#11 Responsibility Flashcards
un mannequin
a dummy
le tabagisme passif
Second-hand smoke
Contrôller
To monitor
Un chercheur
A researcher
Faire de la recherche
To do research (on/into sth)
une interdiction
A ban on sth
interdire à qq de faire qqch
To ban sb from doing sth
L’asthme
Asthma
Un râle
A wheeze
une otite
A glue ear
La mort subite du nourisson
Cot death
un lit d’enfant
a cot
des preuves
Evidence (unc)
intervenir
To intervene (in sth)
Opposer des objections, ne pas être d’accord
To object (to sth/to doing sth/to sb doing sth)
Empiéter sur
To encroach on/upon sth
dépasser les bornes
To go over the line
Mauvais / pire / le pire
Bad / Worse / The worst
se demander si…
To wonder if…
Sensé, raisonnable
Sensible (adj)
sensible
Sensitive
Etudier, examiner
To consider
ouvrir la voie à qqch
To pave the way for sth
les vacances
Holiday(s)
Partir/etre en vacances
To go/be on holiday (without “s”)
un vacancier
a holiday-maker
un jour ferié
a public holiday
fumer devrait être interdit dans les bars
Smoking should be outlawed in bars
un distributeur (boissons par ex)
A vending machine
un distributeur (billets, argent..)
An ATM
un 4x4
A four-wheel drive (vehicle)
Se permettre (s’autoriser) qqch
To indulge in sth
un vice
a vice
une punition / punir
A punishment - to punish
mener / faire une étude
To carry out a study
les britanniques
Britons
Bien réfléchir avant de
To think twice before +ing
8 personnes sur 10 pensent que…
Eight people (out of)/in 10 think that…
une femme enceinte - une grossesse
A pregnant woman - a pregnancy
donner un avertissement
To give a caution (a warning)
un voyage, une excursion - faire un voyage
a trip - to (go on)/make a trip
un site superbe (= un grain de beauté)
A beauty spot
Préserver, protéger l’environnement
To preserve the environment
un consommateur - la consommation
A consumer - consumption
la société de consommation
The consumer society
interdire (4)
To ban / to prohibit / to outlaw / to forbid (forbade, forbidden)
limiter l’emploi de
To restrict the use of…
mettre en place des restrictions
To set up restrictions
autoriser
To allow / to authorize
légaliser
To legalize
obliger qq à faire qqch
To make sb do sth
permettre à qq de faire qqch
To let sb do sth
To VERB sb do sth (without “to”) (2)
To make sb do sth, to let sb do sth
To VERB to do sth (17…)
To afford, to attempt/try, to choose, to decide, to expect, to fail, to hesitate, to hope, to intend, to manage, to offer, to pretend, to promise, to refuse, to seem, to want, to threaten…
To VERB sb to do sth
To advise, to recommend, to allow/permit, to ask, to request, to beg (supplier), to compel/oblige, to encourage, to expect, to force, to force, to invite, to need, to order, to persuade, to convince, to teach, to tell, to want…
VERB +ing
To admit, to appreciate, to avoid, to consider/contemplate, to deny, to dislike/resent, to enjoy, to imagine, to mind (voir un inconvénient à), to put off (repousser), to risk, to suggest, can’t stand/bear, can’t help (ne pas pouvoir s’empêcher de…)
VERB sb +preposition doing sth
To accuse sb of/ charge sb with, to reproach sb for/with, to criticize sb for, to prevent sb from doing sth
L'homme dont le permis... La femme dont les chatons... Le juge dont les avis... Le juge dont je t'ai parlé... Le crime dont il a été accusé...
The man whose licence…
The woman whose kittens…
The judge whose views…
The judge (who(m))/( )/(that) I told you…
The crime (of which) he has been accused (of).
Il envisage d’organiser une fête, ce qui semble être une bonne idée.
He plans to throw a party, which sounds/seems like a good idea. / He’s thinking of throwing a party, seems to be a good idea.
Ce que je veux dire, c’est que je ne m’attendais pas à ce que le juge me condamne.
What I (mean)(want to say) is I didn’t expect the judge to sentence/fine me (so much/severly/harshly).
À qui a-t-il parlé avant d’être poursuivi en justice ?
(Who)(To whom) did he talk (to)( ) before being charged/taken to court?
À qui obéis-tu ?
Who(m) do you obey?
À qui est cet ordinateur ? C’est à toi ? C’est à lui ?
Whose computer is it? Is it yours? Is it his?
Video - MPs vote to back car smoking ban
MPs Members of Parliament (House of Commons)
A dummy at the back at the car, detect second-hand smoking. Researchers carried out an experiment in the car to know how vulnerable children were. Cause respiratory problems : asthma, wheeze, glue ear, possibly linked to cot death. Smoking should be banned (#civil liberty) for pregnant woman… The government should intervene > do we live in a nanny state ? MPs are paving the way for the future.
