Unit 7 - Global Issues Flashcards

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1
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la circulation

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traffic

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la poubelle

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dustbin

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économiser / sauver

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to save

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l’eau

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water

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les détches (m)

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rubbish

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le verre

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glass

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entre

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between

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les transport en commun

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public transport

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des centres de recyclage

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recycling centres

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on doit

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you must

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on devrait

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we / you should

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on peut

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can

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on pourrait

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we / you could

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propre

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clean

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sale

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dirty

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usine

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factory

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il faut

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you must

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presque

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nearly

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surtout

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especially

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pas assez de poubelles

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not enough dustbins

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21
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d’ électricité

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electricity

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22
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augmenter

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to increase

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23
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le déboisement

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deforestation

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détruire

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to destroy

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25
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l’effect de serre

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greenhouse effect

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l’embouteillage

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traffic jam

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27
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l’ espèce

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species

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28
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le gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

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les heures d’affluence

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peak time / rush hour

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la lumière

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light

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les ordures

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filth / waste / rubbish

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32
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produire

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to produce

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33
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le réchauffement de la terre / de la planète

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global warming

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34
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surpeuplé

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overpopulated

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35
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le charbon

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coal

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36
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construire

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to build

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37
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croire

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to believe

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38
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les détritus

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rubbish / waste

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39
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disparaitre

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disappear

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40
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endommager

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to damage / harm

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41
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le gaz carbonique

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carbon dioxide

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42
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la guerre

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war

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43
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l’ incendie (m)

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fire

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44
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mondial

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global

45
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la paix

A

peace

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ramasser

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to pick up / collect / gather

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renouvelable

A

renewable

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le tremblement de terre

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earthquake

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allumer

A

to switch on

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le bain

A

bath

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cultiver

A

to grow

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le chauffage central

A

central heating

53
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la douche

A

shower

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éteindre

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to switch off

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le monde

A

world

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le manque

A

the lack of …

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le réchauffe

A

to get warm

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il y aura

A

there will be

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il y avait

A

there was / are

60
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en train de ………

A

in the process of

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l’ inondation (f)

A

floods

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gaspiller

A

to waste

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faire du recyclage

A

to recycle

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jeter

A

to throw (away)

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la pauvreté

A

poverty

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le pétrole

A

oil

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sauver

A

to save

68
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pollué

A

polluted

69
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en sac en plastique

A

plastic bag

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le sans - abri / SDF/ personne sans domicile fixe

A

homeless person

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il y a plein

A

there are plenty

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le camion

A

truck / lorry

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les usines

A

plants

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allumer

A

to switch on

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la boite (en carton)

A

cardboard box

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le chomage

A

unemployment

77
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cultiver

A

to grow

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en danger

A

in danger

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détuire

A

to destroy

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disparaitre

A

to disappear

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éteindre

A

to switch off

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utiliser

A

to use

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niveau de l’eau / de la mer

A

sea / water levels

84
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l’ eau potable

A

drinking water

85
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le robinet

A

tap

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les embouteillages

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traffic jams

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la piste cyclable

A

cycle lane

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pollué

A

polluted

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le sac en coton

A

cotton bag

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la sècheresse

A

drought

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la terre

A

the earth

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la changement climatique

A

climate change

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l’ augmentation

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the increase

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les problèmes de environnement

A

environmental problems

95
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l’ effect de serre

A

greenhouse effect

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menacer

A

to threaten

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l’ ile

A

island

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la vague

A

wave

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proper / sale

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dirty

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protèger

A

protect

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la foret

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forest

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le logement

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accommodation

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les quartiers dèfavorisès

A

disadvantaged area

104
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sans emploi

A

unemployed

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le sac de couchage

A

sleeping bag

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les pauvres

A

the poor

107
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les dèmunis

A

the distributes

108
Q

la malnutrition

A

malnurition