Indian Innovators Counter Pollution with Nose Filters

Indian Innovators Counter Pollution with Nose Filters


Exercise 1
Vocabulary
hamper
Verb
ˈhæmpərto make it difficult for something to be done; to hold something back
The traffic was hampered by heavy snowfall.
pressing
Adjective
ˈpresɪŋurgent; needing immediate attention
There is a pressing need to use renewable energy resources.
spike
Verb
spaɪkto increase quickly
The company's stock prices spiked after the announcement of the merger.
aesthetically
Adverb
esˈθetɪkliin a way that is concerned with beauty
The product might be aesthetically pleasing, but if it is not functional, it is not going to sell.

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Exercise 2

Article

Indian Innovators Counter Pollution with Nose Filters

People walking outdoors with masks are an increasingly common sight in the capital of India, where the toxic air, which ranks among the world's dirtiest, has rung alarm bells. Now a team of innovators from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, is offering another solution: a tiny respiratory filter that can be stuck in the nose to restrict particulate matter from entering the body without hampering breathing.

The project involved creating a thin, flexible membrane which blocks out most dust and air pollutants, including concentrations of the deadly PM 2.5, the tiny particulate matter which doctors say causes maximum damage to lungs.

The idea of nasal filters is not new, and some are available in Western countries to help reduce exposure to allergens such as pollen.

The Indian device, called Nasofilter, however, focuses on the country's pressing problem of air pollutants. The young team is optimistic it will find acceptance in a city where the toxic cocktail of vehicle fumes, construction dust and burning waste spikes to as much as 30 times the safe limit in winter.

The costs have been held down to ensure the filter is within the reach of most people: It is priced at approximately 16 cents. Effective for around eight hours, the innovators claim it can filter out 95 percent of the pollutants.

"The problem is mega, the product is nano," said Prateek Sharma, chief executive officer of Nanoclean Global Private Ltd. "It's comfortable to wear, it is aesthetically not bothering them like a face mask which covers half of your face.”

While the invention, if it proves acceptable to consumers, may help people protect themselves from the dirty air, environmental activists stress that the pressing need is to address the causes of the air pollution: the city's huge vehicle fleet and smoke from fires.

India's air pollution crisis is not restricted to New Delhi — nine other Indian cities figure among the WHO's list of the world's 20 most polluted cities.

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Indian Innovators Counter Pollution with Nose Filters

has rung alarm bells.

innovators from the 'prestigious' 

명성이 있는

prestigious

신망이 있는

prestigious

요술의

prestigious

respiratory filter

호흡의

respiratory

호흡작용의

respiratory

particulate

미립자의

hampering

방해하는

방해하다

obstruct, disturb, interrupt, interfere with, balk, cumber

광주리에 놓다

hamper

바구니에 놓다

hamper

membrane 

막

membrane, act, curtain, end, pall

얇은 막

membrane

청

blue, request, hall, denim, membrane

nasal filters

nasal nāzəl

코에 관한

명사

비음자

nasal

코받이

nosepiece, nasal

투구의 코받이

nosepiece, nasal

형용사

코에 관한

nasal

fumes

명사

연기

smoke, performance, fume, postponement, extension, deferment

김

laver, steam, chance, reek, fume

독기

miasma, virulence, mephitis, fume, blast

노기

fume, old-woman entertainer

동사

연기 나다

fume

약이 오르다

fume

그을게 하다

fume

burning waste spikes to as much as 30 times the safe limit in winter.

1)겨울철 안전한 쓰레기의 30 배까지 쓰레기를 태우는 것.

2)타고 있는 쓰레기는 겨울에 안전한 범위의 30배나 되는 높이까지 치솟는다.

Ltd.

1)주

2)회사의

유한 책임 회사(Limited company)

environmental activists stress that the pressing need is to address the causes of the air pollution: the city's huge vehicle fleet and smoke from fires.

1)환경 운동가들은 대기 오염의 원인 인 도시의 거대한 차량 함대와 화재로 인한 연기에 긴급히 대응할 필요가 있음을 강조합니다.

2)환경 운동가들은 긴급한 필요성이 공기 오염의 원인을 해결하는 것이라고 강조한다.-도시에 있는 거대한 우주선과 화재로 인한 연기.

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Exercise 3

Questions

1.What is Nasofilter?

2.What is the price of Nasofilter?

3.Who is Prateek Sharma?

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Exercise 4

Discussion

1.What are your thoughts on the Nasofilter?

2.Do you expect this invention to become widely used across India? Why? Why not?

3.Would you agree that "the pressing need is to address the causes of the air pollution"? Why do you think so?

4.How would you explain the fact that ten Indian cities "figure among the WHO's list of the world's 20 most polluted cities"?

5.In your opinion, what should be done to address India's air pollution crisis? Please explain your answer.

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Exercise 5

Further Discussion

1.Have you been to India? If so, please share your experience. If not, would you like to? Why? Why not?

2.Is air pollution a major issue where you live? Why do you think this is the case?

3.What would you say are the main causes of pollution in your country? Please explain your answer.

4.Has your government taken any steps to reduce pollution in your country? If so, please share your knowledge. If not, do you think it ought to? Why? Why not?

5.Are you of the opinion that protecting the environment is more important than economic growth? Why? Why not?

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Exercise 6

Quotes

1.Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. - Barry Commoner. Do you agree with this notion? Why? Why not?

2.I see a future where getting to work or to school or to the store does not have to cause pollution. - Bernie Sanders. Do you see this as an achievable goal? Why? Why not?

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the Voca to pronounce hard  

respiratory

allergens

pollen

activists