City life and transport

Question 1

un citadin

Answer 1

a city dweller

Question 2

la mairie, la municipalité

Answer 2

the city hall

Question 3

le maire

Answer 3

the mayor

Question 4

conseil municipal

Answer 4

the city council

Question 5

fonctionnaire

Answer 5

a civil servant

Question 6

centre ville

Answer 6

downtown

Question 7

un quartier

Answer 7

a neighbourhood

Question 8

un quartier sensible

Answer 8

a hot neighbourhood

Question 9

quartiers du centre ville (aux USA) où se trouvent les ghettos

Answer 9

the inner city

Question 10

un pâté de maisons

Answer 10

a block

Question 11

un collectif, un ensemble

Answer 11

a block of flats

Question 12

une tour d’habitation

Answer 12

a high-rise block

Question 13

les quartiers pauvres

Answer 13

slums

Question 14

aménagement des quartiers pauvres

Answer 14

slum clearance

Question 15

bidonvilles (tiers monde)

Answer 15

shantytowns

Question 16

un quartier délabré

Answer 16

a dilapidated neighbourhood

Question 17

des HLM/vivre dans un HLM

Answer 17

low-income housing/council housing/live in a council house

Question 18

le logement

Answer 18

housing

Question 19

centre commercial/galerie marchande

Answer 19

a mall/a shopping mall

Question 20

banlieue (là où vivent les classes moyennes)

Answer 20

a suburb (suburban life/to move out to the suburbs/to live in the suburbs)

Question 21

la banlieue (comme concept)

Answer 21

suburbia

Question 22

les banlieues tantaculaires

Answer 22

suburban sprawwl

Question 23

maisons de banlieue ‘prétentieuses’ (USA)

Answer 23

McMansions

Question 24

services ou équipements publics

Answer 24

utilities

Question 25

les équipements sportifs

Answer 25

sports facilities

Question 26

transports publics

Answer 26

transit/public transportation

Question 27

faire le trajet entre domicile et le lieu de travail d'une manière régulière en voiture ou en utilisant les transports en commun

Answer 27

to commute/a commuter/commuter traffic/commuting

Question 28

trains de banlieue

Answer 28

commuter trains

Question 29

grande banlieue

Answer 29

the commuter belt/exurbs

Question 30

ceinture verte

Answer 30

a green belt

Question 31

urbanisme

Answer 31

urban planning

Question 32

le fait de partager une voiture pour se déplacer

Answer 32

car pooling/car sharing

Question 33

péage

Answer 33

road building

Question 34

routes à péage

Answer 34

toll roads

Question 35

faire payer le péage aux conducteurs pour qu'ils entrent dans la ville

Answer 35

to make drivers pay a toll to enter a city

Question 36

rocade/périphérique

Answer 36

a ringroad

Question 37

autoroute

Answer 37

motorway(UK)/highway-expressway-freeway(USA)

Question 38

autoroute à péage

Answer 38

turnpike/toll highway/toll expressway (USA°

Question 39

bretelle (sortie,entrée)/échangeur

Answer 39

ramp/interchange

Question 40

parkings (le concept, général)

Answer 40

parking facilities

Question 41

une place de parking

Answer 41

a parking spot

Question 42

métro

Answer 42

the subway (USA) the underground (London)

Question 43

démolir

Answer 43

to pull down/demolish a building

Question 44

effervescence, agitation de la vie urbaine

Answer 44

the hustle (and bustle) of city life