The water Crisis Flashcards by Caroline Jiang

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L’or bleu

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Blue gold

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Les besoins en eau

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Water needs

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La pénurie d’eau

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The water shortage / water scarcity

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Une région qui manque d’eau

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A water-scare area

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Le manque d’eau potable

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The lack of drinking water

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Avoir soif

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To be thirsty

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Mourir de soif

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To die of thirst

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On manque d’eau

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Water is in short supply / in scarce

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Le niveau hydrostatique

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The water table

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Les nappes aquifères

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Underground aquifers

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La nappe phréatique

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Ground water

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L’eau de mer

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Seawater

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Un lac (artificiel)

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A (man-made) lake

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Un fleuve, une rivière

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A river

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Un cours d’eau / un ruisseau

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A stream / a brook

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Les zones humides, les marécages

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Wetlands

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Un marécage

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A marsh

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Diminuer, rétrécir

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To shrink

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Les puits / les rivières s’assèchent

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Wells / rivers are drying up

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La saison des pluies

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The rainy season

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Les pays frappés par la sécheresse

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Drought-stricken countries

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Une inondation

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A flood

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L’irrigation

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Irrigation

Un barrage

A dam

Construire un barrage sur un fleuve

To dam a river

Stocker de l’eau

To store water

Une usine de dessalement

A desalination plant

Dessaler

To desalinate

Réduire le gaspillage

To reduce waste

La surconsommation d’eau

Overconsumption / overuse of water

Recycler l’eau

To recycle water

Récupérer l’eau de pluie

To harvest rainwater

Réduire sa consommation d’eau de 20%

To cut one’s water use by 20%

Le partage de l’eau

Water sharing

Des guerres de l’eau

Wars over water / water wars

Des maladies véhiculées par l’eau

Water-related / water-borne diseases

S’attaquer au pb

To address the problem