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