What do you worry about most: Politics or the environment?
Sarah (England): I am probably1
more worried about2
political dangers rather than3
environmental4, mainly5 because with
environmental, you have the option to change what's going to happen6 to the environment. You
can sort of7 try
and change that as much as you can8;
whereas9 with
political issues10,
you can't really change how a person thinks. You can try and change the political party11
that's in charge12,
but you can't really change how one person thinks. So, I think that' more unpredictable13.
Lindsay (United States): I'm much more worried about environmental
dangers. I feel like14
politically, we're going to be fine15.
I'm never going to go to these countries that are war-torn16. I'm going to try and
stay always in safe countries. But the environment, I feel like it's affecting
everything, and the seasons17
are changing, and the icebergs are melting18,
and in the next twenty years, we're going to have some major19 problems.
Phoebe (China): Do I worry more about the environment or
political problems? I think I worry about environmental more than the political
problems because I don't really know the political problems, and I live in the
city. I care about20
the environment more. I hope21
- I wish I can live more comfortable and, you know, and in a better environment
so that's more important for me.
Tim (United States): Although22 I don't worry too much about political or
environmental problems, I would say I'm more concerned about23 political problems, because
they have the tendency to be more unpredictable and they can escalate24 very
quickly unexpectedly25;
whereas with environmental problems, things usually happen more slowly26 and we can
usually anticipate27
what's going to go wrong.
Antoinette (United States): I'm probably more worried about environmental
dangers, because those types of…well we are doing…we are damaging, humans are damaging28 the earth,
and the damages that we do will affect generations and generations to come, so I
probably think more about that. I'm not as politically in tuned29, so, yeah, I worry more about
environmental dangers.
Tony (Mozambique): I would say both30.
As you know, Africa like the countries surrounding31
my country tend not to have stable32
political system, which means that maybe in the near future, a war can break out33. And environmental
dangers, because if we should deplete34
our natural resource, it could affect our future.
Vocabulary
1.
Probably =
provavelmente
2.
worried about =
preocupado com
3.
rather than = ao
invest de
4.
environmental =
ambiental
5.
mainly =
principalmente
6. what's
going to happen = o que está para acontecer
7. sort of = de certa forma
8. as much as you can = o
quanto voce conseguir
9.
whereas = enquanto
que
10.
issues = questões
11.
political party =
partido politico
12.
in charge = no poder
13. unpredictable = imprevisível
14.
feel like = sinto que
15.
we're going to be
fine = ficaremos bem
16. war-torn = devastado pela Guerra
17.
seasons = estações
climáticas
18.
melting = derretendo
19.
major = grande, impro
20.
care about = ligar
para
21.
hope = esperar
(esperança)
22.
Although = embora
23.
concerned about =
preocupado com
24.
escalate = aumentar
25.
unexpectedly =
inesperadamente
26.
slowly = lentamente
27.
anticipate = prever
28.
damaging =
danificando
29.
in tuned = ligada a ,
sintonizada a
30.
both = ambos
31.
surrounding =
cercando, ao redor de
32.
stable = estável
33.
stable = irromper,
estourar34.
deplete = esgotar