day 39if we had known
unit 6 · our planetif we had known
Imagine a different past: si lo hubiéramos sabido, habríamos actuado antes; si hubieran invertido…, hoy tendríamos….
today’s words
- dañar · to damage, to harm
- la conciencia · awareness; conscience
- combatir · to fight, to combat
- explotar · to exploit; to explode
- alternativo · alternative
- consciente · aware, conscious
- el metal · metal
- ambiental · environmental
- el combustible · fuel
- la explotación · exploitation; mining operation
- frenar · to slow down, to stop
- la explosión · explosion
- el cobre · copper
- el carbón · coal; charcoal
- la sustancia · substance
- metálico · metallic, metal
- el panel · panel
- energético · energy (adj.)
- el oxígeno · oxygen
- contaminado · polluted
- eólico · wind (energy)
- el/la ecologista · ecologist, environmentalist
- radiactivo · radioactive
- renovable · renewable
- contaminante · polluting; pollutant
sentences
- Si lo hubiéramos sabido, habríamos actuado antes. · If we had known, we would have acted earlier.
- Si hubieran invertido antes, hoy tendríamos menos contaminación. · If they had invested earlier, today we would have less pollution.
- Si hubiera tenido tiempo, habría ido en bici. · If I had had time, I would have gone by bike.
- El carbón es un combustible muy contaminante. · Coal is a very polluting fuel.
- Los paneles solares y la energía eólica son renovables. · Solar panels and wind energy are renewable.