the environment Flashcards

1
Q

écologique, lié à l’ environnement

A

environmental

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

une politique qui respecte l’ environnement

A

an environmentally-friendly, environment-friendly, eco-friendly policy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

protéger l’ environnement

A

to protect, to preserve the environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

la protection de l’ environnement

A

the preservation of the environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

la nature

A

nature

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

la protection de la nature

A

nature conservation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

la faune et la flore

A

wildlife

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

un défenseur de l’ environnement

A

a conservationist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

un écologiste

A

an environmentalist, an ecologist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

un militant écologiste

A

a green activist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

un écolo

A

a tree-hugger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

un militant écologiste

A

an eco-warrior

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

sensibiliser l’ opinion publique à un problème

A

to make people aware of a problem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

une campagne de sensibilisation

A

an awareness-raising campaign

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

un parc naturel

A

a natural reserve, a national park

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

le tourisme écologique

A

eco-tourism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

détruire la biosphère

A

to destroy the biosphere

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

représenter une menace pour qch

A

to posea threat to sth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

être une menace pour qch

A

to be threat to sth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

mettre en danger qch

A

to jeopardizesth, endanger sth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

mettre qch en danger

A

to put sth at risk

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

être en danger

A

to be at risk, in danger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

nuire à l’ environnement

A

to harm the enviroment, do harm to the environement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

nuisible, nocif

A

harmful

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

inoffensif, sans danger

A

harmless

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

dégâts

A

damage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

endommager qch, porter atteinte à qch

A

to damage sth

28
Q

causer des dégâts

A

to do damage, to cause damage

29
Q

se détériorer ou détériorer

A

to deteriorate

30
Q

les ressources naturelles

A

natural resources

31
Q

l’ épuisement des ressources

A

the depletion of resources

32
Q

la rareté

A

scarcity

33
Q

les matières premières

A

raw materials

34
Q

la biodiversité

A

biodiversity

35
Q

l’ habitat

A

habiitat

36
Q

une niche

A

a niche

37
Q

un secteur sauvegardé, une zone protégée

A

a consercvation area

38
Q

un écosystème

A

an ecosystem

39
Q

une espèce

A

a species

40
Q

une espèce animale

A

an animal species

41
Q

une espèce végétale

A

a plant species

42
Q

un mammifère

A

a mammal

43
Q

un trafic d’ animaux

A

animal trafficking

44
Q

une espèce en voie de disparition

A

an endangered species

45
Q

être menacé d’ extinction

A

to be threatened with extinction

46
Q

disparaître

A

to become extinct

47
Q

la surpêche

A

overfishing

48
Q

le thon rouge

A

bluefin tuna

49
Q

un dauphiin/une baleine

A

a dolphin/a whale

50
Q

une pêche à la baleine

A

whaling

51
Q

la couche d’ ozone

A

the ozone layer

52
Q

les rayons ultra-violets

A

ultra-violet rays

53
Q

le trou dans la couche d’ ozone

A

the hole in the ozone layer

54
Q

la diminution de la couche d’ ozone

A

ozone depletion

55
Q

les CFC

A

CFCs

56
Q

respectueux de la couche d’ ozone

A

ozone-friendly

57
Q

une forêt tropicale

A

a rainforest, a tropical forest

58
Q

le développement durable

A

sustainable developement

59
Q

abbatre des arbres

A

to fell, cut down trees

60
Q

le déboisement , la déforestation

A

deforestation

61
Q

l’ exploitation du bois

A

logging

62
Q

l’ industrie du bois

A

the logging industry

63
Q

la forêt tropical se réduit

A

the rainforest is shrinking

64
Q

reboiser

A

to reforest

65
Q

le reboisement

A

reforestation