Heatwaves, Drought and Climate Talk in Spain
Talk about the heat, the drought and going green the way people in Spain discuss it every summer.
Climate is everyday conversation in Spain: summers keep breaking records, "noches tropicales" make sleep hard, reservoirs run low and some towns have had water restrictions. Cities have low-emission zones and colour-coded recycling bins. The cards follow a summer in Córdoba, from street small talk to office debates and sorting the recycling.
- 1
Los veranos son más calurosos que antes.
Summers are hotter than they used to be.
- 2
Nunca había pasado tanto calor.
I've never felt heat like this.
- 3
Estamos a cuarenta y cinco grados a la sombra.
It's forty-five degrees in the shade.
- 4
Con estas noches tropicales no hay quien duerma.
I can't sleep with these tropical nights.
- 5
No salgas entre las doce y las seis.
Don't go out between twelve and six.
- 6
Los embalses están al treinta por ciento.
The reservoirs are at thirty percent.
- 7
Puede que haya restricciones de agua este verano.
There might be water restrictions this summer.
- 8
Hace meses que no llueve en condiciones.
It hasn't rained properly in months.
- 9
El cambio climático ya no es cosa del futuro.
Climate change is no longer something in the future.
- 10
Todos deberíamos poner nuestro granito de arena.
We should all do our bit.
- 11
No estoy de acuerdo, eso les toca a los gobiernos.
I don't agree, that's the governments' job.
- 12
He dejado de ir en coche al trabajo.
I've stopped taking the car to work.
- 13
Con un coche viejo no se puede entrar al centro.
You can't drive into the centre with an old car.
- 14
¿Esto dónde va, al amarillo o al azul?
Where does this go, the yellow or the blue bin?
- 15
El vidrio va al verde.
Glass goes in the green one.
- 16
Baja un poco el aire, que hace un frío que pela.
Turn the air con down a bit, it's freezing.
- 17
Baja las persianas por la mañana para que no entre el calor.
Close the blinds in the morning to keep the heat out.
- 18
Es una locura, nunca se ha visto algo así.
It's crazy, nobody's ever seen this.
- 19
Los incendios son cada año peores.
The fires get worse every year.
- 20
Ponte gorra y bebe mucha agua.
Wear a hat and drink plenty of water.