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Transhumanism : l'humain augmenté (Terminale)

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transhumanismle transhumanisme
to enhance / enhancementaméliorer / l'amélioration
a brain implantun implant cérébral
genetic engineeringle génie génétique
to extend life / immortalityprolonger la vie / l'immortalité
to play Godjouer à Dieu

Le transhumanisme veut dépasser les limites humaines grâce à la technologie : implants cérébraux, prothèses intelligentes, modification génétique. Certains milliardaires de la Silicon Valley rêvent même de vaincre la mort. Mais qui y aura accès ? Et que restera-t-il de l'humain ?

Mise en situation : le débat

Teacher : Would you have a brain implant to become smarter?
Accepteriez-vous un implant cérébral pour devenir plus intelligent ?
Adam : Maybe! Implants already help paralysed people walk. Enhancement is the next step.
Peut-être ! Les implants aident déjà des personnes paralysées à marcher. L'amélioration est l'étape suivante.
Sarah : Helping sick people is one thing. Enhancing healthy people is another.
Aider les malades, c'est une chose. Améliorer les gens en bonne santé, c'en est une autre.
Adam : Why? We already wear glasses!
Pourquoi ? On porte déjà des lunettes !
Sarah : Because only the rich could afford it. It would create a new kind of inequality.
Parce que seuls les riches pourraient se le payer. Cela créerait un nouveau type d'inégalité.
Teacher : And some say we shouldn't play God.
Et certains disent qu'on ne devrait pas jouer à Dieu.

À retenir

  • transhumanism, to enhance, enhancement, a brain implant, a cyborg.
  • genetic engineering, to extend life, immortality, ethical issues, to play God.

Exercice 1 : Le transhumanisme : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « améliorer »
    1. to enhancement
    2. to enhance
    3. to enchant
  2. « un implant cérébral »
    1. a brain implant
    2. a cerebral implanting
    3. a brain plant
  3. « le génie génétique »
    1. genetic engineering
    2. genetics engineer
    3. genetic genius
  4. « prolonger la vie »
    1. to extent life
    2. to prolong of life
    3. to extend life
  5. « jouer à Dieu »
    1. to play God
    2. to play the God
    3. to game God
  6. « les questions éthiques »
    1. ethnic issues
    2. ethic's issue
    3. ethical issues
  7. « paralysé »
    1. paralyse
    2. paralysed
    3. paralysing
  8. « Seuls les riches pourraient se le payer. »
    1. Only rich could afford it of.
    2. Only the rich could afford it.
    3. Only the riches could afford it.
  9. « un nouveau type d'inégalité »
    1. a new kind of inequal
    2. a new kind of inequality
    3. a new kind inequality
  10. « l'immortalité »
    1. immorality
    2. immortality
    3. immortal

Exercice 2 : Le transhumanisme : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. Would you have a brain .......................... ?
  2. Implants help paralysed people .......................... .
  3. .......................... is the next step.
  4. Only the rich could .......................... it.
  5. It would create a new kind of .......................... .
  6. We shouldn't play .......................... .
  7. They dream of .......................... .
  8. Genetic .......................... raises ethical issues.
  9. They want to .......................... life.
  10. Helping sick people is one thing; enhancing healthy people is .......................... .

Exercice 3 : Le transhumanisme : mise en situation

  1. Le prof demande si tu accepterais un implant.
    1. Will you have a brain implant to become more smart?
    2. Would you have a brain implant for become smarter?
    3. Would you have a brain implant to become smarter?
  2. Les implants aident déjà des personnes paralysées.
    1. Implants help already paralysing people walk.
    2. Implants already help paralysed people walk.
    3. Implants already help paralysed people to walking.
  3. Aider les malades, c'est une chose...
    1. Help sick people is one thing.
    2. Helping sick people is one thing.
    3. To helping sick people is one thing.
  4. On porte déjà des lunettes !
    1. We already wear glasses!
    2. We already wear glass!
    3. We wear already glasses!
  5. Seuls les riches pourraient se le payer.
    1. Only the rich could afforded it.
    2. Only the rich could afford it.
    3. Only the riches could afford it.
  6. Cela créerait un nouveau type d'inégalité.
    1. It would create a new kind of inequal.
    2. It will create a new kind of inequality.
    3. It would create a new kind of inequality.
  7. On ne devrait pas jouer à Dieu.
    1. We shouldn't play God.
    2. We shouldn't to play God.
    3. We shouldn't play the God.
  8. Tu as peur qu'on perde notre humanité.
    1. I'm afraid we'll lose our humanity.
    2. I'm afraid we lose will our humanity.
    3. I'm afraid we'll loose our humanity.
  9. C'est de la science-fiction devenue réalité.
    1. It's science fiction comes true.
    2. It's science fiction become truth.
    3. It's science fiction come true.
  10. Il faut encadrer ces technologies.
    1. These technologies must regulated.
    2. These technologies must be regulate.
    3. These technologies must be regulated.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) to enhance · 2. a) a brain implant · 3. a) genetic engineering · 4. c) to extend life · 5. a) to play God · 6. c) ethical issues · 7. b) paralysed · 8. b) Only the rich could afford it. · 9. b) a new kind of inequality · 10. b) immortality

Exercice 2

1. implant · 2. walk · 3. Enhancement · 4. afford · 5. inequality · 6. God · 7. immortality · 8. engineering · 9. extend · 10. another

Exercice 3

1. c) Would you have a brain implant to become smarter? · 2. b) Implants already help paralysed people walk. · 3. b) Helping sick people is one thing. · 4. a) We already wear glasses! · 5. b) Only the rich could afford it. · 6. c) It would create a new kind of inequality. · 7. a) We shouldn't play God. · 8. a) I'm afraid we'll lose our humanity. · 9. c) It's science fiction come true. · 10. c) These technologies must be regulated.