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99 The Olympic Games Flashcards

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les Jeux olympiques

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the Olympics / the Games

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“plus vite, plus haut, plus fort”

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“Citius, Altius, Fortius”

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les Jeux d’hiver / d’été

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the Winter / Summer Games

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les Jeux paralympiques

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the Paralympics

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le plus grand spectacle du monde

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the greatest show on earth

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accueillir les Jeux

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to host the Games

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la ville organisatrice

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the host city

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organiser les Jeux

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to stage the Games

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le Comité international olympique

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the International Olympic Committee

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corrompre un membre du CIO

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to bribe a IOC member

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la cérémonie d’ouverture

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the opening ceremony

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la flamme / l’esprit olympique

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the Olympic torch / spirit

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le stade olympique

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the Olympic stadium

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les anneaux olympiques

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the Olympic rings

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la cérémonie de cloture

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the closing ceremony

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participer à

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to participate in / to take part in

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concourir

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to compete

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des jeux sans dopage

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clean games

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à vos marques, prêt, partez

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on yours marks, get set, go

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une compétiton

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an event

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un athlète

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an athlete

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un athlète intersexe, un athlète DSD

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a DSD athlete (a female athlete with Differences of Sexual Development)

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l’athlétisme

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track and field events

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la ruée vers l’or olympique

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the Olympic gold rush

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un sérieux prétendant à une médaille

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a strong contender for a medal

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être l’homme / la femme à battre

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to be the one to beat

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une médaille d’or / d’argent / de bronze

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a gold / silver / bronze medal

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un médaillé d’or

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a gold medallist

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le podium olympique

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the Olympic podium

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jouer l’hymne national

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to play the national anthem

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produire des héros

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to produce heroes

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rapporter des millions de dollars

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to generate millions of dollars

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devenir trop commercial

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to get too commercial

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les droits de télévision

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TV rights

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être couvert par les médias

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to be covered by the media

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de nouvelles installations

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new facilities

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une manne financière incroyable

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an amazing cash bonanza

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une catastrophe financière

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a financial disaster

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Les Jeux ont une couverture médiatique énorme dans le monde entier

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The Games receive widespread media coverage all over the world

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L’essentiel n’est pas de gagner mais de participer

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The important thing is not winning but taking part

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Certains disent que les Jeux ne sont guère plus purs que le monde dont ils sont censés nous éloigner temporairement

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Some say that the Games are not purer than the world from which they are supposed to be respite

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Personne n’est assez naïf pour croire que le commerce ne tient aucune place dans les Jeux, mais leur charme prime sur leurs défauts

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No one is naive enough to believe commerce has nothing to do with the Games, but their appeal transcends their flaws

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Dopage, records sales, corruption, boycotts. On se demande parfois pourquoi on accorde une telle importance aux Jeux olympiques

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Doping, tainted records, bribery, boycotts. We sometimes wonder why people make such a big deal of the Olympics

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Les Jeux olympiques offrent des moments d’une rare intensité qui restent gravés dans notre mémoire à jamais

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The Olympics provide moments of rare intensity that remain indelibly printed in our memories

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Si les Jeux avaient lieu tous les ans ou se déroulaient dans la même ville, ils n’auraient pas le même attrait

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If the Games happened every year or always in the same city, they wouldn’t be so much fun

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Peu d’athlètes espèrent gagner une médaille, pourtant ils vont aux Jeux pour l’honneur de concourir pour leur pays

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Few athletes expect to win a medal, yet they go for the honour of competing for their country

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C’est avant tout un coup de fouet économique que le pays organisateur attend des Jeux olympiques

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What the host country wants most from the Olympics is an economic shot in the arm

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Le boom touristique tant espéré ne se matérialise pas toujours

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The hoped-for tourism boom does not always materialise

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Depuis Los Angeles en 1984, les recettes issues des Jeux ont explosé. Mais le coût des infrastructures aussi

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Since Los Angeles in 1984 revenues from the Games have soared. But so have infrastructure costs

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Accueillir les Jeux Olympiques apporte un prestige et une prospérité incalculables

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Hosting the Olympics offers untold prestige and prosperity

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