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La pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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Lutter contre la pollution

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To fight pollution

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La qualité de l’air

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Air quality

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Les polluants

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Polluting agents

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Les Verts

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The Green Party

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L’effet de serre

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Greenhouse effect

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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La marée noire

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Oil slick

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La pluie acide

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Acid rain

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Une bombe aérosol

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Spray can

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Le taux de gaz carbonique

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Carbon dioxide rate

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Les effets sur la santé

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Effects on health

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Les problèmes respiratoires

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Breathing problems

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Nocif

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Harmful

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La pollution urbaine

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City pollution

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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

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Les transports en commun

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Public transport

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Le covoiturage

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Car sharing

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Les gaz d’echappement des voitures polluent l’atmosphère

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Exhaust gas from cars pollute the air

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De plus en plus de jeunes français souffrent d’asthme ou d’allergies

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More and more young French people suffer from asthma and allergies

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Il faut améliorer les transports en commun pour convaincre les gens de ne pas utiliser leurs voitures

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Public transport must be improved to convince people not to use their cars

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Il faut éviter de prendre sa voiture pour de petits trajets

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You shouldn’t take your car for short distances

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En recyclant, on limite la pollution

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By recycling we can limit pollution

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À Paris, les alertes à la pollution se multiplient

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In Paris, pollution warnings are on the increase.

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La voiture électrique est trop chère et pas assez autonome

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Electric cars are too expensive and not autonomous enough

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Il faut réduire la vitesse maximale autorisée

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Top speed limit should be reduced

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Les effluents

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Effluent, discharge

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Un polluant

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Pollutant

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Polluer

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To pollute

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Exhaust gases

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Le plomb

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Lead

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Les CFC

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CFC

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Le monoxyde de carbone

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Carbon monoxide

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Le dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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Les gaz carboniques

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Carbon gases

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Le Mercure

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Mercury

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L’azote

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Nitrogen

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L’oxygène

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Oxygen

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Le trou

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Hole

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Le carburant

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Fuel

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Le pot catalytique

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Catalytic converter

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Le niveau

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Level

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L’impôt

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Tax

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Le produit chimique

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Chemical product

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Les hydrocarbures

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Hydrocarbons

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Le cours d’eau

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Watercourse

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Le rivière

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River

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Le fleuve

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Major river

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Radioactif

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Radioactive

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Le pètrole

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Petrol, crude oil

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L’essence

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Petrol

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Le mazout

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Oil

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Le littoral, le côte

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Coast

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Le prélèvement

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Sample

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Les nuisances sonores

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Noise pollution

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Le déversement

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Spillage

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Déverser

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To spill

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Nuire à

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To harm

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Dégager

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To give off

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Souiller

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To soil, contaminate

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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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Sans plomb

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Unleaded

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Le gazole

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Diesel fuel

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Toxique

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Toxic

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La centrale thermique

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Coal fired power station

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La centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear power station

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Rejeter

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To discharge

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L’énergie solaire

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Solar energy

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L’énergie éolienne

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Wind energy

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L’énergie marémotrice

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Tidal energy

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La houille blanche

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Hydroelectric energy

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La géothermie

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Geothermal science

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L’énergie nucléaire

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Nuclear energy

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Une centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear power station

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Les déchets radioactifs

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Radioactive waste

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Le charbon

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Coal

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Le pétrole

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Petrol

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Conserver l’énergie

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To save energy

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L’écologie

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Ecology

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Un pot d’échappement

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An exhaust pipe

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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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La pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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Les voitures au GPL

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LPG cars

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La circulation alternée

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Selective ban on vehicle use based on number plates

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Une plaque d’immatriculation

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Number plate

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Une voiture à moteur diesel

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A diesel car

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L’essence sans plomb

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Unleaded petrol

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Un polluant

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Pollutant

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L’azote

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Nitrogen

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Le trou dans la couche d’ozone

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The hole in the ozone layer

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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La marée noire

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Oil slick

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L’énergie solaire n’est pas assez rentable

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Solar energy is not profitable

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Le mouvement écologiste est en faveur des énergies non polluantes

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The green movement favours non polluting energy

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On ne peut pas installer de centrales hydro-électriques partout en France

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Hydroelectric plants cannot be set up anywhere in France

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La géothermie est une énergie basée sur la chaleur de la Terre

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Geothermal energy is based on the heat from the earth

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L’énergie nucléaire représente 78% de la consommation d’électricité en France

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Nuclear energy represents 78% of the consumption of energy in France

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La pollution de l’air s’est terriblement aggravée dans les grandes villes

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Air pollution got terribly worse in big cities

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Les français sont de plus en plus inquiets quant aux dangers de la pollution

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French people are more and more worried about the dangers of pollution

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Certains scientifiques rendent la pollution automobile responsable de l’accroissement des cas d’asthme

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Some scientists blame car pollution for the rise in cases of asthma

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Les pots catalytiques permettent de réduire de 90% les émissions d’oxyde d’azote des pots d’échappement

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Catalytic converters reduce the nitrogen monoxide emissions from exhaust pipes by 90%

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Environment

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L’environnement

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Environmental

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Environnemental

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Atmosphere

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L’atmosphère

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Ozone layer

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La couche d’ozone

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Greenhouse effect

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L’effet de serre

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Risk

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Le risque

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Issue

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La question

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Worry

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Le souci

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Individual

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L’individu

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Collective response

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Une réponse collective

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To preserve

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Préserver

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To exploit

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Exploiter

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On a global scale

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À l’échelle mondiale

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To involve

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Impliquer

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Pressure group

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Le groupe de pression

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Ecological

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Écologique

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Habitat

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Un habitat

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Organisation

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Un organisme

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Cleaning up

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L’assainissement

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Of paramount importance

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Primordial

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Effective/ efficient

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Efficace

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Set of rules

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La réglementation

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Nature reserve

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Le parc naturel

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National park

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Le parc national

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Nature reserve 2

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La réserve naturelle

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Threatened species

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Une espèce en voie d’extinction

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Surroundings/environment

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Le milieu

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Flora and fauna

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La flore et faune

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Plant

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La plante

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Desertification

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La désertification

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Survival

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La survie

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To survive

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Survivre

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Hunting

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La chasse

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Tropical rainforest

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La forêt tropicale

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Deforestation

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Le déboisement, la déforestation

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To destroy

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Détruire

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To safeguard, preserve

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Sauvegarder

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Threatened

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Menacé

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Damage

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Les dommages

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Endangered

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En voie de disparition

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Whale

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Là baleine

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Tiger

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Le tigre

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Rhino horn

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Une corne de rhinocéros

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Insect

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L’insecte

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Harmful gases

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Les gaz toxiques

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Waste

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Les déchets

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Nuclear waste

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Les déchets nucleaires

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