Deck 32: The Environment Flashcards

(64 cards)

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Ecologique, lié à l’environnement

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Environmental

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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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An environmentally-friendly, environment-friendly, eco-friendly policy

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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect, to preserve the environment

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La protection de l’environnement

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The preservation of the environment

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5
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La nature

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Nature

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6
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La protection de la nature

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Nature conservation

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7
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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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8
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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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A conservationist

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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist, an ecologist

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Un militant écologiste

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A green activist

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Un ecolo

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A tree-hugger

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12
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Un militant écologiste

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An eco-warrior

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Sensibiliser les gens à un problème

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To make people aware of a problem

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14
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness(-raising) campaign

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Un parc naturel

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A natural reserve, a national park

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16
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Le tourisme écologiste

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Eco-tourism

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17
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Détruire la biosphere

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To destroy the biosphere

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Être/représenter une menace pour qqch

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To be/pose a threat to stg

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Mettre en danger qqch

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To jeopardize sth / endanger sth

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20
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Mettre qqch en danger

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To put sth at risk

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21
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Être en danger

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To be at risk, in danger

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22
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Nuire à l’environnement

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To harm the environment, do harm to the environment

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23
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Nuisible, nocif

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Harmful

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Inoffensif, sans danger

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Harmless

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Dégâts
Damage
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Endommager qqch, porter atteinte à qqch
To damage sth
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Causer des dégâts
To do damage, to cause damage
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Se détériorer OU détériorer
To deteriorate
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Les ressources naturelles
Natural resources
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L’épuisement des ressources
The depletion of resources
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La rareté
Scarcity
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Les matières premières
Raw materials
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La biodiversité
Biodiversity
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L’habitat
Habitat
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Une niche
A niche
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Un secteur sauvegardé, une zone protégée
A conservation area
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Un écosystème
An ecosystem
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Une espèce
A species
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Une espèce animale
An animal species
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Une espèce végétale
A plant species
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Un mammifère
A mammal
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Le trafic d’animaux
Animal trafficking
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Une espèce en voie de disparition
An endangered species
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Être menacé d’extinction
To be threatened with extinction
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Disparaître
To become extinct
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La surpêche
Overfishing
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Le thon rouge
Bluefin tuna
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Un dauphin / une baleine
A dolphin / a whale
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La pêche à la baleine
Whaling
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La couche d’ozone
The ozone layer
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Les rayons ultraviolets
Ultra-violet rays
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Le trou dans la couche d’ozone
The hole in the ozone layer
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La diminution de la couche d’ozone
Ozone depletion
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Les CFC
CFCs
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Respectueux de la couche d’ozone
Ozone-friendly
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Une forêt tropicale
A rainforest, a tropical forest
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Le développement durable
Sustainable development
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Abattre des arbres
To fell, cut down trees
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Le déboisement, la déforestation
Deforestation
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L’exploitation du bois
Logging
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L’industrie du bois
The logging industry
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La forêt tropicale se réduit
The rainforest is shrinking
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Reboiser
To reforest
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Le reboisement
Reforestation