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FLVSFr 3 Lesson 9

Les informations.

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à la une on the front page, in the headlines
à mon avis in my opinion
affolé (adj) panic-stricken
un appel appeal, call
une arme weapon, gun
assassiner to murder
un attentat attack
un attentat-suicide suicide bombing
la banlieue suburb
un bilan appraisal, assessment, death toll
blessé (adj) injured, wounded
une alerte à la bombe bomb threat
un cas de force majeure disaster (natural or man-made)
un casseur rioter
une catastrophe aérienne air disaster
un cessez-le-feu cease-fire
le chômage unemployment
une collecte au profit des sinistrés disaster fund raising
un coup d' état coup= overthrow
une panne de courant, coupure de courant power outage
le crime crime
le pays est en deuil the country is in mourning
une émeute riot
une enquête investigation
un feu= un incendie fire
une grève (faire la grève) strike (to be on strike)
la guerre war
la grippe aviaire bird flu
la grippe porcine swine flu
la lutte contre the fight against
une manifestation demonstration
le meurtre murder
la mondialisation globalization
le décès d'une personnalité the death of a celebrity
un témoin witness
le terrorisme terrorism
tirer (sur) to shoot (at)
c'est effrayant it's scary
c'est indéniable it's undeniable
constater to notice
en direct sur le terrain live in the field
en train de … in the process of …
ensoleillé sunny
être au courant to be informed, to be aware
je crois que I believe that
je pense que I think that
je suis sûr que I'm sure that
l' actualité (feminine) current events
la canicule heat wave
la chaine de télé(vision) tv channel
la météo the weather forecast
la sécheresse the drought
le climat the climate
le réchauffement planétaire global warming
l'environnement (masculine) the environment
les (grands) titres headlines, headline news
un téléspectateur, une téléspectatrice tv viewer
les faits divers (masculine) minor news events, events of little importance
les informations (feminine) = les infos= les infos télévisées current events, news broadcast
les intempéries (feminine) bad weather
moins 8 degrés minus 10 degrees
neiger to snow
nuageux cloudy
s'informer (par les médias) to keep oneself informed (through the media)
surfer sur Internet to search the web
un auditeur, une auditrice (radio) listen
un hebdomadaire a weekly magazine
un quotidien daily newspaper
un raz-de- marée = un tsunami tidal wave= tsunami
un réalisateur,une réalisatrice director
un reportage news report
un site web website
un tremblement de terre earthquake
une inondation flood
des dégâts (masculine) damage
un(e) animateur,animatrice de radio radio presenter
un(e) envoyé(e) spécial(e) correspondent
un(e) journaliste journalist
un(e) photographe photographer
une canicule a heatwave
une catastrophe écologique environmental disaster
une catastrophe naturelle natural disaster
un ouragan= un cyclone hurricane
une station de radio radio station
une vedette (de cinéma) (movie) star
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