Ecco la foto vincitrice del Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Wildlife Photographer of the Year winning pic

Un orso polare che dorme su un piccolo iceberg alle isole Svalbard, in Norvegia.

questa è la foto che ha vinto il premio del pubblico del Wildlife Photographer of the Year, un famoso concorso fotografico

L’immagine si chiama “Ice bed” (“letto di ghiaccio”), ed è stata fatta da Nima Sarikhan. secondo molti, è un potente simbolo del cambiamento climatico.

secondo il fotografo, però, “c’è ancora tempo per rimediare al disastro che abbiamo fatto”.

Keywords

l’ orso polare: polar bear

il simbolo: symbol

il cambiamento climatico: climate change

rimediare: to remedy, to fix

il disastro: disaster

Grammar

Verbs + preposition A

“…rimediare al disastro”
(…to remedy the disaster)

The verb rimediare, like many others, is followed by the preposition “a” before its object (a noun, a pronoun, or a verb).

– Dobbiamo rimediare al problema al più presto! (We need to fix the problem asap!)

Below is a list of the most common verbs followed by the preposition “a”:
– Riuscire a = to succeed at
– Abituarsi a = to get used to
– Assistere a = to sit in / to watch
– Assomigliare a = to resemble
– Cominciare a = to begin
– Continuare a = to continue
– Giocare a = to play
– Partecipare a = to participate in
– Pensare a = to think about
– Provare a = to try to
– Rinunciare a = to renounce / to give up
– Riuscire a = to succeed at
– Servire a = to serve a purpose
– Tenere a = to care about

Translation

A polar bear sleeping on a small iceberg at the Svalbard Islands, Norway.

This is the photo that won the People’s Choice Award at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, a famous photography competition.

The image is called “Ice bed” and was taken by Nima Sarikhan. According to many, it is a powerful symbol of climate change.

However, according to the photographer Nima Sarikhan, “there is still time to remedy the disaster we have caused.”

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