Course 7: The Global Food Waste 16 Flashcards

(32 cards)

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développer son économie du marché

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Develop its market economy

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(Bidonville) a squalid section of a city, characterized by inferior

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Slum

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migration massive

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Massive migration

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Au lieu de + gerund (ici : avoir)

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Instead of + gerund (here: having)

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Permettre aux gens de rester et de s’épanouir

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Allow people to stay and thrive

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6
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Faire pousser des carburants

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Grow fuels

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Construire des logements durables

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Build sustainable housing

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Perdre des terres agricoles

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Lose farmland

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Population florissante (pour prospérer)

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Thriving population (to thrive)

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10
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Projet de démonstration

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Demonstration project

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Idée critique

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Critical idea

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12
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Restaurer un paysage

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Restore a landscape

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13
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reconstruire en une éco-ville

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Rebuild it into an eco-city

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Un site dégradé

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A degraded site

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A été sous le vent de : la direction du vent

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Has been downwind of: the wind direction

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provient de zones polluées vers le site; comme conséquence, les polluants ont été soufflés sur ce site

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is from areas with pollutants to the site; as a

consequence, pollutants were blown onto that site

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conditions de vie et généralement par surpeuplement

taudis

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living conditions and usually by overcrowding

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Démocratie

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Régime totalitaire

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Totalitarian regime

20
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changer

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Make a change

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une politique portée par le dernier dirigeant de l’URSS, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, et qui a pour but d’autoriser la liberté d’expression.

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restructuration de la vie économique et politique préconisée et mise en œuvre par M. Gorbatchev et qui reposait en outre sur le développement de la communication et de la transparence (glasnost).

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power, strength, energy,force

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Prendre un nouveau tournant

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Take a new turn

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La révolution chinoise
The Chinese revolution
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Agitation sociale
Social unrest
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contrarié
Upset
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S’inquiéter
Get worried
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insurrection paysanne, soulèvement paysan
Peasant uprising:
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Troubles civils parmi les paysans
Civil unrest among the peasants
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Être préoccupé
Be concerned
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Villes en expansion. (nom : expansion de la ville)
Cities expand. (noun: city expansion)