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La solidarité
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Solidarity
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Du berceau à la tombe
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From the cradle to the grave
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L’aide sociale
Les assurances sociales
Les prestations sociales
Le bien-être
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Welfare
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L’État-providence
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The welfare state
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La protection sociale
A
Social insurance
Social protection
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Les allocations sociales
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Welfare rights
Welfare entitlements
Welfare payments
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Une assistante sociale
A
A welfare worker
A social worker
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Avoir droit à quelque chose
A
To be entitled to something
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La justice sociale
A
Social justice
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Obligatoire
A
Compulsory
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Where and when was the first state health insurance and old age pensions introduced ?
A
In Germany in 1880
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How did Britain follow the German example?
A
The Liberal Chancelkor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George introduced a state pension for those over 70 in 1908
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What is the welfare state?
A
The notion that the government should provide money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill or too old to work
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When was the birth of the welfare state in Britain?
A
1945 when the recently elected Labour government set up the NHS.
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A créé
A
Set up
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What is the NHS?
A
National Health Service
A publicly funded health care organization
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How is this system called by those who believe that the state should not intervene too much in the lives of its citizens?
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The nanny state
Because a nanny is a woman whose job is to care after children
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Une allocation
Une prestation sociale
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A benefit
An allowance
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Allocation chômage
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Unemployment benefit
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Allocation familiale
A
Child benefit
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Allocation logement
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Housing benefit
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Les acquis sociaux
A
Social benefits
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Demander des prestations sociales
A
To claim benefits
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Un demandeur de prestations sociales
A
A benefit claimant
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L'assurance maladie
Health insurance scheme
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La couverture médicale
Health coverage
| Medical coverage
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La CMU
Universal health coverage
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La couverture sociale
Social security cover
| Social security coverage
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Une allocation soumise à des conditions de revenu
A means-tested benefit
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Recevoir des allocations chômage
To be on the dole
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Cotiser
To contribute
32
Les cotisations sociales
Social contributions
33
La redistribution
Redistribution
34
L'impôt sur le revenu
Income tax
35
What does social security?
It is a faux-ami because it refers to "welfare" generally, that is to say money is paid to ill, the unemployed, the elderly, while the French word only refers to the health-care system
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Systeme de retraite
Pension system
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What is "social security" in the USA?
It is the name given to the government-sponsored pension system
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What are the approximatively equivalent of the French "sécu"?
Medicare is a government programme which provides health care for the over 65s
Medicaid does the same for certain low-income families
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Une (pension de) retraite
A pension
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Le système de retraites
The pension system
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Le régime d'assurance vieillesse
The state pension system
| The state pension scheme
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Toucher une retraite
To receive a pension
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Un retraité
A pensioner
An old age pensioner
A retiree
An OAP
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Prendre sa retraite
To retire
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La retraite
Retirement
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L'âge de la retraite
Retirement age
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Les retraités
Retired people
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Un fonds de pension
A pension fund
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Une population vieillissante
An ageing population
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Les personnes âgées
The elderly
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How many Britain are over 65s today?
8.3 million
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How many Britain may be over 65s in 2025?
11.4 million
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Bouleversement
Shift
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Composition
Make-up
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Se déplacer
To get around
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Le système de santé
The health-care system
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Les soins
| Les traitements médicaux
Health care
| Medical treatment
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Les dépenses de santé
Health spending
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L'espérance de vie
Life expectancy
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Vivre jusqu'à 100 ans
To live to be a hundred
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La charge
The onus
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Nous renflouer
To bail us out
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Toucher des prestations sociales
| Recevoir de l'aide sociale
To be on welfare
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Vivre des prestations sociales
To live on welfare
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Les assistés
People living on state handouts
| Welfare scroungers
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L'assistanat
Welfare dependency
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Un fraudeur abusant du système d'allocations
A benefit cheat
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La fraude aux allocations
Benefit fraud
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Un profiteur
| Un parasite
A freeloader
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Le parasitisme
Parasitism
| Freeloading
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What is the "compassion fatigue"?
The idea that we get so much human suffering thrust in our faces every day from the media that we've become sort of numbed, we've used up all our reserves of pity, anger, outrage...
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La charité /
| Les œuvres caritatives
Charity
73
Une organisation caritative
A charity
| A charitable organization
74
Une organisation à but non lucratif
A non-profit making organization
| A not-for-profit organization
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Une bonne cause
| Une cause humanitaire
A charitable cause
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Un bénévole
A volunteer
| A voluntary worker
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Le bénévolat
Volunteering
| Voluntary work
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Une ONG
| Une organisation non-gouvernementale
An NGO
| A non-governmental organization
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Etre solidaire de quelqu'un
| Se solidariser avec quelqu'un
To show solidarity with somebody
To express solidarity with somebody
To support somebody
To stand by somebody
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Se désolidariser de quelqu'un
To dissociate oneself from somebody
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Moyenne
Average
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Atteint
Is met by
83
Éclipser
To dwarf
84
How many $ did rich countries give in foreign aid in 2008?
$119.8 billion
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Donner de l'argent
| Faire un don
To give away money
| To donate money
86
Faire une donation
To make a donation
87
Un donateur
A donor
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Un bienfaiteur
A benefactor
89
Un bénéficiaire
A recipient
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Promettre de donner de l'argent
To pledge to give money
| To promise to give money
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Généreux
Generous
92
La générosité
Generosity
93
Désintéressé
Disinterested
94
Égoïste
Selfish
95
L'égoïsme
Selfishness
96
Déplacés internes
Internally displaced persons
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A l'intérieur de
Within
98
What is UNHCR?
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
A UN agency which supports refugees and assist in their repatriation, local integration or resettlement in a third country
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What are internally displaced persons?
People forced to flee their homes but who remain within their country's borders
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L'aide humanitaire
| L'assistance humanitaire
Humanitarian aid
| Humanitarian assistance
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Les secours d'urgence
Emergency aid
| Emergency assistance
102
L'aide alimentaire
Food aid
103
L'aide au développement
Development aid
104
Une organisation humanitaire
A relief agency
| A relie organization
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Un travailleur humanitaire
A relief worker
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Distribuer des couvertures
To hand out blankets
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L'allègement de la dette
Debt relief
108
Effacer des dettes
| Annuler des dettes
To cancel debts
| To write off debts
109
Le ré-échelonnement de la dette
Debt-rescheduling
110
Le commerce équitable
Fair trade
111
Investissement éthique
Ethical investment
112
Incitation
The incentive
113
Stimuler
To spur
114
La philanthropie
Philanthropy
115
Un philanthrope
A philanthropist
116
La munificence
Munificence
117
Financer un projet
To fund a project
118
Soutenir une initiative
To support an initiative
| To back an initiative
119
Soutien financier
Financial backing
120
Un parrain
Un mécène
Un sponsor
A sponsor
121
Le mécénat d'entreprise
Corporate sponsorship
122
La responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise
Corporate social responsibility
| CSR
123
Entreprenariat social
Social entrepreneurship
124
À partir de rien
From scratch
125
A titre bénévole
On a voluntary basis
126
Who was the most famous philanthropist in the nineteenth century?
Andrew Carnegie
A penniless Scottish immigrant who became a wealthy industrialist. He gave away most of his money to establish libraries, schools and universities in the US and the UK.
127
Doter /
| Fonder
To endow
128
Une dotation /
| Une fondation
An endowment
129
Une fondation
A foundation
130
Les droits de succession
Estate tax
131
une réduction d'impôts
A tax break
132
Un crédit d'impôts
A tax credit
133
What are Philanthrocapitalists ?
Business-like donors who provide risk capital for social change
Anglais
flashcards
Decks in class (37)
# Cards
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Verbes Irreguliers115
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Computer Science80
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The Internet98
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Voc34
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The Media109
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Voc59
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Fame106
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Globalization110
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The Economic Crisis136
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English71
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Democracy135
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Individual Freedom99
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Women120
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Racism74
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Multiculturalism98
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Unemployment164
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Gun Violence95
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Crime107
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Solidarity133
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Immigration121
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Rich And Poor135
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The Environnement96
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Natural Disasters139
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Pollution118
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Climate Change73
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Energy129
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Science141
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Terrorism130
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International Tensions136
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War And Peace125
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Nuclear Proliferation92
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Health Issues144
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Eating Disorders99
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Gun Violence In America23
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The Craziest Gun Laws8
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expressions57
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illegal drugs73
