Heritage sites

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Heritage sites
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Miejsca dziedzictwa kulturowego
Barrier Reef
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Rafa koralowa
sustainable
Alice and Neil discuss how sustainable tourism may help protect them.
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zrównoważony
sustainable
sustainable = causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time:
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zrównoważony/ nienaruszający równowagi ekologicznej
jellyfish
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meduza
cuttlefish
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mątwa
encroach on something
encroach on something = move beyond acceptable limits
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naruszyć, wkroczyć w (np. czyjeś terytorium, prawa, życie osobiste)
encroach on something
What the company is proposing encroaches on the rights of individuals.
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naruszyć, wkroczyć w (np. czyjeś terytorium, prawa, życie osobiste)
sustainable tourism
tourism designed to have a low impact on the local culture and the environment, while generating employment for local people
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zrównoważona turystyka
resilience
resilience = the ability to recover or adapt to change
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elastyczność
species
species diversity = the range of plants and animals
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gatunek
worthy
That's very worthy
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czcigodny, zacny, szlachetny
scribbling graffiti
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gryzmoląc grafitti
tramp
To walk with a firm, heavy step
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włóczyc sie/ciężko stąpać, tupać
tramp
But tourists are actually damaging a number of important sites around the world – tramping around, dropping litter, scribbling graffiti everywhere
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włóczyc sie/ciężko stąpać, tupać
scribble
There was a scribble on the bottom of the page
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bazgranina
Na dole strony były jakieś gryzmoły
attracting
The Great Barrier Reef is attracting urgent concern.
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przyciągnięcie
urgent concern
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pilna troska
mining
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górnictwo
port development
There's a huge battle over mining and port development
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rozwój portu
coalmine
A giant coalmine has just been given the go-ahead by the Queensland government even though scientists warn it may damage the Reef.
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kopalnia węgla
heritage sites
I spotted a couple of threats to heritage sites there – mining and port development.
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miejsc dziedzictwa
encroach on something
Mining is the process of extracting coal or other minerals from the ground, and if you encroach on something, it means you move beyond acceptable limits.
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naruszyć, wkroczyć w (np. czyjeś terytorium, prawa, życie osobiste)
constitute
he interesting thing is that world heritage sites only constitute 0.5% of the Earth's surface
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stanowić
generating
So it's all about getting the balance right between generating money to maintain and restore the sites and minimizing the impact of tourist activities.
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zwiększać
restore
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przywracać/ odbudować
fairly
The Reef's fairly dynamic, it's been through a couple of ice ages, and is still here, so its resilience will ensure that the Reef is still here in years to come.
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dość
prey
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zdobycz
prey on
The crown-of-thorns starfish preys on coral and large outbreaks of these starfish can devastate reefs
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żerują na/ polować na
large outbreaks of
A sudden increase
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nagłe wystąpienie

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