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1. 301 - Ch. 5 L'avenir: prommeteur ou redoutable?
The Future: Promising or Formiddable
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Language - French
Undergraduate 3
04/30/2013
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la conservation, la protection
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conservation, protection
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le gaspillage, la perte
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waste, loss
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conserver
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to conserve
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gaspiller, perdre
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to waste
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l’écologie, les “verts”
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ecology, "green"
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les déchets
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waste, garbage
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l’environement
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the environment
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l’effet de serre
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the greenhouse effect
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les forêts tropicales
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tropical forests
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les hydrocarbures
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hydrocarbons
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l’ozonosphère, l’ozone
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the ozone layer
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la pollution (de l’eau/de l’air)
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(water/air) pollution
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polluer
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to pollute
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le recyclage
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recycling
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le surpeuplement
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overcrowding
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le taux de naissance
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the birth rate
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améliorer
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to improve
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empirer
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to worsen
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l’astronaute
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astronaut
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les avances technologiques
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technological advances
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les avantages
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advantages
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la banque de données
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the database
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l’espace, la navette spatiale
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space, space shuttle
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la conquête de l’espace
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the space conquest
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les expériences
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experiences
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les épreuves
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hardships
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l’influence importante
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important influence
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minime
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minimal, negligible
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bénéfique
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beneficial
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nuisible
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harmful
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l’informatique
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computing
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l’electronique
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electronics
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le logiciel
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software
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les ordinateurs
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computers
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les télécopieurs
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faxes
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le courrier electronique
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electronic mail
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la réalité virtuelle
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virtual reality
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les robots
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robots
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les scientifiques
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scientists
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la technologie
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technology
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les chercheurs
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researchers
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se dissoudre
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to dissolve
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l’hypothèse
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hypothesis, theory
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se morceler
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to divide/break up
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l’ordinateur quantique
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quantum computer
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la particule
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particle
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les physiciens
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physicists
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la matière
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matter
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réalisable
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doable
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iréalisable
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impractical
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protéger
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to protect
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mettre en reserve
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to reserve, to put on reserve
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l’écologiste
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environmentalist
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les polluants
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pollutants
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les inconvénients
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disadvantages
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