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SUJET 1 Le sujet porte sur la thématique « Environnements en mutation ». Partie 1 (16 pts) Prenez connaissance du dossier proposé, composé des documents A, B et C non hiérarchisés, et traitez en anglais le sujet suivant (500 mots environ) : Taking into account the specificities of the documents,
SUJET 1 Le sujet porte sur la thématique « Environnements en mutation ». Partie 1 (16 pts) Prenez connaissance du dossier proposé, composé des documents A, B et C non hiérarchisés, et traitez en anglais le sujet suivant (500 mots environ) : Taking into account the specificities of the documents, say what they show about the way environmental issues are perceived and addressed in the Great Lakes area by citizens and authorities. Partie 2 (4 pts) Traduisez en français le passage suivant du document C (l. 5-10) : During a speech in Lorain, which borders Lake Erie, Biden said the funding will accelerate an effort to restore sites known as “areas of concern” in the region that have been polluted by agriculture and manufacturing. The funding bolsters an effort, known as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, that was launched in 2010. “It’s going to allow the most significant restoration of the Great Lakes in the history of the Great Lakes,” Biden told a crowd of about 60 guests […]. 23-LLCERANMCME1 Page : 2/10 Document A 1 Bruce Petush, The Daily Telegram, July 21, 2019 [Lake Erie is one of five large interconnected lakes known as the Great Lakes, located between the United States and Canada. They represent 84% of North America’s surface fresh water.] ___________________ 1 algae: aquatic plants 23-LLCERANMCME1 Page : 3/10 Document B Lake Erie now has legal rights, just like you It started in a pub. A handful of people, hunched over beers in Toledo, Ohio, were talking about a water crisis that had plagued the city in 2014. The pollution of Lake Erie had gotten so bad that it had taken a serious toll1 on their lives. The government, they felt, wasn’t doing enough to protect the lake. And so they wondered: What if the lake 5 could protect itself? The idea they hatched that night ultimately resulted in a special election, which had the citizens of Toledo voting February 26 on a very unusual question: Should Lake Erie be granted the legal rights normally reserved for a person? The measure passed easily, which means citizens will be able to sue on behalf of the lake whenever its right to flourish is being contravened2 — that is, whenever it’s in 10 danger of major environmental harm. […] This was the first rights-based legislation aimed at protecting a whole US ecosystem: the lake, its tributaries3, and the