- Engels Nederlands
- ago = Geleden
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The sea is higher than 100 years ago.
Geleden
- autumn = herfst
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The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter.
herfst
- bad = slecht
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The weather today is bad in London.
slecht
- cause = oorzaak
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The way we use energy from oil and coal is a cause of climate change.
oorzaak
- cm = centimeter
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Around Britain the sea is 10cm higher than in 1900.
centimeter
- Central = Centraal
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Central England is 1°C hotter than 30 years ago.
Centraal
- change = verandering / veranderen
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Is there anything you want to change?
verandering / veranderen
- climate change = klimaatverandering
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What can we do about climate change?
klimaatverandering
- cloudy = bewolkt
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In Brighton it's very cloudy and it's windy.
bewolkt
- coal = kool
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The way we use energy from oil and coal is a cause of climate change.
kool
- cold = koud
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What's the weather like today? Is it hot or cold?
koud
- Compar = vergelijken
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Compare your score with other students' scores.
vergelijken
- difficult = moeilijk
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Rain is a more difficult problem than temperature.
moeilijk
- dry = droog
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The weather is usually dry in summer - it doesn't rain.
droog
- energy = energie
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The way we use energy from oil and coal is a cause of climate change.
energie
- expand = uitzetten
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Water expands and ice melts in warmer weather.
uitzetten
- foggy = mistig
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It is difficult to drive when it is foggy - you can't see!
mistig
- example = bijvoorbeeld
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Ask simple questions. For example: What's your name?
bijvoorbeeld
- high = hoger
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Around Britain the sea is 10cm higher than in 1900.
hoger
- hot = warm
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What's the weather like today? Is it hot or cold?
warm
- Ice = ijs
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Water expands and Ice melts in warmer weather.
ijs
- island = eiland
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The Maldives has 1,192 islands.
eiland
- man-made = door mensen gemaakt
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This is one cause of climate change – and it's man-made.
door mensen gemaakt
- melt = smelten
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Water expands and ice melts in warmer weather.
smelten
- northern = noord
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The weather is wetter in winter in northern Europe.
noord
- oil = olie
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The way we use energy from oil and coal is a cause of climate change.
olie
- planet = planeet
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We are making the planet hotter.
planeet
- rain = regen / regenen
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We don't know how much it rains over the sea.
regen / regenen
- rainy = regenachtig
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What's the weather like today? Is it sunny or rainy?
regenachtig
- Scientist = wetenschapper
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Scientists are sure that what is happening to the planet now is different.
wetenschapper
- sea level = zeewaterniveau
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The sea level varies in different parts of the world.
zeewaterniveau
- snowy = besneeuwd
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It's cold and snowy in winter.
besneeuwd
- spring = lente
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In Britain, spring begins in March.
lente
- temperature = temperatuur
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World temperatures are 0.6°C higher than 100 years ago.
temperatuur
- tropics = tropen
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In the tropics it's drier in summer than before.
tropen
- varies = variëren / wisselen
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The sea level varies in different parts of the world.
variëren / wisselen
- warm = warm
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Ice melts in warm weather.
warm
- wet = nat
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London is wetter than Cairo.
nat
- windy = winderig
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In Brighton it's very cloudy and it's windy.
winderig