The Envieronment Flashcards

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1
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Un tremblement de terre

A

An earthquake

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2
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L’échelle de Richter

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The Richter scale

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3
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L’érosion du sol

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Soil erosion

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4
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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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5
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Une coulée de boue

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A mudslide

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6
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Une tempête de neige

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A blizzard

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7
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Une nappe phréatique

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A water table

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8
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Un ouragan

A

A hurricane

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9
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Une inondation

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A flood

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10
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Déborder

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To overflow

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11
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Une catastrophe naturelle

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An act of God = an act of nature

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12
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Une décharge

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A landfill = a dump

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13
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Les retombées radioactives

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Radioactive fallout

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14
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Les déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste

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15
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Le gaz carbonique

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Carbon dioxide

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16
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L’effet de serre

A

The greenhouse effect

17
Q

Le réchauffement climatique

A

Global warming

18
Q

Les déchets

A

Waste

19
Q

Polluer

A

To pollute

20
Q

La Défense de l’environnement

A

Conservation

21
Q

Un écologiste / défenseur de l’environnement

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An ecologist = a conservationist = an environmentalist

22
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Les Verts

A

The Greens

23
Q

La couche d’ozone

A

The ozone layer

24
Q

Les biocarburant

A

Biofuels

25
Q

Les économies d’énergie

A

Energy saving

26
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L’énergie propre

A

Clean energy

27
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Le reboisement

A

Re(af)forestation

28
Q

Le recyclage

A

Recycling

29
Q

Le tri sélectif

A

Waste sorting

30
Q

L’essence sans plomb

A

Unleaded petrol

31
Q

Une éolienne

A

A wind turbine

32
Q

L’isolation

A

Insulation

33
Q

Écologie

A

Ecological = environment friendly

34
Q

Renouvelable \ non-renouvelable

A

Renewable \ non-renewable

35
Q

Durable

A

Sustainable

36
Q

Lever une interdiction

A

To lift a ban

37
Q

Un flot de paroles / de larmes

A

A flood of words / of tears

38
Q

Tu es vraiment un bon a rien

A

You’re such a waste of space