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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
The World Food Programme
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L'aide alimentaire
Food relief / famine relief / food aid
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L'aide alimentaire d'urgence
Emergency food aid
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Une organisation humanitaire
A humanitarian organisation
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Une ONG
An NGO
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L'aide humanitaire
Humanitarian aid
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Un bénévole
A volunteer
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Larguer des vivres
To airdrop food supplies
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Distribuer de la nourriture
To distribute food
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Un pays donateur
A donor country
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Collecter des fonds au profit de
To raise funds for
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Des denrées alimentaires
Foodstuffs
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Des denrées périssables
Perishable goods / perishables
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Plus de 800 millions de personnes dans le monde souffrent de malnutrition chronique
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ?
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
A hungry man, an angry man (proverb)

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