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"SAVING SAMOA'S TROPICAL RAINFORESTS" ou comment l'argent et le commerce auraient pu prendre le dessus sur l'environnement et la nature, si une personne ne s'y était pas opposée.

SAVING SAMOA'S TROPICAL RAINFORESTS.
Not many people have saved a rainforest from the bulldozers and chainsaws, but Dr Paul Cox has. When a logging company offered the village of Falealupo, on Savaii Island, $US 55,000 to cut down their rainforest, the villagers were tempted because they needed the money to build a new primary school.
But, when Cox, an American botanist, heard about it, he raised $US 55,000 with the help of some American businessmen. They offered the money to the village if they promised not to cut down the forest for 50 years.
The village council of chiefs was amazed. They couldn't believe that anyone would pay them so much money to preserve the 30,000 acre rainforest. It was an offer the village chiefs couldn't refuse. They received money for the new school and they kept their forest. For once, a logging company lost out, and a small tropical forest was saved.
Sadly, the forest was badly damaged in an accidental fire in 1982.

VOCABULARY
saving = sauver
rainforests = forêts tropicales (humides)
chainsaws = tronçonneuses
logging = abattage des arbres
to cut down = déboiser
tempted = tentés
to raise money = trouver, lever des fonds
council = conseil
amazed = surpris
to believe = croire
to lose out = perdre, échouer
fire = feu

QUESTIONS
A) What was the problem on Savaii Island?

1) Snakes attacked tourists
2) There were too many earthquakes
3) A firm wanted to cut down a rainforest

B) What did Dr Cox do?

1) He found a lot of money to preserve the forest
2) He stole all the chainsaws
3) He cut down the forest

C) How did the council of chiefs react?

1) They refused
2) They accepted
3) They wanted more money

ANSWERS
A3 | B1 | C2
Les questions:

A) Quel était le problème sur l'île de Savaii?
Des serpents ont attaqué des touristes? Il y avait trop de tremblements de terre? Une société voulait déboiser une forêt tropicale?

B) Qu'a fait le Dr Cox?
Il a trouvé beaucoup d'argent pour préserver la forêt? Il a volé toutes les tronçonneuses? Il a détruit la forêt?

C) Comment le conseil des chefs a-t-il réagi?
Ils ont refusé / accepté / voulu plus d'argent?