But it’s not just the water that’s the issue.

The agrochemicals
used to grow avocados also have negative ecological
implications.

These chemicals contribute to soil
erosion, reducing the fertility of the soil and
making it difficult to grow other crops in
the future.

But it’s not just the water that’s the issue.

<it is ~ that ...>은 ‘···하는 것은 바로 ~이다’라는 뜻으로 it is와 that 사이에 강조하고자 하는 말을 넣어 강조구문을 만들 수 있다.

The agrochemicals used to grow avocados also have negative ecological implications.

The agrochemicals는 use의 주체가 아니라 그 동작을 받는 대상이므로 수동태를 이루는 과거분사 used가 사용되었다.

These chemicals contribute to soil erosion, reducing the fertility of the soil and making it difficult to grow other crops in the future.

reducing과 making은 분사구문으로 병렬 구조로 연결되었다.

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But it’s not just the water that’s the issue.

하지만 문제가 되는 것은 물뿐만이 아니다.

The agrochemicals used to grow avocados also have negative ecological implications.

아보카도를 재배하는 데 사용되는 농약 또한 부정적인 생태학적 영향을 미친다.

These chemicals contribute to soil erosion, reducing the fertility of the soil and making it difficult to grow other crops in the future.

이러한 화학 물질은 토양 침식의 한 원인이 되어 토양의 비옥도를 떨어뜨리고 미래에 다른 작물을 재배하기
어렵게 만든다.

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By reducing and donating

possessions

I embraced minimalism, freeing myself from consumerism.

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Identify the sequence of the three events leading up to the moment when the divers discovered the missing boys.

It wasn’t their first trip to the caves, and their previous trips had always been without incident. Unfortunately, heavy monsoon rains poured down this time, creating a flash flood that trapped the team inside the complex network of caves. Desperate to escape from the rising waters, the boys and their coach went deeper and deeper into the cave, ending up in a chamber about 4 km from the entrance to the cave.

Concern began to grow when the parents of one of the boys prepared a birthday gift and cake for their son, only to realize that he had not returned home. Panic spread within and beyond the country when the boys’ abandoned bikes and belongings were discovered the next day at the cave entrance, indicating that something was gravely wrong.

In response to the distressing situation, a massive search and rescue operation began. Over a thousand army and navy personnel, along with local and international volunteers, joined the search for the missing boys. After nine days of searching, two highly experienced British cave divers, Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, made a miraculous discovery — they found the boys alive. If it had not been for the two divers’ exceptional skills and determination, the boys would have remained trapped deep inside the cave.