A) Oral presentations

B) Les températures ont beaucoup augmenté ces dernières années, ce qui pose des
questions quant au caractère soutenable de nos activités humaines  ?

C) Text and comprehension p. 79-80

D) Comparisons p. 81

as much / just as / compared to / greater than / unlike / much earlier than / more /
superior / lower (x2) / less / cleaner / higher … than / higher (x2)

1. Belgium has not yet set a date to phase out nuclear energy, unlike Germany which is
phasing it out by 2021.
2. Germany’s phasing out of nuclear energy will be completed … much earlier than
Switzerland’s.
3. The nuclear incident that took place in Fukushima is judged by some observers just as.
serious as the one in Chernobyl and .less.. serious by others.
4. Government subsidies to the nuclear industry are very substantial compared to … those
received by other forms of power generation.
5. CO2 emissions are … for coal … for natural gas.
6. A cleaner … environment will stimulate working efforts and will result in …less
absenteeism.
7. A superior … environmental quality should lead to higher … life expectancy and …
higher lifetime consumption.
8. With a lower … level of emissions, there will not be … damage to the physical
infrastructure as there would otherwise be.
9. If the effective capital depreciation rate is …, per capita income in a neoclassical economy
will be ….
10. In a sustainable environment, the utility of consumption will be … in today’s environment.

 Comparatifs et structures à progression parallèle

 The harder they worked, the easier it seemed : plus ils travaillaient, plus cela leur
semblait simple.

 I was all the less surprised as I have known them for years : j’ai été d’autant moins
surpris que je les connais depuis des années.
a) Plus les scientifiques travailleront sur la recherche et le développement et meilleures
seront nos stratégies en matière environnementale.
The more they work the better the startegie will be
b) Plus les journalistes passaient de temps en Chine, plus leurs découvertes devenaient
intéressantes.
The longer journalists spent in china the more interesting their discoveries findings
became
c) Ces pays sont d’autant plus menacés par le changement climatique qu’ils produisent
pour le monde entier.

d) Nous sommes d’autant plus déçus que les problématiques liées au réchauffement
climatique sont bien connues en France.

Plus il y aura de campagnes de sensibilisation et plus il est probable que les gens
changeront leurs habitudes de consommation.
Awarness -raising campaigns

E) Environment idioms

to leave no stone unturned – to weather the storm – the tip of the iceberg – make a
mountain out of a molehill – to go with the flow – not to see the wood for the trees – to
beat around the bush – to be down to earth – to lead someone up the garden path – it
never rains, it pours – to chase rainbows

1. The company not only had to close its Seattle branch last month but its CEO was injured
in a car accident. … it never rains, it pours
2. The lawyers … left no stone unturned in their search for
the original contracts.
3. The news is shocking but we may find out that these stories are only just … make
a mountain out of a molehill – .
4. When you are new in a company, it’s easiest to just … to go with the flow
for a while and see what people are like.
5. We should put things in perspective and stop worrying about the details – at the moment
we can’t … see the wood for the trees
.
6. Have you met your new manager? I have heard he is a quite … to be down to
earth , reliable person and dealt successfully with the 2020 crisis.
7. In the next few days we will see if the PM can …– to weather the storm
caused by his remarks.
8. I wish you could get to the point and stop … beating around the bush
.
9. You are … making a mountain out of a molehill . We
haven’t met our sales targets this month but it doesn’t mean the company will go bankrupt.
10. It seems we’ve been … led someone up the garden path
about this advertising agency. I don’t like their campaign and we are not going to work with
them.
11. You can’t … chase rainbows
your whole life. You need to pick up a stable career and start behaving
responsibly.

F) Vocabulary B. p. 81

1- CO2 emissions were raising the average global temperatures : increasing

2- strong innovation could help to cope with the new problems in China and elsewhere =
deal with
3- environmental progress has been achieved = attaare
4- so far nobody officially counts the risk of nuclear accidents = includes
5 & 6- the cost of an accident was estimated to exceed the value = evaluated outstrip
7- no private insurance company would cover the risk= ensure against
8 & 9- the company which suffered = sustained the Fukushima accident would have gone
bankrupt = collapse/to fail
10 & 11- such subsidization is distorting competition and impairing the growth of renewable
energy
12- global warming stems from increasing CO2 emissions = due to
13- environmental upgrading brings crucial advantages = improving
14 & 15- The ability of a society to switch to a higher environmental quality hinge on
investment = to shift ; depends on