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Dit zal tegelijkertijd de eilanden voor overstromingen behoeden.","translation":"They want to build a large system of dikes and, in this way, create a second fresh-water reservoir. 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Check-Up\n\nDLI Dutch Refresher Course (1961), Book I, Lesson 17: Het tekort aan zoet water.\n\nThe material of the narrative is now presented in still another form to assist you further in completely assimilating the narrative. You will repeat both questions and answers based on the narrative material after the native speaker. Do this section thoroughly since you will be expected in the sections that follow to answer as well as ask these questions from memory."}],"vocabulary":[],"paradigms":[]},{"title":"Het tekort aan zoet water: the dialog","teaching":[{"title":"A conversation to listen to","paragraphs":["Two Dutch speakers talk about the matter of the narrative, recorded without a script.","Listen first with the text, then without it. 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Holland heeft een tekort aan zoet water.","translation":"Oh, we don't complain just about the water! Holland has a shortage of fresh water.","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"O,","gloss":"oh"},{"text":"we","gloss":"we"},{"text":"mopperen","gloss":"complain"},{"text":"niet","gloss":"not"},{"text":"zomaar","gloss":"just"},{"text":"op","gloss":"on, upon"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"water!","gloss":"water"},{"text":"Holland","gloss":"Holland"},{"text":"heeft","gloss":"to have, to have had"},{"text":"een","gloss":"a"},{"text":"tekort","gloss":"up short"},{"text":"aan","gloss":"on, to"},{"text":"zoet","gloss":"sweet (instead of zwoet)"},{"text":"water.","gloss":"water"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.2.m4a"},{"number":173,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.3","source":"Bedoelt U zoet water om als drinkwater te gebruiken?","translation":"You mean, using fresh water for drinking water?","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Bedoelt","gloss":"means"},{"text":"U","gloss":"you (polite)"},{"text":"zoet","gloss":"sweet (instead of zwoet)"},{"text":"water","gloss":"water"},{"text":"om","gloss":"smile at"},{"text":"als","gloss":"if"},{"text":"drinkwater","gloss":"drinking water"},{"text":"te","gloss":"to"},{"text":"gebruiken?","gloss":"to use"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.3.m4a"},{"number":174,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.4","source":"Nee, dat is niet het probleem. Met elke vloed en met elke storm wordt er zout water de rivieren ingestuwd. Dat zoute water sijpelt in de grond, die onze landbouw en veeteelt onderhoudt.","translation":"No, that's not the problem. With every high tide and with every storm salt water rushes into the rivers. 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De verzilting maakt het land voor vele jaren onvruchtbaar; en zelfs gras voor het vee groeit niet op verzilte grond.","translation":"Exactly. The salt renders the land unfertile for many years; and even grass for the livestock doesn't grow on saline soil.","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Juist.","gloss":"exactly"},{"text":"De","gloss":"the"},{"text":"verzilting","gloss":"salinization"},{"text":"maakt","gloss":"to make (weak)"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"land","gloss":"land"},{"text":"voor","gloss":"for"},{"text":"vele","gloss":"many"},{"text":"jaren","gloss":"years"},{"text":"onvruchtbaar;","gloss":"unfertile"},{"text":"en","gloss":"and"},{"text":"zelfs","gloss":"even"},{"text":"gras","gloss":"grass"},{"text":"voor","gloss":"for"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"vee","gloss":"livestock"},{"text":"groeit","gloss":"to grow"},{"text":"niet","gloss":"not"},{"text":"op","gloss":"on, upon"},{"text":"verzilte","gloss":"saline"},{"text":"grond.","gloss":"ground, earth"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.6.m4a"},{"number":177,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.7","source":"Dat is inderdaad wel erg ongewenst. Kan men de verzilting tegengaan?","translation":"That is, indeed, undesirable. Can they resist the influx of salt?","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Dat","gloss":"that; that (conjunction)"},{"text":"is","gloss":"to be (irregular)"},{"text":"inderdaad","gloss":"indeed"},{"text":"wel","gloss":"but"},{"text":"erg","gloss":"very; bad"},{"text":"ongewenst.","gloss":"undesirable"},{"text":"Kan","gloss":"to be able (can)"},{"text":"men","gloss":"one, people"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"verzilting","gloss":"salinization"},{"text":"tegengaan?","gloss":"to prevent"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.7.m4a"},{"number":178,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.8","source":"Men probeert dit probleem op te lossen door het aanleggen van grote zoet-waterreservoirs, en door het afsluiten van de grote rivieren, zodat de vloed geen zeewater meer binnen kan voeren.","translation":"They're trying to solve the problem by constructing large fresh-water reservoirs and by closing off the big rivers so that the tide can't bring in the sea water anymore.","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Men","gloss":"one, people"},{"text":"probeert","gloss":"to try"},{"text":"dit","gloss":"this"},{"text":"probleem","gloss":"problem"},{"text":"op","gloss":"on, upon"},{"text":"te","gloss":"to"},{"text":"lossen","gloss":"unloading"},{"text":"door","gloss":"through"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"aanleggen","gloss":"to manage"},{"text":"van","gloss":"of, from"},{"text":"grote","gloss":"big, great"},{"text":"zoet-waterreservoirs,","gloss":"fresh-water reservoirs"},{"text":"en","gloss":"and"},{"text":"door","gloss":"through"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"afsluiten","gloss":"closed off"},{"text":"van","gloss":"of, from"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"grote","gloss":"big, great"},{"text":"rivieren,","gloss":"rivers"},{"text":"zodat","gloss":"so that"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"vloed","gloss":"flow"},{"text":"geen","gloss":"no, not a"},{"text":"zeewater","gloss":"sea water"},{"text":"meer","gloss":"more"},{"text":"binnen","gloss":"within"},{"text":"kan","gloss":"to be able (can)"},{"text":"voeren.","gloss":"to convey (voer – varen)"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.8.m4a"},{"number":179,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.9","source":"Is zo het IJselmeer ontstaan?","translation":"Is that how the Ijsselmeer originated?","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Is","gloss":"to be (irregular)"},{"text":"zo","gloss":"so, as"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"IJselmeer","gloss":"IJselmeer"},{"text":"ontstaan?","gloss":"rise"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.9.m4a"},{"number":180,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.10","source":"Ja. In 1932 heeft men de toenmalige Zuiderzee afgesloten van de Noordzee, met een 27 mijl lange dijk. Sindsdien is de verzilting van de Oostelijke provincies practisch tot stilstand gekomen.","translation":"Yes. In 1932, the Zuider Zee, as it existed then, was isolated from the North Sea with a 27 mile dike. Since then the deposit of salt in the eastern provinces has practically stopped.","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Ja.","gloss":"yes"},{"text":"In","gloss":"in"},{"text":"1932","gloss":"1932"},{"text":"heeft","gloss":"to have, to have had"},{"text":"men","gloss":"one, people"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"toenmalige","gloss":"then"},{"text":"Zuiderzee","gloss":"Zuiderzee"},{"text":"afgesloten","gloss":"closed off"},{"text":"van","gloss":"of, from"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"Noordzee,","gloss":"Noordzee"},{"text":"met","gloss":"with"},{"text":"een","gloss":"a"},{"text":"27","gloss":"27"},{"text":"mijl","gloss":"miles"},{"text":"lange","gloss":"long"},{"text":"dijk.","gloss":"dike"},{"text":"Sindsdien","gloss":"since then"},{"text":"is","gloss":"to be (irregular)"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"verzilting","gloss":"salinization"},{"text":"van","gloss":"of, from"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"Oostelijke","gloss":"eastern"},{"text":"provincies","gloss":"provinces"},{"text":"practisch","gloss":"practically"},{"text":"tot","gloss":"to, until"},{"text":"stilstand","gloss":"stillness"},{"text":"gekomen.","gloss":"to come"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.10.m4a"},{"number":181,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.11","source":"Het lijkt me, dat het Delta Plan er ook wel toe bij zal dragen om de verzilting tegen te gaan?","translation":"It seems to me that the Delta Plan will also help to counteract the deposit of salt.","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"lijkt","gloss":"to resemble"},{"text":"me,","gloss":"me"},{"text":"dat","gloss":"that; that (conjunction)"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"Delta","gloss":"Delta"},{"text":"Plan","gloss":"plan, plans"},{"text":"er","gloss":"there, of it"},{"text":"ook","gloss":"also, likewise"},{"text":"wel","gloss":"but"},{"text":"toe","gloss":"to"},{"text":"bij","gloss":"with"},{"text":"zal","gloss":"shall, will"},{"text":"dragen","gloss":"to carry"},{"text":"om","gloss":"smile at"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"verzilting","gloss":"salinization"},{"text":"tegen","gloss":"against; to"},{"text":"te","gloss":"to"},{"text":"gaan?","gloss":"to go"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.11.m4a"},{"number":182,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.12","source":"Zeer zeker. Hoewel het Delta Plan voornamelijk ontworpen is als bescherming tegen overstromingen, zal de uiteindelijke vorming van een groot zoet-waterreservoir in het Zuidwesten van het land zeer belangrijk zijn voor de landbouwers in Zeeland.","translation":"Certainly. Although the Delta Plan was mainly developed as protection against floods, the final formation of great fresh-water reservoirs in the southwest of the country will be very important to the farmers of Zeeland.","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Zeer","gloss":"very"},{"text":"zeker.","gloss":"surely, certainly"},{"text":"Hoewel","gloss":"although"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"Delta","gloss":"Delta"},{"text":"Plan","gloss":"plan, plans"},{"text":"voornamelijk","gloss":"especially"},{"text":"ontworpen","gloss":"draws up"},{"text":"is","gloss":"to be (irregular)"},{"text":"als","gloss":"if"},{"text":"bescherming","gloss":"protection"},{"text":"tegen","gloss":"against; to"},{"text":"overstromingen,","gloss":"floods"},{"text":"zal","gloss":"shall, will"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"uiteindelijke","gloss":"final"},{"text":"vorming","gloss":"formation"},{"text":"van","gloss":"of, from"},{"text":"een","gloss":"a"},{"text":"groot","gloss":"great"},{"text":"zoet-waterreservoir","gloss":"fresh-water reservoir"},{"text":"in","gloss":"in"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"Zuidwesten","gloss":"Zuidwesten"},{"text":"van","gloss":"of, from"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"land","gloss":"land"},{"text":"zeer","gloss":"very"},{"text":"belangrijk","gloss":"important"},{"text":"zijn","gloss":"to be (irregular)"},{"text":"voor","gloss":"for"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"landbouwers","gloss":"farmers"},{"text":"in","gloss":"in"},{"text":"Zeeland.","gloss":"Zeeland"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.12.m4a"},{"number":183,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.13","source":"Het is waarschijnlijk niet mogelijk om de rivieren helemaal af te sluiten?","translation":"It's probably not possible to close off the rivers completely?","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"is","gloss":"to be (irregular)"},{"text":"waarschijnlijk","gloss":"probably"},{"text":"niet","gloss":"not"},{"text":"mogelijk","gloss":"possible"},{"text":"om","gloss":"smile at"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"rivieren","gloss":"rivers"},{"text":"helemaal","gloss":"entirely"},{"text":"af","gloss":"off"},{"text":"te","gloss":"to"},{"text":"sluiten?","gloss":"to shut"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.13.m4a"},{"number":184,"id":"dli.nl.b1u05.d.14","source":"Nee, de rivieren kunnen niet volledig afgesloten worden. Maar het is wel mogelijk om sluizen en dammen te bouwen, die bij vloed gesloten kunnen worden. Zo kan de stroom van het zoute zeewater vrij nauwkeurig geregeld worden.","translation":"No, the rivers can't be closed off completely. But it's quite possible to build locks and dams that can't be closed at high tide. In that way the flow of salt water can be regulated pretty accurately.","reading":null,"words":[{"text":"Nee,","gloss":"no"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"rivieren","gloss":"rivers"},{"text":"kunnen","gloss":"to be able (can)"},{"text":"niet","gloss":"not"},{"text":"volledig","gloss":"full"},{"text":"afgesloten","gloss":"closed off"},{"text":"worden.","gloss":"to become, to get"},{"text":"Maar","gloss":"but"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"is","gloss":"to be (irregular)"},{"text":"wel","gloss":"but"},{"text":"mogelijk","gloss":"possible"},{"text":"om","gloss":"smile at"},{"text":"sluizen","gloss":"locks"},{"text":"en","gloss":"and"},{"text":"dammen","gloss":"dams"},{"text":"te","gloss":"to"},{"text":"bouwen,","gloss":"built"},{"text":"die","gloss":"who (relative)"},{"text":"bij","gloss":"with"},{"text":"vloed","gloss":"flow"},{"text":"gesloten","gloss":"to shut"},{"text":"kunnen","gloss":"to be able (can)"},{"text":"worden.","gloss":"to become, to get"},{"text":"Zo","gloss":"so, as"},{"text":"kan","gloss":"to be able (can)"},{"text":"de","gloss":"the"},{"text":"stroom","gloss":"stream"},{"text":"van","gloss":"of, from"},{"text":"het","gloss":"it; the"},{"text":"zoute","gloss":"salt"},{"text":"zeewater","gloss":"sea water"},{"text":"vrij","gloss":"rather, quite; free"},{"text":"nauwkeurig","gloss":"exact(ly)"},{"text":"geregeld","gloss":"settled"},{"text":"worden.","gloss":"to become, to get"}],"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/course-nl/dli.nl.b1u05.d.14.m4a"}],"grammar":[{"section":1904,"text":"I. Dialogue for Listening\n\nDLI Dutch Refresher Course (1961), Book I, Lesson 18: Het tekort aan zoet water.\n\nThe Dialogue for Listening section is for oral comprehension. The student should follow this section in his text, as he listens to it on tape, until such time as he can dispense with the text and understand everything from the tape alone."}],"vocabulary":[],"paradigms":[]}]}