assignment2.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071005/hl_afp/healthenvironmentkenyachildren;_ylt=ArGlteloS_f6P242Dn2ydK3gcbYF


Ten words~~

1.scavenger
One that scavenges, as a person who searches through refuse for food.

2.commission
To put (a ship) into active service.

3.exceed
To extend beyond or outside

4.threshold
The place or point of beginning; the outset.

5.implication
The act of implicating or the condition of being implicated.
Something that is implied

6.impoverished
Deprived of natural richness or strength; limited or depleted.

7.pledge
To offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promise

8.asthma
A chronic respiratory disease, often arising from allergies, that is characterized by sudden recurring attacks of labored breathing, chest constriction, and coughing.

9.respiratory
Of, relating to, used in, or affecting respiration.

10.rank
To give a particular order or position to; classify.



Summary

The serious dumping sites problems have posed a great threat to the children who live in the slums in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. These problems mostly centered in the slum settlements populated by poor people. The report said that the children have suffered from respiratory, gastrointestinal and dermatological or skin diseases due to the exposure to pollutants. This dumping problem is just one of the examples that happened across many parts of Asia. These problems have urged the government to develop measures to improve the waste management system.


Five questions and answers


1. Where is the main polluted area?

A:The main area is in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a new United Nations.


2. Why the problems focus in these areas?

A:These areas are mostly centered in the slum settlements. So the slums have to endure the dumping and pollution made by capital's people everyday.


3.Are there any places facing the same troubles?

A:There are many places that face the same problems such as many parts of Africa and other urban centre of the developing world.


4.Why the children there have higher risk of getting diseases?

A:Because those dumping sites may pollute the soil, water, and air that cause pollutants such as heavy metals and toxic substances.


5. What’s the barriers that block the way of improving waste management system?

A:The Nairobi City Council is one of the most corrupt institutions in the country and they haven't tried to improved the waste management system.