📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 16 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 4 · L'environnement et la société
L'environnement
Module 8 of the free French course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 16 of 30: B2 reading is mostly about subjects like this one. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 16.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'environnementmasculine — the article elides to l'
the environment
lah(n)-vee-rohn-MAH(n)
le réchauffement climatique
global warming
luh ray-shohf-mah(n) klee-mah-TEEK
la pollution
pollution
lah poh-lew-SYOH(n)
le déchet
the piece of waste
luh day-SHEH
le recyclage
recycling
luh ruh-see-KLAHZH
polluer
to pollute
poh-lew-AY
protéger
to protect
proh-tay-ZHAY
la ressource
the resource
lah ruh-SOORS
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
B2 reading is mostly about subjects like this one, so the vocabulary has to be solid. Le réchauffement climatique (global warming), la pollution, les déchets (waste), le recyclage.
Et aussi · And also
Two verbs carry most of the sentences: polluer and protéger. Il faut protéger les ressources naturelles — and yes, that is il faut plus an infinitive, because nobody in particular is named.
Attention · Watch out
le déchet is one piece of waste; in real texts it is almost always plural: les déchets. le recyclage is the noun, recycling; recycler is the verb.
produire — the table
je produis · tu produis · il/elle produit · nous produisons · vous produisez · ils/elles produisent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'environnement.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out produire in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.