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