Chapitre 17 Flashcards by Warrin Léa

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la population mondiale

A

the world population

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explosion démographique

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baby boom

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effondrement démographique

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baby bust

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recensement

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census

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le fossé des générations

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the generation gap

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fortement peuplé

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heavily populated

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faiblement peuplé

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sparsely populated

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grouiller de monde

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to swarm with people

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répartition de la population

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population distribution

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la mortalité infantile

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infant mortality rate

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une bombe à retardement démographique

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a population time-bomb

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une pyramide des âges

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population pyramid

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taux de natalité/ mortalité

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birth/ death rate

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taux de fécondité

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fertility rate

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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durée de vie

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life span

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les conditions de vie

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living conditions

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le niveau de vie

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standards of living

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le mode de vie

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way of life

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le style de vie

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lifestyle

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la surpopulation

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overpopulation

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l’accroissement de la population mondiale

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the increase in world population

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adorer/ pratiquer une religion

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to worship

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un lieu de culte

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a place of worship

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une église

a church

un fidèle

a churchgoer

la foi

faith

être fidèle à

to be faithful to

une mosquée

a mosque

aller à l'église

to attend church

prier/ une prière

to pray/ prayer

un pélerin

a pilgrim

un pélerinage

a pilgrimage

l'éthique

ethics

la morale

morality

laïque

secular

un athée

an atheist

le christianisme/ chrétien

Christianity/ a Christian

juif/ un Juif

Jewish/ a Jew

l'Ismal/ musulman

Islam/ Muslim

l'âme

the soul

le ciel

heaven

païen

heathen

le paradis

Paradise

l'enfer/ infernal

hell/ hellish

un présage

a harbinger

un signe annonciateur

an omen

chasse aux sorcières

a witch hunt

un chrétien ayant recouvré la foi

a born-again Christian

un aumônier

a chaplain

oeuvre de bienfaisance, bénévolat

charity

une confession religieuse

a denomination

une religion d'Etat

an established religion

intégrisme

fundamentalism

le salut

salvation

péché/ pécheur

sin/ sinner

honteux, coupable

sinful

la prêche télévisé

televangelism

faire un examen de conscience

to do soul-searching

prophètes de malheur

doomsday prophets

un moindre mal

the lesser of two evils

être condamné, perdu

to be doomed

saint

holy

sacré

sacred

édénique

prelapsarian

l'esprit du temps

the Zeitgeist

comprendre que la fin est proche

to see the writing on the wall

un projet coûteux et inutile

a white elephant

un voeu pieux

wishful thinking

bénir/ une bénédiction

to bless/ a blessing

"A quelque chose malheur est bon"

"It is a blessing in disguise"

"Estime-toi heureux!"

"Count your blessings!"