Life after: oil
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: INTERMEDIATE (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Samantha Cooper werkte jarenlang voor een groot oliebedrijf.
Samantha Cooper spent many years working for a large oil company.
Ze genoot van het hoge salaris en de kans om de wereld rond te reizen.
She enjoyed the high salary and the chance to travel around the world.
De klimaatcrisis veranderde echter uiteindelijk haar kijk op de sector.
However, the climate crisis eventually changed her perspective on the industry.
Ze realiseerde zich dat haar werk de toekomst van de planeet schaadde.
She realized that her work was harming the planet's future.
Het was niet eenvoudig om zo'n succesvolle en winstgevende carrière achter zich te laten.
It was not easy to leave such a successful and profitable career.
Nu werkt ze hard om schonere energiealternatieven voor de samenleving te vinden.
Now, she works hard to find cleaner energy alternatives for society.
Ze hoopt anderen te inspireren om los te komen van de olieafhankelijkheid.
She hopes to inspire others to move away from oil dependency.
Haar reis laat zien dat persoonlijke verandering zelfs na tientallen jaren mogelijk is.
Her journey shows that personal change is possible even after decades.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- salary
- salaris
- perspective
- kijk
- harming
- schaden
- profitable
- winstgevend
- alternatives
- alternatieven
- dependency
- afhankelijkheid
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