Course 7: The Global Food Waste 15 Flashcards

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1
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recueillir des fonds

A

Raise money (here: raise a sum of):

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2
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: plan directeur, plan

general

A

Master plan

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3
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Être en route de … à …

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Be on its way from … to …

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4
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Industrialisation

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Industrialization

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5
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Le début de l’expérience

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The experimental beginning

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6
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Sont habitués à cultiver leurs propres aliments

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Are used to growing their own food

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7
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a person who has possession of a house

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Occupant:

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8
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Béton à l’ancienne

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Old-fashioned concrete

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9
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Murs de jardin

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Garden walls

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10
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recueillir des fonds

A

Raise money (here: raise a sum of):

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11
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Zone rurale chinoise ordinaire

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Average rural Chinese

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12
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Coût estimé de la construction

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Estimated building cost

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13
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Luxe simple

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Simple luxury

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14
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Ouverture festive

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Festive opening

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15
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Mousse de polystyrène réutilisable

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Reusable kind of polystyrene foam

[ˌpɒlɪˈstaɪriːn]

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16
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Paille comprimée

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Compressed straw

17
Q

Remplacer les briques et le béton

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Replace bricks and concrete

18
Q

Mélangé avec un agent liant puissant

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Mixed with a strong binding agent

19
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2 couches de sable comprimé ou autre matière fine

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2 layers of compressed sand or other fine material

20
Q

Maison expérimentale

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Experimental house

21
Q

Basse énergie

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Low-energy

22
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L’un des plus grands enjeux AU MONDE

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One of the biggest issues IN the world

23
Q

Hautement isolé

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Highly-insulated

24
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Élaborer des matériaux de construction

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Develop building material

25
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Ville écologique

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Cradle-to-Cradle city : Cradle-to-cradle design (also referred to as 2CC2, C2C, cradle 2 cradle, or regenerative design) is a biomimetic approach to the design of products and systems that models human industry on nature’s processes, where materials are viewed as nutrients circulating in healthy, safe metabolisms.

26
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plan directeur, plan

general

A

Master plan:

27
Q

Conceptuel

A

Conceptual

28
Q

À l’échelle

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At scale

29
Q

tirer la brique

A

Fire the brick

30
Q

25 % de leurs terres agricoles

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25 percent of their farmland

31
Q

Voilà à quel point c’est gros.

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That’s how big this is.