Ex. : Climage change causes droughts in some parts of the world.
Le changement climatique provoque des sécheresses dans certaines parties du monde.
Ex. : Water is scarce on every continent.
L'eau est rare sur chaque continent.
Ex. : We should all take a reusable shopping bag instead of paying a few cents to buy one.
Nous devrions tous prendre un sac de courses réutilisable au lieu de payer quelques centimes pour en acheter un.
Ex. : Organic food is still too expensive for many people.
La nourriture bio est toujours trop chère pour de nombreuses personnes.
Ex. : Consumers are increasingly looking for local products.
Les consommateurs recherchent de plus en plus les produits locaux.
Ex. : Green growth is beeing promoted by the OECD.
L'OCDE promeut la croissance verte.
• technical discoveries : les découvertes techniques
• a technological breakthrough : une percée technologique
• a scientist : un scientifique
• space exploration : la conquête spatiale
• arms race : la course à l'armement
• means of transport : les moyens de transport
• an experiment : une expérience
• a device : un appareil
• a cellphone : un téléphone portable
• a tablet : un comprimé (médical)/ une tablette (numérique)
• to discover : découvrir
• research : la recherche
• to make progress : faire des progrès
• to improve : améliorer
• IT (Information Technology) : informatique (la technologie de l'information)
• software : un logiciel
• a side effect : un effet secondaire
Ex. : Elon Musk runs a space exploration company.
Elon Musk dirige une entreprise de conquête spatiale.
Ex. : Some people in the US say that a new arms race has begun.
Aux États-Unis, certains déclarent qu'une nouvelle course à l'armement a commencé.
Ex. : Seven out of ten British households now own at least one tablet.
Sept foyers britanniques sur dix possèdent maintenant au moins une tablette.
Ex. : There were many technological breakthroughs in the twentieth century.
Il y a eu de nombreuses percées technologiques au cours du vingtième siècle.
• I think that young people today are aware of the need to care for the environment.
• Climate change is one of the issues that worry them most.
• A growing number of teenagers are fighting for a better world.
• They are involved in protests, demonstrations and legal actions.
• They are used to recycling plastic and glass.
• They are ready to save energy by adopting new habits such as turning off lights and unplugging electrical items.
• More and more young people are have become vegetarians and many of them are now vegans.
• I don't think that teenagers are aware of the impact of climate change.
• They are unwilling to do anything about it.
• Young people are reluctant to give up the use of electronic gadgets.
• There are many technological developments which make our lives easier.
• Many machines invented by scientists have made our lives much easier and more comfortable.
• Technological advancements have been particularly beneficial for communication.
• Thanks to medical innovation life expectancy Is in general, longer than before.
• Smallpox has been eradicated by vaccination and vaccines have also brought other diseases under control.
• However, it is obvious that progress is not always positive.
• Progress in science has not always been positive for humankind.
• Scientific progress has led to discoveries (nuclear weapons, for example), that may destroy human lives.
• Science has also produced substances that are not bio-degradeable.
• Progress comes at a cost in terms of human life and our environment.
everything we do is a threat :
even healing people, goes against natural selection :
the population grows, shifting the problem of health to the problem of hunger
not enough land to feed people produces wars for land.
We must think in reference to natural equilibrium.
Our devices are difficult to recycle, contrary to living creatures that are naturally recycled when died.