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• Depleting Earth resources


  Using up everything
• Ecological footprint


  The sum of everything you can consume, the total impact you can have on the earth, including energy for the house
• Sustainability


  Duurzaam = presses that don't damage the earth, things that can be used for a long time
• The Ocean Cleanup


  The young Boyan Slat he steps up for Mother Nature
• Plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystem

  Ekwetik - takes place in water
• The Ocean Cleanup


  1. Network of floating barriers underneath the current passes

  2. Drijvende barrières
• Stroom


  Neutrally buoyant sea life, it's floating, entanglement is virtually impossible
• The Ocean Cleanup


  Hence, it does not pose a danger for mammals or fish (because no nets are used)
• Pyrolysis


  Using high temperature to turn plastic in oil
• The Ocean Cleanup


  To be inundated emails, to enable, to investigate the feasibility of the proposed concept, it's possible, to work towards a large scale and operational pilot, an experimental trial
• Measurements


  • A dozen (12)
  • A gross (144)
  • A score (20)
  • By the score (number of points)
  • Piece of written music
  • People are leaving by the scores
  • Plus three times the square root of four (+3(4) vierkantswortel)
  • Divided by seven (/7)
  • Plus five times eleven (5.11)
  • Equals (=)
  • Nine squared (9²)
  • And not a bit more (0)
• Imperial vs metric measurements

  Imperial (US) (based on multiples of ten) vs metric (we work with)
• Commas


  For thousands and millions in English
• Point


  To indicate decimal fractions
• How to read O

  • English "oh"
  • Scientific English "zero"
  • In sport result "nil"
  • In tennis "love"
  • Before decimal points "nought"
  • After decimal point "oh"
• Coin values of American currency

  • A penny -> 1 cent
  • A nickel -> 5 cents
  • A dime -> 10 cents
  • A quarter -> 25 cents
  • Half a dollar -> 50 cents
• Penny


  Singular of pence, 'p' after figures e.g. 20 p, pee for pence
• 1. pound coin


  A coin of two pounds
• 1. pound note


  A note (briefje) of five pounds
• Twenty-one thousand three hundred and forty-eight
• Conversions


  • In inch (2.54 cm)
  • Ft foot (30.48 cm)
  • Yd yard (91.44 cm)
  • Mi mile (1.609 km)
  • Oz ounce (28 g)
  • Lb pound (452 g)
  • St stone (6.35 kg)
  • Pt pint (0.568 l)
  • Gl gallon (4.54 l)
• Bill Clinton: 'It is the economy, stupid'
• To lend


  To let someone borrow something that belongs to you
• To borrow


  To use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back
• To loan somebody something


  To lend someone something, especially money
• Checking account


  Een zichtrekening
• The parents are able to monitor the account


  Is staat zijn het te beheersen
• Your account status


  De status van je bankrekening
• Texts and email alerts

  Waarschuwings mails en berichten
• Overdraft penalties


  Debetstand boetes
• To record withdrawals


  Geldopnames bijhouden
• Receipts


  Papieren rekeningen
• A budget


  Een budget
• Account fraud is a rising concern

  Een toenemend zorg
• Monthly account fees


  Maandelijkse rekening kosten
• ATMs


  Een bankautomaat
• The stock exchanges


  A global market where huge sums of money are traded
• Securities


  Right to assets (middelen)
• A share


  A part ownership of a company
• A share index


  The sum value of a country's biggest companies