Lesson 94 : Agriculture, problems, new trends Flashcards

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Ruiner, détruire

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To blight

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Les problèmes auxquels les agriculteurs sont confrontés

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Problems faced by farmers

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3
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Le mildiou, la cloque

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Blight

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4
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Un parasite

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A parasite

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5
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Un animal nuisible

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A pest

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6
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Une sauterelle

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A grasshopper

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7
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Une chenille

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A caterpillar

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8
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Dévorer

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To eat up

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9
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Un rongeur

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A rodent

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10
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Ronger

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To gnaw

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11
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Le gel / gelé

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Frost / frostbitten

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12
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La grêle / un grêlon

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Hail / a hailstone

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13
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Sec / la sécheresse

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Dry / drought

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14
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Se flétrir

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To wither

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15
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Une innondation

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A flood

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16
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Pourrir / pourri

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To rot / rotten

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17
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Infecter

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To infect

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18
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La brucellose

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Brucellosis

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19
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La myxomatose

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Myxomatosis

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20
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La rage / enragé

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Rabies / rabid

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21
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Abattre / l’abattage

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To cull / cull

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22
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Une surabondance

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A glut

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23
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Un surplus

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A surplus

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24
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La surproduction

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Overproduction

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Beaucoup
Plenty
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Abondant
Plentiful
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Stocker
To stockpile
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La constitution de stocks
Stockpiling
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Un quota
A quota
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Une pénurie
A shortage
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Vendre à bas prix
To dump
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Une situation difficile
A plight
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Le revenu
The income
34
Vivoter
To scrape by
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Une dette / criblé de dettes
A debt / debt-ridden
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Un herbicide
A herbicide
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Traiter
To treat
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Pulvériser
To spray
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La pulvérisation des cultures
Crop-spraying
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Abuser de
To overuse
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L'abus de
Overuse
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Trafiquer
To tamper (with)
43
Un centre d'élevage intensif
A feedlot
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Une batterie
A battery
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Une hormone
A hormone
46
La biotechnologie
Biotechnology
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Un gène
A gene
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Transgénique
Transgenic
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La génétique
Genetics
50
Les OGM
GMOs (= Genetically Modifies Organisms)
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Modifié génétiquement
GM-engineered
52
Qui résiste aux parasites / insectes
Pest / insects-resistant
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Qui résiste à la sécheresse
Drought-resistant
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Qui résiste aux maladies
Disease-resistant
55
Qui supporte les herbicides
Herbicide-tolerant / resistant
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Enrichi en vitamines
Vitamin-enhanced
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Un nutriment
A nutriment
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La nutrition / nutritif
Nutrition / nutritious
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Une race, une espèce
A breed
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Croiser, hybrider
To crossbreed
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Le croisement
Crossbreeding
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Un hybride
A crossbreed
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Une race, une souche
A stain
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Évoluer / l'évolution
To evolve / evolution
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Une mutation
A mutation
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Les "super mauvaises herbes"
Superweeds
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Contaminer / la contamination
To contaminate / contamination
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Le pollen / la transpollinisation
Crosspollination
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Préjudice
Harm
70
Nuisible / préjudiciable
Harmful
71
Endommager / des dégâts
To damage / damage
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L'inquiétude / inquiet
Concern / concerned
73
Une étiquette, étiqueter, l'étiquetage
A label, to label, labelling
74
Sans OGM
GM-free
75
Un moratoire
A moratorium
76
Interdire / une interdiction
To ban / a ban (on)
77
Les tendances récentes
Recent trends
78
Bio(logique)
Organic
79
Inorganique
Inorganic
80
Traditionnel
Conventional
81
Naturel
Natural
82
Sans produits chimiques
Chemical-free
83
Sain
Wholesome
84
Savoureux / sans gout
Tasty / tasteless
85
L'agroécologie / agroécologique
Agro-ecology / agro-ecological
86
Une catastrophe naturelle
An act of God
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Une mauvaise récolte
A crop failure
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La maladie de la vache folle
Mad-cow disease
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La fièvre aphteuse
Foot and mouth disease
90
La grippe aviaire
Bird flu / avian flu
91
La tuberculose bovine
Bovine TB (tuberculosis)
92
Une politique agricole
A farming policy
93
Les subventions agricoles
Farm / agricultural subsidies
94
Réduire les subventions
To curb subsidies
95
Les quotas laitiers
Milk quotas
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Les terres en jachère
Set-aside land
97
Le prix au producteur
The farm gate price
98
La lutte contre les parasites
Pest control
99
Un ingénieur agronome
An agricultural engineer
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L'industrie agroalimentaire
The farm-produce industry
101
La traite mécanisée
Machine milking
102
Des poulets élevés en batterie
Battery (reared) chickens
103
Des vaches laitières nourries aux hormones
Hormone-fed milk cows
104
Les cultures génétiquement modifiées
Biotech / GM crops
105
L'ingénierie génétique
Genetic engineering
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Augmenter le rendement
To enhance yield
107
Une entreprise de biotechnologie
A biotech company
108
L'agriculture durable
Sustainable agriculture
109
L'agriculture bio(logique)
Organic farming
110
Vin de l'agriculture biologique
Organically-grown wine
111
Des poulets élevés en plein air
Free-range chickens