Today's big issue (vocab) Flashcards

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1
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la population mondiale
2x

A

the world’s population or world population

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2
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la démographie

A

demography

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3
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un démographe
2x

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a demographer or a population scientist

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4
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un recensement

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a census

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5
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effectuer un recensement

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to take a census

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6
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les estimations, les prévisions

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the forecast

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7
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la croissance démographique mondiale

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world population growth

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8
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l’explosion démographique

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the population explosion

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9
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la surpopulation

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overpopulation

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10
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être surpeuplé

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to be overpopulated

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11
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une pyramide des âges

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an age pyramid

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12
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une tranche d’âge

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an age group

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13
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le taux de natalité

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the birth rate

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14
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le taux de fécondité

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the fertility rate

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15
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le contrôle des naissances

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birth control

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16
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rendre la contraception accessible à toutes les femmes

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to make contraception available to all women

17
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le taux de mortalité
3x

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the death rate, mortality, the mortality rate

18
Q

le taux de mortalité infantile

A

the infant mortality rate

19
Q

l’espérance de vie

A

life expectancy

20
Q

une région fortement peuplée
2x

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a densely populated area / an area of high population density

21
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une région faiblement peuplée
2x

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a sparsely populated area / an area of low population density

22
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augmenter de 5%
3x

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to rise by / to increase by / to grow by 5%

23
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une augmentation de la population mondiale
2x

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a rise / an increase in world population

24
Q

augmenter de façon spectaculaire

A

to rise dramatically

25
Q

augmenter en flèche
3x

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to soar / to spiral / to skyrocket

26
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doubler, tripler

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to double, to triple/treble

27
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être multiplié par 4

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to increase fourfold

28
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culminer à 9 milliards

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to peak at 9 billion

29
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la tendance actuelle

A

the current trend

30
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un renversement de tendance

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the reversal of a trend

31
Q

un baby boom

A

un baby boom

32
Q

les enfants du baby boom

A

the baby boomers