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Plastic is everywhere in our daily livesdaily lifeThe ordinary activities and routines of everyday living.≈ Synonym: everyday life🇺🇿UZ: kundalik hayot🇷🇺RU: повседневная жизнь. We use it to make bags, bottles, packagingpackaging (noun)Materials used to wrap or contain products.≈ Synonym: wrapping material🇺🇿UZ: qadoqlash materiallari🇷🇺RU: упаковка, and many other things. Plastic is cheapcheap (adj)Costing little money; inexpensive.≈ Synonym: inexpensive🇺🇿UZ: arzon🇷🇺RU: дешёвый, light, and strong, which is why it became so popularpopular (adj)Liked or used by many people.≈ Synonym: widely used🇺🇿UZ: mashhur, ommabop🇷🇺RU: популярный. But plastic also has a serious downsidedownside (noun)A disadvantage or negative aspect of something.≈ Synonym: drawback🇺🇿UZ: salbiy tomon, kamchilik🇷🇺RU: недостаток, минус: it is harmingharm (verb)Causing damage or injury to someone or something.≈ Synonym: damaging🇺🇿UZ: zarar yetkazmoqda🇷🇺RU: вредит, наносит вред the planetplanet (noun)A large object in space that moves around a star, such as the Earth.≈ Synonym: the Earth🇺🇿UZ: sayyora🇷🇺RU: планета in many ways.
One of the biggest problems with plastic is that it does not break downbreak down (verb)To decompose or be destroyed naturally over time.≈ Synonym: decompose🇺🇿UZ: parchalanmoq🇷🇺RU: разлагаться easily. A plastic bag, for example, can take hundreds of yearshundreds of yearsA very long period of time, many centuries.≈ Synonym: many centuries🇺🇿UZ: yuzlab yillar🇷🇺RU: сотни лет to disappeardisappear (verb)To stop being visible or to cease existing.≈ Synonym: vanish🇺🇿UZ: yo'qolib ketmoq🇷🇺RU: исчезать. During this time, it can cause great harm to nature. Many plastic itemsitem (noun)Individual objects or things, especially of a particular type.≈ Synonym: objects🇺🇿UZ: buyumlar, narsalar🇷🇺RU: предметы, изделия end up in riversriver (noun)Large natural streams of water flowing to the sea.≈ Synonym: streams🇺🇿UZ: daryolar🇷🇺RU: реки, lakes, and oceansocean (noun)Very large areas of sea.≈ Synonym: seas🇺🇿UZ: okeanlar🇷🇺RU: океаны. Sea animals, such as turtles, fish, and birds, often mistakemistake (verb)To wrongly identify one thing as another.≈ Synonym: confuse (with)🇺🇿UZ: adashtirmoq, xato qilib qabul qilmoq🇷🇺RU: принимать по ошибке plastic for food. When they eat it, it can make them sicksick (adj)Unwell; suffering from an illness.≈ Synonym: ill🇺🇿UZ: kasal🇷🇺RU: больной or even cause them to die.
Plastic also breaks into tiny piecestiny pieceVery small parts or fragments of something.≈ Synonym: small fragments🇺🇿UZ: mayda bo'laklar🇷🇺RU: крошечные частицы called microplasticsmicroplastic (noun)Extremely small pieces of plastic found in the environment.≈ Synonym: tiny plastic particles🇺🇿UZ: mikroplastik🇷🇺RU: микропластик. These pieces are so small that they are hard to see, but they spreadspread (verb)To move outward and cover a wider area.≈ Synonym: extend, disperse🇺🇿UZ: tarqalmoq🇷🇺RU: распространяться everywhere — even in the air we breathebreathe (verb)To take air into and out of the lungs.≈ Synonym: inhale and exhale🇺🇿UZ: nafas olmoq🇷🇺RU: дышать and the food we eat. Scientistsscientist (noun)People who study and do research in a field of science.≈ Synonym: researchers🇺🇿UZ: olimlar🇷🇺RU: учёные are still studyingstudy (verb)Examining something carefully to learn more about it.≈ Synonym: researching, examining🇺🇿UZ: o'rganmoqda🇷🇺RU: изучают the effectseffect (noun)The results or changes caused by something.≈ Synonym: impacts, results🇺🇿UZ: ta'sirlar, oqibatlar🇷🇺RU: последствия, эффекты of microplastics on human healthhuman healthThe physical and mental condition and well-being of people.≈ Synonym: people's well-being🇺🇿UZ: inson salomatligi🇷🇺RU: здоровье человека, but they are a growing concernconcern (noun)A feeling of worry about something important.≈ Synonym: worry🇺🇿UZ: tashvish, xavotir🇷🇺RU: беспокойство, озабоченность.
So what can we do about plastic pollutionpollution (noun)Harmful substances that damage the air, water, or land.≈ Synonym: contamination🇺🇿UZ: ifloslanish🇷🇺RU: загрязнение? One important step is to use less plastic. Many people now carry reusablereusable (adj)Able to be used again instead of being thrown away.≈ Synonym: usable again🇺🇿UZ: qayta ishlatiladigan🇷🇺RU: многоразовый bags and bottles instead of single-usesingle-use (adj)Designed to be used only once and then thrown away.≈ Synonym: disposable🇺🇿UZ: bir martalik🇷🇺RU: одноразовый ones. Governmentsgovernment (noun)The groups of people with the authority to run a country or region.≈ Synonym: authorities🇺🇿UZ: hukumatlar🇷🇺RU: правительства and businesses are also working on solutionssolution (noun)Ways of solving a problem.≈ Synonym: answers, fixes🇺🇿UZ: yechimlar🇷🇺RU: решения, such as banningban (verb)Officially forbidding something.≈ Synonym: prohibiting🇺🇿UZ: taqiqlamoq🇷🇺RU: запрещать plastic strawsstraw (noun)Thin tubes used for drinking liquids.≈ Synonym: drinking tubes🇺🇿UZ: trubkachalar (ichish uchun)🇷🇺RU: трубочки (для питья) or creating packaging that is easier to recyclerecycle (verb)To process used materials so they can be used again.≈ Synonym: reprocess for reuse🇺🇿UZ: qayta ishlamoq🇷🇺RU: перерабатывать.
In the end, solving the problem of plastic pollution will take effort from everyone — governments, companies, and individuals. By making small changes in our daily lives, we can help protect nature and make the planet cleaner for future generations.