39. Endangered Seas Flashcards

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L’océan Atlantique

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The Atlantic ocean / the Atlantic

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Les océans en danger

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Endangered Seas

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L’océan Pacifique

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The Pacific ocean / the Pacific

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La mer du Nord

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The North Sea

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La Manche

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The English channel

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La mer Rouge

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The Red Sea

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La Méditerranée

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The Mediterranean Sea

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L’océan Antarctique

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The Antarctic Ocean

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L’océan Arctique

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The Arctic Ocean

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L’océan Indien

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The Indian Ocean

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Des zones côtières

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Coastal areas

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Polluer les mers

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To pollute the seas

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Dégazer

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To empty one’s tanks

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Une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole

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An oil spill / an oil slick

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Un pétrolier

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An oil tanker

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Un pétrolier géant

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A supertanker

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Des récifs coralliens

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Le blanchissement du corail

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Coral bleaching

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Les coquillages

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Les algues

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L’industrie de la pêche

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The fishing industry

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Les réserves mondiales de poisson

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Worldwide fish stocks

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Reconstituer le cheptel piscicole

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To replenish fish stocks

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La diminution du cheptel piscicole

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The depletion of fish stocks

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Se reproduire, frayer
To spawn
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La morue
Cod
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Le thon
Tuna
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Le saumon
Salmon
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Le colin, le merlu
Hake
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La surpêche
Overfishing
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Un bateau de pêche
A fishing boat
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Un chalutier (géant)
A (super) trawler
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Vider les mers à force de pêcher
To fish the seas out
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Traîner d'immense filets
To drag huge nets
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Racler le fond des mers
To scrape the ocean's bottom
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Un équipement sophistiqué
State-of-the-art equipment
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Une zone de pêche
A fishery
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Fermer la pêche
To close down fishery
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Nous sommes tous concernés. L'avenir de l'humanité dépend totalement de l'état de l'océan
We should all care. The future of humankind is absolutely dependent on the state of the ocean
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Pendant une éternité, changer la mer en quoi que ce soit à semblé hors de notre pouvoir; ce n'est plus le cas maintenant
For ages it seemed to be beyond our power to alter the sea in any way but it is no longer so
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La mer est peine de pétrole déversé par des millions de bateaux à moteur
The sea is burdened with oil dumped by millions of tons of motorised vessels
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La mer est victime de la pollution terrestre et aérienne
The sea is the victim of pollution flowing from the land and air