Environment #50

ILR 2+ · Environment & health · analysis · natural recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 4What is the main argument of the text?

Question 2 of 4What is the water poverty line according to experts?

Question 3 of 4Why might desalination become more feasible?

Question 4 of 4What does the reference to upstream and downstream states imply?

Vocabulary

تُصَنِّفُclassifies

حِصَّة الْفَرْدper-capita share

مِتْر مُكَعَّبcubic meter

تَتَفَاقَمُworsens

بِفِعْلِdue to

اسْتِنْزَافdepletion

الْمِيَاه الْجَوْفِيَّةgroundwater

تَحْلِيَةdesalination

جَدْوَىfeasibility

مُعَالَجَةtreated

إِقْلِيمِيّregional

دُوَل الْمَنْبَع وَالْمَصَبّupstream and downstream states