Chap 6: Climate Change And Pollution

Question 1

Polluer

Answer 1

To pollute

Question 2

Un polluant

Answer 2

A pollutant

Question 3

Un pollueur

Answer 3

A polluter

Question 4

Gaspiller

Answer 4

To waste

Question 5

Le gaspillage , les déchets

Answer 5

Wastage

Question 6

Un pic de pollution

Answer 6

An pollution peak

Question 7

Les fumées d’usines

Answer 7

Factory smoke

Question 8

Le smog

Answer 8

Smog

Question 9

Les gaz d’échappement

Answer 9

Car exhausts

Question 10

Surveiller la qualité de l’air

Answer 10

To monitor air quality

Question 11

Les engrais

Answer 11

Fertilizers

Question 12

La nappe phréatique

Answer 12

Groundwater

Question 13

Les égouts

Answer 13

The sewage system

Question 14

Une station d’épuration

Answer 14

A sewage farm/plant

Question 15

L’amiante

Answer 15

Asbestos

Question 16

Une marée noire

Answer 16

An oil slick

Question 17

Un climatologue

Answer 17

A climate scientist

Question 18

Le réchauffement climatique

Answer 18

Global warming

Question 19

Une augmentation des températures

Answer 19

A rise in temperatures

Question 20

Une station météorologique

Answer 20

A weather station

Question 21

Prévoir

Answer 21

To forecast

Question 22

Surveiller l’évolution des températures

Answer 22

To monitor temperatures

Question 23

Émettre du CO2

Answer 23

To emit carbon dioxide

Question 24

La combustion d’énergie fossiles

Answer 24

The burning of fossil fuels

Question 25

L’effet de serre

Answer 25

The greenhouse effect

Question 26

L’empreinte carbone

Answer 26

Carbon imprint

Question 27

La surconsommation

Answer 27

Overconsumption

Question 28

La fonte de la calotte glaciaire polaire

Answer 28

The melting of the polar icecap

Question 29

Une taxe verte

Answer 29

A green tax

Question 30

Un climato-sceptique

Answer 30

A climate change denier

Question 31

Réduire les émissions de carbone

Answer 31

To cut / curb carbon emissions

Question 32

Arrêter de gaspiller l’énergie

Answer 32

To stop wasting energy

Question 33

Des ampoules basse consommation

Answer 33

Low-energy lightbulbs

Question 34

Isolé une pièce

Answer 34

To insulate a room

Question 35

Jetable

Answer 35

Disposable

Question 36

Ramasser des déchets

Answer 36

To collect waste

Question 37

Une décharge

Answer 37

A rubbish/ garbage dump

Question 38

Enterré, enfouir

Answer 38

To bury

Question 39

Une fuite

Answer 39

A leak

Question 40

Les déchets nucléaires

Answer 40

Nuclear waste

Question 41

L’élimination des déchets nucléaires

Answer 41

Nuclear waste disposal

Question 42

Trier les déchets

Answer 42

To sort waste

Question 43

Une usine de recyclage

Answer 43

A recycling plant

Question 44

Climate change

Answer 44

Significant and long-lasting change in the Earth’s climate and weather patterns especially, in current use: such change associated with global warming

Question 45

Pollution

Answer 45

The action of polluting especially by environmental contamination with man-made waste also: the action of being polluted

Question 46

Climate change

Answer 46

- Significant and long-lasting change in the Earth’s climate and weather patterns. - Especially, in current use: such change associated with global warming.

Question 47

Pollution

Answer 47

- The action of polluting especially by environmental contamination with man-made waste - Also: the action of being polluted