3) As áreas mais afetadas serão a África e o Oriente Médio, além da possibilidade de afetar a Alemanha, a Itália, a Índia e a Coreia do Norte. (Africa and the Middle East are the most affected, but the conference was told the problems extend to countries like Germany and Italy in Europe and India and North Korea in Asia.) 4) As principais causas apontadas para a crise são: a mudança climática, a contaminação das reservas de água e o crescimento populacional. (Among the main reasons for the crisis are climate change, contamination of water supplies, and high population growth.)

7 Vocabulário: After drought pushed Sao Paulo to the verge of severe water rationing, late summer rains gave the state-run utility Sabesp, Brazil’s biggest water provider, a second chance to fix infrastructure that city officials blamed for the crisis. With the dry season starting, it’s a rush against time to divert rivers and connect lakes before reservoirs run low again. -Drought – seca -Push – forçar, empurrar -Rationing- racionamento -State-run utility – empresa estatal -Provider – fornecedor -Fix- consertar -Blame – culpar -Dry season – estação seca ou sem chuvas -Rush – pressa -Against – contra -Divert – desviar -River – rio -Lake – lago -Reservoir – reservatório -Low- baixo

8 Vocabulário: squeeze - apertar highlight- evidenciar without- sem recover- melhorar, recuperar forecast- previsão de tempo ahead- a frente pattern- padrão priority- prioridade take steps- tomar medidas avoid- evitar safety- segurança willing to - estar disposto whether- se

9 The time squeeze highlights the precarious situation that South America’s largest metropolis is in after two decades without any major new water projects. Reservoirs still haven’t recovered from last year’s drought and forecasters are calling for hotter months ahead because of the El Nino weather pattern. (…) “Infrastructure wasn’t Sabesp’s priority in recent years - it didn’t take steps to avoid the crisis,” said Pedro Caetano Mancuso, director at the Center for Water Safety at the University of Sao Paulo. “Even though Sabesp is willing to do the work now, whether or not it’s completed on time to avoid an even bigger problem is the big question.” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06- 16/stubborn-brazil-water-crisis-pushes-sabesp-to-fix- infrastructure)