#5 Environment Protection | Water Pollution in India | 印度水汙染

生活在台灣的我們處處都有乾淨的水資源可以使用，真的很難想像沒有乾淨的水要如何生活也很難體會水汙染帶來的危害。在印度，水汙染一年內就直接或是間接導致超過兩百萬的人喪失性命。但是水汙染是如何產生的呢? 本週單集我們就要好好探討一下究竟水汙染從何而來? 對於人們又有怎樣的影響? Vocabulary *clean (a.) 乾淨的 *pollution (n.) 汙染 *protect (v.) 保護 arsenic (n.) 砷 fluoride (n.) 氟化物 strict (a.) 嚴格的 product(n.) 產品 knowledge(n.) 知識 sewage (n.) 汙水;汙水系統 untreated(a.)未經處理的 eco-friendly (adj.)不損害環境的 Let's Read an article - 好文分享: 📚Title: Water contamination: Still a serious national challenge 📚Author: Dr. Neelam Gupta 🌍Link:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/water-contamination-still-a-serious-national-challenge/ 🎥The Discussion Question from This Episode: Why is it important for every person to help keep the water clean? ✏️Upload Your Worksheet and Share Your Answer With Us: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS4V7jc_kFneAE6y7YTGGkO47g4AiHOSuRd6POUQubfuAbZQ/viewform Water Pollution in India Article Summary 1. Water Pollution in India: India has a big problem with dirty water that can make people sick. Many places in India have water that is not safe to drink. 2. Why Water is Dirty: Factories and farms put things in the water that make it dirty. People also sometimes use the water in a bad way. 3. Health Problems: Dirty water can make people very sick and can even cause them to die. Air and water pollution together make a lot of people sick in India. 4. Where It Comes From: Dirty water comes from factories, farms, and sewage (dirty bathroom water). Some places have special problems with bad things in the water naturally. 5. What People Are Doing: The government and others are trying to make rules to stop dirty water. They also try to clean up the dirty water and tell people to be careful. 6. Special Programs: There is a big program to clean up the Ganga River, but it's not easy. 7. Bad Water Underground: Even water deep underground can be dirty in many places. Factories and farms are to blame for this too. 8. Different Places, Different Problems: Not all places in India have the same water problems. Some places are worse than others. 9. What We Need to Do: We need to make good rules and all work together to keep water clean. Every person needs to help too, so we all have clean water to drink. / Photo by Rebecca Bliklen on Unsplash -- Hosting provided by SoundOn