Rich And Poor Flashcards
Riches et pauvres
Rich and poor
Le fossé se creuse
The gap is widening
Le niveau de vie
Standard of living
Living standards
Le PIB par tete
Le PIB par habitant
GDP per head
GDP per inhabitant
Mode de vie
Lifestyle
Way of life
Le pouvoir d’achat
Buying power
Spending power
Purchasing power
How is the real value of money determined?
By its purchasing power
La quantité
The amount
Les revenus
Incomes
If prices go up, what happens to the purchasing power?
It declines, but if at the same time incomes rise faster than prices, then purchasing power increases
Riche
Rich
Wealthy
La richesse
Wealth
Aisé
Well-off
Nanti
Well-to-do
Fortuné
Well-heeled
Etre nanti
Vivre dans l’aisance
To be affluent
La richesse
L’abondance
Affluence
La société d’abondance
The affluent society
Grippe
Influenza
Insatisfaits
Frustrés
Unfulfilled
Bien-être
Well-being
What is affluenza?
It is a portmanteau word composed of “affluence” and “influenza”
It refers to the condition of people, mostly in rich western countries, who feel unfulfilled and unsatisfied in spite of their growing wealth
Les riches
Rich people
The rich
Des richesses
Riches
Les grandes fortunes
The super-rich
The mega-rich
Bourré de fric
Plein aux as
Stinking rich
Parmi les nantis
Parmi les possédants
In moneyed circles
Détrôner
Unseated
Gonfler
To swell
Clément
Lenient
Who is the wealthiest individual in the globe?
Warren Buffett
How many billionaires live in London?
49
Un millionnaire
A millionaire
Un millionnaire en dollars
A dollar millionaire
Un milliardaire
A billionaire
Un Multimilliardaire
A zillionaire
A multimillionaire
Un magnat du pétrole
An oil magnate
Un baron de la presse
A press baron
Un magnat des médias
A media mogul
Un roi des logiciels
The software tycoon
What is “who wants to be a millionaire”?
It is a TV quiz show in which participants have to answer questions of increasing difficulty in order to win a cash prize
Le revenu
Income
L’impôt sur le revenu
Income tax
Un paradis fiscal
A tax haven
La fraude fiscale
Tax evasion
Familles à hauts revenus
High-income families
Familles à bas revenus
Low-income families
Un contribuable
A taxpayer
Les gains
Earnings
Un gros richard
A fat cat
What is a golden parachute?
It is a large amount of money given to someone when they leave their job
What is the name of a golden parachute in British English?
A golden handshake
La pauvreté
Poverty
Les pauvres
Poor people
The poor
Les travailleurs pauvres
The working poor
Pauvre
Poor
Impoverished
Les nécessiteux
Les indigents
The needy
La misère
Extreme poverty
Dire poverty
Le dénuement
La misère noire
Destitution
Les plus démunis
The most destitute
Tomber dans la misère
To fall on hard times
To become destitute
Sombrer dans la pauvreté
To sink into poverty
En dessous du seuil de pauvreté
Below the poverty line
Au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté
Above the poverty line
Un ménage à revenus modestes
A low-income household
Défavorisé
Deprived
Disadvantaged
Underprivileged
Vivre avec deux dollars par jour
To live on $2 a day
Vivre d’allocations
To live on the benefit
To live on welfare
Le paupérisme
Pauperism
La paupérisation
Pauperization
Locomotive économique
Powerhouse economy
Stupéfiant
Staggering
L’inégalité
Inequality
Inégal
Unequal
Uneven
Partager
To share
Répartir
To share out
La répartition de la richesse
The distribution of wealth
Une société à deux vitesses
a two-tier society
Le tissu social
The social fabric
Le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres
The gap between rich and poor
La fracture sociale
The gap between the haves and the have-nots
Combler le fossé
To bridge
To close the gap
Le fossé se comble
The gap is closing
The gap is narrowing
Le fossé se creuse
The gap is widening
Le fossé social
La fracture sociale
The social divide
Un écart
A discrepancy
Un gouffre
Un abîme
A chasm
L’équilibre
Balance
Le déséquilibre
Imbalance
Équilibré
Balanced
Déséquilibré
Unbalanced
Rétablir l’équilibre
To redress the balance
PMA (pays moins avancés)
LDCs (least developed countries)
What are the LDCs?
They are the poorest countries in the world according to a classification established by the United Nations
What is the income per head in the LDCs?
It is below $750
Déchirés
Torn
Rivalités
Strife
How many LDCs are there?
49
Where is the majority of LDCs located?
33/49 LDCs are located in sub-Saharan Africa
La mobilité sociale
Social mobility
La promotion sociale
Social advancement
L’ascension professionnelle
Career advancement
Professional advancement
L’ascenseur social
The social ladder
Monter dans l’échelle sociale
To move up the social ladder
Monter dans l’échelle sociale
To be upwardly mobile
L’ascension sociale
Upward social mobility
Un self-made-man
A self-made man
L’histoire de quelqu’un qui est passé de la misère à la richesse
The rags-to-riches story
Partir de rien
To start from scratch
Faire fortune
To strike gold
To strike it rich
L’égalité des chances
Equality of opportunity
Égalitaire
Egalitarian
L’égalitarisme
Egalitarianism
Le niveau social
Social standing
Le statut social
Social status
Le déclassement
Fall in status
What are the chances of a child born into a poor family to become one of the richest 5%?
1%
What are the chances of a child born into a wealthy family to become one of the richest 5%?
22%
Une baisse du niveau de vie
A decline in living standards
Peiner à s’en sortir
To struggle to get by
To struggle by
Avoir du mal à payer les factures
To have difficulty paying the bills
Joindre les deux bouts
To make ends meet
Vivre au jour le jour
To live from hand to mouth
Vivoter
To scrape by
Survivre
To survive
La survie
Survival
Sans abris
Homeless
Il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri
Homelessness is on the rise
Un clodo
A tramp
A bum
Une clocharde
A bag lady
Une soupe populaire
A soup kitchen
A bread line
Le quart-monde
The underclass
un taudis
A slum
Société normale
Mainstream society
What is “the big issue”?
It is a British street newspapers written by professional journalists and sold by homeless people.
It has been published since 1991 and sells over 300,000 copies a week
