Voca sciences Flashcards

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ADN

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DNA

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une bactérie/ des bactéries

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a bacterium/ bacteria

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un cobaye

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a guinea pig (se prononce guini)

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les manipulations génétiques

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genetic engineering

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le clonage

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cloning

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un échantillon

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a sample

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la génétique/ un généticien/ génétique

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genetics/ a geneticist/ genetic

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le patrimoine génétique

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the genetic blueprint

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l’analyse de l’empreinte génétique

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genetic fingerprinting

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récolter des cellules à partir d’embryons

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to harvest cells from embryos

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modifier un gène

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to tinker with a gene

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créer des bébés sur mesure

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to create designer babies

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la PMA

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MAP (medically assisted procreation)

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poser des problèmes d’éthique

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to raise ethical issues

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la recherche fondamentale

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basic research

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une démarche scientifique

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a scientific approach

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un brevet/ faire breveter

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a patent/ to patent

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une équipe de chercheurs/ un chercheur

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a research team/ a researcher

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un laboratoire de recherches

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a research laboratory

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des preuves scientifiques

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scientific evidence

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émettre (hypothèse)

une hypothèse

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to put forward

a hypothesis

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le bon et le mauvais usage de la science

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the use and misuse of science

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encourager la science

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to foster science

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financer la recherche dans le domaine de

un don

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to fund research in the field of

a donation

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faire des recherches sur un vaccin

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to research into a vaccine

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être à l’avant-garde de la recherche

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to pioneer research

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une expérience innovante/ prometteuse

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a pioneering/ promising experiment

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l’agriculture (durable)

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(sustainable) agriculture/ farming

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une (très mauvaise) récolte

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a crop (failure)

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la grippe aviaire

la maladie de la vache folle

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bird flu

mad cow disease

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les cultures traditionnelles

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conventional crops

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les aliments non modifiés

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GM-free food

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une subvention agricole

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an agricultural subsidy

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l’agriculture intensive
l’élevage industriel
l’agriculture bio

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intensive farming
factory farming
organic farming

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les produits agricoles

les produits laitiers

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farm products

milk products

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un sol fertile/ riche/ pauvre

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a fertile/ rich/ poor soil

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être tributaire des conditions météo

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to be dependent on weather conditions

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accroître le rendement des cultures

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to increase crop yields

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résister à la sécheresse/ aux insectes

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to be resistant to drought/ insects

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avoir des effets inconnus sur la santé

un test de dangerosité

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to have unknown health effects

a risk assessment test

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des retombées/ des produits dérivés

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spin-offs