36. The state of the planet Flashcards

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Une planète malade, mal en point

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An ailing planet

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L’état de la planète

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The state of the planet

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Être dans un piètre état

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To be in a sorry state

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Faire peine à voir

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To be a sorry sight

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Montrer des signes de détérioration

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To show signs of deterioration

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Être en danger

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To be in jeopardy / in danger / at risk

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Les chiffres sont préoccupants

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The statistics are staggering

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La dégradations des écosystèmes de la terre

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The decline of Earth’s ecosystems

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La perte de biodiversité

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The loss of biodiversity

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Menacer les écosystèmes

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To jeopardize ecosystems

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Présenter un risque sérieux / une menace sérieuse pour

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To pose a serious risk to / a serious threat to

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Atteindre le point de rupture

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To reach the breaking point

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Être menacé par l’activité humaine

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To be imperilled by human activity

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La cupidité humaine

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Human greed

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Épuiser les ressources de la Terre

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To use up the Earth’s resources

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Accabler la nature

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To overburden nature

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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La fonte des calottes glaciaire

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The melting of ice caps

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La pollution marine

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Sea pollution

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La destruction des récifs coralliens

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The destruction of coral reefs

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La diminution du cheptel piscicole

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The depletion of fish stokes

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La surpêche

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Overfishing

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Être en voie d’extinction

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To be in the brink of extinction

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L’eau douce disponible se fait rare

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Available freshwater is scarce

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La déforestation

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Deforestation

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Les forêts disparaissent rapidement

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Forests are fast disappearing

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La pollution automobile

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Car pollution

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Mettre un terme aux pratiques destructives

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To halt destructive practises

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Rétablir un écosystème

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To restore an ecosystem

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La Journée de la Terre

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Earth Day

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Sauver la Terre

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To save the Earth

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Le Sommet de la Terre

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The Earth Summit

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Trouver un nouvel équilibre avec la nature

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To reach a new balance with nature

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Utiliser une technologie moins polluante

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To use less-polluting technology

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Guérir la planète

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To heal the planet

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Une tâche redoutable

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A daunting task

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Comment avons-nous laisser les choses en arriver là?

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How did we left things get to this point

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Notre survie

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Our survival

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Répondre aux besoins de l’agriculture

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To suit the needs of agriculture

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Notre bien être

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Our well-being

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Marécages

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Wetlands

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Les savanes

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Savannahs

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Irrémédiablement

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Irretrievably

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Un risque

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A hazard

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La Terre envoie des signaux de détresse depuis 50 ans

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Earth has been sending out distress signals for fifty years