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1
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La solidarité

A

Solidarity

2
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Du berceau à la tombe

A

From the cradle to the grave

3
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L’aide sociale
Les assurances sociales
Les prestations sociales
Le bien-être

A

Welfare

4
Q

L’État-providence

A

The welfare state

5
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La protection sociale

A

Social insurance

Social protection

6
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Les allocations sociales

A

Welfare rights
Welfare entitlements
Welfare payments

7
Q

Une assistante sociale

A

A welfare worker

A social worker

8
Q

Avoir droit à quelque chose

A

To be entitled to something

9
Q

La justice sociale

A

Social justice

10
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Obligatoire

A

Compulsory

11
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Where and when was the first state health insurance and old age pensions introduced ?

A

In Germany in 1880

12
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How did Britain follow the German example?

A

The Liberal Chancelkor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George introduced a state pension for those over 70 in 1908

13
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What is the welfare state?

A

The notion that the government should provide money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill or too old to work

14
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When was the birth of the welfare state in Britain?

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1945 when the recently elected Labour government set up the NHS.

15
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A créé

A

Set up

16
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What is the NHS?

A

National Health Service

A publicly funded health care organization

17
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How is this system called by those who believe that the state should not intervene too much in the lives of its citizens?

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The nanny state

Because a nanny is a woman whose job is to care after children

18
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Une allocation

Une prestation sociale

A

A benefit

An allowance

19
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Allocation chômage

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Unemployment benefit

20
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Allocation familiale

A

Child benefit

21
Q

Allocation logement

A

Housing benefit

22
Q

Les acquis sociaux

A

Social benefits

23
Q

Demander des prestations sociales

A

To claim benefits

24
Q

Un demandeur de prestations sociales

A

A benefit claimant

25
Q

L’assurance maladie

A

Health insurance scheme

26
Q

La couverture médicale

A

Health coverage

Medical coverage

27
Q

La CMU

A

Universal health coverage

28
Q

La couverture sociale

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Social security cover

Social security coverage

29
Q

Une allocation soumise à des conditions de revenu

A

A means-tested benefit

30
Q

Recevoir des allocations chômage

A

To be on the dole

31
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Cotiser

A

To contribute

32
Q

Les cotisations sociales

A

Social contributions

33
Q

La redistribution

A

Redistribution

34
Q

L’impôt sur le revenu

A

Income tax

35
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What does social security?

A

It is a faux-ami because it refers to “welfare” generally, that is to say money is paid to ill, the unemployed, the elderly, while the French word only refers to the health-care system

36
Q

Systeme de retraite

A

Pension system

37
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What is “social security” in the USA?

A

It is the name given to the government-sponsored pension system

38
Q

What are the approximatively equivalent of the French “sécu”?

A

Medicare is a government programme which provides health care for the over 65s
Medicaid does the same for certain low-income families

39
Q

Une (pension de) retraite

A

A pension

40
Q

Le système de retraites

A

The pension system

41
Q

Le régime d’assurance vieillesse

A

The state pension system

The state pension scheme

42
Q

Toucher une retraite

A

To receive a pension

43
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Un retraité

A

A pensioner
An old age pensioner
A retiree
An OAP

44
Q

Prendre sa retraite

A

To retire

45
Q

La retraite

A

Retirement

46
Q

L’âge de la retraite

A

Retirement age

47
Q

Les retraités

A

Retired people

48
Q

Un fonds de pension

A

A pension fund

49
Q

Une population vieillissante

A

An ageing population

50
Q

Les personnes âgées

A

The elderly

51
Q

How many Britain are over 65s today?

A

8.3 million

52
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How many Britain may be over 65s in 2025?

A

11.4 million

53
Q

Bouleversement

A

Shift

54
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Composition

A

Make-up

55
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Se déplacer

A

To get around

56
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Le système de santé

A

The health-care system

57
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Les soins

Les traitements médicaux

A

Health care

Medical treatment

58
Q

Les dépenses de santé

A

Health spending

59
Q

L’espérance de vie

A

Life expectancy

60
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Vivre jusqu’à 100 ans

A

To live to be a hundred

61
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La charge

A

The onus

62
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Nous renflouer

A

To bail us out

63
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Toucher des prestations sociales

Recevoir de l’aide sociale

A

To be on welfare

64
Q

Vivre des prestations sociales

A

To live on welfare

65
Q

Les assistés

A

People living on state handouts

Welfare scroungers

66
Q

L’assistanat

A

Welfare dependency

67
Q

Un fraudeur abusant du système d’allocations

A

A benefit cheat

68
Q

La fraude aux allocations

A

Benefit fraud

69
Q

Un profiteur

Un parasite

A

A freeloader

70
Q

Le parasitisme

A

Parasitism

Freeloading

71
Q

What is the “compassion fatigue”?

A

The idea that we get so much human suffering thrust in our faces every day from the media that we’ve become sort of numbed, we’ve used up all our reserves of pity, anger, outrage…

72
Q

La charité /

Les œuvres caritatives

A

Charity

73
Q

Une organisation caritative

A

A charity

A charitable organization

74
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Une organisation à but non lucratif

A

A non-profit making organization

A not-for-profit organization

75
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Une bonne cause

Une cause humanitaire

A

A charitable cause

76
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Un bénévole

A

A volunteer

A voluntary worker

77
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Le bénévolat

A

Volunteering

Voluntary work

78
Q

Une ONG

Une organisation non-gouvernementale

A

An NGO

A non-governmental organization

79
Q

Etre solidaire de quelqu’un

Se solidariser avec quelqu’un

A

To show solidarity with somebody
To express solidarity with somebody
To support somebody
To stand by somebody

80
Q

Se désolidariser de quelqu’un

A

To dissociate oneself from somebody

81
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Moyenne

A

Average

82
Q

Atteint

A

Is met by

83
Q

Éclipser

A

To dwarf

84
Q

How many $ did rich countries give in foreign aid in 2008?

A

$119.8 billion

85
Q

Donner de l’argent

Faire un don

A

To give away money

To donate money

86
Q

Faire une donation

A

To make a donation

87
Q

Un donateur

A

A donor

88
Q

Un bienfaiteur

A

A benefactor

89
Q

Un bénéficiaire

A

A recipient

90
Q

Promettre de donner de l’argent

A

To pledge to give money

To promise to give money

91
Q

Généreux

A

Generous

92
Q

La générosité

A

Generosity

93
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Désintéressé

A

Disinterested

94
Q

Égoïste

A

Selfish

95
Q

L’égoïsme

A

Selfishness

96
Q

Déplacés internes

A

Internally displaced persons

97
Q

A l’intérieur de

A

Within

98
Q

What is UNHCR?

A

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
A UN agency which supports refugees and assist in their repatriation, local integration or resettlement in a third country

99
Q

What are internally displaced persons?

A

People forced to flee their homes but who remain within their country’s borders

100
Q

L’aide humanitaire

L’assistance humanitaire

A

Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian assistance

101
Q

Les secours d’urgence

A

Emergency aid

Emergency assistance

102
Q

L’aide alimentaire

A

Food aid

103
Q

L’aide au développement

A

Development aid

104
Q

Une organisation humanitaire

A

A relief agency

A relie organization

105
Q

Un travailleur humanitaire

A

A relief worker

106
Q

Distribuer des couvertures

A

To hand out blankets

107
Q

L’allègement de la dette

A

Debt relief

108
Q

Effacer des dettes

Annuler des dettes

A

To cancel debts

To write off debts

109
Q

Le ré-échelonnement de la dette

A

Debt-rescheduling

110
Q

Le commerce équitable

A

Fair trade

111
Q

Investissement éthique

A

Ethical investment

112
Q

Incitation

A

The incentive

113
Q

Stimuler

A

To spur

114
Q

La philanthropie

A

Philanthropy

115
Q

Un philanthrope

A

A philanthropist

116
Q

La munificence

A

Munificence

117
Q

Financer un projet

A

To fund a project

118
Q

Soutenir une initiative

A

To support an initiative

To back an initiative

119
Q

Soutien financier

A

Financial backing

120
Q

Un parrain
Un mécène
Un sponsor

A

A sponsor

121
Q

Le mécénat d’entreprise

A

Corporate sponsorship

122
Q

La responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise

A

Corporate social responsibility

CSR

123
Q

Entreprenariat social

A

Social entrepreneurship

124
Q

À partir de rien

A

From scratch

125
Q

A titre bénévole

A

On a voluntary basis

126
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Who was the most famous philanthropist in the nineteenth century?

A

Andrew Carnegie
A penniless Scottish immigrant who became a wealthy industrialist. He gave away most of his money to establish libraries, schools and universities in the US and the UK.

127
Q

Doter /

Fonder

A

To endow

128
Q

Une dotation /

Une fondation

A

An endowment

129
Q

Une fondation

A

A foundation

130
Q

Les droits de succession

A

Estate tax

131
Q

une réduction d’impôts

A

A tax break

132
Q

Un crédit d’impôts

A

A tax credit

133
Q

What are Philanthrocapitalists ?

A

Business-like donors who provide risk capital for social change