l'environnement Flashcards

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1
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un ouragan

A

a hurricane

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blesser

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to hurt

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blessé

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hurt, wounded

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détruit

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destroyed

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5
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le bilan

A

the toll, result

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la sécheresse

A

drought

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les dégâts

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damage, destruction

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s’aggraver

A

to get worse

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le pays

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country

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10
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l’effet de serre

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greenhouse effect

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le changement climatique

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climate change

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les marées

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waves

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13
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le niveau de la mer monte

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the sea level is rising

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l’erosion du vent

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wind erosion

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une tempête

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a storm, tempest

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16
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le pétrole

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oil

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17
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une inondation, inonder

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a flood, to flood

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18
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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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19
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fondre

A

to melt

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20
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l’augmentation des températures

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rising temperatures

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21
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la font des glaciers

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the melting of the ice caps/ glaciers

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22
Q

la banquise

A

ice berg/ cliff

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23
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la réchauffement climatique

A

global warming

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24
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la couche d’ozone

A

ozone layer

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25
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menacer

A

to threaten

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26
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obtenue

A

obtained from, origionated from

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27
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aride

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dry

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28
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les combustibles fossiles

A

fossil fuels

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bois

A

wood

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transport routier

A

road transport

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transport aérien

A

arial transport

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un déséquilibre

A

imbalance

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malgré

A

despite

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les violents polemiques

A

violent debates

35
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centaines

A

hundreds

36
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epuiser

A

to exhaust

37
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la pollution sonore

A

sound/ noise pollution

38
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les zone piétonnes

A

pedestrian areas

39
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les campagnes de publicité

A

advertising campaigns

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les énergies renouvelables

A

renewable energies

41
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les usines

A

the factories

42
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la circulation

A

traffic

43
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les produits toxiques

A

toxic products

44
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les véhicules

A

vehicles

45
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l’essence

A

gasoline

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l’écologie

A

ecology

47
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les voitures électroniques

A

electric cars

48
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la pollution atmosphérique

A

atmospheric pollution

49
Q

le co-voiturage

A

carpooling

50
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le recyclage

A

recycling

51
Q

le tri

A

sorting [rubbish]

52
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les sacs plastiques

A

plastic bags

53
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la creation de pistes cyclables

A

the creation of cycle paths

54
Q

le trou dans la couche d’ozone

A

a hole in the ozone layer

55
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les ordures

A

garbage

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les déchets

A

waste

57
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le deboisement

A

deforestation

58
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les conteneurs

A

containers

59
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le vélib

A

velib (bike freedom)

60
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tremblement de terre

A

earthquakes

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frappé

A

hit

62
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puissant séisme

A

seismic tremour

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endommagé

A

damaged

64
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sans abri

A

homeless

65
Q

pont

A

bridge

66
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emporté

A

swept away

67
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s’abattent

A

[rain] coming down in strömen

68
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le bétail meurt

A

the cattle are dying