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Vocabulaire Anglais > The Ecosystem > Flashcards

The Ecosystem Flashcards

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Public awareness

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La prise de conscience collective

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An awareness-building campaign

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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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A health hazard

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Un risque pour la santé

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To jeopardize

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Mettre en danger

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Jeopardy

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Danger

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A carcinogen (adj : carcinogenic)

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Un produit cancérigène

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To be environmentally friendly

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Être sans danger pour l’environnement

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Sustainable development

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Le développement durable

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(UK) DEFRA = the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Le ministère de l’Environnement

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(USA) EPA = the Environmental Protection Agency

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L’Agence pour la protection de l’environnement

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To monitor pollution

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Surveiller la pollution

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An agenda for environmental action

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Priorités pour une action en faveur de l’environnement

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An offending industry

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Une industrie en infraction

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To penalise polluters

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Pénaliser les pollueurs

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A carbon tax

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Une taxe sur l’oxyde de carbone

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An Earth Summit (meeting)

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Un sommet de la Terre

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Anti-globalization

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Altermondialisme

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The Greens / the Ecology Party

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Les Verts

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The green movement

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Le mouvement écologique

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A green voter

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Un électeur écologiste

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A green bill

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Un projet de loi écologique

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Green tourism

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Tourisme écologique

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Green consumerism

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La consommation écologique

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To buy green

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Acheter vert

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A green product

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Un éco-produit

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Green power

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Le pouvoir des écologistes

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An ecosystem

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Un écosystème

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A species

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Une espèce

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29
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The ecological balance

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L’équilibre écologique

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The ozone layer

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La couche d’ozone

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Carbon dioxide emissions

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Émanations de dioxyde de carbone

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The greenhouse effect

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L’effet de serre

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Pollution

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Pollution

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A polluter

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Un pollueur

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To pollute

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Polluer

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36
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Conservation

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La défense de l’environnement

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To preserve

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Protéger

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38
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Preservation

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La sauvegarde

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Lead

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Le plomb

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Lead-free

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Sans plomb

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Asbestos

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L’amiante

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Chemicals

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Produits chimiques

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Global warming

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Réchauffement climatique / global

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The polar ice-cap

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La calotte glaciaire

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Low energy light-bulb

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Ampoule à économie d’énergie

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A wind farm

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Les éoliennes

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(GM crops) genetically modified crops

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OGM organisme génétiquement modifié

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Globalisation

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Mondialisation

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Renewable energy

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Énergie renouvelable

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To eat health food(s)

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Manger bio

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Organic waste

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Les déchets organiques

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Treatment / disposal of waste

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Élimination des déchets

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Genetic engineering

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Le génie génétique

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DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid

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ADN = acide désoxyribonucléique

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Biodegradable

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Biodégradable

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Phosphate-free detergent

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Lessives sans phosphate

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Fair trade

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Commerce équitable

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Carbon footprint

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Empreinte écologique

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Supply of electricity

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Approvisionnement en électricité / fourniture d’électricité

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Off-grid (schools)

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(écoles) hors réseau électrique / non reliées au réseau électrique

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Power station

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Groupe électrogène

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To power

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Fournir (de l’électricité) / alimenter (en électricité)

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A grid

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Un réseau

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Fuel

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Un combustible / un carburant

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Coal

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Charbon

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The coal industry

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L’industrie houillère

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(UK) petrol
(USA) gas

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Essence

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Diesel

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Diesel

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Petroleum

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Le pétrole

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Crude oil

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Le pétrole brut

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An oil refinery

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Une raffinerie (de pétrole)

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Natural gas

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Le gaz naturel

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Energy-consuming

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Énergivore

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The energy bill

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La facture énergétique

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A nuclear power

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Une puissance nucléaire

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Nuclear power

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Énergie nucléaire

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A nuclear facility

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Installation atomique

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A nuclear power plant

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Une centrale nucléaire

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A reactor

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Un réacteur

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A nuclear re-processing plant

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Une usine de retraitement

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A reactor core

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Le cœur d’un réacteur

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A carcinogen

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Un cancérigène

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The total number of cars

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Le parc automobile

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European emissions standards

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Les normes européennes d’émission

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The Paris ring-road

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Le boulevard périphérique

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Central Paris

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Paris intra-muros

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Offshore drilling

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L’exploitation offshore

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Oil rig

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Plate-forme de forage pétrolier

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Oil and gas drilling

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Forages pétroliers et gaziers

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Oil spill

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Marée noire

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Hydrocarbon

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Hydrocarbure

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Secretary of the Interior

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Secrétaire de l’intérieur

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Energy dominance

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Dominance énergétique

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A green consumer

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Un consommateur écologique

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Fuel oil

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Fioul / fuel

Vocabulaire Anglais (10 decks)

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