Week 2 “Environnement And Pollution” Flashcards by Marie-Ange NADIMAN

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Dégager, émettre des gaz toxiques

A

To emit fumes

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Déverser

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To spill

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“Vert”, écologique

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Green

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Se convertir à l’écologie

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To go green

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Un égout

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A sewer

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Les calottes glaciaires

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Ice caps

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Le blanchissement des coraux

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Coral bleaching

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Les rayons ultraviolets

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Ultraviolet rays

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Les déchets toxiques

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Toxic waste

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Être menacé d’extinction

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To be threatened with extinction

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Être au bord de l’extinction

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To be on the brink of extinction

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Les décharges en mer

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Dumping at sea

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Jonché de

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Littered with/Strewn with sewage

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Les boues d’épuration

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Sewage sludge

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L’amiante

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Asbestos

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Un désherbant

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Weedkiller

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Un (produit) conservateur

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Preservative

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Une plate-forme de forage

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An oil rig

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Forer

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To drill

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Une exposition

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An exposure

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Jetable

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Disposable

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Étre dans un piteux/piètre état

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To be in a sorry state

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Menacer les écosystèmes

A

To jeopardize ecosystems

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Atteindre le point de rupture

A

To reach the breaking point

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Traîner d’immenses filets (de pêche)

A

To drag huge (fishing) nets

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Racler le fond des mers

A

To scrape the ocean/ sea’s bottom

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Décharger, déverser

A

To dump

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Les déchets

A

Waste

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Fuir, s’échapper

A

To leak

Q

Une station d’épuration

A

A sewage plant

Q

L’effet de serre

A

Greenhouse effect

Q

Les gaz d’échappement

A

Exhausts fumes

Q

Le plomb

A

Lead

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La couche d’ozone

A

The ozone layer

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Du fumier

A

Manure

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Une récolte

A

A crop

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Une marée noire

A

An oil slick/spill

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Salir/souiller

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To soil

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Une centrale

A

A power point

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Stocker

A

To store

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Un risque

A

A hazard

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Nocif

A

Noxious

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Endommager

A

To damage

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Appauvrir la couche d’ozone

A

To deplete the ozone layer

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Le sommet de la Terre

A

The Earth Summit

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Une tâche redoutable

A

A daunting task

Q

Puiser dans les ressources de la nature

A

To draw on the Earth’s ressources

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Qui ne nuit pas à l’environnement

A

Eco-friendly

Q

Organiser une marche de protestation

A

To stage a protest march

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Un équipement sophistiqué, à la pointe de la technologie

A

State-of-the-art equipment