{"id":25291,"date":"2023-04-15T17:46:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T15:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=25291"},"modified":"2023-04-28T03:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T01:21:52","slug":"new-yorks-water-system-is-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/04\/new-yorks-water-system-is-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s Water System Is Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While nature provides water, many of us depend on a sophisticated system of pipelines, pumps, and other equipment. An industrialized society depends on the services that a water supply system offers, including the delivery of water from sources to users. The economic health, security, and social cohesion of the communities are all closely related to water supply systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video about\u00a0and uncover the secrets of New York&#8217;s complex water system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why New York&#039;s Water System Is So Complex!\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Aqwk6l0hGQ?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does <strong>&#8220;sizeable&#8221;<\/strong> mean in this sentence?<em> &#8220;The water shortage is mostly due to lack of <strong>sizeable <\/strong>supply of fresh water.&#8221;<\/em> Give 2 synonyms of the word.<\/li><li>What does the term<strong>&#8220;tidal estuary&#8221;<\/strong> mean? <em>&#8220;The East River is a <strong>tidal estuary<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em>. 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