Transcript La planète en danger

La planète en danger
LO: To be able to talk about global
issues in French.
Answers
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Melting ice caps
Toxic gas emissions
Acid rain
Global warming
Deforestation
Flooding
la glace est en
train de fondre
les vagues
le réchauffement de la
terre
les émissions de
dioxyde de
carbone
les inondations
l’éffet de serre
la déforestation
Réponses P114 Ex 2b
1. Carbon dioxide emissions contribute to the
greenhouse effect which causes climate change.
2. The Maldives could disappear under the sea.
3. World pollution causes the greenhouse effect
and climate change.
4. It’s to reduce carbon dioxide emissions between
2008 and 2012.
5. Try not to use your car, reduce the amount of
gas and electricity you use, avoid travelling by
plane.
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Réponses
1. 13 million hectares disappear every year
2. It causes a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas
emissions.
3. There’s a lack of control and corruption in the
authorities.
4. It’s used for flooring, plywood and garden
furniture.
5. It’s being cut down for grazing land for cattle.
6. It’s 4th in the world for polluters.
The subjunctive
The subjunctive is used in French when something is a
possibility or dependent on something.
For GCSE, you don’t need to be able to form it, just to
recognise it as certain phrases are always followed by
the subjunctive.
Avant que ce soit…… = Before it’s……..
Bien qu’il y ait….. = Although there is/are
À condition que ce soit…… = On the condition that
it’s…..
Réponses p115 Ex 4
1. Avant qu’il ne soit trop tard
2. Bien que plus de cent cinquante pays signent
cet accord
3. À condition qu’il ne fasse pas trop froid
4. Bien que ce soit gênant
5. Bien que ce ne soit pas la solution de facilité
To round up………
What are the following phrases in English?
- l’effet de serre
- la rechauffement de la terre
- les inondations
- la déforestation
- l’élevage mondial
- Avant qu’il ne soit pas trop tard