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Wildfires : les mégafeux (2nde)

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AnglaisFrançais
a wildfireun feu de forêt, un incendie
drought and heatwavesla sécheresse et les canicules
The fire spread quickly.Le feu s'est propagé rapidement.
Thousands of people were evacuated.Des milliers de personnes ont été évacuées.
The fire has been burning for ten days.Le feu brûle depuis dix jours.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed.Des centaines de maisons ont été détruites.

Avec le changement climatique, les canicules et les sécheresses rendent les feux de forêt plus fréquents et plus violents : en Australie, au Canada, en Californie, en Grèce... et même en France et au Royaume-Uni. Ces « mégafeux » détruisent des forêts, des maisons et des habitats naturels, et libèrent beaucoup de CO2. Prévention : débroussailler, ne jamais faire de feu en forêt, ne pas jeter de mégots. Grammaire : passif (were evacuated, were destroyed) et present perfect continu (has been burning for).

Mise en situation : le journal télévisé

Presenter : The wildfire in the south has been burning for ten days.
L'incendie dans le sud brûle depuis dix jours.
Reporter : I'm near the fire line. Strong winds have made it spread very quickly.
Je suis près du front du feu. Des vents violents l'ont fait se propager très vite.
Presenter : Have people been evacuated?
Les gens ont-ils été évacués ?
Reporter : Yes, thousands of people were evacuated yesterday. Sadly, hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
Oui, des milliers de personnes ont été évacuées hier. Malheureusement, des centaines de maisons ont été détruites.
Presenter : Why are these fires becoming more frequent?
Pourquoi ces incendies deviennent-ils plus fréquents ?
Reporter : Scientists say that climate change is making heatwaves and droughts worse. The firefighters have been working day and night.
Les scientifiques disent que le changement climatique aggrave les canicules et les sécheresses. Les pompiers travaillent jour et nuit.

À retenir

  • a wildfire, the fire line, drought, a heatwave, strong winds, firefighters, a forest, smoke, ash.
  • Passif : were evacuated, have been destroyed ; Present perfect continu : has been burning, have been working + for / since.

Exercice 1 : Les mégafeux : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « un feu de forêt »
    1. a wild fair
    2. a firework
    3. a wildfire
  2. « la sécheresse »
    1. dried
    2. drought
    3. draught of
  3. « une canicule »
    1. a heat wife
    2. a hot wave of
    3. a heatwave
  4. « Le feu brûle depuis dix jours. »
    1. The fire burns since ten days.
    2. The fire has been burning for ten days.
    3. The fire has been burning since ten days.
  5. « Des milliers de personnes ont été évacuées. »
    1. Thousands of people were evacuated.
    2. Thousands of people evacuated were.
    3. Thousands of people was evacuated.
  6. « Des maisons ont été détruites. »
    1. Homes has been destroyed.
    2. Homes have destroyed.
    3. Homes have been destroyed.
  7. « se propager »
    1. to spray
    2. to split
    3. to spread
  8. « Les pompiers travaillent jour et nuit. »
    1. The firefighters has been working day and night.
    2. The firefighters have been working day and night.
    3. The firefighters have been work day and night.
  9. « aggraver »
    1. to do worse
    2. to make worst
    3. to make worse
  10. Pour prévenir les feux, il ne faut jamais...
    1. faire de feu en forêt
    2. boire de l'eau
    3. marcher en forêt

Exercice 2 : Les mégafeux : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. The wildfire has been .......................... for ten days.
  2. Strong winds have made it .......................... quickly.
  3. Have people been .......................... ?
  4. Thousands of people .......................... evacuated yesterday.
  5. Hundreds of homes have been .......................... .
  6. Why are these fires becoming more .......................... ?
  7. Climate change is making heatwaves .......................... .
  8. The firefighters have been .......................... day and night.
  9. drought and ..........................
  10. Never light a .......................... in a forest.

Exercice 3 : Les mégafeux : mise en situation

  1. L'incendie brûle depuis dix jours.
    1. The wildfire has been burning for ten days.
    2. The wildfire is burning since ten days.
    3. The wildfire has burning for ten days.
  2. Des vents violents l'ont fait se propager.
    1. Strong winds have made it spread.
    2. Strong winds have make it spread.
    3. Strong winds made have it spread.
  3. Les gens ont-ils été évacués ?
    1. Have people evacuated?
    2. Have people been evacuated?
    3. Has people been evacuated?
  4. Des milliers de personnes ont été évacuées hier.
    1. Thousand of people were evacuate yesterday.
    2. Thousands of people have been evacuated yesterday.
    3. Thousands of people were evacuated yesterday.
  5. Des centaines de maisons ont été détruites.
    1. Hundreds of homes have destroyed.
    2. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
    3. Hundred of homes have been destroyed.
  6. Pourquoi deviennent-ils plus fréquents ?
    1. Why are they becoming more frequent?
    2. Why they are becoming more frequent?
    3. Why are they become more frequent?
  7. Le changement climatique aggrave les sécheresses.
    1. Climate change is making droughts worst.
    2. Climate change makes droughts more bad.
    3. Climate change is making droughts worse.
  8. Les pompiers travaillent jour et nuit.
    1. The firefighters have been working day and night.
    2. The firefighters has been working day and night.
    3. The firefighters are working since day and night.
  9. Ne jetez jamais de mégots.
    1. Never throw cigarette ends.
    2. Never throws cigarette ends.
    3. Ever throw cigarette ends.
  10. La forêt a été brûlée.
    1. The forest has been burn.
    2. The forest has burnt been.
    3. The forest has been burnt.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) a wildfire · 2. b) drought · 3. c) a heatwave · 4. b) The fire has been burning for ten days. · 5. a) Thousands of people were evacuated. · 6. c) Homes have been destroyed. · 7. c) to spread · 8. b) The firefighters have been working day and night. · 9. c) to make worse · 10. a) faire de feu en forêt

Exercice 2

1. burning · 2. spread · 3. evacuated · 4. were · 5. destroyed · 6. frequent · 7. worse · 8. working · 9. heatwaves · 10. fire

Exercice 3

1. a) The wildfire has been burning for ten days. · 2. a) Strong winds have made it spread. · 3. b) Have people been evacuated? · 4. c) Thousands of people were evacuated yesterday. · 5. b) Hundreds of homes have been destroyed. · 6. a) Why are they becoming more frequent? · 7. c) Climate change is making droughts worse. · 8. a) The firefighters have been working day and night. · 9. a) Never throw cigarette ends. · 10. c) The forest has been burnt.