The Life Cycle of Water
This is something you probably did not know:
A drop of water spends an average of nine days in the atmosphere before falling back to Earth. If it should fall in the ocean, pode demorar mais de três mil anos a voltar a evaporar!it may take over three thousand years before evaporating again!
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Uma gota* de água passa* uma média de nove dias na atmosfera antes* de cair novamente na Terra*. Se cair* no oceano, pode demorar mais de três mil anos a voltar a evaporar!A drop of water spends an average of nine days in the atmosphere before falling back to Earth. If it should fall in the ocean, it may take over three thousand years before evaporating again!
🔎 Words in this story
✴️ Gota (drop)
Some common idioms with the word “gota” are:
- “Ser a última gota” (to be the last drop/straw) is used when a limit is reached.
- “Ser uma gota o oceano” (to be a drop in the ocean) when something is very insignificant.
✴️ Passa (spends)
“Passar” means “to pass” but here it is translated as the verb “to spend,” referring to the time that has passed.
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