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une merveille

a wonder

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une merveille naturelle

a natural wonder

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La Grande Barrière de Corail

the Great Barrier Reef

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une barrière

a barrier = a fence

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un récif

a reef

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un récif coralien

a coral reef

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Où est située la Grande Barrière de Corail ?

The Great Barrier Reef is
located / situated
in the north east of Australia.

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Quelle est la longueur de la Grande Barrière de Corail ?

The Great Barrier Reef is 2, 300 kilometers long.

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Qu’est-ce que la Grande Barrière de Corail ?

The Great Barrier Reef is a living organism.

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un organisme vivant

a living organism

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une espèce animale

an animal species

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3 espèces animales

3 animal species

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le blanchissement du récif coralien

the bleaching of coral reef

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un danger

a danger

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Des parties du récif sont mises en
péril / danger.

Elles blanchissent et meurent.

Parts of the reef are
endangered / jeopardized.

They are bleaching and dying.

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Certaines parties du récif sont mortes (récifs de coraux noirs) tandis que d’autres parties sont encore
en bonne santé / en vie / vivantes.

Other parts of the reef are dead (black coral reefs) whereas other parts are still
healthy / living.

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Qu’est-ce que le réchauffement climatique ?

The global warming is the rise in temperatures due to human
pollution / activity.

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le réchauffement climatique

global warming

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Qu’est-ce que la surpêche ?

Overfishing is when fishermen
fish too much / catch too much fishes
so they
put animal species at risk / endanger the lives of fish.

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La Grande Barrière de Corail est un grand poumon puisqu’elle produit de l’oxygène.

The
Great Barrier Reef / coral reef
is a big lung as it produces oxygen.

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un poumon

a lung

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Les pêcheurs gagnent leur vie grâce aux différentes espèces de poissons.

Fishermen earn their living thanks to the different fish species.

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Les Australiens veulent protéger la Grande Barrière de Corail puisqu’elle fait partie de leur culture.

Australian people want to protect the Great Barrier Reef as it is part of their culture.

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Le plus gros poumon sur Terre est la forêt Amazonienne.

The biggest lung on Earth is the Amazonian forest.
The Earth’s biggest lung is the Amazonian forest.

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dioxyde de carbone

carbon dioxide

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Les arbres absorbent le CO₂ (dioxyde de carbone) et
libèrent / relâchent
de l’oxygène dans l’atmosphère.

The trees absorb CO₂ (carbon dioxide) and release oxygen into the atmosphere.

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la surpêche

overfishing

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plongeurs imprudents

careless divers

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la hausse
l’augmentation

the rise

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Fais attention !
Sois prudent !

Be careful !

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la prudence
l’attention

carefulness

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une importance cruciale / primordiale

a paramount importance

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affluer

to flock

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la faune

the wildlife
the fauna

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littoral

coastline

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bord de mer

seabord

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ouragan

hurricane

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inonder

to flod

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un écosystème

an ecosystem

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biodiversité

biodiversity

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préserver

to preserve

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Comment appelle-t-on des trous d’eaux permanents en Australie ?

Billabongs
Permanent water holes

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un sentier balisé

a designated trail

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Il fait une chaleur accablante !

It is scorching hot !

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brûlant / très chaud / torride

scorching

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Les sites de plongée avec masque et de plongée sous-marine les plus surprenants du monde sont presque tous situés dans la Grande Barrière de Corail.

The
world’s / Earth’s
most
surprising / amazing / awesome
snorkel and scuba diving spots are
almost / nearly
all
located / situated
in the Great Barrier Reef.

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Les récifs coraliens le long du littoral du Queensland sont les plus impressionnants du monde.

The coral reefs along Queensland’s
coastline / seabord
are the most impressive (reefs) in the world.

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Quand tu nages au-dessus des récifs coraliens, tu te sens comme la femme la plus libre et la plus heureuse du monde entier.

When you swim above the coral reefs, you feel as if you were the freest and the happiest woman in the
whole / entire
world.

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Le / La pire

the worst

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Le / La meilleur(e)

The best

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Le / La plus loin

The farthest

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Le / La moins cher(ère)

The least expensive

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What is mainly responsible for the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef ?

The global warming (due to human pollution) is mainly responsible for the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef.

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L’argent fait tourner le monde.

Money makes the world go round.

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Donne 3 raisons selon lesquelles le gouvernement australien n’est pas prêt de prendre des mesures drastiques par rapport à l’exportation de charbon.

1 - 60% of Australia’s electricity is provided through coal.
2 - 50,000 people work in the coal mining industry.
3 - Coal is the country’s biggest export.
→ The Australian government is not ready for
corporate / economic
reasons.

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exploitation / extraction
du charbon

coal mining

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Le CO₂ (le dioxyde de carbone) est relâché dans l’air par l’activité humaine : les voitures, les usines.

CO₂ (carbon dioxide) is released in the air by human activity : car, factories.

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L’augmentation des températures

Rise in temperatures

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Vagues caniculaires
Canicules

Heat waves

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Changer les choses

To turn things around
To change things

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Lutter contre

Fight against

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Dissuader de

Deter from

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Tenir à coeur

To hold (so) dear
To cherish

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Assurer quelqu’un

Ensuring someone

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Demeurer

Remain

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Gaz à effet de serre

Greenhouse gas

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Profondément

Deeply

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Juste

Fair

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Impuissant
Désarmé
Faible

Powerless

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50%

China
has / possesses
50% of the world’s electric vehicles.

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30%

30% is the percentage of CO₂ released by China into the atmosphere.
China emits 30% of the world’s CO₂ pollution.

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80%

The share of coal in China has been reduced by 80%.

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66%

Two thirds of the price of China’s electric vehicles batteries has gone down by 66% in less than 5 years.

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99%

China has 99% of the world’s electric buses.

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25% =

one quarter

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33% =

one third

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75% =

three quarters

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50% =

half (of)

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sous la menace

under threat

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être
menacé / sous la menace

to be under threat

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Le récif est
menacé / mis en danger.

The reef is
under threat / threatened / endangered / jeopardized.

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Mettre
en péril / en danger

to endanger
to jeopardize

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Menacer

to threaten

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Sain

healthy

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malsain / en mauvaise santé

unhealthy

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dommages / dégâts

damage

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endommagé

damaged

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blanchir

To turn white
To whiten

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en masse

on mass

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hémisphère
nord / sud

Northern / Southern
hemisphere

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la banquise

the ice cap

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fondre

to melt (away)

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la fonte des glaces

ice melting

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aborder (un sujet)

to tackle

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énergie nucléaire

nuclear
power / energy

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centrale(s) nucléaire(s)

nuclear power plant(s)

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énergie éolienne (grâce aux éoliennes)

wind energy (thanks to wind turbines)

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énergie solaire (grâche aux panneaux solaires)

solar energy (thanks to solar panels)

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paradoxal

paradoxical

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nuage / brouillard de pollution
=
fumée + brouillard

smog = smoke + fog