40. The Water Crisis Flashcards

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Les besoins en eau

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Water needs

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La crise de l’eau

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The water crisis

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La pénurie d’eau

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The water shortage / the water scarcity

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Une région qui manque d’eau

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A water-scarce area

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Le manque d’eau potable

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The lack of drinking water

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Avoir soif

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To be thirsty

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Mourir de soif

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To die of thirsty

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On manque d’eau

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Water is in short supply

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Les niveaux hydrostatiques

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Water tables

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Les nappes aquifères

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Underground aquifers

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La nappe phréatique

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Ground water

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L’eau de mer

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Seawater

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L’eau douce

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Freshwater

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Un lac (artificiel)

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A (man-made) lake

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Un fleuve, une rivière

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A river

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Un cours d’eau

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A stream

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Un ruisseau

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A brook

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Les zones humides

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Wetlands

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Un marécage

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A marsh

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Diminuer

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To shrink (shrank, shrunk)

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S’assécher

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To dry up

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La saison des pluies

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The rainy season

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L’eau de pluie

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Rainwater

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Des pays frappés par la sécheresse

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Drought-stricken countries

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Une inondation

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A flood

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L’irrigation

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Irrigation

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Un barrage

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A dam

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Construire un barrage sur un fleuve

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To dam a river

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Stocker de l’eau

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To store water

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Une usine de dessalement

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A desalination plant

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Dessaler

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To desalinate

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Réduire le gaspillage

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To reduce waste

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Recycler l’eau

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To recycle water

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Récupérer l’eau de pluie

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To harvest rainwater

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Partager l’eau

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Water sharing

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Une guerre de l’eau

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A water war

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Des maladies véhiculées par l’eau

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Water-related diseases

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S’attaquer au problème

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To address the problem

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De l’eau non-potable

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Undrinkable water

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Les deux tiers de la planète sont recouverts d’eau

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The surface of the planet is two-thirds water

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La consommation mondiale d’eau devrait tripler dans les 50 prochaines années

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World water use is expected to triple in the next 50 years

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Le monde industrialisé a l’habitude d’utiliser l’eau à tort et à travers

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The industrialised world is used to using water profligately