3. Famine Flashcards

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La faim, la famine

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Hunger / starvation

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La faim dans le monde

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World hunger / world famine

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Avoir faim

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To be hungry

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Ne pas manger à sa faim

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To go hungry

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La malnutrition

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Malnutrition / undernourishment

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Sous-alimenté

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Malnourished / undernourished / underfed

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Avoir un poids insuffisant

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To be underweight

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Mourir de faim

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To die of hunger / to die from hunger / to die of starvation / to starve to death

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Des enfants affamés , faméliques

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Starving children / scrawny children

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Manquer de nourriture

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To lack food / to be short of food

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Le manque de nourriture

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The lack of food

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La pénurie de nourriture

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The food scarcity / the food shortage

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Lutter pour se nourrir

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To struggle for food

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Faire les poubelles pour se nourrir

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To scavenge for food

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Un glaneur

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A scavenger

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Les carences alimentaires

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Nutritional deficiencies

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La carence en vitamine C

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Vitamin C deficiency

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La situation alimentaire

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The food situation

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La crise alimentaire

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The food crisis

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Nourrir / se nourrir

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To feed / to feed oneself

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Une famine étendue

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Severe famine / widespread famine

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Été confronté à la famine

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To be facing famine

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Une région frappée par la famine

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A famine area

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Le Sommet mondial de l’alimentation

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The World Food Summit

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Le Programme alimentaire mondial

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The World Food Programme

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L’aide alimentaire

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Food relief / famine relief / food aid

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L’aide alimentaire d’urgence

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Emergency food aid

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Une organisation humanitaire

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A humanitarian organisation

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Une ONG

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An NGO

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L’aide humanitaire

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Humanitarian aid

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Un bénévole

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A volunteer

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Larguer des vivres

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To airdrop food supplies

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Distribuer de la nourriture

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To distribute food

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Un pays donateur

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A donor country

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Collecter des fonds au profit de

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To raise funds for

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Des denrées alimentaires

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Foodstuffs

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Des denrées périssables

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Perishable goods / perishables

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Plus de 800 millions de personnes dans le monde souffrent de malnutrition chronique

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Across the world more than 800 million people are chronically malnourished

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Même aux États-Unis, le pays des obèses, près de 30 millions de personnes ne mangent pas à leur faim

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Even in the United States, the land of the fat, nearly 30 million people do not have enough to eat

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Il y aura plus de 3 milliards de bouches supplémentaires à nourrir dans moins de 30 ans

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There will be more than 2 billion extra mouths to feed within 30 years

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Bien trop souvent, les hommes politiques se contentent de parler de la nécessité d’éradiquer la faim dans le monde et leurs paroles ne sont pas suivies d’effet

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All too often politicians do no more than pay lip service to the need to eradicate world hunger and they don’t match words with action

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Il est temps que les leaders mondiaux passent aux actes

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It is time world leaders put their money where their mouths are

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Le riz est la denrée de base de plus de la moitié de la population mondiale

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Rice is the staple diet of more than half the world’s population

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La distribution d’aide alimentaire arrive souvent au compte-gouttes là où les gens en ont le plus besoin

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The distribution of famine relief often trickles in where it is most needed

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La famine qui a régné au Bangladesh récemment a tué des dizaines de milliers de personnes

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Famine stalked Bangladesh recently and killed tens of thousands of people

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La famine sévit souvent en Afrique Et cause des ravages au sein de la population

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Famine is often rampant in Africa and wreaks havoc on the population

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Dans des pays tels que la Zambie et le Zimbabwe, la famine est souvent due à la sécheresse mais aussi à une incompétence gouvernementale chronique

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In countries like Zambia and Zimbabwe, famine is often due to drought but also to chronic misgovernance

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Certains scientifiques disent que l’utilisation du maïs pour les biocarburant aggrave la crise alimentaire et peut déclencher des émeutes de la faim

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Some scientists say that the use of corn for biofuels is exacerbating food crisis and can trigger off food riots

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Est-il acceptable au début du XXIe siècle que des gens mangent de l’écorce et des racines d’arbres pour survivre ?

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Is it acceptable at the beginning of the 21st century that some people eat the bark and roots of trees to survive ?

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Ventre affamé n’a point d’oreilles

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A hungry man, an angry man (proverb)