Unit 35 - Discussing Energy issues
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- Ceitidh: Cha toigh leam cumhachd niùclasach.
- I don’t like nuclear power.
- Anna: Carson a tha sin?
- Why is that?
- Ceitidh: Tha e a’ fàgail sgudal niùclasach.
- It leaves [behind] nuclear waste.
- Anna: Ach ciamar a nì sinn cumhachd an dealain?
- But how shall we make electricity?
- Ceitidh: Tha diofar dhòighean ann – mar eisimpleir ola, gas agus gual.
- There are different ways – for example oil, gas and coal.
- Anna: Ach tha gach connadh sin a’ truailleadh an àile.
- But each of those fuels pollutes the atmosphere.
- Ceitidh: Uill, tha. Tha iad uile a’ dèanamh carbon dà-ogsaid, ceart gu leòr.
- Well, yes. They all make carbon dioxide, right enough.
- Anna: Agus tha carbon dà-ogsaid a’ blàthachadh na cruinne.
- And carbon dioxide is warming the earth.
- Ceitidh: Tha. ‘S e droch rud a th’ ann am blàthachadh na cruinne.
- Yes. Global warming is a bad thing.
- Anna: Mar sin, bu chòir dhuinn sguir a’ losgadh connadh fosail.
- So we should stop burning fossil fuel[s].
- Ceitidh: Ach dè loisgeas sinn an àite connadh fosail?
- But what will we burn instead of fossil fuels.
- Anna: Feumaidh sinn cumhachd ath-nuadhachail a bhrosnachadh.
- We must encourage renewable energy.
- Ceitidh: Mar thuathan-gaoithe?
- Like wind farms?
- Anna: Tuathan-gaoithe, cumhachd nan tonn, cumhachd na grèine...
- Wind farms, wave energy, solar energy...
- Ceitidh: Ach cha toigh le feadhainn tuathan-gaoithe.
- But some people don’t like wind farms.
- Anna: Is cha toigh le feadhainn stèiseanan cumhachd niùclasach.
- And some people don’t like nuclear power stations.
- Ceitidh: Agus dh’fhàg sgeamaichean hydro glinn bhrèagha fo uisge.
- And hydro schemes left beautiful glens under water.
- Anna: Chan eil cumhachd sam bith nach dèan cron.
- There is no energy that doesn’t [won’t] cause damage.
- Ceitidh: Mar a tha an seanfhacal ag ràdh.
- As the proverb has it.
- Anna: Dè an seanfhacal?
- What proverb?
- Ceitidh: Cha dèanar math gun mhulad.
- Good is not done without grief.
