Episode #012 - English Learning for Curious Minds
The Sea That Disappeared
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Today we're going to talk about a sea that disappeared, and find out what happens when a country tries to start a hub for cotton farming in the middle of a desert. Spoiler alert: it doesn't go well.
In today's episode we cover:
Geography of The Aral Sea
Soviet Central Planning (what happens when decisions are taken thousands of miles away)
The Aral Sea today (and how it is full of the carcasses of buses and ships)
Impact on the local environment
How to build a cotton hub in the desert
The future for Uzbekistan and The Aral Sea
Key vocabulary: Shrunk, One step ahead of the game, Crucially, Freshwater, Shipwrecks, Plethora, Junk, Carcasses, Shift, Thriving, Thriving, Ghost towns, Up sticks, Arid, Hub, Crops, Haphazard, Basin, Acres, Irrigate, Irrigation, Reservoirs, Evaporate, Salinity, In their masses, Bed, Contaminated, Fertilizer, Pesticides, Soil, Halt, Cutting off, Light at the end of this tunnel, Rejuvenation, Divert, Jeopardise, Livelihood, Inexorably, Flourishing
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