Environment Flashcards

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Most people realise that climate change is a fact

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La plupart des gens réalisent que le changement climatique est un fait

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However, some people believe in fake news or do not want to change

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Cependant, certaines personnes croient aux fausses nouvelles ou ne veulent pas changer

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Furthermore, the scientific evidence is hard to deny

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En outre, les preuves scientifiques sont difficiles de nier

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Additionally, the rise in sea levels could threaten certain countries

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En outre, l’élévation du niveau de la mer pourrait menacer certains pays

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I don’t think it will be easy to avoid climate disasters in the future

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Je ne pense pas qu’il sera facile d’éviter les catastrophes climatiques à l’avenir

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It seems to be too late to prevent a rise in temperature

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Il semble qu’il soit trop tard pour empêcher une hausse de température

Pour eviter also valid, also une élévation de température

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Given that the levels of carbon dioxide are rising

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Étant donné que les niveaux de dioxyde de carbone augmentent

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I would say we will see more extreme temperatures as well as floods and droughts

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Je dirais que nous verrons davantage de températures extrêmes ainsi que les inondations et les sécheresses.

(davantage instead of plus?)

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We must reduce our emissions

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Il faut que nous réduisions nos émissions

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Lots of people didn´t used to recycle

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Beaucoup de gens ne recyclaient pas

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In my opinion, it will be possible to lower our consumption

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À mon avis, il sera possible de réduire notre consommation

baisser also possible

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It seems like the global leaders want to do something

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Il semble que les dirigeants mondiaux veulent faire quelque chose

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we must encourage renewable energy

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nous devons encourager les énergies renouvelables

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if everybody used public transport, we could save the environment

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si tout le monde utilisait les transports en commun, nous pourrions sauver l’environnement

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But some people will never change their habit

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Mais certaines personnes ne changeront jamais leurs habitudes

certaines personnes - better than quelques?

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The burning of fossil fuels leads to a greenhouse effect

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La combustion des combustibles fossiles entraîne
un effet de serre

entraîner - to lead to, to result in. very useful verb

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Before recycling our rubbish, we used to throw it in landfill

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Avant de recycler nos déchets, nous les jetions dans la poubelle

décharge - landfill

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A rise of more than 2 degrees could be a tipping point for the climate

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Une hausse de plus de deux degrés pourrait être un point de basculement pour le climat

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At the end of the day, it is important that we all do something to help

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En fin de compte, il est important que nous fassions tous quelque chose pour aider

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Nevertheless, the future is not under the control of any one country, we must work together.

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Néanmoins, l’avenir n’est pas sous le contrôle d’un seul pays, nous devons travailler ensemble

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