40 - The Aral Sea, An Adventure Travelogue -or- The Story of an Environmental Disaster

Kaya talks about her travels to the Aral Sea and the social, economic and environmental history behind why this once enormous inland sea has shrunk so drastically since the 1960s.

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Link to the Aral Sea Tour:

https://uzbek-travel.com/tours/adventure/aral-sea/

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Today’s vocabulary:

irrigate = 灌漑する

irrigation = 灌漑

draw = 引く

shrink = 縮む、小さくなる

cotton = 綿花

industry = 産業

conquer = 征服する

fertile = 肥えた、肥沃な

vast = massive = enormous = huge = gigantic = 広大な、巨大な

plantation = 大農園

primary producer = 主な生産者

child labor = 児童労働

criminal act = 犯罪行為

financial compensation = 金銭的補償

boycott = ～ボイコットする

hut = 小屋

polluted = contaminated = 汚染された

fertilizer = 肥料

hub = 拠点、中心

shore =（海・湖・河の）岸

shoreline = 海（湖）岸線

coast = 沿岸、海岸（地帯）

coastline = 海岸線

deserted = 人っ子一人いない

run-down = 荒廃した

exploit = 搾取する

consequence = result = outcome = effect = 結果

affect = influence = ～に影響する

desertification = 砂漠化

sand storm = 砂嵐

saline soil = 塩分を多く含んだ土壌

crop = 収穫物

shallow = 浅い

divert = （進路・用途などを）転換する、そらす

disaster = catastrophe = 大災害、天災、大惨事

in its wake = after it = following it = その後に（で）

in the wake of ~ = after ~ = as a result of ~ = ～の結果として、～の後に（で）

devastating = destructive = 破壊的な

autonomous republic = 自治共和国

former = かつての、元の

muddy = 泥の、ぬかるみの

swerve =（人が）車のハンドルを急にきる、それる、カーブする

alleviate = mitigate = 緩和する、和らげる

plateau = 高原、台地

level = flat = 水平な、平らな

shrub = 低木、潅木

lifeless plain = 生命のない平原

audible = 聞き取れる

horizon = 地平線

otherworldly = 異世界の

canyon = 深い峡谷

enormity = 巨大さ

cathartic = 精神浄化作用のある

licensed hunters = 免許を持った狩人

desolate = 荒廃した

meddle = disturb = interrupt = 干渉する

warning = 警告

sparse = まばらな

plentiful = abundant = 豊富な

magnitude = 偉大さ

tombstone = 墓石

isolated = 孤立した

surreal = シュールな、超現実的な

deport = 強制追放する

Zoroastrianism = ゾロアスター教

convey = 伝える