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The environment

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This Revision Bite will give you practice in listening to and understanding French conversation on the topic of the environment.

Useful vocabulary

The environment can be quite a difficult topic because you might meet vocabulary that isn't used in other areas.

l'eau polluée - polluted water

l'eau salée - salt water

l'eau potable - drinking water

consommer - to consume

nos réserves - our reserves

le recyclage - recycling

s'épuiser - to become exhausted

peu à peu - little by little

l'effet de serre - the greenhouse effect

la disparition de certaines espèces animales - the extinction of some animal species

économiser - to save

devenir - to become

la pollution - pollution

l'atmosphère - the atmosphere

les écosystèmes - ecosystems

la terre - earth

utiliser - to use

réutiliser - to reuse

inutilisable - unusable

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